Morrissey

Morrissey will not record for major label

Music Gossip

23 Dec 2011

Morrissey will never record for a "grown-up record label" again. The former Smiths frontman - who is currently unsigned after his contract with Universal ended in late 2009 - doesn't feel there is any chance he will ever be offered another deal with…

Morrissey gives permission for Smiths song on advert

Music Gossip

11 Nov 2011

Morrissey has given John Lewis permission to use a version of a Smiths song for its Christmas campaign. The 'Shoplifters of the World Unite' musician - who is famously anti-establishment - is said to be "delighted" that the group's song 'Please…

Interview - Amy Lamé’s Unhappy Birthday

Morrissey at your birthday party? Glasgay! performer Amy Lamé wants to make it happen

17 Oct 2011

Steven Patrick Morrissey. Icon. Owner of the best baritone in the biz. Vegetarian, animal rights activist and moulder of the most vertigo-inducing quiff since Johnny Bravo? Yes, yes, yes. But warm, approachable, fan-embracing performer who would jump…

Morrissey cancels Swedish gig because of rain

Music Gossip

15 Jul 2011

Morrissey refused to perform at a concert in Sweden last night (14.07.11) because it was raining. The 'Girlfriend In A Coma' singer had been booked to play at Helsingborg's Sundsparlan venue but cancelled just hours before he was due to take the…

Morrissey struggling to get record deal

Music Gossip

29 Jun 2011

Morrissey thinks his previous success is stopping him getting a record deal. The former Smiths frontman - who revealed last month he is currently unsigned after his contract with Universal ended in late 2009 - has still not received offers from any…

Morrissey - Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline, Mon 20 June 2011

A spellbinding show from Mozza on his Scottish mini-tour

28 Jun 2011

Dunfermline’s grand Alhambra Theatre oddly represented perhaps the most conventional of stop-offs in Scotland for Morrissey on his latest mini tour of typically out of the way destinations. Or at least the most central, on a sojourn that will have wound…

Festival bans meat for Morrissey

Music Gossip

9 Jun 2011

Morrissey has been behind a festival's decision to hold a meat-free day. Organisers of Belgium's ten day Lokerse Feesten have declared one day completely vegetarian, in order to entice the meat shunning 'The Boy with the Thorn in His Side' singer to…

Found singer Ziggy Campbell on what Morrissey means to him

Morrissey gears up for tour of provincial Scottish towns

27 May 2011

Someone approached me after a FOUND gig recently and informed me that Morrissey was playing in Hawick town hall. Perfect, I thought. If ever there was a humdrum town that the rain fell hard on it has to be Hawick. I know this because I grew up in a…

The Very Best Of Morrissey

A new Morrissey collection might leave Moz fans wanting

24 May 2011

So, from the man who once spat vitriol at record companies and bands who fobbed off fans with reissued, repackaged, re-evaluated records comes The Very Best of Morrissey, long-lost brother to 1997's Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey. More than half the…

Morrissey completes new album

Music Gossip

10 May 2011

Morrissey has completed his new album. The 'Everyday Is Like Sunday' singer has completed work on his tenth solo album, but at present has no record deal in place to release it. He said in a statement: "The follow-up to 2009's 'Years of Refusal…

Morrissey doesn't sing mating calls

Music Gossip

21 Apr 2011

Morrissey doesn't sing some of his older songs live because they are "mating calls". The 'Boy With the Thorn in his Side' singer recorded four albums with The Smiths between 1982 and 1987 before embarking on a successful solo career, but feels some…

Why does Morrissey love performing in small venues in provincial towns?

