Just heard that Moz will be playing a festival in Zagreb this summer and cant beleive it yet... this is great! Other acts include: Franz Ferdinand, Pixies ,Rolling Stones.

Ringleader has sold 62,709 copies in its first week of release.

Full story here (Chart Refugees, free registration required).

Excerpt:
Twelve years after his first number one album Vauxhall And I debuted in pole position with a sale of just 25,446, Morrissey returns to the summit with Ringleader Of The Tormentors, which sold 62,709 copies last week. That's fewer than the first week sales of his last album, Morrissey, You Are The Quarry, which opened with 74,995 copies, but had to settle for second place behind Keane's Hopes And Fears. Ringleader is the first number one ever on Attack, which started life as a reggae label in 1972, and is now a Sanctuary imprint.

Morrissey first topped the chart with The Smiths' Meat Is Murder in February 1985, and extends his span to more than 21 years with his fourth number one in all, and his second solo number one, Ringleader Of The Tormentors. The only artists with longer spans of number ones are Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Cliff Richard, The Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Diana Ross, Pink Floyd, Abba and Barbra Streisand.

Bingolotto TV-arkivet

Click on "TV arkivet". The next page will contain a photo of Moz, just click on it. "You Have Killed Me", performed at the Swedish tv-show Bingolotto, Sunday 9 April.

...Cheesiest show in Swe - Moz played YHKM - TYWTML - the latter cut after 2 min!

I have recorded the stream of the performance on "Bingolotto" if anyone wants it to keep, or is having problems watching with a slower connection. Opens with VLC media player.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CMFONOD4

'Vauxhall & I' has been placed in Mojo Magazines Top 100 Modern Classic Albums, i.e. the Top 100 albums released since issue #1 of Mojo in September 1993.

Coming in at a rather disappointing No.63, the blurb that accompanies the entry reads as follows:
"Recorded at Abbey Road, this was the flawlessly coherent album Morrissey fans had been willing since the demise of The Smiths. Replacing 'Kill Uncle's wistful anti-pop and 'Your Aresenal's glam buffeting with a statley strength and restraint, 'Vauxhall & I' arrived draped in the muted undertone of a man who had just lost three of his collaborators: Mick Ronson, manager Nigel Thomas and video director Tim Broad. It remains his most complete work to date".

For anyone interested, the Top 10 is:
10: Beck: 'Odelay'
9: Nirvana: 'MTV Unplugged In New York'
8: The White Stripes: 'Elephant'
7: Radiohead: 'Kid A'
6: The Flaming Lips: 'The Soft Bulletin'
5: Oasis: 'Definetely Maybe'
4: Bob Dylan: 'Time Out Of Mind'
3: Radiohead: 'OK Computer'
2: Johnny Cash: 'American Recordings'
1: Jeff Buckley: 'Grace'

On MSN you can listen to ROTT and vote for Morrissey for musician of the month. He is currently 3rd with 10% behind Toby Keith with 64% and Pink with 19%.

While reading an interview with Xiu Xiu on Pitchfork, I came across this question.

Pitchfork: Do you ever feel like Morrissey?

Xiu Xiu: I feel like a figurine of a figurine of Morrissey. Did you know that Morrissey calls Prince "Ponce?" I wonder if they know each other or if it's like dirty looks at Spago.