News Archive : Aug. 12-17, 1997
-Tour date announcements begin
-Maladjusted release reports


Aug 17 97

Toronto

Ahead of the announcement on CFNY, from Jeffrey:

A well-placed source in the big T confirms that Morrissey’s SEPTEMBER 12th show in Toronto WILL indeed happen AS SCHEDULED ...and the place will be MASSEY HALL. Ticket info will be announced tomorrow (Mon 8/18) on CFNY 102.1(possibly the world’s greatest radio station), most likely during their ‘Live in Toronto’ program. Tickets will go on sale soon and sell out fast, as Massey is NOT a very big venue. Brace yourselves!


"Modern Rock Live" Tonight

reminder: 10:30ET, 7:30PT. In England, it's at 3:30AM I believe. Check the info below (Aug. 14) for radio station info.


Noted

* from Fabio D'Antonio: "ALMA MATTERS is (this week) VIDEO OF THE WEEK on TMC2/VIDEO MUSIC, the Italian MTV".

* I haven't seen the video being played on the US MTV except for the premiere, but just today I saw it played on M2.

* from Ryan
:

According to the Siren CD page, the second limited edition cd of "Suedehead", has been cancelled by EMI. It says the best-of part of it will still be available on the 8th of September. The single for "That’s Entertainment" is still scheduled for the 1st of September. Maybe it will have the rare tracks on it.

* From Grant:

The Boston show is now sold out. But DO NOT miss the Providence show. The Strand is a fabulous seatless venue and the best chance to see His Lordship up close. A must see.

* There is a huge Maladjusted billboard in Hollywood, on Sunset Blvd. It is atop the Whisky heading west, check it out if you're in the area.


More reviews

thanks to all for typing/sending these in.

from Michelle Jouan, a review in the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
from Sam, a review at Scene Magazine.
from Paul Jones, the Irish Times review and the Irish Independent review.


Aug 16 97

Montreal

From S.A.M., "Morrissey in Montreal, Canada at Theatre St. Denis Sat. Sept. 13th...Tickets on sale Thurs. Aug. 21st ."


Toronto — details on Monday

from Chris Ariens:

Today (Friday), CFNY 102.1 announced that they have confirmed details on the concert and will be airing them on Monday at 6 PM. The announcer also went on to say that they will be giving away tickets to the show, and those tickets will come complete with "seats and backs" I don’t know of any small concert venues with seats that have backs, so I’d venture a guess and say he’s either playing Kingswood or Maple Leaf Gardens, both of which are 8000-10000+ seat venues.


No promos in New York

from Michel Y:

Here in New York, the radio station "Krock", announced the free Morrissey Interview Disc for the Maladjusted release at Virgin record stores on the night of Monday the 11th. When maybe twenty to thirty Morrissey fans arrived, there was no Promo anything. A Krock van was there and they blamed the store, and the store blamed the label, and us fans , got nothing. A few of us passed around a sheet of loose leaf, signed our names, and left it with the store. Virgin didn't do well under the circumstances, seemed bothered by the fans, and the label, well they were the worst of all. To announce a promo and then not show??!!

update (8/17), from Jen:

If you bring your receipt showing that you purchased "Maladjusted" there (the Virgin Megastore in Times Square), they will give you a copy of the cheezy interview disc. (while supplies last, of course).


Aug 15 97

Washington D.C.

From: Chris Jackson, "Morrissey will play Washington DC at the Capital Ballroom on Sat. Sept. 20th. Tickets go on sale Sat. Aug. 16th (tomorrow). Tickets can be purchased through local Ticketmaster. It's not a very large place..."


San Francisco

From GnatLee, "tickets go on sale this Sunday 8/17 for the October 7th show at the Warfield in San Francisco".

(additionally, from Kimberly: "... Tickets are on sale this Sunday at 10:00AM through Bass Tickets. Tickets are 22.50 and 20.00. Floor seats are general admission and Balcony seats are more than likely going to be assigned! I’m still in shock.... He’s Coming!!!")

(additionally, from Paul King: the phone numbers for Bass, 510/762-BASS and 408/998-BASS)


Providence

From: Scott Govostes, "Great news!! Morrissey will play the Strand Theatre in Providence R.I. on Sept. 16, tix on sale Saturday 8/23."

(additionally, from Nitin: "Wow, the RI show. I called up NEXT ticketing and they gave me the scoop: Tickets go on sale 8/23/97 at 11 AM Price: $19.50 or $21.50 day of show (I hope they sell out before then!) NEXT charges = $5.75 handling fee, $2 mailing fee call 617-423-6000 for tickets. Perhaps I’ll see some of you there.")


