News featuring Morrissey
The following news stories mention Morrissey. Stories are compiled from a hand-picked selection of popular music news sites based in Great Britain, Europe and the United States. Updated less than 3 hours ago.
’13 May 23 Thu
Thursday 23rd May
“Rare footage of The Smiths unearthed after 25 years - watch”
Morrissey recruited Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce for his first solo gig
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“Readers recommend: songs about magazines – results”
RR Regular Makinavaja picks the playlist from last week's thread about glossies both coffee table and top shelf
Dr Hook make no bones about the fact that they would love to appear on the Cover of the Rolling Stone. Both a ramshackle ode to the trappings of stardom and a fairly comprehensive list of reasons why many parents are almost as wary of the influence the music press might have on their poor innocent offspring as they are of other mags we'll get to in a minute. But the thing is, once you've got your expertly airbrushed mug on the cover, are you really ready for what the journalists will write about you? Axl Rose and the lads obviously weren't. Guns N' Roses' Get in the Ring calls one unfortunate reviewer out for his troubles. It seems that some bands don't react too well to criticism, which is why…
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“Morrissey Joins Fight To Ban Foie Gras In U.k. Store”
Rocker Morrissey has joined a growing list of animal-loving celebrities urging fans to take action against a high-end British store over the sale of...
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’13 May 19 Sun
Sunday 19th May
“Cool new wave comic book superhero mashup art”
Head to Butcher Billy's site for more like this, and to get some for yourself (via).
Continue reading "Cool new wave comic book superhero mashup art" at brooklynvegan
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’13 May 15 Wed
Wednesday 15th May
“Hüsker Dü – a classic interview”
With Bob Mould on tour and Grant Hart newly signed to Domino, what better time to revisit this 1985 Melody Maker encounter with Hüsker Dü, from Rock's Backpages, the home of classic music writing
"What kind of strings do you use on your axe, man?"
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’13 May 13 Mon
Monday 13th May
“These Charming Men - The Smiths from the archive”
It's the 30th anniversary of The Smiths' first single release. Here's how the Guardian covered the band in the early years
Thirty years ago, in May 1983, The Smiths released their first single, Hand in Glove. Although it didn't reach the top 40, the song got them noticed by the music press - by the end of the year the NME were calling them the Best New Act - but it took a while for the Guardian to catch up.
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’13 May 11 Sat
Saturday 11th May
“The best new festival acts of 2013”
The first-timers most likely to steal the show this summer
KENDRICK LAMAR
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’13 May 3 Fri
Friday 3rd May
“Johnny Marr played Irving Plaza (pics, setlist)”
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin
Johnny Marr @ Irving Plaza, 5/2/2013
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“Ziggyology by Simon Goddard – review”
The latest chapter in the history of Bowieology sets out to identify Ziggy Stardust's true antecedents and legacy
"Critics I don't understand. They get too intellectual." This is David Bowie, back in 1973, a couple of decades before he was writing 8,000-word articles about Balthus and Julian Schnabel for Modern Painters. But the one-time ad agency employee, seasoned veteran of underachieving bands such as the Konrads, Riot Squad and folk trio Feathers, and voracious acquirer and skimmer of books (he once described himself as "a born librarian with a sex drive") understood early on that one of the best ways to generate mystique was to deny that it existed. "It was just the songs and the trousers," he later claimed. "That's what sold Ziggy."
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“Hop Farm music festival cancelled due to poor ticket sales”
Promoter Vince Power pulls plug on festival staged on Kent farm that was to feature acts including My Bloody Valentine
Hop Farm music festival, which was to feature acts such as My Bloody Valentine, has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales.
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