Sire Records will release HAPPY NEW TEARS by Morrissey on April 10th. The song will be available as a digital download.

On May 22, Sire Records will globally release a Deluxe 12-inch vinyl disc of NOTRE-DAME, from the album Make-up is a Lie.

The 12-inch will include both HELLO HELL and HAPPY NEW TEARS - available for the first time on vinyl. Also, the disc will include a previously unreleased orchestrated version of NOTRE-DAME, with all strings recorded in Paris. The 12-inch is pressed on colored vinyl.

pre-order here (if you wish)


NOTRE-DAME live shot by Dave Musheigan. We believe the shot was taken at Lucca, in Italia, 2025. Additional photographs by Ryan Lowry.

Looks like the new single is a different version of notre dame w the two bonus tracks.

I used to be a big fan of Momus in the late eighties and early nineties, but then he got too esoteric for me. However, he has posted this on Facebook:

"
Many Icebergs Ago is being hailed (rightly, I think) as Morrissey's best song in years. But haven't I heard some of those lyrics before?
Momus, 1999: Down the Grave Maurice… I'd hoped to kill Morrissey
Morrissey, 2026: In the Grave Maurice… I must be murdered, I suppose"

It is true. This is not a coincidence: https://genius.com/Momus-maf-lyrics
A funny wink to Momus (aka Nick Currie).

Written interview feature on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/morrisseyandwine/p/the-big-alain-whyte-interview-say

Audio version of the 45-minute interview: https://pod.fo/e/3f4ac7

via Morrissey and Wine