After famously delaying a solo career for about 30 years after the demise of The Smiths, Johnny Marr has announced the release of his second less than 18 months after the first one. The new album is called Playland and will be released on 6 October. It follows Marr’s debut solo album The Messenger which…
Johnny Marr heads home to Manchester for the video ‘New Town Velocity’ – a downbeat and melodic highlight from his excellent recent solo album The Messenger. Watch the video here: ‘New Town Velocity’ is released on 22 July as a download, and will also be available as a limited edition 7″.
Glastonbury is commonly regarded as the world’s biggest and best festival for lots of reasons, but the one reason that stands out for me is the freedom it offers festival-goers to enjoy the weekend however they choose to. Other festivals pack you into designated areas and have a limited amount of stages and options. At…
Ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has ended his long association with Wakefield band The Cribs to focus on solo projects and film soundtracks. Marr has been recording and playing live with The Cribs since 2008, but is thought to have left the band early this year. In a statement released today, the legendary guitarist said: “I’m…
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Before arriving at the Royal Albert Hall I was already one bottle of wine into the night. The queue for the bar inside the venue was so big that me and the girlfriend made the sensible decision to each buy a bottle of wine, so as to avoid having to go back to the bar…
Johnny Marr has revealed that he has an agreement with a publisher for his autobiography. The news follows the huge success his former Smiths band-mate Morrissey has achieved with his recently released autobiography, which is selling like hot-cakes and getting everyone talking about The Smiths again. Marr comes in for an equal amount of praise…
Whatever your thoughts on the annual music industry love-in that is the Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year, you can’t deny it creates a bit of a talking point in the music world. The shortlist for this years Mercury Prize is announced tomorrow evening (5.30pm, 10 September), so prepare for a few weeks of…
Johnny Marr – The Messenger {rating} Buy: The Messenger When I first heard Johnny Marr was planning a solo album (his first, not counting 2003’s Healers debacle), I was worried. Since leaving The Smiths behind Marr has crafted an unrivalled legacy as the best guitar player of his generation – working with The Cribs and…
Johnny Marr is releasing his debut solo album The Messenger next week, and today he released a stream of it to listen online. The album features previously released tracks ‘The Messenger’, ‘The Right Thing Right’ and ‘Upstarts’ – which is released as a single today. Since the release of the stream this morning, I’ve listened…
