NME - The Bands Blog — This week's NME is a special issue celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Smiths' seminal 1986 album 'The Queen Is Dead'. We spoke to guitarist Johnny Marr about the making of the record for the magazine - here are some extra words from the axeman ... more info

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ContactMusic — Vegetarian rocker Morrissey has successfully banned meat from his upcoming tour of Scotland after reportedly threatening to boycott any venue serving animal products. The staunch animal activist recently hit headlines when organisers of the Lokerse F... more info

Stereogum — In advance of a European tour that kicks off in Perth tomorrow, Morrissey and band performed three songs from his next album on BBC Radio 2 earlier tonight. Last month he wrote on his site that the LP, his tenth solo, was finished but did not have a ... more info

Scotsman.com — HE FAMOUSLY denounced meat eaters as murderers, chastising in song those who covet the "sizzling blood" and "unholy stench" of slain animals. more info

Guardian Music — November 1973: Number 6 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicThe Dolls' appearance on the Old Grey Whistle Test kickstarted the war between punks and hippies three years early. Before filming, Dolls frontman David Johansen ... more info

Guardian Music — November 1983: Number 28 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicI wrote This Charming Man for a John Peel session. I just leapt out of bed and wrote it. It was the culmination of trying to find a way of playing that was non-r... more info

Guardian Music — 'At the time, I was using my bedroom as a darkroom – and storing all my chemicals in old lemonade bottles'This shoot really should have gone to a big-name photographer – an Anton Corbijn or a Pennie Smith – but it went to me, a fan using a chea... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I think the photo gives away the fact that today's song is one of the instrumentals:-mp3 : The Smiths - Money Changes EverythingThe b-side to Bigmouth Strikes Again, this was the second instrumental track the band released.  There's no mistaking tha... more info

Guardian Music — Singer persuades Lokerse Feesten in Belgium to embrace 'catering challenge' and go veggie on the day he performsA Belgian music festival will go vegetarian for 24 hours to appease headliner Morrissey. Lokerse Feesten has banned meat from its food sta... more info