Allow me to put these Mark Harris rumors to rest. First and foremost Mark Harris WILL NOT be opening for Morrissey at the Palladium, or in Vegas or anywhere else Moz happens to be playing.

Let me explain. I am semi-friendly with Mark Harris after meeting him at one of Howard Stern's birthday shows. He may very well be the gayest man in America, but he's a nice guy although a bit eccentric. We exchange e-mails from time to time, and that's about it. Anyway, anytime he goes on Howard's show he always asks if I want him to mention anything on the air. My reply is always no, but I thought it would be funny if Mark could mention the upcoming US Moz dates on the air. So I called his voice mail and told him about the Palladium and Vegas dates. I also wanted him to mention the band members names on the air with the plug since they never get the recognition they deserve. I thought it would be cool to have Moz shows promoted on Howard Stern, that's all.

Of course Mark didn't exactly say what I told him to say. He made it seem like he was opening for Morrissey, when all I asked him to do was simply read the dates. He went on the air and said things like "I don't know why this Morrissey band keeps calling me" referring to the call I made. He had emailed me the day before he went on the show and asked me if there was a way he could get in touch with Morrissey's people so he could sing his new song "Dear Senator McCain" live at one of the shows. I told him I had no idea how to contact "Morrissey's People" and that it would be very unlikely that Morrissey would be interested.

You can imagine my amazement when I saw that there was a big Mark Harris debate on your site. I had no idea it would turn into what it did. So I'm writing this to put the whole thing to rest.

So rest assured that Morrissey has no interest in getting Mark Harris to perform with him (although it would be a riot). Actually Mark Harris didn't even know who Morrissey was until I told him. So I hope this puts the whole thing to rest. I won't have Mark mention Moz anymore on the air, you can be sure of that. So I think that covers all the bases. All I wanted to do was promote the Moz shows... had no idea it would turn into what it did. Sorry for the confusion everybody!