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"Fans want Morrissey to come home" - Manchester Online

Whatever you do don't sign it...lets keep him in L.A.
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Rumours have been rife in recent months that the vocalist, who grew up in Moss Side and Stretford, is ready to return to live in Manchester, and the petition organisers hope to show how much he is missed.

Carl McDonald, 38, who is himself returning home to Manchester later this year after spending four years in Dublin, says the idea came to him after a discussion with other ‘Moz’ devotees on the internet.

“We were talking about the wonderful changes in recent times in Manchester and how the one thing missing from the city is it’s most famous and most talented son,” he said.

“ We discussed ways of tempting him home, such as promising to force all butchers’ shops in a five mile radius of his home to close down.

“But we settled on the Internet petition idea so that fans from all over the world could join in and help to end this terrible situation.”