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Morrissey promotional schedule / exclusives listed in Music Week

posted by davidt on Wednesday March 15 2006, @08:00PM
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from Music Week

Morrissey will give a rare insight into the recording process of his forthcoming album Ringleader of the Tormentors on a dedicated channel 4 programme to air the week of the album's release on April 3rd.

The 30 minute programme being broadcast on April 6th forms a core part of Sanctuary's promotional campaign for Morrissey's eighth studio album and will feature live performances of the album's four singles as well as a yet to be decided track from the artists extensive catalogue. In addition, Morrissey will take part in an interview with T4 about his career.

The programme is the culmination of an extensive television schedule for the star in the lead up to release, which will incorporate a performance on Tonight with Jonathan Ross and Top of the Pops, an interview with BBC Newsnight and live show at Koko in London for a forthcoming episode of the Album Chart Show.

Sanctuary Marketing Manager, Jennifer Ivory says that in planning the promotional schedule, it has been essential to target as broad an audience as possible "You will find Morrissey now in every demographic:young, old, straight,gay, male, female. It's our job to make sure there is enough visibility and cross marketing to reach these people" she says.

Morrissey will headline the Radio Two showcase event at SXSW in Texas this week and has committed to interviews with Zane Lowe (Radio 1) Stuart Maconie (Radio 2) and David Frickle from Rolling Stone, who will interview him in front of a live audience at the event "Every year SXSW continues to grow to be a key event in UK music media" says Ivory. "We saw this as a great opportunity to raise awareness with both UK and US media. Morrissey being part of Radio 2's event at SXSW makes perfenct sense".

Other activity includes Sanctuary partnering with iTunes to offer an exclusive b-side to fans who pre-order the album, while a number of bespoke podcasts will be released via different online sites. Exclusives will also run with Myspace, NME.com, AOL and Yahoo.

On a traditional front, a three week TV advertising campaign will commence ahead of the album's release, complementing an extensive XFM campaign across the network, while a billboard campaign will run in key cities.
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  • first post!
    Anonymous -- Wednesday March 15 2006, @08:15PM (#203638)
  • Awesome. I pre-ordered on Amazon.com so I could hear the low quality live stream, but since I didn't pre-order on iTunes I miss out on the b-side. That's crap.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday March 15 2006, @08:18PM (#203639)
  • I can't imagine what the 4th single will be. I suppose I could since there are only 8 other choices but nothing comes to mind.
    bored -- Wednesday March 15 2006, @09:03PM (#203648)
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    • Re:4 singles? by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 16 2006, @04:50AM
  • Damnit, this is gonna air around the couple of days I'll be off traveling and not be able to get to a TV :(:( If anyone manages to capture this show and get it up online my eternal thanks will be yours.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday March 15 2006, @09:44PM (#203659)
  • If only Island had gone to this bother with Maladjusted.
    Stan <[email protected]> -- Thursday March 16 2006, @02:45AM (#203682)
    (User #9752 Info | http://www.stanleymchale.merseyblogs.co.uk/)
    • Malcontent by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 16 2006, @04:49PM
  • Can't see Paxman doing it, or the Gavin Essler after his Mark E Smith experience. So it will be Kirsty Wark. The lovely Kirsty Wark.

    Lovely, lovely Kirsty Wark.
    Benton -- Thursday March 16 2006, @02:49AM (#203686)
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    • Re:Newsnight by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 16 2006, @08:17AM
    • Re:Newsnight by Agent Provocateur (Score:1) Thursday March 16 2006, @09:17AM
      • Re:Newsnight by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 16 2006, @03:06PM
  • That's gonna be shit, one of the worse programs on tv. What's next...debut 'In the Future...' in Hollyoaks?!?!?!
    Anonymous -- Thursday March 16 2006, @03:00AM (#203692)
    • Re:t4 ? by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 16 2006, @03:30AM
      • Re:t4 ? by Amatis (Score:1) Thursday March 16 2006, @06:40AM
    • Re:t4 ? by Stuheff (Score:0) Thursday March 16 2006, @04:41AM
  • Has anyone got any idea when all these things are going to be on? The T4 one is fairly obvious but what about Newsnight and TOTP's?

    I can't be arsed to sit through the latter on the vain hope that the main man is going to be on there if in fact he isn't and I'll then have to sit through the usual turgid shite for half an hour with no reward.

    Breath out.
    ohglen -- Thursday March 16 2006, @03:20AM (#203699)
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    • Re:Dates? by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 16 2006, @04:02AM
  • Koko, formely the Camden Palace, is a great little venue! I wonder if the tickets will be readily available or if it will just be for competition winners, etc?
    Roger the Horse -- Thursday March 16 2006, @04:00AM (#203711)
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  • for indie rock Morrissey. If he's still making this same indie rock music in 2007, I predict his career will be largely finished.

    from 1983-1987, he progressed form the sound of the Smiths to the highly polished pop sound of strangeways; from 1988 through to 1996 we got viva hate, kill uncle, your arsenal, vauxhall and southpaw grammar along with a load of interesting singles and b sides; since 1997, Morrissey seems to have been stuck in a somewhat cliched indie rock rut. The sound is always a variation on a theme. I love Quarry and love Ringleader (so far) but they are both flawed albums, and neither has any real imagination or flair. They are far too middle of the road.

