Sondre sends the You Are The Quarry press release (pdf format, 159k)

highlights / new info:

• bonus DVD to include 'Irish Blood, English Heart' video, photo gallery and further exclusive material. This format will be available for a limited period only.
• Vinyl format to be numbered and limited to 5,000 units only
• Songs such as 'Irish Blood, English Heart' and "The First Of The Gang To Die' have taken on near mythic status since they were first performed at Royal Albert Hall shows, which drove many in the venue to tears, not least among them Steven Patrick Morrissey.
• PRESS:
  John Best is the official press officer in the UK. Album playbacks have been taking place for media at Sanctuary HQ for the last few weeks and the response to the album is overwhelming. A full press tour in Los Angeles and London has already been completed. Along with lead reviews across all music press and broadsheets, the following press has been completed:
  
  NME - Moz solo front cover - April 13th - the fist time that Morrissey has spoken to the NME in 12 years. The cover alone is a monumental piece of UK music history.
  NME - Franz Ferdinand + Morrissey front cover targeted to run May 19th to coincide with sold out Manchester date.
  Sunday Times Magazine - front cover May 2nd
  Sunday Times- The Month (Cd-rom) - Huge review + exclusive 30 second song clips to run April 25th
  Esquire - massive feature in June issue -(May 13th)
  I-D - front cover May 13th
  Mojo - front cover May 15th
  Time Out - front cover June 7th
  Lead Album Reviews confirmed for NME, Uncut, Mojo, Word, Q - broadsheets + tabs to follow.
• TELEVISION
  Will shoot a big budgeted video for the first single the last week of March. The video will be serviced to all appropriate TV outlets including The Box, Q, The Hits, The Amp, CD:UK Hotshots, Rather Good Videos, Popworld etc.
  
  TV appearances:
  Jonathan Ross - CONFIRMED groundbreaking first time ever interview plus 2-song performance to transmit on May 14th
  Later With Jools Holland - 3 new tracks to transmit on May 21st
  TOTP - Targeting performance May 14th and/ or video play for May 21st
  CD:UK - In negotiations for exclusive first play of the video
  T4 - In discussions for the filming of a ‘special’ 3 track performance which will air throughout the campaign
• RADIO
  Anglo Plugging on board for National and Regional Radio
  
  Radio 1 - Planning to give exclusive first play to Jo Whiley. This will the week of album release. Radio 1/Zane Lowe also interested in doing
  Radio 2 - Will schedule key interviews and sessions. Focus at Radio for Album Of The Week.
  Virgin - competitions plus streaming. Looking for playlist here.
  XFM - They want to go huge on Morrissey. Currently negotiating a session plus interview. A-list already confirmed.
  BBC6 Music - They have already given a glowing review of the album rotation expected.
  Regional Radio - Full service of single, album and interview cd.
• ONLINE
  Anglo sorting out full exploitation online via video streams, competitions and fanatic Morrissey fansites.

gdc writes:

I believe this may well be the cover of 'You Are The Quarry'.

eil.com preorder

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Saw this posted by Gary Glitter on the discussion board (link), a link to the "Irish Blood, English Heart" cover art on "Rádio Comercial".

An anonymous person writes:

billboard.com is confirming that morrissey is on lollapalooza this year.. click on the top headline on the right of the homepage...

Lollapalooza Returns As Two-Day Festival
March 27, 2004
As first tipped here in January, Lollapalooza will return in July with a two-day format and a more diverse musical lineup. Confirmed acts include Morrissey, Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth and String Cheese Incident.
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• Related item: Lollapalooza details - Morrissey to headline day 1 - Mar. 19, 2004

In case you haven't heard it yet, the KROQ Morrissey interview (3 parts, Windows Media) from Mar. 26 is now available on KROQ's site.

Go to Kevin and Bean -> sights & sound.

NME has an article on the interview:
Morrissey takes aim at Pop Idol entrants - NME.com, Mar. 27, 2004
(saw the link posted on the discussion board by Speed)
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mp3 versions will be made available for download later.
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Update: 03/28 10:02 GMT: half-a-person mentioned in the comments a high bitrate mp3 is available for download.

Low bitrate mp3s are available here for a limited time. Thanks to Jesper for hosting these files.

Fabricio writes:

My friend Abonico and I made a huge text in Portuguese about Morrissey on the Brazilian site Bacana and there's a section about Morrissey-solo. The direct link is O debochado ataca novamente - Bacana, Mar. 27, 2004.

Curt Woyte writes:

Here's one for Dutch-reading fans. Regional newspaper Het Parool and national music mag Oor have compiled a definitive list of 80 classic Eighties bands, and The Smiths make the Top 10. I won't spoil the (predictable) #1 but Sarah, it isn't Iron Maiden — they're #37.

Link to Parool site: De Tachtig van Tachtig. All entries include a short bio and web site links (Passions Just Like Mine gets mentioned, but alas — no Morrissey-Solo!)

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dave writes:

morrissey smiths disco
friday 9th april 2004
9-230
the star and garter
fairfield st
manchester
(near piccadilly station)

only £2 before 1030 then £3
we take requests and there's cheap booze at the bar

a few tickets for the morrissey smiths disco on 21st may are still available and will be for sale on this night.

more info [email protected]
directions www.starandgarter.co.uk

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