Morrissey Central "MANAGEMENT" (September 19, 2024)

Morrissey has severed all connections with Red Light Management/Pete Galli Management.

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• Morrissey-solo: Morrissey is now being managed by Pete Galli of Red Light Management (February 12, 2024)

 

[Southport Grandma]

I‘ve been optimistic since Moz words before the Vegas shows und Jesse‘s words before the November tour, but now I‘ve lost all my hope.

Moz is over! He has destroyed himself ALONE!

“So, the choice I have made
May seem strange to you
But who asked you, anyway?
It's my life to wreck
My own way…”

 

[Redacted]

The other night in bed I got the melody of KMAL stuck in my head and recognised what a strong song it actually is; like it actually commands attention. Then I thought of the single artwork and the music video and got sad.

 

[BrummieBoy]

Why has Morrissey severed all ties with Red Light Management/Pete Galli Management?

Did his contract with them include an obligation for them to handle historic, legacy, residual issues from previous management contracts covering 'The Smiths'?

Or was their remit and responsibilities focused purely on his currently career hiatus?

Without knowing, it's impossible to discern whether or not this is relevant to the bizarre paranoid outburst about trademark issues.

I guess this management team will take a strategic view on whether or not it's best to ignore this announcement to avoid drama or if they'll feel their public reputation may be damaged by not adding clarification as yo why the contract was terminated by either/both sides and whether that decision was mutual and amicable.

In general, management teams ignore histrionics from artists but there's limits as another troubled rent-a-gob C-list Diva discovered when she fcukd around and found out...maybe Morrissey should get Azealia Banks to replace Miley Cyres on that 'Veronica' song...

BB

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...azealia-banks-for-behaviour-on-australia-tour

 

[JoeSellMozza]

I wonder what will happen to all the new music if he dies.

Then the music will be released, but not before.

 

[Dorothy]

I'm intrigued as to who new member @CosmicBeings is? How do they know this info?(post now deleted) Are they from management?

 

[Geoffrey Ingram]

I’ve had relations with Galli recently (regarding Morrissey) and he has been nothing but incredibly helpful and professional.

Hi Sam.....

 

[bhops]

I'm not sure who has had the worst week PR wise..... Morrissey and this fiasco or Trump and his cats and dogs nonsense....

Morrissey because the 'they're eating the cats, they're eating the dogs' song has taken the internet by storm and as it turns out they really are eating the pets.

 

[Eldritch]

I guess the original draft for this post went "Morrissey has severed all connections with Red Light Management / Pete Galli Management and curses the day those bastards were born".

 

[Thewlis]

It’s ironic as just this week The Smiths surpassed The Cure as most popular alternative 80s group on Spotify with 17,5 million monthly listeners.

Yet Morrissey’s career is at an all time low.
He really needs to embrace a solid plan to resurrect his career, or any plan really.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

The other night in bed I got the melody of KMAL stuck in my head and recognised what a strong song it actually is; like it actually commands attention. Then I thought of the single artwork and the music video and got sad.

The vocal melody in the verses is pretty good, but the chorus is atrocious and so are the lyrics. I have no problem placing it near the bottom of my imaginary list of his singles.

 

[SteveWS]

Maybe the atmosphere around the Smiths didn't help (regarding Morrissey's longstanding & current issues with having a manager...at all). Granted my only 'sources' are books about the band which I've read but it often appeared that people were frequently pushing themselves forward, either to become the Smiths' manager or even to join the band(!) For one reason or another, those people were very rarely suitable for the position they unsubtly aimed for and apparently it's not solely Morrissey who, understandably, became extremely wary of outsiders so blatantly seeking control and/or fame and fortune.

 

[Baz 73]

I wonder if show cancellations will follow?

Hmmm, I wonder too! However, the ultimate question is, who would you queue up up to see? Morrissey or Marr?....

 

[gordyboy9]

who knows where we will be in 2/3 years time,still waiting on bofire,without music is but a distant memory and the odd tour here and there.
it will be the wilderness years part 2.

 

[SteveWS]

Talking of Mark E. Smith/The Fall: I saw a reader's comment, beneath an obituary piece for Mark, and wondered whether forum members think that the poster's observation about Moz/MES is true or not ~

'Smith could be a nasty piece of work. Everyone acknowledged it and his audience had a complex relationship with him because of it. It wasn't simple adoration, there was always a bit of mistrust and "What are we in for at this gig?". Similar thing with Lou Reed. There's an element of artist and audience thriving off the mutual tension between them. That's why MES got a free pass for saying stuff that Morrissey gets crucified for - because Morrissey was put on a pedestal, which gives him the power to disappoint his fans.'

 

[ninetimesfined]

Is this an acknowledgement that he f***ed up? A shrouded apology, also perhaps

 

[Surface]

Hmmm, I wonder too! However, the ultimate question is, who would you queue up up to see? Morrissey or Marr?....

Both but I would feel more confident in the Marr queue!

 

[Eldritch]

Can't imagine there being much of a queue for future Morrissey gigs...

 

[Mosserray]

Hmmm, I wonder too! However, the ultimate question is, who would you queue up up to see? Morrissey or Marr?....

Marr of course, at least you know he's going to show up and put on a great show.

 

[BookishBoy]

Talking of Mark E. Smith/The Fall: I saw a reader's comment, beneath an obituary piece for Mark, and wondered whether forum members think that the poster's observation about Moz/MES is true or not ~

'Smith could be a nasty piece of work. Everyone acknowledged it and his audience had a complex relationship with him because of it. It wasn't simple adoration, there was always a bit of mistrust and "What are we in for at this gig?". Similar thing with Lou Reed. There's an element of artist and audience thriving off the mutual tension between them. That's why MES got a free pass for saying stuff that Morrissey gets crucified for - because Morrissey was put on a pedestal, which gives him the power to disappoint his fans.'

I don't care much about MES, but the stuff about Morrissey is very true: because he's written and sung songs which have (both literally and metaphorically) saved people's lives, then any subsequent fall from grace is much more profound because of the intensity of people's emotions.

I'm sure MES was a genius in his own way, but never had that emotional bond with his fans. (Happy to be corrected on that if I'm wrong.) And Lou was a flat-out genius whose influence on music is wayyyyy greater than Morrissey's but again - not so much of an emotional link there.

 

[marred]

It's been referred to as a rudderless ship in impolite company for a few years now (ok, it was me). Adrift and lost at sea (with a non-functional bilge pump), sadly. Life preservers had been cast... and ignored.

I'd suggest there's always tomorrow, but that may not provide the glimmer of hope it once did in light of the ongoing saga. It's just one thing after another

Shipwrecked inches from the bay...