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In 1991 Morrissey toured North America for the first time since the generation-defining break-up of The Smiths four years earlier, a split so unexpected, so premature, and, in retrospect, so unnecessary that many of the band's fans remember where they where when news of the break-up reached them, the way others remember where they when they learned of JFK's assassination, or the Challenger disaster. As Simon Reynolds wrote, in what remains perhaps the best article ever written about Morrissey, "Fanaticism is the true experience of pop, not discrimination and broad-mindedness." Smiths fans have always been among the most fanatical fans of them all. They make Deadheads look uncommitted. To those infected with the Morrissey disease, the Smiths were never just another band: They were everything. They were more important than family and friends, than fortune or the plans for the future.
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Thank you to everyone for your kind letters of support and concern about Morrissey’s well being. He sends his very best wishes and looks forward to seeing you all on tour over the next few months starting in Washington next week. What should have been a wonderful triumphant weekend playing to 35,000 of you in LA and 10,000 or you in San Francisco ended on Saturday morning with sinusitis, acute laryngitis and a high fever with orders from Dr Joseph Sugarman to get to bed and not speak for the next 48 hours at a minimum. Sadly we not only had to postpone the shows but also cancel (at great expense!) the video shoot for Let Me Kiss You which was due for Tuesday. The most important thing of course is Morrissey’s health and we are happy to report that with the prescribed rest he will be ready to go next week and we will make an announcement later this week on a special event to make up for the KROQ show that all 35,000 of you who were there on Saturday will get to see and the same for the ALICE show in San Francisco. On a final note we understand that there are those in the Morrissey community on morrissey-solo.com spreading erroneous rumours about lawsuits and questioning whether KROQ did everything possible to bring you the information in a timely fashion. I can assure you that the rumours are false and the integrity of KROQ cannot be questioned. They handled a very difficult situation impeccably and you should treat anything you are told to the contrary as rubbish.
Best wishes,
The Morrissey website presale for tickets to the upcoming El Paso, TX date will take place at www.morrissey.tickets.musictoday.com. Those purchasing tickets will have the opportunity to add on a copy of the CD, You Are The Quarry, for just $10!
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Morrissey will play a very special Christmas show at London's Earl Court on December 18.
Tickets will go on sale this Friday 10th of September at 9:30am.
Because you are a member of this site you can access the pre sale which will start tomorrow morning (September 8) at 9:30 am GMT. You can access the pre sale here: www.gigsandtours.com.
Morrissey USA Ticket Presales
There will be a series of Morrissey website presales for tickets to the upcoming US tour dates! These will take place at www.morrissey.tickets.musictoday.com .
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Lazy Dyke has posted the NME cover scan this on the general discussion message board (link).
More info on the NME site. broken also writes:
NME's cover depicts Morrissey and Carl Libertine, while the newspaper proclaims Morrissey's comeback complete, following his fine performance at reading, and his Summer capped.
There is a page devoted to Morrissey and "his young lions" - the likes of The Ordinary Boys, The Libs and Franz whose sound and lyrical content he so obviously influenced, following their performances on the same say at Reading/Leeds.
Q meanwhile runs a feature on "the greatest songwriters" listing Morrissey and Marr up there with the very best. An entire page of fawning praise/adulation and comments from the likes of Ryan Adams accompanies the article, which also lists the 10 essential Moz/Marr moments. A curious selection indeed, including the likes of "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" and "A Rush and a Push" among the ten, but omitting many of their more widely appreciated songs.
Sadly, no Morrissey solo is featured.
The sleeve of "What Difference Does It Make" features a still of Terence Stamp from The Collector. The song "Tomorrow" quotes the film saying "Put your arms around me. I won't tell anybody".
The Smiths self-titled LP features Joe Dallesandro from Andy Warhol's Flesh on its sleeve.
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MORRISSEY - A JEWEL IN THE CROWN
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Belligerent Ghoul writes:
