Before each Phoenix and Tucson show we are doing a sweepstakes at radio on-site van/booth giving away front-row upgraded tickets as well as this commemorative and signed poster designed by Frankie N. Carranza. Model: Chris Alvarez.

I think you guys would like this:

Xfm Meets Johnny Marr - XFM Plus (free registration required)

It's an interview with Marr about the Smiths, the current state of the band's relationships and his new band Modest Mouse

per Gigwise.com - singer Jeff Buckley regarded Morrissey as a ‘living legend’, his mother Mary Guibert has revealed and often included 'I Know It's Over' into his own sets.

Jeff Buckley Held Morrissey As A 'Living Legend'

from NME.com, today's release of a Jeff Buckley compilation includes a cover version of the Smiths' classic, "I Know It's Over."

Jeff Buckley revealed as massive Smiths fan

Part 7 of the current BBC Series 'The Seven Ages of Rock' is titled 'What The World is Waiting For' and will cover the story of the British Indie scene. The story starts with The Smiths and moves on to Oasis etc and other current day Indie acts. The show is to be aired on BBC2 at 9pm on Saturday 30th June. See link http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/

Can we expect interviews with band members, rare clips or just soundbites from the usual rent-a-quotes? Should be worth a watch anyway...

"Because of his sexual vagueness and ambivalence you get so incredibly attracted to him, she says."

Oh, and because he's "the best lyricist in the pop world", surely.

Miss Persson is currently working on the new A Camp album.

Read her interview here.

"I was looking for love and I found love, but heaven knows I'm miserable now…"

HALF A PERSON: MY LIFE AS TOLD BY THE SMITHS
A play by Alex Broun
Directed by Robert Chuter
with
David Forster as William

William is too smart for his long black drinking, tight jeans wearing, emo hairstyle sporting, ‘The Smiths’ worshipping good. He only exists to devour coffee, despise ’people’ and worship the patron saint of wrist-slashing -Steven Patrick Morrissey. Just like his Idol the world he occupies is cruelly lonely. He stumbles from café to cemetery in search of a companion or maybe just a confidant. He runs headlong into Salome; the obtuse, obstructive, agent of seduction that slithers her way into his addictive personality where she infatuates herself remorselessly. Meanwhile, the best friend that he never knew he might not have one day, Rick, is struggling with his own desire for William and his dwindling mortality. William is confined in a terrible triangle; the girl of his dreams treats him like dirt, his best friend is in love with him and on top of this, the Smiths have broken up. A beautifully dark, blackly funny and painfully touching play set to the music of The Smiths, the music that gives William a chance to be more than just, ‘Half A Person.’

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NEWTOWN THEATRE,
Corner King & Bray Streets
Newtown South, NSW, Australia

Bookings MCA Ticketing 1300 306 776; or www.mca-tix.com

Preview: Tuesday, 18 September @ 9.00pm
Wednesday-Saturday, 19-22 September @ 9.00pm
Tuesday-Saturday, 25-29 September @ 9.00pm

Tix: Preview: $17.50 & $27.50/$22.50 [Concession]

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Just picked up my daily newspaper this morning and was horrified to read and article in the Celebrities gossip column about Morrissey. This is the article word for word: