i fear that we will alway be treated to these, the smiths will reform rumours, like the ones that always followed the beatles.

alas it will never happen. though, is that a bad thing?

How on earth can mainstream press be so terribly ignorant? The Smiths were the total antithesis to new wave - their formation was very much a reaction to the whole faceless synth-pop prancer ideal that was so prevalent in 1983.

Articles like this are the worst affront to Morrissey's efforts to re-establish himself as a successful artist in the present time. He returns after 7 years as the man who is going to save the music industry from the crashing bores of pop pap in 2004, not as some "new wave nostalgia act" from 20 years ago. Duran Duran? Sheesh! Get real, MSNBC.

when did the Cure break up?

The mainstream shows its ignorance of pop culture beyond Beyonce and The passions of Mel. Typical that a network whose news readers are Court TV castoffs would so thoroughly misrepresent this " story."