Morrissey Hints At 2009 World Tour

Hallelujah! True To You reports: *Morrissey will play his first concerts of 2009 in New Zealand. January shows are booked in Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland and Dunedin. From here, Morrissey will travel to Australia where concerts are booked in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.*

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MP3: Morrissey - Alma Matters

The World Of B-Sides & Rarities, #806

Moz - It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small (Live)

A tune recorded for The Janice Long Show (circa '04).

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MP3: Moz - It's Hard To Walk... (Live)

The World Of B-Sides & Rarities, #799

Morrissey - Boxers (Live)

A great take on one of my fave Mozzer oddities.

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MP3: Morrissey - Boxers (Live)

Morrissey's 'Southpaw Grammar' Reissue LP Pushed To '09

What a bummer!

The set will now see daylight in January.

Brilliantly reworked cover art can be viewed to your right.

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MP3: Morrissey - Southpaw

Morrissey Splits With New Management

Billboard reports: *Morrissey has split with artist management firm ie: music after just three months. An ie: music spokesman confirmed that it had parted company with the ex-Smiths frontman, but declined to give any details. Morrissey joined ie:music in May, following his split with previous manager Merck Mercuriadis, ex-CEO of the now defunct music company Sanctuary U.S.*

MP3: Morrissey - Southpaw

Morrissey Enters LA Record Shop, Employee Goes Bananas

Here's a cute little story (courtesy of M-S) regarding Mozzer's visit to Rhino last weekend: *Morrissey approached the info booth. He was taller than I expected, somewhat shy & very polite. He was looking for anything that we had by the band Generation X (Billy Idol's old outfit). Of course, we were fresh out of this band, but I took the opportunity to ask M to autograph my CD, and he graciously accepted. The whole scenario was a little creepy and I could definitely tell that Morrissey was embarrassed. So we shook hands and went our separate ways.* Visit Morrissey on MySpace.

MP3: Morrissey - Alma Matters

Morrissey And His Ominous Criticisms

Whom has he bashed unjustly?

Cocteau Twins
Madonna
Sade
OMD
David Bowie
Elton John
Boy George

View more & vote for your pick here.

MP3: Morrissey - Southpaw

Morrissey Enraged By Forthcoming DVD

On Wednesday, we told you about Live At The Hollywood Bowl. Here's Mozzer's reaction to the film (via True To You): *The slapdash release of Morrissey's Live At The Hollywood Bowl is done by Warner without any consultation to me whatsoever, and is in breach of their terms as laid out by themselves in an agreement made for the film between Warner and my ex manager. Being Warner, predictably the sleeve art is appalling. It is the work of cash hounds, and I urge people NOT to buy it. I am not signed to Warner, and no royalties from this DVD will come to me. Please spend your money elsewhere. thank you, MORRISSEY.*

MP3: Morrissey - Alma Matters

Morrissey Unleashes DVD From LA Gig

Live At The Hollywood Bowl's out on 10/6.

The film will feature:

1. The Queen Is Dead
2. The Last Of The Famous...
3. Ganglord
4. The National Front Disco
5. Let Me Kiss You
6. All You Need Is Me
7. The Boy With...
8. Irish Blood, English Heart
9. Disappointed
10. I’ve Changed My Plea...
11. Everyday Is Like Sunday
12. In The Future When...
13. I Will See You In...
14. Girlfriend In A Coma
15. First Of The Gang To Die
16. You Have Killed Me
17. That’s How People Grow Up
18. Life Is A Pigsty
19. How Soon Is Now?
20. Please, Please, Please...
21. You’re Gonna Need...
22. There Is A Light...

Learn more about the release here.

MP3: The Smiths - Panic

Moz Producer Taken Off Life Support

A heartbreaking follow-up to last month's story.

Read the full article at Billboard.

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MP3: Morrissey - Southpaw

Morrissey To Guest DJ On KCRW

Wondering what tunes he'll choose?

Set your calendars for August 29th.

Listen to KCRW here.

MP3: Morrissey - I'm Not Sorry

Morrissey's 'Refusal' Gets Pushed Back To 2009

Those September rumors have turned out to be false.

HMV confirms a January release for his latest LP.

Moz recently conducted a Q&A with TO Tel Aviv.

MP3: Morrissey - Alma Matters

Moz Interviewed By Time Out Tel Aviv

He's also this week's cover boy.

Read the full article here.

Mozzer recently completed his first ever Israeli gig.

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MP3: Morrissey - Southpaw

Morrissey Completes First Ever Israeli Gig

Enjoy last night's Heatwave Festival performance of 'Ask' below. MP3 at bottom.


MP3: The Smiths - Panic

Moz Producer Suffers Massive Brain Hemorrhage

Here's the saddening news on Jerry Finn (the man behind You Are The Quarry & Years Of Refusal): *Jerry is not in a coma but is unconscious and hooked up to life support. He is being cared for by Dr. Black. He is the best in his field just as Jerry is at producing records. There is brain activity and he appears to be responding to touch, they are running tests and monitoring and keeping him in stable condition. Despite what has happened to Jerry, he is fighting to survive this. The family requests that there be no visitors at this time. You can't send flowers but you can send cards so that they can be read to him. Please respect the family's wishes so we can get Jerry through this long road to recovery.* Learn more about Jerry on Wikipedia.

Photo courtesy of CL.

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MP3: Mozzer - I'm Not Sorry

Morrissey's Tour Rider Goes Public

Is he as particular as you may assume?

Find out here.

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MP3: The Smiths - Panic

Morrissey Interviewed By Famed Israeli Actor

Last month's Q&A session with Lior Ashkenazy was conducted via Mozzer's request. Read the piece here.

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MP3: Morrissey - Southpaw

Morrissey Interviewed By XFM At O2 Festival

Amongst the topics discussed:

-The genius of 'All You Need Is Me'
-Pre gig rituals
-Wardrobe

MP3: Morrissey - XFM Interview

The Rascals Disapprove Of Mozzer's Meat Ban

Check out what the trio had to say at this weekend's O2 Festival in the clip below.


MP3: The Rascals - A Hand In The Shadow

Paul Weller Shares Incendiary Moz Comments With Mojo

When asked about The Smiths in a recent feature, here's what he had to say: *I'd never really got them before, but when I saw them live I thought, 'fucking hell'! When they hit hit the stage it made me think of the Jam days; there was an explosion when they hit the boards... but I never listened to any of their records to tell you the truth. I liked a couple of singles, but I was never a fan. I'm certainly not a fan of Morrissey's solo stuff. It's a weird thing, because he's a bit of a fan of mine but it's not reciprocated. It bugs me, I don't want to dis him in print, but he's a quintessential Englishman that lives in Los Angeles.*

Enjoy PW's new video here.

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MP3: Paul Weller - Kosmos (Remix)