She gets to see Moz. Good on 'er.

Looks like Morrissey will be booking a small tour of the States before his UK leg.

presented by BBC Radio...

Perhaps the interview and performance will be broadcasted.

also interview conducted by Rolling Stone journalist so perhaps Rolling Stone magazine will feature him in an upsoming issue...thus giving him some publicity in the states. although the journalist may simply be a guest of the festival.

Puddle

We'll see about this. Last year he was supposed to play Austin but cancelled at the last minute. Anyone else remember this? I certainly do.

Before his UK tour starts. I've no doubt that he'll play a couple of low key shows but there's no way on earth he'll be at a festival. No way.

I'm there.

Anyone see the list of bands?

Aberdeen City (Boston MA) • Aberfeldy (Edinburgh UK) • Abigail und Hansel (Cedar Creek TX) • Ad Astra Per Aspera (Lawrence KS) • The Adored (Los Angeles CA) • The Aeroplanes (Liverpool UK) • Afrirampo (Osaka JAPAN) • A Hawk and a Hacksaw (Albuquerque NM) • Ahleuchatistas (Asheville NC) • Airbourne (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) • The Alkaholiks (Los Angeles CA) • Aloha (Cleveland OH) • AM (Los Angeles CA) • The Amazing Pilots (Dublin IRELAND) • Amber Pacific (Seattle WA) • American Eyes (Los Angeles CA) • American Minor (Huntington WV) • American Princes (Little Rock AR) • Amplified Heat (Austin TX) • An Albatross (Philadelphia PA) • Anathallo (Mt Pleasant MI) • Anberlin (Orlando FL) • Al Anderson (Windsor CT) • Duane Andrews (St John's NF) • Angry Angles (Memphis TN) • Animal Alpha (Oslo NORWAY) • Animal Collective (Baltimore NY) • Annie (Bergen NORWAY) • The Anointed Voicez (Houston TX) • The Answer (Downpatrick UK) • Antietam (New York NY) • Antler (Boston MA) • Apollo Sunshine (Boston MA) • The Applicators (Austin TX) • Aqueduct (Seattle WA) • Arab Strap (Falkirk UK) • Arctic Monkeys (Sheffield UK) • The Ark (Malmo SWEDEN) • The Arm (Austin TX) • Nic Armstrong & The Thieves (London UK) • The Lynne Arriale Trio (Lutz FL) • Art Brut (London UK) • Asobi Seksu (New York NY) • ASVA (Long Beach CA) • At All Cost (Austin TX) • Athlete (Deptford UK) • Atmosphere (Minneapolis MN) • The Atomic Bitchwax (Long Branch NJ) • Audion (Detroit MI) • Jon Auer (Seattle WA) • Auktyon (St Petersburg RUSSIA) • Au Revoir Simone (Brooklyn NY) • The Avalanches (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) • Avotor (Auckland NEW ZEALAND) • Awesome Cool Dudes (Austin TX) • Awol One (Los Angeles CA) • Baboon (Dallas TX) • Baby Teeth (Chicago IL) • Backyard Tire Fire (Chicago IL) • The Bad Roads (Lake Charles LA) • Bad Wizard (Manhattan NY) • Sam Baker (Austin TX) • Daniel Balthasar (Luxembourg City LUXEMBOURG) • Troy von Balthazar (Paris FRANCE) • Band Marino (Orlando FL) • Band of Horses (Seattle WA) • Ralfe Band (London UK) • Barbez (Brooklyn NY) • Bobby Bare (Hendersonville TX) • Bobby Bare Jr. (Nashville TN) • Barfield (Austin TX) • Baroness (Savannah GA) • Shane Bartell (Austin TX) • The Bats (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND) • Battle (London UK) • David Bavas and the Down Comforter (Seattle WA) • Beans (New York NY) • BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (Lafayette LA) • The Beautiful New Born Children (Dφrentrup GERMANY) • Bedroom Walls (Highland Park CA) • Bedtime for Toys (Los Angeles CA) • Beirut (Albuquerque NM) • Belaire (Austin TX) • Bellaparker (Austin TX) • Archie Bell (Houston TX) • Belle & Sebastian (Glasgow UK) • The Bellrays (Los Angeles CA) • Bell X1 (Dublin IRELAND) • Belong (New Orleans LA) • Benko (Austin TX) • Best Fwends (Denton TX) • Bexar Bexar (Austin TX) • Be Your Own Pet (Nashville TN) • Bible of the Devil (Chicago IL) • Biffy Clyro (Glasgow UK) • The Bills (Victoria BC) • Scott H. Biram (Austin TX) • Birdy Nam Nam (Paris FRANCE) • The Birthday Massacre (Toronto ON) • Blackalicious (Oakland CA) • The Black Angels (Austin TX) • Blackbud (Bradford on Avon UK) • Black Diamond Heavies (Nashville TN) • Black Furies (San Francisco CA) • Black Heart Procession (San Diego CA) • The Black Hollies (Jersey City NJ) • Black Joe Lewis (Austin TX) • Black Lipstick (Austin TX) • Black Moses (London UK) • Blackpool Lights (Kansas City MO) • Blanche (Detroit MI) • Sarah Blasko (Sydney AUSTRALIA) • Bletzung (Austin TX) • Blockhead (New York NY) • Blood Meridian (Vancouver BC) • Blowfly (Miami FL) • Blue Aeroplanes (Bristol UK) • Bluebottle Kiss (Sydney AUSTRALIA) • Blue October (San Marcos TX) • The Blue Van (Copenhagen DENMARK) • Harlan T Bobo (Memphis TN) • Bodhisattva (Phoenix AZ) • Sarah Borges (Boston MA) • Born in the Flood (Denver CO) • Bosque Brown (Ft Worth TX) • Boss Martians (Seattle WA) • Bottle Rockets (Festus MO) • Bound Stems (Chicago IL) • John Boutte (New Orleans LA) • Boy (Toronto ON) • Boy Hits Car (Santa Monica CA) • Boy Kill Boy (London UK) • The Boy Least Likely To (Wendover UK) • Boyskout (San

