I hope he's not bloody retiring.I'm looking foward to the next album.There's plenty of other people out there who i wish would retire.

The NME is officially a rag. Where do they go to find in depth information on a musician's future plans? To an unofficial internet fan website. This is irresponsible and lazy journalism. How about you fax/e-mail Morrissey and find out for yourselves, or maybe interview Julia (who at least has spoke with the man ad nauseam and hosts his OFFICIAL website)? No, that would require field work and getting off one's ass to work, cultivating resources, and networking one's contacts.

Forgive me if this sounds heavy handed, but shame on everyone who participated in that thread. You played right into the hands of a hack reporter and now started a printed rumor about your so called idol's retirement. I hope you are all pleased with yourselves!

Way to go So-Low...

-Mozaroma

That's the most pathetic thing I've ever read. Since when was the release of a Greatest Hits album a sign that an artist is about to retire? Moz releases a "best of" every other year, and will no doubt continue to do so. Moz cancelling concerts due to alleged ill health is nothing new either. This man will never retire.

I canīt see him retire now, he seems so alive and "not retired", besides he has got some good new song s in the pipeline.

Anyway, that would surely be a tragedy.

He seems quite moody - so i guess thatīs a thing he could say on a "sunday" without really meaning it.

...is that the journalist registered in this site for one reason only - to stir up a non-story. They came on to the forum and asked "Is Morrissey retiring?" then used the responses in the article. Silly.

Peter

Didn't the NME run this sort of story when Moz was aged 25, 28, 34, 39, and then again at 42?

The person who wrote this article needs to retire. Most magazines are filled with the same kind of useless slop (except Wired which I happen to love). To be fair, I'm not really familiar with this magazine. I would at least hope that their other articles are better than this.

The basic question that this article fails to answer is: Why would Morrissey "retire"? Being Morrissey is not just a spare time occupation, it is his life. NME may be willing to write anything to spark up some interest in their magazine, but they really shouldn't waste people's time with such junk.

Why the hell would he retire when there's money to be made. Maybe he's taking a break for a few years, but I highly doubt he'll ever retire.
Doesn't he still owe money or doesn't get certain royalites from the Smiths after that lawsuit? If so, why retire? To be broke?

How the author mentions Jay-Z and the Pixies as recent artists who just came out of temporary retirement, and then made a huge assumption that if Morrissey retired (assumption 1), not all hope would be lost because he may come back (assumption 2), assuming that Morrissey is anything like Jay-Z and the Pixies (very, very big assumption 3). On a side note, the Pixies came back because they wanted money, and they admitted it too... something I find, very, very amusing. But, I love their honesty. 3

I think someone needed to fill some space.

Talk about the twisting of words...they utterly twisted around what Moz said in response to fans questions to sound bad. I hate it when people do that. They are indeed Journalists who LIE!!
Damn NME.

Yesterday I did my usual, pick up the NME, turn to the contents page, see if there's any band or artist I'm bothered about and then turn to the relevant story. Thanks NME for almost making me cry unneccessarily; as amusing as it is to see that the journos have been lurking on this site, that story is akin to sensationalist tabloid fodder. Morrissey has said recently that music is the only thing he can do. He might take a well deserved break after all this touring, but retirement? What will he do with all that free time at the age of 48? Touring might be lonely, but unless he's found a whole new set of friends outside of the industry and a partner with whom he wants to spend the rest of his days, retirement is never going to be an option.

Could it be that the NME are annoyed, after he was going to grant them an interview, complete with fan's questions (remember that internet entry form?) and then he refused?

Whilst we're on the subject of cribbing from this website, I'm certain that more media employees lurk around here, because a couple of my colleagues tell me that Moz appears almost daily on teletext, in stories that have been posted on here a few days previously.

The only thing I liked about this whole article was the picture of him sitting in that blue couch. And, sitting there, he looks terribly too young and to beautiful to retire. But, you never know, traveling around all the time is not easy, and I read once that he looked at a few homes and felt like being in one of them...

If only he knew how boring being in one place all the time is...

I think if I won the lottery or enherited a lot of money, I'd never buy a house. I'd tour around the world and write bloody awful poetry, since I never foromed a family myself.

