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London Calling @ The World Famous KROQ Present: The 2011 Smiths/Morrissey Convention on Sunday, May 1st @ The Music Box in Hollywood

Guest DJ Andy Rourke of The Smiths will be spinning His Favorite Smiths Songs for the Very First Time-!

Hosted by KROQ Legend and SiriusXm's Richard Blade, with a LIVE Performance by "These Charming Men" from Dublin Ireland + Special Guests: "Louder Than Bombs"

Guest DJ's include: Alex (Club Am/Fm & Club REFLEX), Larry (Club Underground), Steven Wayne (Club Violator) + Dancing,Contests,Vendors,Giveaways.....

Doors open @ 7pm....

Ticket information online at:
www.musicconventions.com

Depeche609 writes:

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Somedizzywhore reported it first:

Director Chris Weitz tweets he will direct Morrissey concert

@chrisweitz
Chris Weitz
25 Mar

“@aryam578: have you ever considered directing music videos?” no, but Morrissey just asked me to shoot a concert of his and I will

In a recent Rolling Stone Reader's Poll, The Smiths 'The Queen Is Dead' was voted the #7 Best Album of the '80's! While, of course, most of us would rate this album #1 all time, it is pretty mind-boggling that the uber-traditional Rolling Stone readership would rate this album among it's top ten of the decade!

I spotted this phone booth advert, newly placed this weekend at the corner of East 12th Street and Avenue A in Manhattan, depicting a mid-90's era Morrissey, a scribbled graffiti tag of "Kat" and, erm, a Nike logo? I'm suspecting it's not a sincere marketing campaign and rather the work of some handy vandal who snuck it in there, given the xeroxed-quality of the paper and print. Curious if anyone else has seen them out there?

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An anonymous person also writes:

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http://www.happymartyr.com/

Alex Lusty met Boz Boorer backstage at a Morrissey concert in December 2004 at London's Earl Court. They were soon recording together and their first musical collaboration was 'The OneThree' and the album 'Life Goes On' was released on black records in the autumn of 2005. Now they have both finally found the time to record new material, and Happy Martyr was born. Described as 'urban folk' or Ian Dury fronting early T Rex, the duo's music is a raw sounding, stripped down acoustic rap crossover. Tracks for the debut album were recorded between London and Boz's Serra Vista studio in Portugal, which was also the backdrop for the video to accompany debut single 'Painkillers'.

Just received a text message to say that Clint Boon is interviewing Johnny Marr on XFM tonight. Don't know if it's a repeat from 2008, but most likely it's a new one.

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Summary posted in the original thread by jm26:

Who else but he would choose this image to promote the tour?