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i so wish i could see the conference portion. a Q&A is always something i would have loved to see.... i'm sure i'll be at work babysitting the place while my boss is out frolicking on spring break.

and that's the honest truth on that one.

what really P.O.'s me is that a few years ago, i used to volunteer in the panels discussion portion! had things stayed the way they were, i could have been shuttling him off to wherever and made some stupid smalltalk about whether or not he saw any good bands. i had to give it up because of stupid work obligations....not to mention that i'll have to fork out $525 to see the only portion of the conference that i actually care about.

as for the show, i'll be parked somewhere on the concrete in front of wherever he'll play. i'm seeing that one somehow or somewhere.

I hope they are not playing at the same time.
I want to see them both. I hear Alain's new band really rocks. The Morrissey show will probably be full of industry idiots. Hope I can get it in.
At least I stand a chance of seeing Alain play.

Loren

Yes, tons of industry people are there, but it is the biggest festival in the States, in terms of promotion, as far as I'm concerned. This will be great for Morrissey.

I just shat me pants!

Way to go Texas. After many heartaches and disappointments, you've bagged the earliest tour stop to date.

I see this as a big "F-U" to all the ticket scalpers selling ducketts to the UK shows and getting all this jack because it was supposedly the first of Moz's tour.

That being said, a bit of a warning: If you check Moz's history, at first glance, it doesn't look too good for you Texans. He's notorious for cancelling festivals and on Texas. Ever since that mess of a bootleg errr video Live in Dallas, he seems to have stayed away from the Lone Star State. It's not the Texan's fault, it was the production company. But you know Moz, he'll take down as many fleets as he can and you can be the victim of circumstance.

But it should be all good. Not only would he have to cancel an entire show, he'd also have to cancel an interview. Last time he did that, it was on Craiggers...who happened to be about an eight minute drive from his last crib. I don't think he'd rather make that stressful plane trip back to Italy than to give you what you deserve.

I can see Moz working. He based everything around LA the last time and now he's changing the pace. Good for you Moz. Save us for last. I'm always down to have a tour shirt and tofu sundae at the clearance price of $25.

OUT

Its Pie Month in february hehe!!

