Britain's Daily Telegraph and Daily Mirror both lazily repeating the recent ill-informed "reunion" rumours. I think every sane person at Morrissey-solo (are there any..?) knows full well that Moz will never again share a stage with Joyce and Rourke - and without them it's not The Smiths, is it?
The Smiths 'could be ready for a reunion' - telegraph.co.uk
Morrissey and Johnny Marr heal rift raising hopes of a Smiths reunion - exclusive - mirror.co.uk
· NME
· The Smiths 'could be ready for a reunion'
· Morrissey and Johnny Marr heal rift raising hopes of a Smiths reunion - exclusive
· cheaptray
· The Smiths' Morrissey And Johnny Marr 'To Reunite'
· MSN Entertainment UK website
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Just because so many people are repeating (Score:0)
Please... (Score:0)
Virtually every significant band has done it... (Score:0)
Nothing to see here... (Score:0)
So why bother with this post? Why draw attention to these stories?
Let's move on, shall we?
Morrissey and Marr (Score:0)
You are not healthy either DianaRoss (Score:0)
Reunion timescale! (Score:1, Insightful)
please.... (Score:0)
Dynamic duo? (Score:0)
Lazy lazy journalism (Score:1)
When a friend emailed me with this rumour this morning I did wonder if maybe there was a chance of Marr joining Morrissey on his 50th in Manchester or something but having looked at the link I am more inclined to think there is nothing here at all. Just re-hashed rumours.
Apart from the factual errors - they are not as far as I am aware suddenly friends again. My understanding is that they have been on pretty good terms for many years now - the question is why would they bother reforming?
Bands who reform tend to need the money or are creatively redundant in their solo careers. This is the case with neither Morrissey or Marr.
Marr appears to be doing very well in his various projects and Morrissey has just made a new album and is rapidly selling out an extensive tour for next year.
The only two who would benefit would be Rourke and Joyce, and they probably wouldn't be invited anyway (well Joyce certainly wouldn't. I'd like to think Rourke would)
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