ROBERT SMITH Is Not A MORRISSEY Fan
December 2025
I’m with you, Robert.
The Smiths
MOJO MAGAZINE Present THE SMITHS And Much More In Their End Of The Year Review Issue
14 November 2025
In this end-of-the-year issue British music monthly MOJO put the spotlight
on English indie legends THE SMITHS (1982–1987), following the new memoir
The Drums by their drummer Mike Joyce.
As this is the last issue of the year MOJO reveals
its 75 best albums, best reissues, best books etc.
The Free CD is a compilation of new music. I features CMAT,
Van Morrison, Paul Weller, Pulp, Wet Leg, David Byrne, Big Thief,
Mavis Staples, Jeff Tweedy, The Tubs and more.
You can purchase a copy and let it
be sent to your home. Info HERE.
Picture This – THE SMITHS Reunion Photo
Ladies and gents… THE SMITHS.
MORRISSEY About THE SMITHS’ Fans In New Interview
18 August 2024
See, Mozz can be nice too, now and then.
Full Morrissey feature in NME right here
(Image: from cover of his Ringleader Of The Tormentors)
JOHNNY MARR Responds To DONALD TRUMP Playing THE SMITHS Song At Rally
Former POTUS Trump included The Smiths’ 1984 classic (more than
223 million streams on Spotify) Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
on his playlist at his rally in New Hampshire last Monday.
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Although sources say that he played the song before at rallies, only now former
Smiths‘ guitar hero Johnny Marr got notified for the first time of what happened.
This is his response.
“Ahh …right …OK. I never in a million years would’ve thought this
could come to pass. Consider this shit shut right down, right now.”
Donald Duck Trump should play the old Pointer Sisters hit instead.
BIG BLASTS FROM THE PAST – 10 Albums Turning 40 In 2024
Band: ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
Album: OCEAN RAIN
Released: 4 May 1984
Their 4th LP
Score: #4 in the UK
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Released: 9 April 1984
Their 2nd one
Score: #27 in the US and #91 in the UK
Stream
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Band: HÜSKER DÜ
Album: ZEN ARCADE
Released: 1 July 1984
Their 2nd LP
Stream
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Band: NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
Album: FROM HER TO ETERNITY
Released: May 1984
Debut LP
Stream
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Band: THE SMITHS
Album: THE SMITHS
Released: 20 February 1984
Debut LP
Stream
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Brewing Up With by BILLY BRAGG
Born In The U.S.A. by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
The Unforgettable Fire by U2
Café Blue by THE STYLE COUNCIL
Purple Rain by PRINCE
JOHNNY MARR Plays THE SMITHS With 30-Piece Orchestra
9 December 2023
Guitar hero JOHNNY MARR released a best of album, named
Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr last month.
This week he played 2 consecutive shows in his hometown Manchester.
Two spectacular concerts as Marr was backed by a 30-piece orchestra.
Solo songs, The Smiths hits and Electronic tunes were played.
Watch the performance of 1988 Smiths classic
There’s A Light That Never Goes Out .
The crowd was a vocal orchestra.
SPIRIT POWER
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Johnny Marr: Instagram – Facebook
World Vegetarian Day Today – JOHNNY MARR About THE SMITHS’ Legendary Album ‘MEAT IS MURDER’
MOJO MAGAZINE – New Issue #359 With THE SMITHS As Cover Stars
9 September 2023
Mojo #359 commemorates 40 Years since indie icons THE SMITHS burst onto the music scene and in tribute to their abundantly talented, recently departed bassist Andy Rourke, MOJO returns to 1983 to relive the freshness and wonder of The Smiths and their reinvention of guitars.
Also in the issue: Bob Marley – live, intimate and unseen; the incomparable Sinéad O’Connor; Gram Parsons’ Americana visions; Tony Visconti – a life in knob-twiddling. Plus: Hawkwind; Pulp; The Bee Gees; Bridget St John; Blake Mills; Pretenders; Yoko Ono; Neil Young; Herb Alpert; OMD; Paul Rodgers; The Coral; Betty Davis and more!
This month’s free CD titled ‘You’ve Got Everything Now!‘ features songs of The Sugarcubes, The Wedding Present, The Fall, The Pastels, The Three Johns, Red Guitars and more.
You can purchase a copy and let it be sebt to your home. Info here.
JOHNNY MARR Remembers His Very Good Friend And Former THE SMITHS Bassist ANDY ROURKE
ANDY ROURKE, the highly praised bass player of immortal indie stars THE SMITHS
passed away two days ago, on 19 May, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer
at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He was born named Andrew Michael Rourke on 17 January 1964 in Manchester UK, 59 years ago.
Johnny Marr, his very good friend since their childhood, and
The Smiths‘ guitar hero posted this in memoriam on his socials.