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  • Mike Joyce joins Andy Rourke in pulling out of just-announced Classically Smiths gigs

    Mike Joyce joins Andy Rourke in pulling out of just-announced Classically Smiths gigs

    • 23 January 2018
    • Reunions
    • 0 comments

    In a trainwreck that just keeps getting worse, Mike Joyce today announced that he, too, will not take part in the Classically Smiths live shows he began teasing last week, saying he’d been barred from revealing Andy Rourke wouldn’t be taking part when the project was announced Monday.

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  • Ex-members announce Classically Smiths concerts, but Andy Rourke denies involvement

    Ex-members announce Classically Smiths concerts, but Andy Rourke denies involvement

    • 22 January 2018
    • Reunions
    • 2 comments

    After cryptic hints Friday, the cat’s now out of the bag: The Smiths’ Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce, plus “fifth member” Craig Gannon, will perform the band’s beloved songs backed by a full orchestra in the U.K. this summer, the Manchester Evening News reported today. No dates have yet been announced.

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  • The Smiths’ Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke up to something with 5th member Craig Gannon

    The Smiths’ Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke up to something with 5th member Craig Gannon

    • 19 January 2018
    • Reunions
    • 11 comments

    It appears that Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke, the rhythm section of The Smiths, are planning something — a concert? a full tour? — this year with Craig Gannon, the onetime Aztec Camera member who toured with The Smiths as a second guitarist toward the end of the band’s life.

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  • Morrissey accuses HMV of trying to ‘freeze sales’ of new ‘Queen is Dead’ vinyl singles

    Morrissey accuses HMV of trying to ‘freeze sales’ of new ‘Queen is Dead’ vinyl singles

    • 17 June 2017
    • Beefs, Vinyl
    • 7 comments

    One day after new 12-inch and 7-inch singles of The Smiths’ “The Queen is Dead” went on sale at U.K. retailers, Morrissey is accusing the HMV chain of “an attempt to freeze sales” by limiting sales of new vinyl to one copy per person — and he’s urging fans to don silly costumes and buy as many copies “as​ you ​desire.”

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  • Heaven knows we’re miserable now: The Smiths snubbed by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    Heaven knows we’re miserable now: The Smiths snubbed by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    • 16 December 2014
    • Honors
    • 22 comments

    The prospects of The Smiths all gathering in the same room — forget about a live performance, just getting the four together behind a podium would have been a miracle — were dashed early Tuesday when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced next year’s inductees, a list that did not include the first-time nominees.

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  • The Smiths nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — plus Lou Reed, Nine Inch Nails, Kraftwerk

    The Smiths nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — plus Lou Reed, Nine Inch Nails, Kraftwerk

    • 9 October 2014
    • Honors
    • 40 comments

    After six years of eligibility, The Smiths were nominated today for induction as part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2015, joining a list of nominees that includes Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, the late Lou Reed, Kraftwerk, Sting and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.

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  • Morrissey’s first solo concert: Watch rare video of full 1988 show with ex-Smiths members

    Morrissey’s first solo concert: Watch rare video of full 1988 show with ex-Smiths members

    • 22 May 2013
    • Video, Vintage Video
    • 14 comments

    It’s Morrissey’s birthday today, and while the ever-dour singer celebrated by declaring war on foie gras, one of his fans took the opportunity to drop a real surprise, marking Moz’s 54th with a leak of ultra-rare, pro-shot video capturing the singer’s first-ever solo concert, with Moz backed by Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce, in full.

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  • Rare tape of early The Smiths rehearsals surfaces — hear 40-minute set from May 1983

    Rare tape of early The Smiths rehearsals surfaces — hear 40-minute set from May 1983

    • 19 March 2013
    • Digital Music
    • 5 comments

    A newly revealed cassette recording of The Smiths rehearsing in a Manchester warehouse in May 1983 prior to signing their first record deal has surfaced online in what the band’s drummer today called “an early recording you’ve probably never heard before.”

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  • ‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: PiL’s John Lydon in Tijuana with Dave Kendall — 1992

    ‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: PiL’s John Lydon in Tijuana with Dave Kendall — 1992

    • 4 January 2013
    • 120 Minutes Rewind, Video
    • 9 comments

    For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we flash back to 1992 for a walk through Tijuana, Mexico, with John Lydon and host Dave Kendall. This appears to actually be an MTV news piece, likely repackaged from segments produced for a July 1992 episode of “120 Minutes” that featured the Public Image Ltd. frontman as co-host.

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  • New biography ‘A Light That Never Goes Out’ promises ‘complete story’ of The Smiths

    New biography ‘A Light That Never Goes Out’ promises ‘complete story’ of The Smiths

    • 27 August 2012
    • Books
    • 4 comments

    A new 700-page biography of The Smiths by music writer and biographer Tony Fletcher will be published in the U.K. next week — but not in the U.S. until December — and promises, through “extensive research, dozens of interviews and unprecedented access,” to tell “the complete story” of the iconic Manchester band.

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  • Mike Joyce to play, discuss 2 hours of The Smiths on East Village Radio today

    Mike Joyce to play, discuss 2 hours of The Smiths on East Village Radio today

    • 13 October 2011
    • Radio
    • 0 comments

    Mike Joyce, former drummer of The Smiths, will dedicate his weekly Coalition Chart Show on New York City’s East Village Radio entirely to his old band this morning, playing two hours of hand-picked cuts from the new Rhino Records-released ‘Complete’ box set.

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