Despite proclaiming Swords a ‘meek disaster’ last December, Morrissey has gone ahead and made a music video to promote one of the (best) tracks off his late-2009 b-sides album: ‘Ganglord,’ the flip side to 2006’s ‘The Youngest Was the Most Loved.’

[tweetmeme]Morrissey today issued a lengthy and somewhat whiny statement to his fans in which he reflects back on his troubled 2009, addressing, for the first time, his on-stage collapse and the concert two weeks later during which he was pelted in the head with a bottle, as well as apologizing for the performance of his [...]

[tweetmeme]Apparently having regained his voice, the oft-ailing Morrissey dropped by the new “Lopez Tonight” late-night talk show last night to perform “Don’t Make Fun Of Daddy’s Voice,” the “Let Me Kiss You” B-side that appears on the singer’s new compilation, Swords. Moz’s short U.S. tour in support of the B-sides disc wraps up with performances [...]

[tweetmeme]The increasingly commitment-phobic Morrissey abruptly canceled tonight’s concert in Indio, Calif., without official explanation — bringing the total number of shows Moz has canceled or postponed in 2009 to at least 20. And that’s not even counting the two U.K. performances the ex-Smith cut short after first collapsing on stage and then, two weeks later, [...]

[tweetmeme]Morrissey’s reputation as the world’s most unreliable concert draw remains solidly intact, thanks to incoming reports he walked offstage just one-and-a-half songs into tonight’s Liverpool concert after a fan tossed a drink at him.
Disgruntled fans are documenting the incident on Twitter, and reports vary as to whether Moz actually was hit or not, and whether [...]

Three nights after collapsing on stage and being rushed to the hospital, Morrissey resumed his fall European tour tonight at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall — a concert that already had been postponed for health reasons back in May.
According to British media and fan accounts, Moz took to the stage to a rapturous ovation, quipped, [...]

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Morrissey was released from a British hospital today after suffering breathing difficulties and collapsing on stage just one song into his concert Saturday night in Swindon — and at least one of his upcoming performances has been postponed.
The BBC reports that a spokeswoman for Great Western Hospital said the 50-year-old singer was kept overnight as [...]

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 released off of the singer’s 2000s-era output — meaning Moz will be more than happy for you to shell out cash for this particular reissue package.
Due out Oct. 26 [...]

Addressing his fans directly for the first time about his illness-plagued Tour of Refusal, Morrissey yesterday released a statement vowing to restart the European leg of his tour Friday in Luxembourg — and, throwing those fans a bone, announcing the October release of a new b-sides compilation.
Moz, in typically flowery fashion, claims to have “endured [...]