The "This Charming Man" multitrack files have been extracted from Rock Band (similar to "Stop Me..." previously).

Download/info posted by dirtee rephlex in the forums.

Stefanos from TheCoverLovers blog sends the press release:

Last fall, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of The Smiths classic album The Queen Is Dead we released The Queen Is 25 tribute album, comprising mostly of Greek artists covering the songs of The Smiths' most extraordinary album.

This Wednesday, March 7th, 2012, we celebrate our blog's 3rd birthday with a Smiths party at the Gagarin205 Live Music Space in Athens.

Many artists from the original TQI25 compilation plus some exciting new artists of the Greek alternative scene will cover The Queen Is Dead in its entirety, live on stage. There will also be Smiths related DJ sets by Anthony Flipside, Th. Kanellopoulos and P. Menegos...

Post your info and reviews related to this concert in the comments section below. Other links (photos, external reviews, etc.) related to this concert will also be compiled in this section as they are sent in. Beware of anonymous set list trolls!

Update Mar. 1, 10:00 AM PT:

Death Disco posted the link in the forums (original post):

Johnny Marr: 'I'll reform The Smiths when the government steps down' - NME.com

Excerpt:

When asked if the band's enduring popularity had ever made him tempted to speak to Smiths' frontman Morrissey about the prospect of a reunion, he replied: "I don't not speak to him, because that implies a certain standoff or whatever.

"He's doing his thing and I'm doing mine, and we go through periods of time when we're in communication and at times when we're not," he continued. "I'm not sure he wants to communicate, so I'll just carry on doing what I'm doing, and live my life and be a musician."

He went on to add: "We won't be reforming this week. Maybe if the government stepped down. If this government stepped down, I'll reform the band...

UPDATE Mar. 2, 9:40AM PT:
Waiting for confirmation -- rumored dates:
18th Maui
19th Oahu

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UPDATE Mar. 1, 6:15PM PT:

Posted in the comments by Darrell_Tyler:

Well, hope this show wasn't just a rumour, as it has now been removed from the HNLNOW site, and it is not listed on Bamp Projects site also. I emailed Bamp, but didn't get a response yet. Let's just hope the announcement for ticket sales comes soon!

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Morrissey at Kakaako Waterfront Park - HNLnow

Kakaako Waterfront Park
May 19, 2012

BAMP Project presents Morrissey in his first ever appearance in Hawaii. Don't miss this amazing show! Morrissey performs at Kaka'ako Waterfront Park on May 19th at 6pm.

The XYZ Live producer informed today that the tickets for Morrissey concert in Sao Paulo are sold out. Link is from G1 news site. Espaço das Américas is a 10000 venue capacity.

Ingressos para show de Morrissey em São Paulo estão esgotados - globo.com

Belo Horizonte has 70% of tickets sold as I've been informed. Capacity of the venue are 5000 persons.

I have no info on Rio.

An anonymous person writes:

Hi have found two tapes that I was given years ago that have been forgotten in a box. One contains 'We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful' 'You're The One For Me Fatty' 'National Front Disco' and 'Certain People I Know' it is a TDK 90 cassette with 'Morrissey Tracks 23/02/92 written on it. To my untrained ears it sounds like the album tracks but with drum 'click ins' and rough slightly extended (by a few seconds) endings.

The other is just entitled 'Morrissey Tunes - Demo's 1' in the same handwriting and is undated. This appears to contain the instrumental backing track of an whole album, but maybe it is just a set list but as I am not all that knowledgeable on Morrissey I have yet to identify the songs.

Have these sort of items ever come up for sale and would they be of interest to collectors?

Hello!

I'd like everyone to know about a Smiths tribute show featuring The
Fake Smiths, a 5-piece Smiths cover band.

The show is this Friday, March 2nd, at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville TN.

There will be two opening acts also playing Smiths and Morrissey songs.

http://www.mercylounge.com/calendar/venue/mercy/2012/03/02/the-smiths-30th-anniversary-tribute/
https://www.facebook.com/events/223703754389738/