Yahoo! Music - Oct 22, 2007
Johnny Marr has said that the Smiths may reform. Different members of the band have ruled out offers of reuniting over the years, with Morrissey most recently revealing that he turned down a near $80...
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Johnny Marr, the co-founder and guitarist of 1980s icons The Smiths, is turning to academia as a visiting professor of music. Marr, whose distinctive guitar style propelled hits by The Smiths including...
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Former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke has quashed hopes for a future Smiths reunion, insisting Morrissey is impossible to even contact, let alone coax into reforming. Inside The Smiths last night (July 19...
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Johnny Marr and Morrissey often hang out together but never talk about the Smiths, the legendary guitarist has revealed. The pair are known to have fallen out when the iconic indie group split 20 years...
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The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has helped to write a song for the new Crowded House album. The star has co-written the album track Even A Child with frontman Neil Finn for the band s first album in...
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Morrissey will snub the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2008 because he doesn t want to share a stage with the Smiths, it has been claimed. The indie legends are reported to be among the groups set for induction...
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Mark Ronson has said that the Smiths have responded positively to his cover of their classic track Stop Me If You Think You ve Heard This One Before. The song is featured on Ronson s Version album,...
More »Yahoo! Music - Jun 7, 2006
Linda McCartney turned down an offer from the Smiths to appear on The Queen Is Dead, it has been revealed. Sir Paul McCartney s first wife was asked to play piano on the landmark record--which was recorded...
More »Yahoo! Music - Mar 16, 2006
During a public Q&A session March 16 at the South By Southwest Music & Media Conference in Austin, Texas, Morrissey revealed that his former band, pioneering 80s alt-rockers the Smiths, recently rejected...
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(11/24/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- Ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr and his new band the Healers have announced initial 2003 tour dates in support of their upcoming album Boomslang, scheduled for release February...
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(8/2/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- Former Smiths guitarist and songwriter Johnny Marr and his new band the Healers have signed with iMusic, an ArtistDirect label, with an album scheduled for release in January 2003...
More »USRN - Aug 25, 1999
(8/26/99, 1 a.m. PDT) - The U.K. music press has picked up on gossip coming out of Los Angeles regarding former Smiths songwriting team of Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. Rumors have the old bandmates...
More »USRN - Mar 16, 1999
(3/17/99, 1 a.m. PST) - The soundtrack to Never Been Kissed, due April 6 on Capitol/ Java, features an interesting mix of rising new stars, established alternative rock acts, and legendary rockers. The...
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