The Smiths: Last News

Morrissey has announced new dates for a North American tour – check out the full list of dates and ticketing information below.Last night (February 3), the former Smiths frontman took to social media to announce his latest trek, which will see him hit the road across the United States between April and May.The announcement comes shortly after a short stint of Los Angeles gigs to end off 2024. Prior to that, he also embarked on a sold-out tour of North America in late October and November.Over the course of his upcoming trek, Morrissey will perform in places like San Diego, San Antonio, St.

Johnny Marr will be honoured as a ‘Record Store Legend’ with a Manchester plaque for Record Store Day 2025.The guitarist, songwriter, soloist and former Smiths legend will be awarded the accolade for his “enduring influence on music and his unwavering support for independent record stores worldwide, as well as the love and admiration for Marr and his music that comes from record stores themselves.To honour Marr, a plaque has been unveiled at the guitarist’s favourite record shop, Manchester’s Piccadilly Records. He’ll become the second recipient of the reward, following Elton John‘s crowning in 2017 to celebrate RSD’s 10th birthday.Speaking about the achievement, Marr said: “Going out to a record store, it’s a nice pastime.

Morrissey has hit out at Sparks calling them “headless Palisades savages who threw their old friends into hot molten lava for sexy kicks”.The former Smiths frontman had a dig at the duo in an Instagram post featuring a series of photos from the ’90s.One of the pictures features a note from Sparks talking about a bunch of demos they had worked on at the time.In the caption next to the post, Morrissey wrote: “A nice note from Ron and Russell Mael – before they turned into headless Palisades savages who threw their old friends into hot molten lava for sexy kicks.”A post shared by MORRISSEY (@morrisseyofficial)The former Smiths frontman and Sparks were close for many years with the former citing the latter as an influence, even writing to NME as a teenager in 1974 to praise their music.Despite them releasing a single in 2009 entitled ‘Lighten Up Morrissey‘, which appeared critical of the singer-songwriter, he was actually a fan of it according to Russell Mael.He previously told The Guardian: “We’ve had many meetings with Morrissey throughout the years, and surprisingly Morrissey really loved our song Lighten Up Morrissey, and so much so that he’s used the video we made in a montage before he goes on stage. He was happy enough about it so he’d want to show it to his fans.

Morrissey has extended his upcoming 2025 solo tour, announcing 22 new dates across Europe. Find information and ticket details below.News of the first run of dates was shared earlier this month, when the former Smiths frontman and soloist began teasing fans, saying big news was on the way.

Morrissey fans have reacted angrily to the ticket prices for his forthcoming UK and Ireland tour.After teasing fans of big news, the former Smiths frontman turned solo icon took to social media to announce his latest live dates earlier this week which will see him head over to Dublin on May 31 for a gig at the the 3Arena. From there, he will play two nights at the O2 Academy in Glasgow on June 4 and 5 respectively before wrapping up with a homecoming show at Manchester’s Co-Op Live on June 7.Tickets for the shows went on sale at 9am this morning (February 14) with the cheapest tickets starting at £81.95 with the most expensive priced at £109.95Many fans were unimpressed with the ticket prices with one writing: “Fuck me I aren’t spending £90 to see Morrissey while sitting In the clouds at some soulless arena. I’ve seen him twice at a fraction of that cost in more intimate settings.

Morrissey‘s 2025 UK and Ireland tour, is a London date possible? Check out what the vocalist had to say below.After teasing fans of big news, the former Smiths frontman turned soloist took to social media on Monday (February 10) to share a handful of dates which will see him stop in Glasgow, Manchester and Dublin in June.The shows will mark the only time Morrissey will perform in Ireland, Scotland and England in 2025. General tickets will go on sale this Friday (February 14) at 9am local time and will be available here.Today (February 12), Morrissey took to his official website to reveal if he had any plans for a gig in London.

Morrissey has teased a big announcement for the UK, set to be announced later today (February 10).The promise of a new announcement was made by the soloist and former Smiths frontman on his social media pages earlier today, when he took to his official Facebook page and shared a photo of himself performing on stage.No caption was shared for the post, although the photo did have writing on the top of it that read: “Announcement. 5pm.

Morrissey has paid tribute to Marianne Faithfull following her death yesterday (January 30).The iconic singer and actor’s representatives announced that she had “passed away peacefully in London” at the age of 78, “in the company of her loving family.”A number of other artists and admirers shared tributes to Faithfull, a range of which you can find here. Mick Jagger also shared a personal message to his former partner while Metallica described her as “fearless”.Now, Morrissey has paid his respects to her on his official website Morrissey Central.Drawing reference to her 1965 hit ‘Come And Stay With Me’ which he said was “my very first purchased disc”, the former Smiths frontman wrote: “Marianne Faithfull, RIP.

