
Watch Morrissey and Johnny Marr Play the Same Smiths Classics 11 Days and Five Miles Apart
The Smiths are never getting back together, but we got the next best thing when we saw Morrissey and Johnny Marr play just days apart
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Subscribe NowThe Smiths are never getting back together, but we got the next best thing when we saw Morrissey and Johnny Marr play just days apart
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
NIck Cave said he declined Morrissey's offer to contribute vocals to a new song, because it meant reading an 'unnecessarily provocative' speech
The guitarist also refutes Morrissey's claims that he acquired the Smiths trademark to use on his own behalf
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
The Eighties crooner and the indie pop band Blossoms covered the track at a gig earlier this week
“I am definitely the only person who has been in the Smiths and Whitesnake,” says Pratt, who has played with Pink Floyd and their various offshoots since 1987