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Mike Joyce is interviewed on rte.ie on his time in The Smiths, the recording of Strangeways, Here We Come and the band’s breakup.

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Brief article highlighting the end of the tour.
Make of the cover what you will.
FWD.

By John Earls.
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FWD.

The Smiths’ Mike Joyce: ‘I know people say never say never but ‘never’ is the most appropriate word’

Ex-Smiths drummer on the prospect of a reunion tour, the timelessness of their music and why Strangeways, Here We Come is the band’s greatest album.

The Smiths: Morrissey and Marr brought the curtain down on their partnership in 1987

Ronan McGreevy

Mon Oct 3 2022

What is it about Strangeways, Here We Come, 35 years after its release, that makes it your favourite Smiths album?

There are great songs and great songwriting on this album. Let’s start with the foundations and work our way up. There were great lyrics, great singing and great bass playing as always, nothing new there. For me Johnny (Marr) really shone on this album. There...

Far Out Meets: The Smiths’ Mike Joyce discusses Morrissey, Marr and modern music

By Jordan Potter.


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FWD.

‘Strangeways… seems to be everybody in the band’s favourite album – it’s one of the very few things we all agree on nowadays’


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From Facebook:

Win my original ‘Strangeways, Here We Come’ Silver Disc

Hi everyone, big news! It’s 35 years since The Smiths’ final album ‘Strangeways, Here We Come’ was released and I’m giving you the chance to own a special piece of the group’s history.

I’m raffling my original silver disc that was presented to me when the album reached 60,000 sales. Rather than auctioning it to a wealthy collector I wanted to raffle it to give every Smiths fan a chance of owning it.

All the proceeds generated will go to raise money for Back on Track, a Manchester charity that I’m a patron of. I’ve worked with Back on Track on several projects over the last few years and I’ve seen for myself the difference they make. They’re currently supporting so many people struggling with the cost of living crisis and I wanted to do what I could to help.

To enter all you have to do is buy a £5 raffle ticket via Back on Track’s Just Giving page...

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An anonymous person posted in the comments:

They played Stop Me & There Is A Light the night before:



UPDATE Sep. 12: