The Smiths

UNCUT Magazine – New Issue With Cover Stars THE SMITHS

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24 April 2026

On June 16, indie icons THE SMITHS‘s
masterpiece The Queen Is Dead turns 40.

In this month’s UNCUT cover story, the band’s Mike Joyce (62 now)
reflects on the ineffable spark behind so much great music.

“On a personal level, being in The Smiths was massively intense. That feeling between four people in a band doesn’t happen very often. With The Smiths, it was everything — the four
of us, every single day. We all understood what we had, and that’s what set us apart from
any other band I’d been in.”

The Queen Is Dead

Also in this issue Ringo Starr regaling us with his side-hustle in country music, a return
to Talk Talk’s magnum opus Spirit Of Eden, plus more new interviews with The Lemon Twigs,
Jeff Parker, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, The Human League, Laurie Anderson, and an extended report from the opening night of Springsteen’s Land Of Hope And Dreams tour in Minneapolis, and much more to read.

This month’s Free CD features 15 new tracks by
Kevin Morby, Brown Spirits, Tamikrest, Aldous Harding,
and 11 more.

You can purchase a copy and have it sent to your home address. Info HERE.

MOJO MAGAZINE Present THE SMITHS And Much More In Their End Of The Year Review Issue

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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.

JOHNNY MARR Responds To DONALD TRUMP Playing THE SMITHS Song At Rally

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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

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Band: ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
Album: OCEAN RAIN

Released: 4 May 1984
Their 4th LP
Score: #4 in the UK

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Band: R.E.M.
Album: RECKONING

Released: 9 April 1984
Their 2nd one
Score: #27 in the US and #91 in the UK

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Band: HÜSKER DÜ
Album: ZEN ARCADE

Released: 1 July 1984
Their 2nd LP

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Band: NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
Album: FROM HER TO ETERNITY

Released: May 1984
Debut LP

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Band: THE SMITHS
Album: THE SMITHS

Released: 20 February 1984
Debut LP

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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

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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

MOJO MAGAZINE – New Issue #359 With THE SMITHS As Cover Stars

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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.