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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Morrissey claims Johnny Marr blocked new Smiths greatest hits album

Morrissey in 2018.
Morrissey in 2018. Photograph: Andrew Fox/the Observer

Morrissey has claimed that Johnny Marr is opposing the release of a new Smiths box set and reissue programme.

The Smiths frontman posted a statement to his website, claiming that a greatest hits album called Smiths Rule OK! was being planned, alongside reissues of the band’s 1983 debut single Hand in Glove and follow-up This Charming Man, plus a deluxe box set of their self-titled debut album.

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