Toronto — perhaps not the first?

from Mundables:

...As for the Mozzer show in Toronto, I talked to a lady at Ticketmaster and the show that Moz said would be on the 12th now looks like it will be on the 25th of September


Boston — not sold out?

from Grant:

as of (8-13) there were still seats available for the Sept. 14th show in Boston


That promo interview CD...

...is an edit of the KROQ interview from July 3 (with Jed The Fish). From Michael D. Fellows:

There is no track number, or Promo number or anything. It came in a plastic sleeve, no art or anything, just the CD, clear with black letters.

MORRISSEY

INTERVIEW

TRACKS:

1. MALADJUSTED (SNIPPET) 1:09
2. MALADJUSTED 1:08
3. TEENAGER :5
0
4. TEA :58
5. BOOK 1:12
6. SHERLOCK HOLMES 1:04
7. ALTERNATIVE RADIO 2:27
8. OSCAR WILDE 1:07
9. THE SMITHS :34
10. MALADJUSTED (SNIPPET) 1:01

More interviews online

first with the review at Microsoft Music Central is Piet Heijdeman:

They give it 3 out of 5 stars with listeners voting it 4 ½. The reviewer basically leaves it to up to the listener to decide. Check it out...

from Q:

Thought you might be interested in knowing that there is YET another Maladjusted review out there. This one at All-Star mag.

The URL is http://allstarmag.com/revs/

It isn’t very flattering and even goes on to bash Johnny Marr’s new work. They go as far as calling Maladjusted "not the least bit interesting."

first with the review at RollingStone.com is Kris Hyttinen:

Headline: "In his most bittersweet"

Just logged on to rollingstone.com and found Maladjusted the featured review of the day (8/14). The review from Matt Erickson who is an obvious Morrissey fan gives Maladjusted three and a half stars. He also notes it’s Morrissey’s best work since Viva Hate.


Low turnout at Cactus Records

from Jermaine Rogers:

Here’s one that’s UNBELIEVABLE! Cactus Records is a store here in Houston, Texas which is very prominent. It even won the HOUSTON PRESS (an alternative weekly) award for best record store of the year. I got there on Monday night at 11:30pm, waiting for the release of Steven’s latest effort. In this city of over 6 million, I was the ONLY ONE THERE! By midnight, no one else had shown up. I bought the cd, and left. I called the next morning to find out how many they had sold after I left. They were open for another 30 minutes, but sold none. I was a bit disappointed, but I am pleased to report that they are selling like hotcakes now!


Aug 14 97

Modern Rock Live - info

Thanks to Bbaeckler for letting me know there is a list of stations that run Modern Rock Live at an Offspring page of all places. The list looks pretty current. Several of these stations are broadcast on the internet, check AudioNet if you cannot receive a station in your area.


Tour non-news

from Colin in Toronto:

CFNY announced that the information they thought they were to receive last night did not, in fact, arrive. They expect to announce something later this week.

How do you figure it is that Boston is sold out while Toronto has yet to go on sale? Strange.

from Quincy in San Francisco:

I heard on the local San Francisco modern rock radio station Live 105 (105.3 fm), that a certain someone will be playing in concert in October somewhere in the SF Bay area. They did not specify where, but they did specify who. They also suggested that tickets may go on sale this weekend. They followed that announcement up with playing "Alma Matters"


Andy Bell of Hurricane #1: Smiths fan?

from Tom Copsey:

In the latest edition of Melody Maker, Andy Bell of Hurricane(never heard of them myself) has a tiny article about the first gig he saw. He goes on to talk about seeing "Aztec Camera" at the Oxford Apollo. Then he says:

"So I was walking around Oxford thinking Aztec Camera were really cool - until The Smiths played the same venue on their ‘Meat is Murder’ tour, which was excellent. This was not playing about anymore. This was a real band, right from the first note of their intro music, which I think was Prokofiev.

Then they came on, and Johnny Marr was wearing shades and bending down kissing members of the audience, Morrissey was doing his Morrissey thing and it was really cool. They played all the songs off ‘Meat is Murder’, and those slaughterhouse noises were so loud! . . . It made a big impression on me." etc. etc. etc.


Call for Morrissey-related web pages

from Julia Riley:

The forthcoming Issue Nine of the True To You Morrissey zine will include an article about Morrissey references on the Web. If you have or know of a Web page or pages incorporating Morrissey-related audio, images, information, etc., please e-mail me at [email protected], as soon as possible, with URLs and brief descriptions of the pages.

