"Such high-profile homages to a band long under-appreciated beyond these shores... cut far deeper than any barbs in the script. They don’t just lift The Smiths into the revered echelons of your Beatles, Rolling Stones, Whos and U2s; they remind us how special a band we’ve come to define by their differences really were as a unit" - NME's Mark Beaumont writes about a recent 'The Simpsons' episode (as well as the recent movie 'Shoplifters of The World'), and what it means for the band (Morrissey didn't like The Simpsons, said he would sue, if it weren't so costly). The columnist believes "here’s our chance to rescue The Smiths from the pyre, unshackle them from the conversation around them and let their music settle back into its rightful place, just below the heart of the human condition".

“The hatred shown towards me from the creators of the Simpsons is obviously a taunting lawsuit, but one that requires more funding than I could possibly muster in order to make a challenge” - Morrissey writes on his website after a Simpsons episode which parodied the former Smiths frontman. "The worst thing you can do in 2021 is to lend a bit of strength to the lives of others. There is no place in modern music for anyone with strong emotions … In a world obsessed with Hate Laws, there are none that protect me” - the singer says. Morrissey satirised during the episode 'Panic on the Streets of Springfield', in which Lisa Simpson becomes obsessed with a fictional band called the Snuffs and befriends its frontman, Quilloughby.

Morrissey has been dropped by his label BMG, because, as Morrissey Central reports, the new executive "has announced new plans for 'diversity' within BMG's artist roster, and all projected BMG Morrissey releases/reissues have been scrapped". Morrissey commented that "this news is perfectly in keeping with the relentless galvanic horror of 2020. We would be critically insane to expect anything positive". Morrissey has been involved in several controversies lately involving his far-right remarks.

"No real fan waits patiently in the pissing rain outside a stage door for some hog-wild aftershow to finish in order to make their soggy tour programme worth twenty quid more than they paid for it. To a real fan, an autograph’s monetary value is irrelevant; it’s priceless to them because it represents a small […]

27-year-old Alabama rapper Jake Hill canceled his show at Houston’s White Oak Music Hall on Monday because of the venue-wide ban on the sale and consumption of meat in place that day because Morrissey was playing the same venue that night, NME reports. "I’m not gonna be told what I can and can’t eat at a […]

In a more than pathetic move, Morrissey was selling albums by Lou Reed, David Bowie, Patti Smith and Iggy Pop at his October 26 show in Los Angeles, all signed - by himself. He was selling David Bowie’s 'Aladdin Sane', Patti Smith’s 'Horses', Lou Reed’s 'Transformer' and Iggy and the Stooges’ 'Raw Power' for - $300, and somebody even bought some. He was […]

Cave likes Morrissey's music, doesn't like his political views, but he should still have the right to express those. Just separate the two, in order not to ruin the music. "He has written a vast and extraordinary catalogue... original and distinctive works of unparalleled beauty", Nick Cave writes in a new blog post at The […]

Guardian has a great article about Morrissey, and his transformation from a hero to misfits and outsiders to far-right supporter - "What a tragedy it is that a man who once seemed so uniquely placed to offer solace to people during their loneliest and most difficult moments has turned into this – a supporter of […]

Posters promoting Morrissey's latest album have been removed from Merseyrail stations in Liverpool after a commuter complained. Morrissey has previously expressed support for the far-right For Britain party and earlier this month wore a badge with its logo on during a TV show, but he denies he is a racist, Liverpool Echo reports. Earlier this […]

The world’s oldest record store, Spillers Records in Cardiff, banned Morrissey records from its store, as Wales Online reports. The store in Wales capital will not stock his releases because of the singer’s fervent support for the far-right.

Morrissey performed seven shows on Broadway, and for his last, Saturday night’s show the former Smiths frontman played the band’s 1987 song 'I Won’t Share You' live for the first time ever, Brooklyn Vegan reports. Taken from the band’s final album, 1987’s 'Strangeways, Here We Come', the song grew out of a series of tense […]