I can't imagine retiring before 80 and just staying home watching Oprah and fa****g on the sofa. God! That's why God gave a fabulous gift to him.

NME is becoming more and more like "The Heat" magazine of music. Cancelled gigs & not liking touring? Yes, but so what?
OK, Morrissey has Always done things on HIS terms - and he has suffered badly because of it at times - So if his plan is to retire, then so be it. But just how many times have we heard/read similar stories already? This is the last tour, last album, etc?

I just really really wish he'd do another studio album before he "retires". All things have an ending but let me tell you something: when Morrissey "retires" people will be listening to Ringleader album with tears in their eyes saying: why were we so unkind at the time?

Morrissey is the last true artist left on this planet and I wish people finally celebrated him rather than critizised him and slagged him off at every opportunity!
NME had a whale of a time around the release of Quarry and praised him to High Heavens - yet once again they are writing shit like this.

I think NME should stick to writing about the Arctic Cunties, Klaxons and the New-Fucking-Rave. Because after all this is what they do best.

...is anyone even bothering to comment ...?

does anybody really retire?

Shall we boycott the NME now?!!!

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Maybe it is.......really, I don't see the point anymore unless he hooksup with a real songwriting partner.....

when in fact he does retire or semi retire - he deserves it and i will foundly miss the current him but will continue to listen often as i have done for what seems like forever...he could cash in on a greatist hit comp although hasn't he already done one already? if he can go and live a very enjoyable life without the labor at this point i say VIVA MOZ! i don't want him to, there's juice left, but i wouldn't be surprised, in his mind it's probaly long overdue...financially if he's set, i'm sure he's a little burnt out why suffer? the touring part as enjoyable as it might be when you get the brief moment on stage, the rehearal, the travel, the mic checks, the lonely hotels, the road crew, the abnormal venues, the unknown, has to get old and he's not the traveling band type of guy...i'd be happy if he continued to sing at pubs and the like from his local venues and webcast them around the world, fine with me.

He's already said "I'm not sure I even exist offstage" so why on earth would he retire?

where can i find a hi-rez file of that photo? Who CARES about that silly, non-factual article ... please, someone scan that pic & post me a link ... STAT!

I hate the NME.

when the NME are struggling with sales , they do an article on Moz or The Smiths or they either place a picture of Moz or The Smiths on the cover because they know the fans will buy it.

Moz didnt speak to the NME for years because the editor from a few years back blatantly went out of his way to destroy Moz's career...Danny somebody , I cant remember his surname.

This article is a complete load of tripe.

If Moz is going to retire , he wouldnt do it in the NME cos the News of the world would get it first.

Seriously, Would Moz say "im retiring"..i dont think so.

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...in theory.

So hey, let's make a story,

"Is Morrissey flying to Mars?"

The only mental exercise journalists get is jumping to conclusions
retirement - it made me feel quite sick at the thought of it
- so thanks for spoiling my Saturday morning NME
nice pic though

This kind of rumor or publicity is the best thing that can happen to a band or performer. If there is a possibility, no matter how remote, ticket sales tend to go up. The Rolling Stones have been laughing all the way to the freaking bank since their 1969 tour when so-called journalists began speculating that the '69 tour will surely be their last, after all Mick and Keith weren't spring chickens anymore, (my gosh 26 is way too old to rock!). So the same rumors started before their '72, '75, '78, '81, '89, '94, '97, '02, '05, '06, and '07 tours, and of course, each has set attendance records. Morrissey obviously is not retiring, but it wouldn't make sense for him to squash the rumors, because this kind of publicity is very good for him.

Sometimes I wonder

...the NME is out of business before Morrissey is officially retired. As mentioned above, these articles are desperate lunges toward relevance; the NME is obviously quite aware that the World of Morrissey is chock full of devoted fans who can tapped on demand for better circulation figures.

Dumb article. I'm pretty sure someone as self-deprecating as Morrissey wouldn't hesitate to launch into retirement talk if the thought were in his head.

After the fiasco that was the over-booking -- and than cancelling without any apology -- in New York, he might as well retire. I'm sad to say it, but I think Mozzer might have finally worn out his welcome in this city that always loved him. Ta ta.

I live in FL and don't have access to NME wha did the article say.

Thanks,

Andrew