Johnny Marr: I turned down Smiths reunion and acted to protect band’s legacy
Guitarist said he was responding to statements made by former bandmate Morrissey
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Morrissey’s at it again. This time it’s ‘vapourised’ Ariana Grande fans and a plot to ‘silence’ the Smiths singer
The Smiths frontman believes his most recent album is being suppressed. It’s a reminder of how interesting his former band once were
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Molly Rankin of Alvvays: ‘I still love The Smiths. No one will take them away from me’
The frontwoman of the indie-pop gems on a rare appearance in Ireland, for Beyond the Pale, and music’s broken economy
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Donald Trump’s been playing The Smiths at his rallies. What a loser
Donald Clarke: Johnny Marr’s disgusted at the misuse of his music. It's just the latest example of politicians latching on to inappropriate tunes
Johnny Marr: Spirit Power – A songsmith whose mastery of melody remains intact
The former Smiths guitarist’s light has never gone out, as this compilation of solo work highlights
Electric Picnic 2023: Seven veteran acts and seven rising Irish stars you won’t want to miss
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Andy Rourke obituary: A beautiful soul who created tunes within tunes
He once said he only wanted to play music. The Smiths arrived, and the rest was history
Andy Rourke and The Smiths: The four Manchester-Irish friends who took on the world
The bassist will be remembered as an able lieutenant to Morrissey and Johnny Marr. He deserves to be seen as so much more
Andy Rourke, bassist for The Smiths, dies aged 59
Guitarist Johnny Marr announced the death of Rourke in a social media post
Liam Gallagher: C’mon You Know – No unexpected surprises
Another bog-standard but curiously comforting offering from Oasis man
Johnny Marr: ‘I’m not happy-clappy but I have optimism’
The songwriter on his new double album and the musical influence of his Kildare parents
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards pay tribute to Charlie Watts following drummer’s death
Rolling Stones members honour their bandmate of almost 60 years
Modest Mouse: ‘I can’t think of a time except for on tour that I didn’t like touring’
Isaac Brock on indie rock band’s accessible new album and learning to play live again
Johnny Marr responds to Smiths reunion rumours: ‘Nigel Farage on guitar’
The guitarist alluded to his political differences with bandmate Morrissey after a fan asked about a rumoured 2020 tour
Bernard Sumner: ‘We made music because we hated work and normality’
New Order’s frontman on Joy Division, Morrissey, Trump and the far right, giving up Pernod (‘alcoholic toothpaste’), and how he finally learned to enjoy touring
Morrissey is ‘beyond doubt’ spreading far right ideas, says Billy Bragg
Bragg also criticises the Killers’ Brandon Flowers for describing former Smiths frontman as ‘a king’
‘I feel heard and seen now. That’s the main difference’
Hayden Thorpe, formerly of Wild Beasts, on new music, the future and pretend bands
Athy honours Leonard Cohen as Kildare connection noted
Made in Athy project celebrates song collaboration with local man John McKenna
Two men questioned over fatal stabbing in Athy
David Boland died in hospital after being found on pavement following attack in Co Kildare
Are U2 back already? This week’s must-see rock and pop gigs
Catch Metropolis, Cork Jazz Festival, Sligo Live, Westival, Robert Plant & Van Morrison, Johnny Marr, Chemical Brothers and Phosphorescent over the mid-term break
Lauren Murphy on the acts to see – and why – at the Iveagh Gardens
Alanis Morissette, The The, Aslan and Damien Dempsey some of the must sees
Liam Gallagher at Malahide Castle: a stale stroll down memory lane
The ‘King Parka Monkey’ sends them home happy but the new material is weak
Johnny Marr: ‘A lot of people don’t even want to see The Smiths re-form’
The former Smiths guitarist on his third album, ‘Call the Comet’ – his most personal yet – and why he's happy to stay solo
‘Oasis distorted the idea of what the Manchester scene was’
Dave Haslam, onetime Hacienda DJ, has vignettes on Madchester, Morrissey and Mark E Smith
Rolling Stones, Johnny Marr, We Are Scientists: this week’s rock/pop highlights
Plus: Ben Folds, Teskey Brothers, Haley Heynderickx, Slow Skies, Car Seat Headrest
Donald Clarke: The game is up for Morrissey the reactionary
How did we Smiths obsessives miss the signs in the 1980s. Because they were there
David Rawlings takes a step towards Bob Dylan and Neil Young
The country star is known for his work with Gillian Welch but now he’s happy being out front
England was theirs: the high point of The Smiths
‘Strangeways’ remains a key text in understanding The Smiths’ greatness, and is why so many disciples still follow Morrissey through trying times
Bananarama are back: `It was every bit as intense as a marriage, but without the sex'
Bananarama were the biggest girl group of the1980s. Can Siobhan, Keren and Sara recapture their glory days?
Ryan Adams: ‘There’s a lot of fight and a lot of light’
On new album Prisoner, Ryan Adams chronicles the private emotions behind his marriage split with Mandy Moore. ‘My life depended on making it,’ he says
From Stiff Little Fingers to Lynched: Rough Trade’s Irish bands
Geoff Travis, founder of Rough Trade Records, says he feels a deep connection with Irish culture
‘At 14, watching Johnny Marr play guitar in his bedroom was a privilege’
Conor Pope talks to former ‘Coronation Street’ star Kevin Kennedy about growing up in Manchester and his new role in stage musical adaptation of ‘The Commitments’
10 acts that would not have existed without David Bowie
As Johnny Marr once said: ‘There are musicians who are influenced by him that don’t realise it’
Christmas reads for music lovers
Kevin Courtney reviews new rock and pop books by or about Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Grace Jones, Bernard Sumner, Allen Klein and Bob Stanley
Noel Gallagher: ‘What we’re left with now is the Arctic Monkeys, tax-dodgers’
The charts are a load of boll*cks. Bono goes on a bit. And he would be ‘f**king very, very, very interested’ in collaborating with Damon Albarn
Bernard Sumner: ‘I’m happier in myself. Better behaved. Less of a f***ing idiot’
He took a bath on ‘Blue Monday’, lost a pile in the Hacienda and was part of a scene that has become music myth. Bernard Sumner of New Order on living in the present
Johnny Marr: 'It’s not about being perfect, it’s about having the right kind of attitude'
With The Smiths, he helped push the boundaries. Now Johnny Marr is back in the limelights as a solo act.
Revolver: Taxing matters for Take That – and others
‘Pop stars have about as much respect for tax laws as they have for their fans’
Heaven knows he’s still miserable now: Morrissey publishing shock (not)
Regarding Mozzer memoirs, don’t begrudge a book by its cover
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