Radio DJ on Today FM (Ireland) Paul McCloone announced on his show this week, after playing We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful, that he was scheduling a full show – 7-10pm – on Thursday 21st May (he doesn’t air on Fridays) on his radio programme to mark the music of The Smiths and Morrissey. He added that the emphasis would be more on the solo career and some of the less well-known songs (though he’s a star for spinning these himself fairly regularly – see his playlists on his blog

He has invited listeners to submit their favourite Morrissey songs in particular, including obscure tracks and B-sides, for possible inclusion by emailing their nominations to paul@todayfm.com . For those of us not going to Manchester it should provide some rich alternative pickings…