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Morrissey Sang The Smiths’ Music Industry Polemic For The First Time In 29 Years

103 days ago
StereogumThe Smiths' final album, 1987's Strangeways, Here We Come, came out after the band had broken up. It includes "Paint A Vulgar Picture," the band's disgusted song about the music industry. In his acid-tongued lyrics, Morrissey described the "sickening... more info

Morrissey Sets First Concert Cancellations Of 2026

112 days ago
StereogumMorrissey loves to cancel shows. This has always been true, but it's especially true as of late. In September he canceled an Ottawa concert over a Bluesky threat, in October he axed a Turkey gig due to backlash over his support for Israel, in Nove... more info

Why Johnny Marr Turned Down The Smiths Reunion Offer (2025 In Review)

120 days ago
Antimusic RockWhy Johnny Marr Turned Down The Smiths Reunion Offer was a top 25 story of June 2025 in our look back at the Year In Rock more info

Morrissey Seems To Have A New Album, Show Cancellation

121 days ago
StereogumFor a few months, Morrissey has publicly complained that no labels want to release his album. Capitol was allegedly supposed to share Bonfire Of Teenagers in 2023, but instead he departed and said the label was trying to wreck his career. In Septembe... more info

Morrissey Cancels This Month’s South American Tour

171 days ago
Stereogum More Morrissey cancelations abound. The former Smiths frontman canceled two Mexico shows last-minute last week due to “extreme exhaustion,” and now the rest of his shows for the month are no longer happening. more info

Blood Orange Covers The Smiths’ “How Soon Is Now?” In LA

189 days ago
Stereogum Dev Hynes is currently on tour bringing his beautiful new Blood Orange album Essex Honey to audiences. On Thursday (Oct. 16), he performed the Smiths’ classic “How Soon Is Now?” on an electric cello in Los Angeles. more info

Julia Roberts Explains We Should Listen To The Smiths Even If Morrissey’s Problematic

200 days ago
Stereogum Morrissey and the Smiths come up in After The Hunt, director Luca Guadagnino’s new movie starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Chloë Sevigny. As Time's review explains, there’s a scene in which Sevigny ... more info

Twen – “Allnighter”

214 days ago
Stereogum Twen, the duo of Jane Fitzsimmons and Ian Jones, announced their new album Fate Euphoric last month by releasing a video for lead single “Godlike” but not revealing the tracklist. Today we’ve learned about at least one more song from the sel... more info

Johnny Marr To UPS: “Where Are My Guitars?”

220 days ago
Stereogum You know you’ve reached the boiling point when you’re tweeting at a large corporation hoping to get your problem resolved. Johnny Marr found himself in such a state today. As Vulture points out, the Smiths guitarist turned Morrissey adversary ... more info

Happy Birthday Fiona Apple

224 days ago
Magnet MagazineHappy birthday Fiona Apple. Remember that depth is the greatest of heights. Read our MAGNET Feedback with Robyn Hitchcock, writing about Apple, Syd Barrett, Byrds, Decemberists, Bob Dylan, Feist, Kinks, Alison Krauss And Gillian Welch, John Lennon, N... more info

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