Morrissey says he’s been “gagged” over release of ‘Bonfire Of The Teenagers’: “We are still in the grip of Idiot Culture”

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Morrissey says he’s been “gagged” over the release of his album ‘Bonfire Of The Teenagers’, which he recorded between 2020 and 2021 and remains unreleased.In a new interview with The Telegraph, the former frontman of The Smiths said he’s being “gagged” and that what he calls “Idiot Culture” is preventing his album’s release.The album features the titular track ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’ – a song he says is about “England’s 9/11”, the Manchester Arena bombing.On May 22, 2017, 22 people died and hundreds were injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the foyer at the venue at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.

In the wake of the tragedy, Oasis‘ single ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ became an anthem of love and solidarity for many in the city.The song features the lyric: “And the morons sing and sway: ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’, I can assure you I will look back in anger ’till the day I die”.In the interview, Morrissey said: “The Manchester Arena bombing was our 9/11.

But, in this sad country of ours, to understand the full meaning of the attack is to be guilty, and this is why the ‘don’t look back in anger’ command always struck me as derisive and not at all words of social harmony.”He continued to say: “Once you edit yourself or self-censor then the idiots have won.