Andy Rourke: Last News

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A mural of The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke has been unveiled on the side of a pub in the Northern Quarter.

Blitz Vega‘s Kav Sandu has told NME about their new album made with the late The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke, and how he made an emotional promise to continue the band after his friend’s death from cancer.Rourke suffered from pancreatic cancer for five years before his death in 2023. When he became too ill to continue recording, he urged Sandhu to continue Blitz Vega, and to ensure the duo’s album ‘Northern Gentlemen’ would get released.“When Andy made me aware he wasn’t going to get through his cancer, he wanted me to promise him two things: to make sure the album would come out, and to take Blitz Vega on the road,” Sandhu told NME.

The Smiths, is currently facing closure.The youth centre – which was opened in 1904 by Robert Baden-Powell in Ordsall as a club for boys but is now open to all young people – is under threat of closure due to rising costs and a drop in grant funding.Salford Lads Club became immortalised by The Smiths after a photo of Morrissey and co in front of the establishment was used on the sleeve of their third album, 1986’s ‘The Queen Is Dead’.Andy Rourke, bassist for The Smiths, died yesterday at the age of 59. In 2004 he returned to Salford Lads Club, scene of an iconic image of the band, and spoke to one of the club's stalwarts – Archie Swift.

The Smiths‘ drummer Mike Joyce has spoken to NME about ending his decades-long feud with Johnny Marr, as well as the recent reunion row and plans for a mural in memory of late bassist Andy Rourke.The pair hadn’t spoken since Joyce sued Marr and Morrissey in 1996 over The Smiths’ royalties. The drummer won the case and was awarded £1million damages.Now, Joyce has told NME he met Marr at a private service in Manchester back in May to mark a year since the death of Andy Rourke from pancreatic cancer.“I’d seen Johnny at Manchester City games and we’d keep it civil, but there’d be no conversation,” said Joyce. “I knew Johnny was going to be at Andy’s service and I thought: ‘This isn’t about me or Johnny, it’s nothing other than Andy’.

The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce has confirmed a permanent mural dedicated to late bassist Andy Rourke will go ahead.It comes after a crowdfunding campaign was set up by Joyce earlier this month to honour the late sticksman’s legacy and impact.Additionally, the campaign was also set up to raise funds for the charity organisation Pancreatic Cancer Action. This is notable as Rourke died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 59 last year.Now, Joyce has confirmed the crowdfunder for the mural, which will depict Rourke performing at Dundee’s Caird Hall in 1985, as captured in an image by tour photographer Nalinee Darmrong, has raised more than its initial £20,000 target.He told BBC Radio Manchester (via BBC News): “He was such a brilliant musician and such a great bloke that I thought a permanent memorial would be apt for the man.”The mural is due to be unveiled in November, which is pancreatic cancer awareness month and donors will receive a photograph print of the mural signed by Joyce and the mural artist.The mural will be created by renowned street artist Akse, who has previously depicted footballer Marcus Rashford in Withington and David Bowie on the side of a pub in Oak Street in Manchester’s Northern QuarterJoyce said he hoped it would raise awareness of “getting an early diagnosis”.Elsewhere, Morrissey fired his management team following Johnny Marr‘s statement refuting several claims regarding The Smiths earlier this week.The former Smiths singer took to his website to announce that he had parted ways with his management, but offered no further details.

The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce has launched a crowdfunding campaign to create a permanent mural of late bassist Andy Rourke – find out more below.On Sunday (September 15), Joyce took to social media to share that he has launched a campaign on the Crowdfunder platform. The campaign aims to secure a permanent mural of Rourke in Manchester to honour his legacy and impact.Additionally, the campaign will also raise funds for the charity organisation Pancreatic Cancer Action.

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A festival dedicated to the 'life and work' of the late The Smith's bassist Andy Rourke is set to take place at a legendary Manchester venue this weekend.

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Smiths bassist Andy Rourke, have announced their debut album to mark what would have been his 60th birthday.Rourke died last May after “a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer”, as confirmed in a statement from ex-bandmate Johnny Marr. He was 59 years old.Today (January 17) would have been Rourke’s 60th birthday, and Blitz Vega have marked the occasion by revealing that their debut album ‘Northern Gentleman’ will see the light of day on April 26.“The album is a diary of the last seven years of the journey that Andy, the band and I went on recording this music as Blitz Vega,” the band’s Kav Sandhu said in a statement of the record, which features guitar from Marr and is something he said he “promised” Rourke he would release.“Every song tells a story and personally takes me back to a memory of recording that song.

Morrissey has claimed that he has been “deleted” from the “essence” and history of The Smiths in a new post.Taking to his official website Morrissey Central yesterday (January 11), the singer-songwriter defended his role in his former band amid numerous reports that – according to him – have downplayed his contributions.“There is also an obvious media shift to delete me from being the central essence of The Smiths,” he began, “but this cannot work because I invented the group name, the song-titles, the album titles, the artwork, the vocal melodies, and all of the lyrical sentiments came from my heart.“And so it’s a bit like saying Mick Jagger had nothing to do with the Stones.”Morrissey continued: “Several news sites now claim that the initial meeting at Rough Trade Records was with ‘Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke,’ even though Andy wasn’t even a committed band member at that point. The meeting, of course, was Morrissey and Marr.“Even Geoff Travis [Rough Trade founder] has now suddenly decided that he ‘can’t remember who was with Johnny,’ even though Geoff looked me squarely in the eye on that very day and said ‘we’d like to release [The Smiths’ 1983 debut single] ‘Hand In Glove’ immediately,’ and he then more importantly said to me that his name was Geoff with a G, not Jeff with a J.

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Smiths drummer Mike Joyce appeared on BBC Breakfast today (May 21) to pay tribute to his late bandmate Andy Rourke.Rourke died after “a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer”, confirmed a statement from bandmate Johnny Marr on Friday (May 19). He was 59 years old.Since then, tributes from across the music industry have poured in, with Joyce himself hailing Rourke’s “perpetual” musical legacy, while Morrissey said of Rourke: “I just hope … wherever Andy has gone … that he’s OK.

New Order and Joy Division co-founder Peter Hook ran the AJ Bell Great Manchester Run this morning (May 21) in honour of The Smiths’ Andy Rourke.Rourke died earlier this week after “a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer”. He was 59.Speaking to BBC Sport after completing the Great Manchester Run, Hook told host Jeanette Kwakye that: “I lost a really good friend this week, Andy Rourke from The Smiths.