Tag: Morrissey

New releases: Echo & The Bunnymen, Bad Lieutenant CDs; Talking Heads on Blu-ray

New releases: Echo & The Bunnymen, Bad Lieutenant CDs; Talking Heads on Blu-ray

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: Echo & The Bunnymen RELEASE: The Fountain BACKSTORY: The […]

Morrissey’s U.S. tour dates: West Coast concerts planned in November, December

Morrissey’s U.S. tour dates: West Coast concerts planned in November, December

It’s been a busy 2009 for Morrissey — canceling tour dates, prepping a b-sides comp, posing nearly nude, lashing out at ex-Smiths, telling fans not […]

Morrissey ‘irked’ at Andy Rourke’s claim he was fired from The Smiths via postcard

Morrissey ‘irked’ at Andy Rourke’s claim he was fired from The Smiths via postcard

Although most of Morrissey’s Smiths-related rancor is reserved for litigious drummer Mike Joyce, the singer today lashed out at bassist Andy Rourke for claiming once […]

Morrissey fleshes out fall European tour, featured in another nearly naked photo

Morrissey fleshes out fall European tour, featured in another nearly naked photo

Morrissey has turned what initially were just a handful of rescheduled dates from this summer’s cancellation-prone Tour of Refusal into a full-fledged fall leg, with […]

Tracklist for Morrissey’s ‘Swords’ b-sides CD revealed; singer plans Los Angeles concert

Tracklist for Morrissey’s ‘Swords’ b-sides CD revealed; singer plans Los Angeles concert

The tracklist for Morrissey’s forthcoming b-sides album Swords has surfaced, and the 18-song CD collects all but eight of the bonus tracks from the singles […]

New releases: The Smiths vinyl reissues, new Fall live CD, New Order re-reissues

New releases: The Smiths vinyl reissues, new Fall live CD, New Order re-reissues

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: The Smiths RELEASES: The Smiths, Meat is […]

Morrissey: Don’t buy my new box sets, Smiths reissues — I’m not making money off them

Morrissey: Don’t buy my new box sets, Smiths reissues — I’m not making money off them

Morrissey is asking fans not to buy a pair of just-announced box sets of his solo 7-inch singles — in addition to recent singles boxes […]

Morrissey to release vinyl box sets of solo singles spanning 1988 to 1995

Morrissey to release vinyl box sets of solo singles spanning 1988 to 1995

Morrissey will release a pair of new limited-edition box sets this fall collecting reissued 7-inch singles spanning his initial solo foray in 1988 through his […]

Morrissey, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Pixies top first six months of Slicing Up Eyeballs

Morrissey, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Pixies top first six months of Slicing Up Eyeballs

Yesterday, Slicing Up Eyeballs hit a somewhat negligible milestone, the six-month mark in its still-nascent existence chronicling the past, present and future of ’80s college […]

Quick Spins: Pixies in Canada, Morrissey speaks, Dinosaur Jr does The Cure

Quick Spins: Pixies in Canada, Morrissey speaks, Dinosaur Jr does The Cure

Pixies play Canada While fans await U.S. dates for the band’s Doolittle anniversary trek, the Pixies today announced their first North American concert in four […]

Morrissey postpones two Italian concerts on cancellation-plagued Tour of Refusal

Morrissey postpones two Italian concerts on cancellation-plagued Tour of Refusal

Not to be outdone by Depeche Mode, Morrissey today postponed two more concerts on his cancellation-plagued Tour of Refusal, mysteriously citing “currently unresolvable issues” rather […]

Depeche Mode cancels concerts after Dave Gahan injures leg during performance

Depeche Mode cancels concerts after Dave Gahan injures leg during performance

Depeche Mode today canceled two more concerts on its Tour of the Universe after Dave Gahan tore a calf muscle during last night’s festival performance […]

The Smiths’ ‘Singles Box’ to be released this month in expanded 12-CD edition

The Smiths’ ‘Singles Box’ to be released this month in expanded 12-CD edition

The U.K arm of Rhino Records is poised to issue a CD version of The Smiths’ 7-inch Singles Box that was released late last year […]