Also most welcome for this issue are your thoughts and feelings about the new album and anticipated live dates. Any and all Maladjusted musings will be appreciated!

Please write soon, and please include your town or city, state or county, and country of residence.

Thank you!


Aug 13 97

Release party reports

From James in Seattle:

The Seattle Tower Records Had 15 Promo Interview CDs to give out, and about 35 posters. They had the posters. It was of the Alma Matters single sleeve. The cds had not arrived and vouchers were given out just like In hollywood. Not even 35 people showed up, as they had numerous posters left over. Quite a sad show of support. But I’m getting my free interview CD!

From Jeffery Kennedy in San Francisco:

No special midnight Morrissey promotion event at Virgin Megastore San Francisco either. I asked a sales clerk about it yesterday and received a quizzical look in response.

"Maladjusted", on sale for $12.99, seems to be selling well at Virgin Megastore. Lots of empty spots on the display racks this afternoon. The in-store DJ spun the disc for unsuspecting customers. No posters up, though.

Local mod club Popscene holds a Morrissey night Thursday, August 14, to celebrate the release of "Maladjusted." Starts at 10 p.m. Located at 330 Ritch St. (that’s San Francisco). No details on any special giveaways.

From MrShankly in Houston:

There was a midnight release party in Houston, TX at Disc Go Round Records. We were given a couple of "Maladjusted" promotional posters with our purchase and we had free pizza. The store was well stocked with Moz/Smiths T-Shirts, posters, etc. I was expecting a slightly larger crowd - I know there are fans all over Houston.

From Antoine in France:

In France we have the US version of the album and the Virgin store gave the UK version (Island) of the album on vinyl as a gift. This is not important but a little strange, they call this vinyl a collector.


"That's Entertainment" single, Sept. 1

from John Szolscek:

On the sirencd page, they have an upcoming listing for a "That’s Entertainment" single to be released Sept. 1st on CD and 7". No word on possible b-sides but hopefully they’ll be the extra tracks from the greatest hits.


Suedehead: Best of... Sept. 5, vinyl only?

thanks to George Bray for this news:

The release date has been put back to the 5th of September and it is not being released on cd, it will be on vinyl only and will not be released in the USA or Canada.


Reviews

* from Joseph Whitcher:

In case anybody is interested in a bad Canadian review of His newest at Jam!

on Q Online, reviews of the single and album.

Another CD review, this time at Wall of Sound
.

* Bryan Kay was first with the review at E! Online. Included are 2 RealAudio clips.

* from Ben Hertzberg:

Right now on the Mr. Showbiz website (www.mrshowbiz.com) maladjusted is the featured review. They even have a cool picture of him right on the front page!

* from Nadim Baki-Zada, a review at Yahoo! 2 stars out of 5, which means "only for devotees".

* Sven Keiselt has a Morrissey page called "We'll Let You Know" with some reviews from German magazines (in German).


Les Inrockuptibles "divorce"

Thanks to Xavier Dufrien for this report:

Please note also that the famous french magazine "Les Inrockuptibles" published last week an article that will probably generate many reactions from the (French) fans.

"Les Inrockuptibles" contributed very much to Moz
's success in France by writing a lot articles to praise Morrissey (last year "The Queen is
Dead" was elected best LP recorded over the last 10 years) and Morrissey already thank them several times by according exclusive (and long!) interviews. But this time, "Les Inrockuptibles" decided to "divorce" explaining that after the very bad "Southpaw Grammar", "Maladjusted" is another album unworthy of Morrissey. The sad but clever article is really interesting and I hope that you will be able to find it soon on the web so that I can read your comments.


Correction

I have been corrected by Ryan:

You say that you expect people who frequent the site to buy it this week, what about today! I had the first out of the box at 10:03 this morning.

I should have expected people to buy it yesterday... If you don't have it yet, you are already behind.


Aug 12 97

Maladjusted

Out now. I expect all who visit this page to buy the album this week. Early sales are pretty important so please don't procrastinate! Some reports from the various midnight release parties:

from Diana in New York:

There was NOT an event at the NYC Virgin store there was NO giving away of Moz stuff the employees seemed confused with my questions of Morrissey...

From Moz2699 in L.A.:

Went to the midnite release party at Hot Rocks and KROQ was there and people were filling out raffle forms to win tickets for Moz at the Greek on OCT 13.

At the Virgin store in Hollywood a promo interview CD was supposed to be given away with each purchase but apparently those CDs did not arrive in time. Vouchers for the still unknown interview CD were given out.


Boston - sold out

Sachin Bhalerao let me know that the Sept. 14 concert has been sold out.


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