Kings Road writes:

Latest news from Morrisseymusic....... bye 'eck.

New Tour Date Added!
Friday, July 2 - Roskilde Festival - Denmark
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half-a-person also writes:

Don't know if this has been mentioned yet or not, but I just got an e-mail from camp Morrissey saying that Morrissey is scheduled to play the Roskilde Festival in Denmark on Friday, July 2, 2004. Other artists scheduled to appear include: David Bowie, The Hives, and The Pixies.

Joe Moss writes:

Billboard.com has an article on You Are The Quarry and a description of some of the tracks.

Link: Morrissey Gets Direct On 'Quarry' - billboard.com, Mar. 16, 2004

Excerpt:

While dates are still being confirmed, a major tour is in the works in support of the album. Beginning May 24, Morrissey is also confirmed to appear for an entire week on CBS' "The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn." As previously reported, he will curate the U.K.'s Meltdown Festival, which runs from June 11-27.

Martin writes:

Channel 4 teletext (Planet Sound P351) give over three pages to Moz after bumping into him at a gig in London. He granted them a brief interview, and according to them:
- He will play at Glastonbury and the Carling Festival
- Guests for the Meltdown Festival will include Franz Ferdinand, the Libertines and Alan Bennett. The remaining New York Dolls will also reform for the first time since 1977 to play Meltdown.
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mikepoet writes:

Morrissey has told teletext that he will be performing at Glastonbury this year. Also he has given some ideas for who he would like at his Meltdown.

This was told to teletext so see the link here for further information

Teletext makes Morrissey Meltdown - Teletext, Mar. 16, 2004
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reeling_around writes:

It's being reported that Morrissey will be playing Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds festivals this year! Apparently he told this to Channel 4's excellent PS News..

The story came from here:

Morrissey's festival plans (Mar. 16, 2004) - eFestivals Website

Woo-hoo! I live in Reading, and the festival was simply awesome last year, and I didn't think it could get any better! How wrong I was!
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Stu Walsh adds:

...Glasto tickets go on sale on the 1st of April at 8pm, and are expected to sell out in super-fast time again.

Johan de Witt writes:

On their KCRW-session Franz Ferdinand told that they interviewed Morrissey for the NME last Sunday. They were really nervous because The Smiths were one of their favourite bands ever, but Morrissey apparently didn't want to talk to an NME-journalist after 12 years, so he opted for the hottest new band in Britain instead. Quite a wise move actually. You can hear it here: http://www.kcrw.com/show/mb at about 19 minutes. Great session by the way.
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• Related item: Morrissey & NME bury the hatchet? - Mar. 8, 2004

No official confirmations yet...

An anonymous person writes:

i work for a vendor that plays a crucial role in the lollapalooza production. morrissey is indeed on the bill. the festival will play two days in each city. day one will feature a more mature lineup (string cheese incident will headline). day two will be the usual lollapalooza alt. fare. neither the cure nor the pixies are on the bill, but instead are coheadlining their own tour.
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Another anonymous person writes:

morrissey has been interviewed for a cover story in the may issue of spin.Yet another anonymous person writes:

I am reliably inforned that David Furnish will duet with Nancy Sinatra with a rendition of these boots were made for walking at this years Meltdown festival, curated by Morrissey.

Martin writes:

Swedish synth pop debutants Universal Poplab have included a disco influenced cover version of Morrissey's "We hate it when our friends become successful" on their freshly released debut album.

The cover is actually really good and features Swedish pop phenomenon Håkan Hellström (also one of Swedens more famous Morrissey fans) och backing vocals.

A short taste of the song can be downloaded from the band's site.
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bozz also writes:

Swedish Håkan Hellström together with Universal Poplab have done a cover of "We hate it when our friends become successful". I heard it on Swedish national radio yesterday:
http://www.sr.se/p3/latlistor/20040314_1600.stm

jessesamuel writes:

"We do get the 'miserablist' thing levelled at us quite a lot," says Garvey. "But a lot of people talk about Morrissey being miserable, and I think his lyrics are nothing short of hilarious. He's got a really wry wit that I really appreciate."

Elbow room - smh.com.au, Mar. 12, 2004

Rob McCabe writes:

The Salford Lads’ Club present...
The Coronation Street Tour
A Tribute to The Smiths

Finally emerging from their respective shady Summer retreats, the southern hemisphere’s only Smiths Tribute band are preparing to embark upon the New Zealand-wide “Coronation Street Tour”.

Formed in Wellington, New Zealand at the end of 2001, the Salford Lads’ Club overcame ‘a shyness that is criminally vulgar’ to finally take to the stage in 2003. Since then fans have burst out of closets everywhere, travelling from around the country to witness them in their hometown of Wellington.

Friday 19th March - The Civic - Christchurch
Saturday 20th March - Refuel - Dunedin
Thursday 25th March - London Shed - Auckland
Friday 26th March - Galatos - Auckland
Saturday 27th March - Altitude - Hamilton
Friday 2nd April - Bar Bodega - Wellington
Saturday 3rd April - Bar Bodega - Wellington

For more information visit the website:

http://www.salfordladsclub.com

2-J writes:

The NME has an article about how independent record labels are threatening to refuse the new deal MTV is offering them to show videos featuring their artists. Sanctuary Records is named as one of the labels that would be likely to take part in an expected boycott.

Not exactly good news for Morrissey - signed to Sanctuary, it would mean that his videos for 'Irish Blood, English Heart' and subsequent singles would not be able to appear on any of the MTV music channels.

Check out the full story here:
http://www.nme.com/news/107835.htm

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