Consequence of Sound — Cross them off the rumor list. more info

ContactMusic — Singer Morrissey has turned down yet another attempt by bosses of the Coachella rock festival to reunite his former band The Smiths.The Suedehead... more info

The Independent — Former Smiths frontman Morrissey has revealed that he toyed with the idea of voting for the UK Independent Party. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Stereogum lists Smiths albums from worst to best. George Saunders' editor interviews the author at Slate. 20 year-end music lists were added yesterday to the master aggregation, including the Independent's best album covers of the year. 41 lists were... more info

Topix — Singer Morrissey has credited David Bowie's late guitarist Mick Ronson with saving his career after The Smiths split up. more info

ContactMusic — Singer Morrissey has credited David Bowie's late guitarist Mick Ronson with saving his career after The Smiths split up.The Suedehead hitmaker... more info

Consequence of Sound — In case you were wondering. more info

ContactMusic — While certainly there are an increasing number of anti-royalists, The Smiths' Morrissey is leading the pack by blaming the Royal Family, and... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Salon interviews Tony Fletcher about his new book, A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths. Let me start with the big legacy question. Morrissey and Marr: Should there be any doubt that this is as... more info

Guardian Music — Few musical reunions are anything better than schmaltzy and many are far worse. But I still long for the Smiths to returnAs a Grease fan, I approached the news that John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John have reunited for a charity with cautious optimi... more info