Tag: Morrissey

Morrissey cancels Atlanta, postpones Atlantic City — says tour resumes ‘without question’ in Boston

Morrissey cancels Atlanta, postpones Atlantic City — says tour resumes ‘without question’ in Boston

Morrissey has “fallen ill” and has canceled his Wednesday night concert in Atlanta, according to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre’s website. Moz last performed on Saturday night in Miami, and had a three-night break scheduled before Wednesday night’s now-scrubbed Atlanta gig.

Publishing rights for The Smiths’ and Morrissey’s catalogs now up for grabs

Publishing rights for The Smiths’ and Morrissey’s catalogs now up for grabs

Morrissey has announced, through his customary outlet, the quasi-official fansite True To You, that his 30-year publishing deal with Warner-Chappell Music “has come to an end” — and that he’s now shopping his solo catalog and The Smiths’ catalog to any new publishers that might be interested.

New releases: Bob Mould, Peter Murphy, Echo & The Bunnymen, Morrissey, James, CvB

New releases: Bob Mould, Peter Murphy, Echo & The Bunnymen, Morrissey, James, CvB

This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from Bob Mould, Peter Murphy, Echo & The Bunnymen, Camper Van Beethoven and James, plus reissues from Morrissey and Soundgarden, and a new latter-period best-of from Paul Weller.

Morrissey releases video for spoken-word version of ‘World Peace Is None Of Your Business’

Morrissey releases video for spoken-word version of ‘World Peace Is None Of Your Business’

The opening track and lead single off Morrissey’s forthcoming album World Peace is None of Your Business has just gone on sale via iTunes and other digital retailers, and accompanying the track in the iTunes Music Store is a video of Moz performing a solemn, spoken-word rendition of the song.

Morrissey to release new single ‘World Peace is None of Your Business’ this week

Morrissey to release new single ‘World Peace is None of Your Business’ this week

With Morrissey’s tour under way, despite a bit of a bumpy start, it’s time for some new music — and it appears we’ll hear the title track off Moz’s upcoming album World Peace is None of Your Business when it’s released Tuesday as a single in the U.K. The song has has popped up on Amazon.co.uk as a digital single.

Morrissey debuts 3 new songs at U.S. tour opener, show ends in stage-invasion chaos

Morrissey debuts 3 new songs at U.S. tour opener, show ends in stage-invasion chaos

Morrissey returned to the road Wednesday night as his U.S. tour opened in San Jose, Calif., with a show that found the former Smiths frontman debuting three new songs off World Peace Is None Of Your Business during a 20-song set that ended abruptly as Moz was forced to flee the stage.

Morrissey’s ‘Vauxhall and I’ reissue to feature bonus live concert recorded in 1995

Morrissey’s ‘Vauxhall and I’ reissue to feature bonus live concert recorded in 1995

Morrissey’s previously announced 20th anniversary reissue of his fourth solo album, 1994’s Vauxhall and I, will not feature a tweaked tracklist — as some of the singer’s re-releases have included — but will come with a bonus CD or download of a concert recorded in London on Feb. 27, 1995.

Morrissey to release remastered edition of 1994’s ‘Vauxhall and I’ in June

Morrissey to release remastered edition of 1994’s ‘Vauxhall and I’ in June

Morrissey will follow up his just-released reissue of 1992’s Your Arsenal with a new remastered edition of that album’s follow-up — Vauhxall and I, released exactly 20 years ago today — on June 2, the singer announced today via fansite True To You. The album is remastered by Bill Inglot.

Morrissey’s new album ‘World Peace Is None of Your Business’ due late June/early July

Morrissey’s new album ‘World Peace Is None of Your Business’ due late June/early July

Morrissey today revealed the title of his forthcoming album — the ever-subtle World Peace Is None Of Your Business — and announced that the 12-track album is “provisionally” set to be released in late June or early July worldwide by Capitol subsidiary Harvest Records.

New releases: Bob Mould, Morrissey, Simple Minds, Neneh Cherry, The Woodentops

New releases: Bob Mould, Morrissey, Simple Minds, Neneh Cherry, The Woodentops

This week’s new releases include expanded reissues, on both CD and vinyl, of Bob Mould’s solo debut ‘Workbook’ and Morrissey’s ‘Your Arsenal,’ plus brand-new studio albums from Neneh Cherry and The Woodentops, and vinyl reissues from Peter Gabriel and The Afghan Whigs.

Morrissey announces 25-date U.S. tour ahead of planned new studio album

Morrissey announces 25-date U.S. tour ahead of planned new studio album

Just hours after announcing a pair of high-profile arena concerts in New York and Los Angeles, Morrissey this morning has unveiled a full 25-date U.S. tour this May and June that will hit many of the cities and venues that saw cancellations during the former Smiths singer’s disastrous late-2012 and early-2013 American tour.

Morrissey announces arena concerts in Los Angeles, New York with special guests

Morrissey announces arena concerts in Los Angeles, New York with special guests

Morrissey has yet to announce his promised U.S. tour this spring, but tonight he did confirm two major concerts: arena shows in Los Angeles and New York in May and June that will find the former Smiths singer sharing the stage with legendary crooners Tom Jones and Cliff Richard, respectively.

Morrissey’s spring U.S. tour begins to take shape with Dallas, Boston concerts

Morrissey’s spring U.S. tour begins to take shape with Dallas, Boston concerts

When Morrissey announced last month he’d signed a new record deal and plans to release an album later this year, he also promised that 2014 tour dates would be “announced soon.” It appears a spring U.S. trek is beginning to take shape with concerts set for Dallas and Boston in late May and early June.