Johnny Marr: Smiths reunion ‘not happening’


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Johnny Marr has again attempted to put an end to the constantly reoccurring rumours of a Smiths reunion by insisting it is ‘not happening’.

“Everybody seems to know more about a Smiths reunion than I do,” he has told NME. “Those rumours are like a sport for everyone involved bar the people who were in the group 30 years ago. But it’s not happening.”

Instead, Marr will release his first solo album ‘The Messenger‘ next year, and he has admitted it is a relief to finally be out on his own after years of lead guitar duties in other bands.

“I didn’t want to be in someone else’s band at this point,” he has said. “In the past I might have been reluctant to stand up front, and I’ve been lucky enough to be in bands with great singers, so it wasn’t necessary. But this is my band now, and the frontman in my band has to play guitar. I do both.”


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