A wrist band doesn't mean that you will get into the show for SxSW, even if you waited several days in line. Members of the press/media/music lables and performing bands have access to all shows first, then those with wristbands are allowed in.

I have been to shows at SxSW where the venue fills up with the press/media/lable executives and other bands just as eager to see a good show and only a few people with wristbands are allowed into the show. Just ask Elijah Wood what happened to him when he waited to see MIA last year!!!

i have researched a lot and i can΄t find anything...do you guys know who "miss diane alton" is?the girl in the interesting drug video.

is a fool. There is no doubt that he not only show up, but give a hell of a performance. Look who is involved in this thing - Rolling Stone magazine and BBC Radio. At this stage, he needs them as much, if not more, than they need him. He needs the US press publicity, and he needs the UK radio airplay. He will be there.

Is Morrissey breeding Hyenas now?

i know i'm stepping out a limb by making this analysis of it, but i think that most likely, moz will either be at the large stage at Auditorium shores (basically, they mock up an area of town lake like an outdoor music festival, but with one main stage and all of the public is allowed to attend) or if not, at least the Austin Music Hall that holds 3000 people.

here's why:

they can't publicize morrissey's appearance like that and then procede to piss everyone off by not letting anyone except those who paid $500 see him. it's bad business.

when i think back on it, 99% of the time when there was a show that was so packed that it was "badges only" it was mostly because it was a hot up-and-comer like the Strokes that was put in a venue that turned out to be too small for the demand because nobody could really gauge ahead of time just how much interest there was going to be.

they already know morrissey is going to be a big draw, so he's at least going to be put on one of the largest stages. for example, a few years ago, Patti Smith was promoted in the same way with an interview and such and she played the outdoor stage.

when you compare someone like Morrissey to kris kristofferson, toots and the maytals, los lonely boys, who have all played the outdoor stage, his name is equal or bigger.

Anyone know how to get into this thing? The deadline has passed to register for a pass.
thetexasbloke

How do I get tickets to see this show?
thetexasbloke

Great news that Morrissey will be at SXSW, but in October 2004 Morrissey cancelled his show in Houston. The Texas trip is a good time to make up the show that we missed out on in Houston.

Why is anything that is not going to happen for 2 months even making the news? I find it ridiculous to be talking about something that is going to happen several months out. For example, all this hype for the album should be happening late February, not January.

Actually, that would be one of Jed's duties.

f*ck off Grim

well he's lived with them for the past 8 years or so. seems to like it alright. perhaps the Yanks aren't a bunch of whiny bastards. You truly are the most depressing people on earth.

although it seems he may move back to europe with his new found love of Rome.

can we say jealous

sticks and stones

Us British people are fascinated with America and anyone who denies that might try and think when they last watched a British film or decided they'd turn down a pint with Samuel L Jackson if invited.

I go to America as often as I can afford. Atlanta, Denver, Washington... Of course it has it's shitty side but that's almost as appealing.

The odd thing is, as a tweed wearing uberBrit, I feel very at home in America - we're not that different.

The SXSW music festival isn’t for anyone’s experimentation. It’s a titanic music festival that happens regardless of when Morrissey decides to start a new tour or release a new record. It’s silly to suggest a show of this caliber would be anyone’s idea of practicing new material for a European crowd.

“The results of SXSW were rad . . . we’re gonna slay the UK!” – Morrissey.

you post crap like this- then get pissed off when it gets moderated.
As for early shows in the USA i'm jealous- like most people on here i want to hear the new songs now.
And Moz has favourite fans?? You sound like a child.

Yeah, yeah....you brits hated Morrissey for years, now your back on the bandwagon. A few years ago nobody in England gave a shit about him....now he is the big thing out there again and your pissed he is going to play in Austin warming up for the "stupid yanks".

You're a dumbass...

Yankees are folks from Northeast USA

I am English, and was frankly furious at this statement... Then I read the American dude's reply, which made two wrongs, which don't make a flippin right. Since when could we both just condemn each other's nations people to being all in one belief or segment? God, ignorance is bliss it seems.

I think this guy made some fine points, why was it moderated down?

Stop arguing, you're cousins.