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‘I lived in this tee for six years’: readers remember beloved band T-shirts

Guardian readers pick their favourite band T-shirts, including a threadbare Led Zeppelin tee, a much-loved Waterboys garment and an exhaustive the Who collection

The Guardian - UK

Alan Steele: 10 things that changed my life

I’ve got five siblings, but, from my teens forward, I didn’t see them or have contact with them for 25 years.

The National (Scotland)

Morrissey at Vicar Street: How to get there, stage times, tickets, and setlist

The 'Sudehead' hitmaker is set to perform two back to back gigs at Vicar Street on Saturday 15 July and Sunday 16 July

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Morrissey confirms cancelled Nottingham Royal Concert Hall show won't be rescheduled

The artist, best known for fronting rock band the Smiths, had been due to appear at the Royal Concert Hall on Sunday, July 9

Nottingham Post

Morrissey: Jet2holidays must cut ties to marine parks over orcas and dolphins

Former Smiths frontman criticises holiday firm for selling tickets for Tenerife zoo that offers animal shows

The Guardian - UK

Morrissey fans 'gutted' after Nottingham gig cancelled and demand explanation

Morrissey had performed in Portsmouth the day before

Nottingham Post

"They're just beautiful, musically." Watch George Michael defend Joy Division against Morrissey and Tony Blackburn in this peak 80s exchange

Turns out The Smiths frontman Morrissey was not a big Joy Division fan, but pop superstar in the making George Michael definitely was

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Morrissey wears Maccabi Tel Aviv jersey during gig as cousin Robbie Keane takes manager job

Morrissey was performing in Israel and wore the jersey while his cousin Robbie Keane recently took the managerial job.

Irish Mirror

20 things you could do in 1970s Manchester you can't do anymore

Manchester has become a very different place since the 'decade that fashion forgot'

Manchester Evening News

Remembering the time a young Damon Albarn fired shots at Morrissey

Blur frontman Damon Albarn was miffed at a comment from the ex-Smiths singer – but, then, who wasn't by the time the 90s rolled around?

Louder

Blossoms and Rick Astley at Glastonbury review – Smiths hits are the very opposite of miserable now

Covering the Smiths’ back catalogue in a secret Glasto set, Blossoms are admirably tight, while Astley banishes any sense of moral queasiness at listening to these beloved songs

The Guardian - UK

A beginners' guide to UK 80’s indie in five essential albums

The 1980s were a hugely fertile period for free-thinking, boundary-pushing British 'indie' bands. Here is the story of the genre via five essential albums

Louder

Britain's Got Talent fans are ALL saying the same thing about Viggo Venn

Viggo Venn has captivated Britain's Got Talent audiences who are calling him an 'icon'.

WhatToWatch

A light that never goes out: why the Smiths are eternally influential

In a second feature marking 40 years of the Smiths, fans including Andy Burnham and Connie Constance consider how and why the band have endured

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

Nick Cave: ‘I care what people say – and if they hate my music’

He’s gone through more heartache than any man should, but the musician still believes wholeheartedly in the power of art

The Independent UK

‘It was bewildering’: The Thrills on famous fans, flash-in-a-pan success and their Morrissey blunder

With fans in Bono and Rod Stewart, the Noughties group were going to be the biggest Irish band since U2 – then they vanished. On the 20th anniversary of their debut, Ed Power speaks with The Thrills and their former manager to chronicle the band’s staggering rise to the top…

Manchester Evening News

Morrissey: 'Andy Rourke will never die as long as his music is heard'

The Smiths' former frontman has paid a touching tribute to his old bandmate

The Independent UK

Morrissey: Andy Rourke will never die as long as his music is heard

The former frontman of The Smiths said Rourke ‘didn’t ever know his own power’ in an online tribute following his death.

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Los Angeles Times

'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,…

The Guardian - UK

Andy Rourke obituary

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

WEKU

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.

The Guardian - UK

Andy Rourke was the other melodic genius in the Smiths: spry, funky and masterful

Rourke’s propulsive basslines worked in perfect tandem with Johnny Marr’s guitar parts to create the Smiths’ singular sound

Guitar World

Andy Rourke: “If I wasn’t eating or in the bath, I had a bass in my hand. I played it constantly”

In this interview from 2016, the late low-end legend reflects on an influential career with The Smiths and beyond, why the Fender P-Bass won his heart, and how he developed his distinct playing style

Guitar World

Andy Rourke, bassist with The Smiths, dies aged 59

Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has led tributes to the man he says “reinvented what it is to be a bass guitar player”

The Independent UK

Johnny Marr pays tribute after The Smiths’ bassist Andy Rourke dies aged 59

Marr said it was an ‘absolute privilege’ to play alongside Rourke.

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