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‘I feel more like myself when I’m Morrissey’: the bizarre lives of tribute acts

With tickets for big-name stars at a premium, it’s a great time to be a tribute act. Artists from ‘Tina Turner’ to the Arctic Numpties take us into their bizarre lives

The Guardian - UK

Gregor Gall: In search of protest songs as popular music leaves a void

‘TOO many protest singers/Not enough protest songs.” So sang Scots former Orange Juice frontperson, Edwyn Collins, on his 1994 hit single, A…

The National (Scotland)

‘He’s a control freak’: 12 bandmates who hate each other, from Pink Floyd to Oasis

Sometimes a petty disagreement can become a lifelong grudge. Louis Chilton picks 11 of the most notorious feuds between musical collaborators

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Rick Astley on Morrissey, getting Rick-Rolled, and his biggest hit

The Eighties pop star talks his surprise renaissance as an internet meme, becoming a Smiths tribute singer and using the Mission Impossible team in his new music video

Evening Standard

Bad Sex Award entries urgently needed to save the prize

Previous contenders include Tony Blair and Morrissey

Evening Standard

As Dark Side of the Moon: Redux shows, when it comes to lyrics, less is usually more

There’s a scene in The Simpsons episode, Lisa The Simpson (1998), where Lisa is watching a jazz violinist’s performance and a man is criticising it. “You have to listen to the notes she doesn’t play,” Lisa says in the music’s defence. “I can do that at home,” the man drily…

The Conversation

‘Mind-boggling’: Johnny Marr on his 53 favourite guitars – and the one Noel Gallagher smashed

They were used to write Smiths classics like Still Ill and What Difference Does It Make? As the star publishes a coffee-table book telling the stories of his most adored guitars, he remembers the loan to Noel that made him give up booze

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Slow Syrian repatriation risk to IS defeat, court told

Slow repatriation of women and children from Syrian refugee camps poses a risk to fully defeating Islamic State, lawyers for a group of Australians say.

AAP

Salty Brine at Soho Theatre review – an extraordinarily beautiful monster mash-up

The New York cabaret darling’s show knits together The Smiths and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Evening Standard

From ‘Nazi’ Bowie to Nixon-lovin’ Brown: six absurd political gaffes from pop stars

The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has caused an international row by misreading Russia-Georgia relations, live on stage. But he’s not the first star to stray into controversial territory

The Guardian - UK

Michael Imperioli claims Morrissey was ‘abandoned’ by music industry like Sinead O’Connor

‘I still give [Morrissey] the benefit of the doubt,’ ‘Sopranos’ star said

The Independent UK

Michael Imperioli says Morrissey’s exile from music industry is ‘similar’ to Sinead O’Connor’s

‘I still give [Morrissey] the benefit of the doubt,’ ‘Sopranos’ star said

The Independent UK

Donald Trump on Fresh Prince? Richard Branson on Friends? The worst celebrity TV cameos ever

From a former prime minister to an entrepreneur and heaps of pop legends, we’ve charted the most terrible television appearances made by famous people who cannot act

The Guardian - UK

Michael Imperioli: ‘I still give Morrissey the benefit of the doubt’

The actor, writer and musician answers your questions on Buddhism, The Sopranos and his musical heroes

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US Congress is a cozy club of multimillionaire boomer lawmakers hoarding power

There’s a word for this sort of oligarchical rule by the elderly, of course: gerontocracy

Marie Claire

Morrissey Slams Sinéad O'Connor Music Industry Tributes: "You Hadn't the Guts to Support Her When She Was Alive"

O'Connor was known for speaking out against injustice.

The Independent UK

Morrissey lashes out at tributes to Sinead O’Connor: ‘You praise her now only because it’s too late’

‘You hadn’t the guts to support her when she was alive and she was looking for you,’ claims former Smiths singer

Evening Standard

Morrissey blasts celebrities posting tributes to Sinead O’Connor following her death

The Smiths singer vented his anger at the ‘lack of support’ while she was alive

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‘You hadn’t the guts to support her’: Morrissey decries music industry after Sinéad O’Connor’s death

Former Smiths frontman writes impassioned screed on his website, criticising media and record labels for lack of support of O’Connor during her life

The Independent UK

‘You praise her now only because it’s too late’: Morrissey lashes out at tributes to Sinead O’Connor

‘You hadn’t the guts to support her when she was alive and she was looking for you,’ claims former Smiths singer

Evening Standard

NME relaunches print edition: 30 iconic covers through the years

From Warhol to Morrissey, the publication has been responsible for some of music’s most iconic magazine covers

The Guardian - UK

‘I lived in this tee for six years’: readers remember beloved band T-shirts

Guardian readers pick their favourite band T-shirts, including a threadbare Led Zeppelin tee, a much-loved Waterboys garment and an exhaustive the Who collection

The National (Scotland)

Alan Steele: 10 things that changed my life

I’ve got five siblings, but, from my teens forward, I didn’t see them or have contact with them for 25 years.

Dublin Live

Morrissey at Vicar Street: How to get there, stage times, tickets, and setlist

The 'Sudehead' hitmaker is set to perform two back to back gigs at Vicar Street on Saturday 15 July and Sunday 16 July

Nottingham Post

Morrissey confirms cancelled Nottingham Royal Concert Hall show won't be rescheduled

The artist, best known for fronting rock band the Smiths, had been due to appear at the Royal Concert Hall on Sunday, July 9

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