Why the small gigs of 2011 UK tour are in everyone’s best interests

17 Mar 2011

A snapshot of any Morrissey gig at any given venue at any point in his career paints the same (vulgar?) picture. From the bequiffed to the balding via gladioli and vegetarianism, a congregation of grasping hands reach and strain towards the stage where…

Morrissey to headline Hop Farm Festival

Music Gossip

4 Mar 2011

Morrissey has been announced as headliner of this year's Hop Farm Festival. The 'Every Day Is Like Sunday' singer will headline the Saturday night of the British festival, held on July 1 and 2, alongside 'Hotel California' rockers Eagles, who…

Morrissey won't retract 'subspecies' remark

Music Gossip

6 Sep 2010

Morrissey has refused to retract a statement referring to Chinese people as a "subspecies". The 'How Soon Is Now' singer - who is a vegetarian and an animal rights campaigner - reignited racist claims against him when he made the inflammatory…

Linder - King’s Ransom (Hybrid Tea)

15 Apr 2010

Legendary visual artist and Morrissey pal Linder discusses her epic new performance piece and eagerly awaited exhibition with Neil Cooper What are words worth? ‘Glamour’, for instance, is a Scottish derivative that comes directly from the word…

Peter Wild (Ed): Paint a Vulgar Picture: Fiction Inspired by The Smiths

14 May 2009

These short story collections of Peter Wild’s are certainly well designed for grabbing fans’ imaginations. He gets a fistful of contemporary writers to extrapolate from the songs of a particularly iconic band with The Fall and Sonic Youth having…

Morrissey

30 Apr 2009

The neurotic animal rights fanatic has yet another jaunt round the globe to promote his new album Years of Refusal. Last seen complaining about the ‘smell of burning flesh’ at Coachella, he promises great music, outspoken banter and the usual enraptured…

Phil Collins: Cover versions

16 Apr 2009

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but few bands have inspired such hopeless devotion in their fans as The Smiths. When Morrissey, Marr and co appeared in 1983, the pure emotional rawness of Morrissey’s lyrical confessionals tapped into an…

Sound Advice - 10 Best gigs: Scotland (March–May) 

1 Mar 2009

Franz Ferdinand Thu 5 Mar, 7pm, Barrowlands, Glasgow (H5), 0141 552 4601, £20 The cream of Scottish indie play their home town; it doesn’t get much better than this. The Xcerts Sun 8 Mar, 8pm, Kings Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow (E3), 0141 221…

Morrissey - Years of Refusal

5 Feb 2009

ROCK It could be argued that Morrissey’s inertia is our gain. While his old partner in crime Johnny Marr whores it about with everyone from Modest Mouse to The Cribs, a veritable six-stringer for hire, quick to adapt to any new vibrations, Stephen…

Preview 2009 - Albums

8 Jan 2009

The start of ‘09 sees a hip hop war brewing, with new records by some of the genre’s heaviest hitters landing on the streets. First we’ve got to survive January, though, and what more uplifting way than with Bruce Springsteen ’s Working on a Dream?

Morrissey's naked Eva offer

Celebrity Gossip

15 Dec 2008

Eva Mendes wants to appear in a PETA advert naked with Morrissey. The stunning Latino actress wants to team up with the outspoken vegetarian singer to raise awareness of animal rights and is prepared to bare all in front of Morrissey. Eva - who…

Singles & Downloads

8 May 2008

Get ready, kids, it’s New Morrissey Single of the Fortnight time! And this one’s a stormer, all taut and driving, and laced with that familiar austerity which, you suspect, hides a well of uncertainty somewhere just below the surface. And it’s got these…

Morrissey LA gigs cancelled but singer reveals album plans

5 Oct 2007

Morrissey’s 10-day run at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles was hit after a water main was damaged. Two of the shows at the 4,000 capacity venue were cancelled, said promoter Live Nation. However tickets for the Tuesday and Thursday gigs can…

Smiths reunion rumours laid to rest by Morrissey

24 Aug 2007

Morrissey has reportedly turned down an offer of around £40 million to tour with The Smiths, and has said upcoming shows in LA and New York will be his last “for the foreseeable future”. The latest revelation has put paid to rumours about the band…