Even though Pollstar lists the event on Oct. 4, they confirmed the concert on Oct. 5.

These are the details they gave me:

-Tuesday, October 5, 1999
-Doors open at 7pm
-All ages
-Bar with ID
-Tickets go on sale at Dillards, September 3rd @10 am
-Tickets are $26

Also, from Matthew Zolan, the Vegas House Of Blues show ticket info is on Ticketmaster - "Internet Onsale" also Sat. 8/28 at noon:

HOUSE OF BLUES LAS VEGAS
DOORS AT 7PM*ALL AGES
THUR OCT 7,1999 8:00PM

I have enclosed a JPG-File with the scan of an A4-ad, which appears in the September issue of the German version of the "Rolling Stone"-magazine. The magazine is the presenter of the German gigs.

Spike Smith is a young-ish drummer who played in several bands, including one of the many re-incarnations of The Damned.

In the printed edition of this weeks NME they add slightly more to the story on the website, this time they're slightly more cautious and less sensationalist, the headline is "Moz to tour" with subheadline, "Plus Morrissey and Marr possibly to share bill at US festival. Reunion rumours persist" - which they are more than happy to fuel! It says "Speculating on a Morrissey/Marr reunion one fan on an unofficial Morrissey website reasoned: "How can they NOT? I mean, it would just be too foolish for them both to be on the same night, and not play together, for even one song. Look at all the examples, Sex Pistols, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, and, yes, the surviving Beatles. I truly feel it will happen eventually".

Glad they consider here their number one source for Moz info.!

Moz & Marr rumours cite reunion & tour

[Aug 26 1999 4:17PM]

Rumours abound that Morrissey and Johnny Marr may perform together for the first time since 1987 at the Coachella Festival in California on October 9. Morrissey is headlining at the event and Marr is believed to be planning an appearance with Beck, with whom he has been working. Marr has written two guitar parts for Beck’s next album which has fuelled predictions of a performance with the tousel-haired singer at Coachella.

Both are also planning new solo projects – Marr’s The Healers, slated for a February 2000 release, plus a follow up to 1997’s Maladjusted for Morrissey, title and release date to be announced.

Morrissey is also in the process of putting to a DVD retrospective for US release to be called ¡Oye Esteban!, according to an unofficial Morrissey website. The DVD will contain a selection of vintage videos never before shown to the public. Among those that have been unearthed are Seasick, Yet Still Docked.

Yet another unconfirmed rumour puts Morrissey on tour in the UK later this year, but no British dates have been announced. There is however a schedule for an November / December Irish tour, which venues say has been provisionally booked and is being advertised, but which has not been given final confirmation. Those dates are as follows:

Wednesday November 24 Belfast Ulster Hall
Thursday November 25 Derry Rialto
Saturday November 27 Cork Opera House
Sunday November 28 Limerick University
Wednesday December 1 Dublin National Concert Hall
Thursday December 2 Dublin National Concert Hall

Also mentioned in the NME is the John Peel night which they pick as TV highlight of the week - "There's two hefty shows of Peel-championed bands featuring a fantastic line-up of Pink Floyd, Bowie, Joy Division, The Smiths, New Order, PJ Harvey and Blur" It's on BBC2 on Sunday from 6.20 pm.

From Matt:

...in today's (Aug. 17) Electronic Telegraph (online version of the UK Daily Telegraph newspaper):

BBC tribute as John Peel reaches 60

THE BBC is to mark the 60th birthday of the disc jockey John Peel with two nights devoted to his work. BBC 2 will broadcast an evening of programmes on Aug 29. Radio 1, on which he has worked for 22 years, pays its tribute two days later.

Peel, once described by Tony Blair as "truly a radio legend", is credited with launching the careers of such bands as The Clash, The Smiths and Pulp. He was awarded an OBE last year for his services to broadcasting.