The Smiths/Morrissey

[Ryan]

No, it was always intended to be World Peace Is None Of Your Business, Istanbul then Earth Is The Loneliest Planet.

Moz just decided to release a spoken word video for The Bullfighter Dies as well for some reason, just as a promo I guess.


NME article:


http://www.nme.com/news/morrissey/77645/photo/1

[Charmingly Miserable]

See, this is what happens when you're an animal activist: you're friends with Pam Anderson!

[Charmingly Miserable]

Moz cancels his Atlanta show.

Earth is the Loneliest Planet

[Ryan]

I love how he drags out the word "alllllll..." after "earth is the loneliest planet of..."

[Ryan]

Another re-release on the way:

http://true-to-you.net/morrissey_news_140606_01

6 June 2014


In September 2014, Parlophone UK will give the first DVD release of Introducing Morrissey, a film of Morrissey's British concert tour of 1995 which had only previously been available on VHS. The film will be released on DVD format for the first time.

[piggy]

Fucking brilliant news. I adore that film.

[Ryan]

Hahaha. Kristeen Young kicked off the tour. Next show, he debuts Kick The Bride Down The Aisle live. Classic Moz -

http://instagram.com/p/o9uj8sPnE1/#

Set list:

The Queen Is Dead / You Have Killed Me / Certain People I Know / Ganglord / I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris / Kick The Bride Down The Aisle / The Bullfighter Dies / Trouble Loves Me / World Peace Is None Of Your Business / To Give (The Reason I Live) / Life Is A Pigsty / Istanbul / Yes, I Am Blind / Earth Is The Loneliest Planet / Meat Is Murder / Speedway // Asleep / First Of The Gang To Die

[Ryan]

This was the backdrop during the walk on stage and TQID:




Also:








KICK THE BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE


Kick the bride down the aisle
And make no mistake
It's the best you can do for everyone's sake


Kick the bride down the aisle
And treasure the day
I know so much more than I'm willing to say


She just wants a slave
??? to the living wage
So that she can laze and graze
For the rest of her days
Write down every word I say


Kick the bride down the aisle
In a mudslide of gloom
She'll order you to tidy your room


Kick the bride down the aisle
Look at that cow
In the field
It knows more than your bride knows now


She just wants a slave
???? to the living wage
So that she can laze and graze
For the rest of her days
Write down every word I say


You're that stretch of the beach
That the tide doesn't reach
No reason, no meaning
The lonely season

[imail724]

Rest of tour was canceled due to a "respiratory infection". I am sad.

[ninlive]

Rest of tour was canceled due to a "respiratory infection". I am sad.

I'm just going to say this... I have bought tickets to the Flint date 4 TIMES! Each show being cancelled the week of. Eff this.. I will NOT be buying another ticket for a show of his. Yes, I understand that everyone gets sick. But Morrissey, as a musician, who has been on tour numerous times, he must know by now you need to take care of yourself. Especially after all of the problems he has had in recent years.

/End Rant

[Ryan]

He probably has the AIDS.

[imail724]

Does anyone know how well tickets were selling? My friend has a theory that Moz starts canceling shows when tickets aren't selling as well as he'd like. Same friend had tickets to see him at MSG a few years ago. The show got cancelled, then a few months later he played Hammerstein Ballroom, a significantly smaller venue than MSG.

[Ryan]

lol, lots of Kristeen Young drama:

>>

Morrissey statement on tour cancellation - true-to-you.net

Published on June 11, 2014 12:19 AM


Morrissey announces the close down of the present U.S. tour with "unimaginable sorrow".
On Saturday, June 7th, following the show at Boston Opera House, Morrissey collapsed and was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital where doctors treated Morrissey for "acute fever". Difficulties had arisen on May 31st following Kristeen Young's opening set at the Miami Knight Concert Hall, after which Kristeen confessed to "a horrendous cold", the symptoms of which were passed on to Morrissey resulting in the cancellation of the next show in Atlanta.
For the good of all, Kristeen was asked to step down from the immediate upcoming shows, but instead she decided to leave the tour entirely. Morrissey and the band wish her well and hope she is now in good health.
Morrissey received medical attention in Miami, and once again in Boston, but it was not enough to shake off the virus, the recovery time for which is too lengthy to meet the final 9 shows of the tour.
Morrissey and the band are otherwise delighted and very grateful for their experiences on the U.S. tour, some shows of which they considered to be their best-ever, most notably:

1 BOSTON Opera House
2 LOS ANGELES Sports Arena
3 BEAUMONT Julie Rogers Theater
4 NASHVILLE Ryman Auditorium
5 MEMPHIS Orpheum Theater

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Kristeen Young responds to Morrissey's tour cancellation TTY statement

>>

Posted by Kristeen Young on Facebook shortly after the TTY statement:

Ok. Regarding the recent True-to-you statement from Morrissey: I did not "confess to a horrendous cold". On Monday, June 2nd, I had an allergy attack that was over within 16 hours. I went to a doctor (on Monday, June 2nd), an allergy specialist, who gave me drugs for allergies...and they worked. I explained this (early on Tuesday, June 3rd) and offered this doctor's phone number to Morrissey personally, via email, and the tour manager, Donnie Knutson (for proof....since they seemed to doubt me). But, they NEVER followed up with me or said doctor. Also....it is incorrect that I "decided to leave the tour completely". I was asked to leave. Was called (in the presence of my band as witnesses) by Morrissey's booking agent, Dave Tamaroff, and told that there would be a new support band in Boston. I am very sorry that Morrissey is not feeling well. But I will not tolerate these lies....particularly about my health. This is really too much and bizarre.

Further in the comments, Kristeen also writes:

Jerry. Believe me....I am fine. I am not whiling away my days weeping about this. But I HAVE to correct lies about my health, behaviour, etc. I DON"T WANT BACK! Quite the opposite. I WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE AND NOT LIED ABOUT. It seems like I'm not the one who can't get over it

UPDATE 8:05PM:
more comments by KY in the Facebook thread:

...EVERYTHING comes from HIM. He controls all aspects of his tour. Do you really think he would let other people talk for him?

...Anyway....I really don't want to talk about it. I didn't want to talk about it....and I HADN'T fucking talked about it because I am beyond over it and on to the rest of my life.....but, you know....I had to respond to the lies. Ok. Good night all.

...Um.....I will say again. I had moved on. I was happy to move on. It looks like someone else hadn't moved on and decided to bring it up. I have every right to address false public statements made about my health. I can actually do both at the same time! Move on AND correct false statements. IMAGINE.

...Also......stop trying to stifle people from expressing themselves.

...I've about had it with people trying to scare other people.

...Please don't say offensive things about morrissey either. This is not the point.

[Ryan]

Statement by Jesse Tobias about Kristeen Young and Tony Visconti Facebook comments - true-to-you.net

Jesse Tobias statement - true-to-you.net

13 June 2014

It's been quite Disheartening to see the "Facebook" Hatred thrown about by Our Former Friends/ Working Partners Kristeen Young and Tony Visconti.
I do feel that Someone needs to Speak Up for Moz in this situation as it is unbearable to watch people you once trusted , Attack and Pick Away at your Friend.
In my experience ANYONE associated with the Morrissey Camp know they are solely there because of Morrissey himself.
He chooses to tour/ work with certain people.
For Kristeen and Tony Visconti to go on about Her being better off now, without considering Morrissey's 9 years of help and promotion is Very Disappointing.
Only speaking from my experience, with the crew and Moz falling ill in Miami, for Kristeen to deny she was truly sick seems disingenuous.
I was told after the show in Miami by Crew and Security that there was some concern because Kristeen was obviously unwell.
Our crew then tried to keep her at a reasonable distance but being in such close quarters for months these things sometimes happen.
I am Upset that in this situation Kristeen could not take the tour as a whole into consideration and just comply with the postponement announcement.
One could only assume it was necessary for her to justify herself and ultimately receive some promotion out of the matter.
This combined with Tony Visconti's Parrot Like affirmation on "Facebook" that "she is better off, is Morrissey Capable of being handled?" is Repulsive.
This is a MAN who worked closely with us on a record and several sessions that Suddenly flips into Schoolgirl mode with "yeah you tell em" Chatter...??

Good Riddance to False Friends.

Jesse Tobias

[Ryan]

The Bullfighter Dies:

[Ryan]

This is strange:


Directly from Universalmusic.it -

http://www.universalmusic.it/pop/art...dp=31055024424


So basically a 10" is being released - side A with WPINOYB and Istanbul, side B with Earth Is The Loneliest Planet and The Bullfighter Dies... even though The Bullfighter Dies isn't a single. Yet, it has a spoken word video!

Make sense of this, Moz!

[Ryan]

Arrived today.

[Ryan]

Boz Boorer statement - true-to-you.net

19 June 2014

I have just returned from 5 days in the mountains of Portugal where I am cut off from the internet. It appears I have missed an awful lot. Search as I have I can only find snippets of Tony Visconti's postings and I am very shocked and disappointed at what I have read and can only wonder why he immediately withdrew the postings with no explanation. Kristeen has been a constant companion on the road for so long and I am also bewildered by her actions also immediately withdrawn from view. I hate to throw wood on an already blazing fire but I am afraid I cannot sit back and watch this slander.
Boz Boorer

[allegro]

Tony Visconti is known worldwide as such a giant douchebag, I'm surprised anyone ever listens to him at all ever.

[Ryan]

"World Peace" review by Keith Cameron in Mojo (4 stars, Aug. 2014)

by Syd Rumpo

Published on June 21, 2014 05:39 AM
27 Comments


Just received the new (August) issue of Mojo - 'World Peace...' is this month's featured album with an effusive full page 4-star review by Keith Cameron, accompanied by a rather odd illustration by one Dan Craig. Sample quotes: "the most subtle and decorous Morrissey album for many years, possibly since the hallowed Vauxhall And I" "so good you want to stand and cheer".

The feature is also trailed on the front cover with the tag "his best album in 20 years!"

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Posted by Detritus:

@Boyafraid1 on Twitter posted a scan of the review.

"The uncouth chug-rock that has been the post-Vauxhall era's default is absent" is all I needed to read. Bring on this album.

[Ryan]

"World Peace..." review by Victoria Segal in Q Magazine (4/5 stars, Aug. 2014)

by davidt

Published on June 21, 2014 06:23 AM
3 Comments


Steve from Plymouth Devon UK writes:

4 stars out of 5 in August edition of Q Magazine.

Can hardly wait for it, not long now!

[Ryan]

Remember how Tom Jones and Cliff Richard were opening acts for two shows?

Tom Jones did his, but Cliff Richard didn't get to do his since Morrissey got sick. In any case, Cliff held a free gig. At the gig, apparently he said Morrissey is still in hospital.

Now there are rumors over at Morrissey-Solo that he's very ill, and now there is a "prayers for Morrissey" thread.

Great way for things to go right before the record comes out, eh...


Maybe the Queen got really pissed off with that backdrop he used of her at his last gig and she had someone poison him. It's a Royal Conspiracy.

[Charmingly Miserable]

I'm still kicking myself for not seeing Moz in LA with Tom Jones.

How ill?

[Ryan]

Not sure yet, no official statements have been made.

[Ryan]

Someone anonymously just posted the lyrics to the new song "Mountjoy" -

>>

The joy brings many things it cannot bring you joy
Sons of mothers huddle here men and boys

1850 swung the doors and human sewage swept
inside where victims speaking wise
and where the hardened cried

I was sent here by a 3 foot half-wit in a wig
I took his insults on the chin, and never did I flinch

A swagger hides the fear in here
by this rude reprieve
and there is no one on this earth
who I’d feel sad to leave

You see we all lose
We all lose

What those in power do to you
reminds us at a glance
How humans hate each others’s guts
And show it given a chance

We never say aloud the things
That we say in our prayers
Cause no one cares

Many executed here
By the awful lawfully good
But the only thing that makes me cry
Is when I see the sky

Brendan Behan laughter rings
for what he had or hadn’t done
because he knew then as I know now
That for each and every one of us
We all lose, rich or poor we all lose”

[Charmingly Miserable]

I kinda hope url=http://guardian.co.uk.sundaytimesdaily.com/morrissey-announced-as-new-judge-on-%27the-voice%27./r/120326]this[/url] isn't true.

[thevoid99]

I kinda hope this isn't true.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO..... Please, please, please let this not be true.

Oh you motherfucker!

[Ryan]

http://www.recordstoreday.com/Item/9006436273

World Peace Is None Of Your Business [10 Inch Vinyl Indie Exclusive]

Artist: Morrissey

1. World Peace is None of Your Business
2. Istanbul
3. Earth is the Loneliest Planet
4. The Bullfighter Dies

DETAILSFormat: 10" VinylRel. Date: 07/07/2014UPC: 602537852574

[Ryan]

Album has officially leaked.

[Ryan]

on ig: Sneak peek of the #morrissey CD. #worldpeaceisnoneofyourbusinessart http://iconosquare.com/p/756026380504537394_25804869