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The Latest Breaking News from Johnny Marr

12-year-old busker can make £200 an hour with Smiths covers

John has already played at a festival in front of a crowd of 1,000 people

Wales Online

Johnny Marr helps Salford lad, 12, fulfil his dreams

"Even though John is only 12 he’s already proven he’s committed to making a future in music"

Manchester Evening News

Johnny Marr pays heartfelt tribute to bandmate who died aged 45

The drummer had been battling a stage four cancer diagnosis

Manchester Evening News

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Scots music stars sing praises of Barrowlands in BBC documentary airing New Year's Day

The Barrowland Roar, screening on New Year's Day on BBC Alba, sees Scottish music icons recount their memories of the east end venue.

Daily Record

‘It would be the death of culture’: Manchester’s Night & Day venue faces moment of truth

Court battle over noise complaint will decide future of famous music club, which has hosted Johnny Marr, the Charlatans, Arctic Monkeys and Ed Sheeran

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Marr is going to help one Salford musician fulfil their dreams

The former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has launched an award for anyone from Salford

Manchester Evening News

Drummer Mike Joyce says The Smiths 'are Irish'

'I was born in England and I have a British passport, but I also have an Irish passport and I’m Irish and that’s just the way it is'

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M People founder ‘very angry’ over use of song at Tory conference

Band founder tweeted in anger after PM walked on conference stage to hit 1993 single Moving On Up

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Marr joins Crowded House on stage and stuns fans at Castlefield Bowl gig

The Smiths guitarist was a surprise star guest as Crowded House headed to Castlefield Bowl

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Burnham's bargain bus bonanza

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Manchester Evening News

Manchester state of mind - Alicia Keys joined by Johnny Marr to sing The Smiths at AO Arena gig

Alicia Keys dazzled at the AO Arena and was joined by Manc rock royalty to sing a classic from The Smiths

Manchester Evening News

Morrissey’s back (again) - the former Smiths frontman announces UK tour and upcoming album

The tour will include two nights in London

Evening Standard

The 11-year-old who busks on Market Street and dreams of being 'the next Johnny Marr'

Salford lad John Denton can be spotted strumming to his own tunes along one of Manchester's busiest streets

Manchester Evening News

‘Invention, grace and bloodlust ballet’: post-punk guitarist John McGeoch

McGeoch sent a jolt through the scene with Magazine, Siouxsie Sioux and more. Johnny Marr, James Dean Bradfield and others salute an overlooked musician

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Not fading away, still radiant - Blondie makes a long-awaited return to Manchester

Blondie's Against The Odds tour delivers on every front

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Little Simz and Manic Street Preachers headline 6 Music’s Cardiff music festival

The Welsh capital hosts live performances from Manic Street Preachers, Little Simz, Pixies and Johnny Marr, among others. Plus, Unreported World. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Independent UK

Exhibition celebrating British pop culture to launch in Manchester

The British Pop Archive will include items from different aspects of Manchester’s highly recognisable pop scene.

The Guardian - UK

Shaun Keaveny’s journey from the BBC to DIY radio: ‘It’s been a huge liberation’

Once a leading light at the BBC with his much-loved 6 Music show, Shaun Keaveny is now presenting from a cramped studio to a much smaller audience. But he wouldn’t have it any other way…

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Wales Online

BBC 6 Music Festival: Are there tickets left for the Cardiff gigs?

Here are the gigs with tickets left and where you can catch up on coverage if you've missed your favourite act

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Marr: Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 review – dancefloor-friendly double album

Marr trades post-punk guitar for energetic electro-indie in a hopeful, pandemic-processing 16-track opus

The Independent UK

Johnny Marr says there’s ‘zero chance’ he’ll work with Morrissey again

Marr and Morrissey have not worked together since The Smiths broke up in 1987

The Independent UK

Album reviews: Johnny Marr – Fever Dreams Pts 1-4, and Avril Lavigne – Love Sux

Marr applies his scattershot sonics to matters of the pandemic era, while pop-punk queen Avril Lavigne offers a heady dose of nostalgia

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Marr: ‘When I play Smiths songs I experience this huge wave of elation’

On the eve of his new double album, the acclaimed songwriter takes questions from musicians, politicians and readers

Daily Mirror

Morrissey savages former Smiths bandmate Johnny Marr in scathing open letter

Morrissey has issued a statement where he's asked his former Smiths bandmate Johnny Marr to stop talking about him during interviews

The Guardian - UK

‘You don’t know me’: Morrissey accuses Johnny Marr of using him as clickbait

‘Must you persistently, year after year, decade after decade, blame me for everything?’ singer writes in open letter to former Smiths bandmate

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