Rolling Stone — American Idol runner-up David Archuleta and Guns N’ Roses don’t have much in common, but now the two artists share the same management team as Archie has signed with Azoff Management. Azoff is also the home of the Eagles, Christina Aguilera, Morr... more info

Chorus.fm — *Morrissey* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/morrissey) has signed with (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003869806) Irving Azoff for management. more info

The Music Slut — Hallelujah! True To You reports: *Morrissey will play his first concerts of 2009 in New Zealand. January shows are booked in Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland and Dunedin. From here, Morrissey will travel to Australia where concerts are booked in Br... more info

The Red Radio — We are loving all the Morrissey and Smiths activity these days. The actual street date for the Southpaw Grammar reissue was just announced via Morrissey fan site True To You last night. BMG has set January 26th as the date.... more info

The Music Slut — Learn more about the celebration here.In June, Anthony Kiedis was named sexiest male vegetarian.Visit Morrissey on MySpace.MP3: The Smiths - Meat Is Murder [alt link] more info

Pitchfork — A Smiths best-of compilation? Stop me if you've heard this one before! Yes indeed, the master compilers at Rhino will bring out The Sound of the Smiths, a retrospective of the late, great, sad rockers, on November 11. It will be available as both a s... more info

Pop Candy — Today's reader has a Morrissey story that made me squeal when I read it. Find out more about her, then say hello in the comments: Reader of the day: knitkitty Real name: Mary H. Where I live: Temporarily in Louisville,... more info

Chorus.fm — *Morrissey* (http://absolutepunk.net/morrissey) and *Johnny Marr* (http://www.jmarr.com/) will release (http://www.nme.com/news/the-smiths/40013) a compilation of *The Smiths* (http://www.askmeaskmeaskme.com/) rarities, titled The Sound of The Smiths... more info

The Red Radio — It seems the upcoming Smiths compilation rumored to be titled Hang The DJ is now officially called The Sound Of The Smiths. Contrary to earlier reports that Morrissey and Marr were not involved with this release, NME now states that... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Dotmusic - Morrissey and Marr team-up for new career compilation more info