Stereogum — On Saturday night, actor Michael Shannon rounded up a group of Chicago-based musicians for a Smiths tribute concert at SPACE in Evanton, Illinois. His lineup was made up Jason Narducy (Bob Mould, Split Single, Superchunk), Dag Juhlin (Poi Dog Ponderi... more info

Stereogum — Michael Shannon is an actor (Revolutionary Road, Boardwalk Empire, Man Of Steel) and musician who is planning to helm a group of Chicago musicians to perform the Smiths The Queen Is Dead in full for a one-night concert. The ticketing site dubs him a ... more info

The Telegraph — The former Smiths frontman has accused Michael Eavis of censorship more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Philadelphia punks The Menzingers announced a May/June headlining tour with excellent support from Chumped (who are on tour with Andrew Jackson Jihad, The Smith Street Band and Jeff Rosenstock right now and hit NYC a few weeks back at... more info

Stereogum — David Cameron is the conservative Prime Minister of Great Britain. He’s also a man with decent-if-basic tastes in indie rock. In the past, he’s incurred the wrath of both Morrissey and Johnny Marr by claiming that he likes the Smiths. (It’s not... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Chumped @ BK Night Bazar, 2014 (more by Mimi Hong) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Andrew Jackson Jihad, The Smith Street Band, Jeff Rosenstock, Chumped @ Warsaw... more info

Stereogum — For a new Record Store Day single, the former Smiths axe wizard Johnny Marr has recorded a version of Depeche Mode’s 1993 single “I Feel You.” The Marr version switches out Depeche Mode’s synth-throb for guitar crunch and turns it into a pret... more info

Stereogum — Back in 1992, Morrissey’s camp reached out to NME photographer Derek Ridgers about using his photo of skinheads as part of a montage during the Smiths singer’s stage show for an upcoming French gig. Long story short, not only did Moz use the phot... more info

Stereogum — There’s a special delicacy to love songs celebrating shy people. Maybe being shy used to be a more popular subject for songwriters — in the ’80s we got classic songs on the theme such as “Ask” by the Smiths and “Too Shy” by Kajagoogoo �... more info

Time — Sorry, N.W.A., Chic, The Smiths and Sting. Maybe next year! more info