Morrissey has taken to his fansite True to You to close 2011 with a parting shot at the NME and record labels, amongst others.
After initially referencing his recent premature departure during the final stages of a gig in Michigan, Morrissey addressed the subject of record labels, with his follow up to 2009’s ‘Years Of Refusal‘ still on the back-burner due to his current reluctance to sign a new record deal.
“I now no longer expect to live long enough to experience an offer to record for a grownup label,” he said. “The world, I expect, will somehow endure, even as the follow-up to ‘Years of Refusal’ grows less and less likely. End of subject. I promise.”
Morrissey then moved on to the thorny subject of his probable high court face-off with the NME, whom he claims re-wrote portions of a 2007 interview to make his comments appear more controversial.
“Instead of simply saying ‘sorry’ (for re-writing the answers to my last NME interview in 2007 in order to make me sound racist), the imperious NME would rather spend hundreds and hundreds of thousands of pounds in a High Court duel to the death,” Morrissey commented. “And it is difficult to imagine anything more tragic from a magazine with such a gold-plated history.”
“Of course, the court hearing itself will barely touch upon the actual 2007 interview, and will instead attempt to link my name to almost any unpleasant historical incident from the Irish potato famine to the murder of Medgar Evans. With the help of their giddy fan base at The Guardian newspaper, now is the NME’s big chance to scorch me off the human map for good. And what a triumph that would be for them. What a proud and eternal boast.”
Merry Christmas Moz!