The sycophantic slags all say, 'I knew him first and I knew him well'.

i am sure mrs. joyce would not be too happy to read about this.

mike has more talent than we thought!

This is the dumbest "news" story in a long time. Who cares? How do we even know it's true?

Complete nonsense. This is not based on fact, and deserves no place on the main page. Is he not married anyway?

i think this is hysterical!

isn't mike married? your friend is a total slut with no shame. hell, mike's old and unattractive.

not that any of these bitter mean people would believe me or care. (even though they care enough to post a comment about it). but i seriously saw the whole thing happen. it was near the dj booth close to 5 in the morning. everyone was just having harmless fun. and i can see why mike joyce would have picked that girl...she was hot!

i recently read that morrissey said he hates browsing the web because his fans are so mean to one another. reading these statements confirms that this is very very true.

Just a thought regarding a related experience I had a couple weeks ago:

I just saw Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke performing the same show (but with the Sweet & Tender Hooligans) in San Diego at the Casbah. I thought they played great music in the DJ set (although also as you said - only one Smiths song - and it was "Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before"). Andy stayed in the DJ booth almost the whole time and wasn't too outgoing, but Mike really nice, was all over the place, having fun, dancing, etc. There were about 10 of us (male and female) dancing with him, and one girl was hitting on him really hard (and she was gorgeous), but I saw him take pains to NOT get too tangled up with her... so although I can't vouch for anything that happened after I left (at 1:00am), in general I would give Mike the benefit of the doubt (and Mrs. Mike some peace of mind). Maybe the making out in NY was a drunken mistake, because he just didn't strike me as a guy out to score with the ladies...and believe me, he had plenty of opportunities.

But as I finish writing this, I'm realizing that it's none of my business either way. Important thing is that the show was GREAT and it was a total trip to hang out with 1/2 of the Smiths.

I saw Mike & Andy do a DJ set in Vancouver recently (March 31)... a friend of mine told me that when they arrived all they requested from the promoter was "Chilled wine, ecstasy and cocaine" which they did and then passed out soon after.
I spoke to them after their set and they seemed fairly nice.
They only played Bigmouth Strikes Again at the Vancouver set too... I told Andy I thought Panic would have been funnier.
I don't know how much truth there is to all the rumours about their behaviour though.

This was http://www.morrissey-solo.com, not http://www.washed-up-session-musicians-who-have-spent-the-last-17-years-doing-no thing-but-snogging-slappers.com

I was there that night too and they were not good DJs. The fades in and out were terrible and when they had a dance floor full of people wanting to dance they played undaceable music. Personally, I feel very ripped off that they were charging ten and fifteen dollars for that night.

what else can I say

I caught Andy and Mike in Austin for the DJ Tour and I was hanging out before the show and spoke to both of them at some length. I was so surprised at how nice both of them were. They spoke to me at length about music and lots of things. It was one of the funnest times I have had meeting musicians. I can't stress enough how nice both were and very talkative. It was great. I had both of them sign my Rank cover. It was an amazing night and they were real friendly with everyone there.