Johnny Marr

Brooklyn Vegan — Also check out a song by Marr's pre-Smiths band Freak Party. Continue reading… more info

The Quietus — Marr had spoken with Morrissey in 2008 about the potentiality of a reunion of the band but it never materialised more info

Uncut — The pair met in a pub where they talked "about the possibility of the band re-forming" Johnny Marr The pair met in a pub where they talked "about the possibility of the band re-forming" The post Johnny Marr: The Smiths nearly reunited in 2008 ... more info

Chorus.fm — Johnny Marr talks with The Guardian about how The Smiths almost reunited in 2008: The drinks kept coming and we sat talking for hours. We chatted, as we always did, about the records we loved, and eventually we moved on to “that subject”. There h... more info

411 Mania — – Johnny Marr recently spoke with The Guardian, discussing the history of The Smiths and promoting his upcoming memoir, “Set the Boy Free.” He reveals[.........] more info

Stereogum — Johnny Marr’s autobiography Set The Boy Free is coming out in a couple of weeks, and the former Smiths guitarist just shared an excerpt from the book on The Guardian today, revealing that a Smiths reunion was “a very real prospect” in 2008. Whi... more info

Consequence of Sound — "In that moment it seemed that with the right intention it could actually be done and might even be great." more info

The Mirror — The star met up with his former music partner in Manchester and discussed working together again more info

BBC News - UK — There was a "real prospect" of the Smiths coming back together - but only for four days, according to Johnny Marr more info

Stereogum — Before Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke formed the Smiths with Morrissey and Mike Joyce, they played in a funk band called Freak Party. And, as The Manchester Evening News reports, their former drummer Si Wolstencroft recently unearthed a lost Freak Party... more info