    The more interesting moments of all post 1997 albums (irish blood english heart, dear god please help me, you know i couldn't last, trouble loves me, maladjusted) show a more unique sound and something slightly authentic and vibrant. He needs to explore that aspect of things more and come up with something completely new for 2007. He needs a new vision, new musicians and new ambitions.

    Otherwise, this is the final swansong.

    I won't be buying ROTT's follow-up if it's just the session musicians and Morrissey doing another indie rock record.

    He needs to do something radical for 2007. He needs to disappear into a studio with Johnny Greenwood of radiohead, brian eno and a great bass player with ideas like Mani or someone and just get some interesting music down.

    If I were Morrissey, I would use my new found status to try something extraordinary. No more pale radio imitations (pigsty), no more southpaw grammar dirges (youngest), just do something radical and new.

    Imagine what morrissey, Greenwood, Eno and mani could do. They could even bring the new york dolls and tricky into the studio to add their own contributions if they want!

    That is what Morrissey should be doing in his late 40s, not churning out more indie rock records in the same vein as the rest of his late 90s career.

    broken
    I Entered Nothing -- Thursday March 16 2006, @05:26AM (#203738)
    (User #15565 Info | http://ringleaderofthetormentors1972.blogspot.com/)
    http://ringleaderofthetormentors1972.blogspot.com check out this site - that HAS to be the real Morrissey!
  • so the 4 singles will be known 'officially' in the week of release of an album?? Is this a first? Surely it will cut down on pages of speculation over the next 9 months or so? That can't be a good thing. What happens if the album / next single bomb? And i have to get this one in....why the hell wasn't "I Like You" released in the UK as a single??!!!!
    Anonymous -- Thursday March 16 2006, @06:23AM (#203743)
  • I am informed by someone close to the inner circle that there is a 90% chance of the 4th single being a re recording of How soon is now. The twist is the commercial single release will be a filtered disco house style version with a 4/4 House beat. Missy Elliot is also widely believed to be performing on Backing vocals. Junior vasquez is the number one choice at the moment for this mix (although this hasn't been 100% confirmed) (He has worked with madonna etc) It may be a U.S.A only release to try and break the mainstream radio shows out there hence upping awareness of Morrissey in the U.S. The likelihood
    being the more traditional recording will be released in the UK, but this hasn't been decided yet.

    I will let you know if I hear anything else.
    Twinkie pastry -- Thursday March 16 2006, @08:01AM (#203755)
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  • Has anyone seen any of these billboards?
    palare -- Thursday March 16 2006, @08:41AM (#203760)
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    where the world's ugliest boy became what you see...
  • For how long has this clown been posting? And without fail peole reply and get wound up over his his tediously boring subject matter. They argue and provoke even more nonsense. In a world dominated by ctrl alt delete it is so easy to not read what he writes and by doing so take away the only true pleaseue his cripplingly boring life allows him. Broken knows that the pleasue he attains from the anger of others is something that can easily be taken away and yet he is self assured in the knowledge that his "quarry" will respond!Realise this and Broken fades away slowly but most surely. He will always sign his name, a sure sign of the pleaseure he receives from the annoyance he provokes. It is essential to him that peole "know" who he is. Ignoring his posts will see broken wither and die.
    Here lies broken his malignance finally caught up with him 1999-2006 R.I.P
    A known Vulgarian -- Thursday March 16 2006, @10:10AM (#203768)
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  • with Broken's comments about the need for a change of musicians - and no, I'm not Broken, though some will inevitably think that.

    I'm not sure what Tricky could bring to a new Morrissey album though?

    I don't understand Butler's decision to turn Morrissey down - surely being credited with rejuvenating Morrissey creatively must be a very tempting accolade? Still, Marr may have put him off, though one wonders why. Perhaps it suits Marr to have Morrissey in the present situation as it enables him to claim, with justification, that the music is not up to scratch. Jesse was an uninspired addition - perhaps Butler should reconsider?
    Anonymous -- Thursday March 16 2006, @12:03PM (#203792)
  • People, you must visit ringleaderofthetormentors1972.blogspot.com now where a divine picture, even if we've seen it before, has been added to top of page. Very luminous and very soothing, I must say.
    Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone, by the way. : )
    goinghome -- Thursday March 16 2006, @12:31PM (#203799)
    (User #12673 Info)
  • It's about f---ing time this man get some serious promotion behind him. He's wanted this for so long and now's he's getting it. Good for Morrissey!
    WildHoney81 -- Thursday March 16 2006, @09:54PM (#203907)
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  • What are the other 3 i havent heard a thing not been on for a while though,does anyone no? They should be in the future, I will see you and , The Father who,
    Anonymous -- Friday March 17 2006, @09:10AM (#204022)

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