Tag: Morrissey

Video: Watch Morrissey's full Glastonbury set

Video: Watch Morrissey’s full Glastonbury set

Greeting the crowd with ‘Hello Glasto… fancy seeing me here,’ Morrissey took to the main stage at Glastonbury tonight to perform a 16-song set that mixed songs old and brand-new, with a generous heaping of classics from The Smiths thrown in.

The Smiths' 'Queen is Dead' released 25 years ago today; watch 1986 'Rank' concert

The Smiths’ ‘Queen is Dead’ released 25 years ago today; watch 1986 ‘Rank’ concert

Twenty-five years ago today, The Smiths released their third — and, arguably, best — album, ‘The Queen is Dead,’ a note-perfect marriage of Johnny Marr’s peerless pop songcraft and Morrissey’s pointed political commentary, lovesick laments and wicked humor.

Stream: Morrissey debuts three new songs on Janice Long’s show on BBC Radio 2

Morrissey debuted three new songs — ‘Action Is My Middle Name,’ ‘The Kid’s A Looker’ and ‘People Are The Same Everywhere’ — in a live session recorded last week and broadcast tonight on Janice Long’s late-night show on BBC Radio 2. Hear all three here.

Morrissey to debut 3 new songs in live session on Janice Long’s BBC2 show next week

Fans will get a chance to hear three new Morrissey songs — ‘Action is My Middle Name,’ ‘The Kid’s a Looker’ and ‘People are the Same Everywhere’ — next week on the BBC.

Morrissey's summer tour continues to grow; eight more concerts added in Europe

Morrissey’s summer tour continues to grow; eight more concerts added in Europe

What began as a modest U.K. tour this June by Morrissey continues to grow, with a new round of eight European concerts added to the itinerary in recent days — resulting in a trek that now stretches 25 dates and goes into August.

Milestones: Morrissey is 52 today; watch a complete 'Kill Uncle' concert from 1991

Milestones: Morrissey is 52 today; watch a complete ‘Kill Uncle’ concert from 1991

It’s Morrissey’s birthday today — he’s 52 — and to celebrate, here’s a full, 20-song ‘Kill Uncle’-era concert filmed at London’s Hammersmith Odeon on Oct. 4, 1991, and later broadcast on Japanese TV — hence the subtitles.