The Latest Breaking News from Andy Rourke

‘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 Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2023

5 songs guitarists need to hear by... Johnny Marr

The former Smiths guitarist is a generational talent, the player Noel Gallagher calls the GOAT, but what songs should players check out to get a handle on his style?

MusicRadar · Jun 27, 2023

Greek votes, drinking labels and Sparks of delight – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2023

'A kind and beautiful soul': Morrissey, Johnny Marr, more pay tribute to Smiths' Andy Rourke

The Smiths were one of the most distinctive, tempestuous rock bands of the 1980s, and bassist Andy Rourke was an important part of holding it together while he could. In a band with a frontman and guitarist — Morrissey and Johnny Marr — often at each other's throats, Rourke's melodic,…

Los Angeles Times · May 19, 2023

The career of a young cop in tatters... the life of a young man changed forever

'Your career was your entire life... all that is now at an end'

Manchester Evening News · May 19, 2023

The Mancunian Way: Dazzling basslines

Answers on a cigarette butt PLUS exam worries AND an iconic musician

Manchester Evening News · May 19, 2023

Andy Rourke obituary

Bassist with the Smiths whose distinctive melodic style was central to the band’s sound

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2023

Key signs of pancreatic cancer you should never ignore following death of The Smiths bassist

Many people often ignore or mistake symptoms of pancreatic cancer for other less deadly diseases

Manchester Evening News · May 19, 2023

Family release heartbreaking photos of Khia Whitehead after cop who 'destroyed our son's life' is jailed

"Police officers are not above the law"

Manchester Evening News · May 19, 2023

The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke has died

On seminal Smiths recordings in the 1980s, guitarist Johnny Marr said, "Andy reinvented what it is to be a bass guitar player." Rourke had been ill with pancreatic cancer. He was 59.

WEKU · May 19, 2023