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An email soliciting offers for Morrissey's rights to Smiths' songs was 'switched off' after a 'colossal response,' per a post on his official website
Morrissey appears to be selling his rights to the Smiths' songs, name, artwork, and other rights, according to a post on his official website
Morrissey cancelled a concert in Stockholm citing struggles finding financial support from the music industry
NIck Cave said he declined Morrissey's offer to contribute vocals to a new song, because it meant reading an 'unnecessarily provocative' speech
One security guard apparently injures leg after a handful of overeager fans rush toward the singer during the encore
The guitarist also refutes Morrissey's claims that he acquired the Smiths trademark to use on his own behalf
“Once you edit yourself or self-censor then the idiots have won," the musician said in a new interview
Morrissey will celebrate 40 years at the top with shows in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, and Auckland this December
He could have picked out any Smiths classic, but he went with their obscure cover of the 1965 tune “Golden Lights”
“Must you persistently, year after year, decade after decade, blame me for everything … from the 2007 Solomon Islands tsunami to the dribble on your grandma’s chin,” former Smiths singer declares
