Fiona Dodwell: Last News

Morrissey has suggested that Universal Music’s Capitol Records in the US may have signed him to a deal to release new album ‘Bonfire Of The Teenagers’ purely to “sabotage” the record.A new post on his official website states: “Capitol Records (Los Angeles) will not, after all, release Morrissey’s 2021 album ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’. At the same time, Capitol Records (Los Angeles) are holding on to the album”.“Although Morrissey officially signed to Capitol Records, there has been no mention of Morrissey on Capitol’s website or on their artists roster”, it goes on.

Morrissey‘s website has shared a blog entry discussing the response to Rick Astley and Blossoms‘ divisive Smiths cover shows.Blossoms and Astley teamed up last week week at the former’s gig in London to cover Smiths classics ‘Panic’ and ‘This Charming Man’, with the artists subsequently announcing two Smiths covers shows in Manchester and London next month.In the new piece on Morrissey Central, written by freelance journalist Fiona Dodwell and titled ‘Morrissey, Astley and the usual suspects’, Dodwell writes: “Morrissey has made headlines and has been trending across social media sites over the last 24 hours, and as usual, it is not about anything he himself has said or done.“Indeed, the drama is yet again the outcome of a bored, frenzied