Tag: The Smiths

English 80's band The Smiths are the focus of a new graphic novel which is set to be released on March...

We got very excited about the rumours that The Smiths were reuniting. But our hopes have sadly been dashed! We reported...

Something musical is brewing within The Smiths camp! Three members of the band appear to be plotting some sort of venture...

Morrissey has declared that he won't be doing any more print interviews after the comments he made regarding Kevin Spacey sparked...

A new biopic ‘England Is Mine’, which is based on Morrissey’s early life has been heavily criticised by one of Morissey’s...

Steve Tyler & co. are gearing up for Aerosmith’s Aero-Vederci Baby Farewell Tour which despite the name may or may not be their last tour – according to guitarist Joe Perry. The tour will see them play shows across Europe this year, including a stop off here this summer. Check out the hilarious tour announcement video starring Tyler and Perry here. They’ve been doing a lot of publicity for Aero-Vederci Baby recently. Drummer Joe Krammer was very vocal last month about his views on how Aerosmith measured up against the Rolling Stone. Now it’s lead guitarist Joe Perry’s turn to give us the goss. In a recent interview with AZ Central, Perry opened up about the upcoming tour; not being ready to say goodbye and postponing the North American leg of their tour to work on new music!

The countdown is on for the 10th annual World Record Store Day which is taking place next month and again it promises another treasure trove of exclusive and limited releases. Over 500 releases have been announced to be made exclusively available through independent record shops on Saturday 22 April – on vinyl, picture disc, cassette and much more. David Bowie, Prince, The Cure and The Smiths are some of the artists with special releases set to drop for Record Store Day’s 10th anniversary.

Producer Orian Williams has revealed that the forth coming Morrissey biopic he has been working on for some time has been given a new title. In a recent interview with SiriusXM Williams (Control – the Ian Curtis biopic, Shadow of the Vampire and Big Sur) divulged the name change. The film was to be called ‘Steven’ – referring to the singer’s name- but William’s has now confirmed the biopic will be entitled 'England is Mine', in reference to a lyric from the Smiths song 'Still Ill'.

Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer sure knows how to talk the talk. He’s revealed that he doesn’t think much of the Rolling Stones musical abilities. Speaking to Classic Rock recently, Kramer said the Stones “never had anything to offer me musically, especially in the drumming department.”

Future Islands will be sampling the Irish summer this year! The Baltimore trio have already been confirmed to play Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens in July and have now been announced for dates in Galway, Limerick & Cork.