The Smiths‘ debut self-titled album, has revealed he doesn’t think Morrissey liked him.In a new interview with Music Radar, Porter has reflected on his work on the seminal 1984 album, and how he taught the band about music production.Porter explained that, while Johnny Marr was “immediately interested” in his explanations of the process, Morrissey’s “eyes glazed over”.“I really enjoyed working with The Smiths, but Morrissey was always difficult,” he added. “When I first met him, he was very polite and would send me postcards saying how much he’d enjoyed it, thanking me.

Johnny Marr joined Franz Ferdinand in Manchester last night for a trio of songs including The Smiths’ ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’ – see footage below.The Scottish indie band were playing at the city’s Aviva Studios on Saturday (January 18) for a show as part of Amazon Music’s City Sessions series, which was streamed live on Prime Video and Amazon Music’s Twitch channel.Franz Ferdinand played tracks from across their career, with a focus on their new album ‘The Human Fear’, which was released earlier this month.

Morrissey saw in the New Year with a show at the Hollywood Palladium last night – see footage from the show below.The former Smiths frontman first announced the show in early December, the final of a run of four gigs the singer played between New York and Los Angeles to round out the year.On the night, Morrissey ended the show shortly before midnight, before a countdown played and ‘Auld Lang Syne’ kicked in to mark the start of 2025.

Morrissey‘s — aka “the Pope of Mope” — three shows to close out 2024.The former The Smiths frontman is scheduled to headline at Los Angeles’ The United Theater on Broadway on Dec. 28-29 and then the Hollywood Palladium on Dec.

Morrissey has spoken about his unreleased album ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’ and why it still hasn’t seen the light of day, describing the record as “the modern version” of The Smiths‘ 1986 album ‘The Queen is Dead’.‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’ was recorded between 2020 and 2021 and had been announced for a 2023 release on Capitol, but still hasn’t been released owing to his departure from the label in 2022. Earlier this year, he said he bought back the rights back to that record, as well as his 2014 album ‘World Peace Is None Of Your Business’.Morrissey claimed in September in an interview with The Telegraph that he had been “gagged” over the release of the album, blaming what he called “Idiot Culture” for the extensive delays.“There is no arts media anymore in England, therefore there’s no one to whom I can sit and talk about this,” he claimed.

Morrissey has explained why he wanted The Smiths to reunite for a live tour, claiming that it wasn’t to do with “any emotional attachment” he has to his former bandmate Johnny Marr.Over the summer, the former frontman of the iconic Manchester group said he had agreed to a “lucrative” 2025 Smiths tour – but alleged that Marr “ignored” the offer.Later, a representative from the guitarist’s management team called Morrissey’s comment “incorrect” in a statement on X/Twitter. “I didn’t ignore the offer – I said no,” Marr wrote in his own message.During a new rare interview with Medium, Morrissey was asked if he was “really keen on sharing a stage” with Marr again, given the pair’s ongoing feud.“I agreed because it felt like the last time such a thing would be possible,” he told the online outlet.“We’ve all begun to grow old.

Morrissey has today (December 5) announces some new shows for later this month – including a New Year’s Eve gig in LA. Check out all the full details below.Posting on Instagram, the former Smiths frontman announced that he would be playing two gigs in LA on December 28 and 29 followed by a New Year’s Eve gig, also in LA.A post stated that “Morrissey will be leading the countdown from stage, complete with midnight balloon drop.”Tickets for all shows go on sale this Friday December 6 at 12pm PST (8pm UK time).

Morrissey has said that he is being prevented from releasing new music due to a war on “free speech”.The soloist and former Smiths frontman made the comments in New Jersey, as he took to the stage for a solo performance at the Performing Arts Center last Wednesday (November 13).During the set, the artist reportedly began addressing the audience and opened up about his struggle to share new music.“As you know, nobody will release my music anymore,” he said, according to APP. “As you know because I’m a chief exponent of free speech.

Morrissey’s show in Dallas on Saturday (November 2) was cut short after a number of fans invaded the stage – watch footage below.The former Smiths frontman had just started his encore at the Texas city’s Fair Park with a performance of ‘First Of The Gang To Die’ from 2004’s ‘You Are The Quarry’, when concertgoers started to jump onto the stage.The singer embraced the first few to reach him, but as more crowded him, he was forced to abandon the stage and security officers pulled fans away from him, with one of them appearing to injure his foot in the process. Fans in the crowd booed as the gig came to an abrupt end.Watch footage from the event here:Stage invasion forces Morrissey off-stage, crew member appears injured.

Morrissey has donated £50,000 to help save Salford Lads Club, the venue which is pictured in The Smiths’ ‘The Queen Is Dead’ album artwork.It comes after the Greater Manchester building was confirmed to be facing closure earlier this month due to rising costs and a drop in grant funding. To remain open, it must raise £250,000 by mid-November.The venue has been immortalised in pop culture since 1986 when The Smiths used an image of them in front of the establishment on the sleeve of their seminal third album.

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’.