In today’s Soundbites – our look back at the past week’s news, features, videos and tabloid gossip – ‘Love Me Do’ is 50, Morrissey and Johnny Marr stun the world when responding to Smiths rumours, Dave Grohl puts his feet up, Mumford & Sons don’t want any more fans, and …
Morrissey believes the continuous rumours surrounding an imminent reunion for The Smiths have overshadowed his own solo achievements.
It came as no surprise yesterday when Johnny Marr‘s manager swiftly moved to deny a fresh round of rumours which claimed The Smiths were ready to reunite next year, and now Morrissey has followed suit with his own emphatic denial.
Another week, another round of Smiths reunion rumours.
And next up with the whispers is celebrity gossip site Holy Moly, which is claiming to have heard from ‘several credible sources’ that the hugely influential British group will reunite next year with a series of gigs, including Glastonbury, already booked.
Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr will receive an honourary doctorate from the University of Salford, it has been revealed.
In today’s Soundbites – our look back at the past week’s news, reviews, and tabloid gossip – Johnny Depp turns The Black Keys into a trio, Hamburg is bored of The Beatles, Morrissey reaches for the pipe and slippers, dubious football clip shows can finally end, and this week’s most …
New rumours emerging today (April 26th) suggesting The Smiths are ready to reform have apparently been quickly shot down by what NME describe as ‘highly placed sources within the live music industry’.
Johnny Marr‘s tongue-in-cheek assertion that The Smiths would reform if the UK’s coalition government steps down has already found support in the corridors of power.
Slow Moving Millie, the singer whose cover of The Smiths classic ‘Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want‘ is currently being used to soundtrack John Lewis’ festive advert, has said both Morrissey and Johnny Marr have been extremely positive about her version of their former band’s …
Johnny Marr has defended the decision to allow The Smiths‘ classic track ‘Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want‘ to be used on a new festive-themed John Lewis advert.
The re-worked version is currently being aired in the UK during the build up to Christmas, and …
The Smiths caught live in Wolverhampton, 1986, performing the classic ‘Queen Is Dead’ album track ‘Cemetry Gates’
Archivists Rhino UK have unearthed a ‘lost’ 1992 documentary on The Smiths which they believe was commissioned for press purposes to support the release of that year’s twin Best Of collections.
The Smiths‘ former drummer Mike Joyce has criticised Morrissey‘s decision to play a handful of the legendary band’s tracks during his recent Glastonbury performance, saying the songs belong to The Smiths, not their ex-frontman.
Morrissey performed five Smiths tracks last weekend, including the Manchester group’s seminal hits ‘This Charming …
Morrissey has begun streaming a selection of tracks expected to appear on his next studio album, which were debuted during a recent BBC Radio 2 session.
There is more than a passing resemblance to Morrissey in the expressively pained vocals of Little Vegas Lies’ frontman Simon Moore. One wonders if the Dewsbury five-piece are fans of The Smiths and their brand of contemplative, heartfelt melancholia, though the comparison is not unfavourable; the first release from their …
In the last ten years The Cribs have come a long way from their roots in the Merrie City. They developed as musicians and as people in the north of England, finding their feet in an old abandoned mill – an unofficial venue where they would also put on a …