Information provided by several chilean broadcasts and newspapers stated that a Morrissey concert in Santiago is almost confirmed, as part of the SUE 2006 festival, to be carried out on November.

This is the same chilean festival where Morrissey played at 2004

I have been told that it is very probably that Morrissey is playing in Buenos Aires, next november in the BUE Festival. Many newspaper have been telling this, and I´ve been told this by a friend who works in the production company who organized the fest. fingers crossed

Pop group Beatnik Filmstars have been tagged as 'The British Guided By Voices' due to the amount of songs released and also because of the lo-fi recording style. They’ve also been referred to as 'The English Pavement' and lyrically described as 'like Morrissey with a sense of humour'. The website: www.beatnikfilmstars.co.uk - contains more information about them.

Some of their songs are available to play on their myspace blog.

Included there is their cover of The Smiths’ song, Shakespeare’s Sister, and the band’s comment on this choice: -
“We were asked to cover a Smiths song, for a compilation, so we chose Shakey's Sis, we kept it close in structure to the original, because it sounded rubbish when we tried to change it, but we added some of our own lo-fi ness to it, and we quite like the result. We've put it on myspace for a while so you can have a listen. Play it loud! Morrissey, Morrissey, Morrissey!”

Any Norweigan-speakers who can translate this for us? Nice photo of Moz - looks very hot.

Herlig og overlegen - Aftenposten

Amongst the clips shown on the video-c showcase this week, The Dears are featured with their new single “Ticket to Immortality”. The publicity script accompanying this says that they have been described by the NME as "Marvin Gaye fronting The Smiths while the London Philharmonic Orchestra has a stab at the Burt Bacharach songbook". They have admitted their indebtedness to Morrissey as an influence before; they have supported him a couple of times already, and will again be amongst his special guests at the upcoming Marley Park concert in Dublin on 22nd August.

Further information, and the video clip, is available here.

In the Culture section of today's Sunday Times (Irish edition) Mark Edwards refers to Everyday Is Like Sunday in an article on great songs about ordinary subjects. Referring to Tony Hancock's 1950s radio sketch which 'details the longeurs of a boring Sunday afternoon', he goes on:

'Doubtless, Morrissey was well aware of Hancock's every yawn and sigh before he crafted Everyday Is Like Sunday, with its tale of trudging over wet sand in a rainy seaside resort, writing postcards and drinking endless cups of tea'.

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Played in the background in the Queen Vic in tonight's episode of EASTENDERS was, incredibly, HAND IN GLOVE.

What a jukebox they have there.
Goodness!