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Johnny Marr’s iconic Smiths guitars fetch millions at landmark auction

The 111 lots auctioned on Thursday featured a range of instruments played by Marr fetched nearly £4 million

The Independent UK · Sep 18

Noel Gallagher feared Oasis would destroy Johnny Marr’s iconic Smiths guitar

‘You’ve always been a bit gung-ho with your guitars,’ Gallagher told Marr while browsing a collection of Marr’s on display in London

The Independent UK · Sep 12

Noel Gallagher says Johnny Marr has ‘always been gung-ho’ with his guitars

Marr began his award-winning career in the 1980s with rock group The Smiths.

Evening Standard · Sep 12

Marie-France van Heel: The marketing boss who is Andy Burnham’s wife of 25 years

The pair met in 1989, when they bonded over a shared love of The Smiths

The Independent UK · Jul 20

Prime Minister-to-be Andy Burnham ranks his favourite bands

Andy Burnham has blind-ranked his favourite British bands in a recent interview, giving the public further insight into his listening habits.

Euronews · Jul 13

Now Playing: supercharge your summer listening with the 7 best tracks we’ve been using to test hi-fi

Red-hot tunes for a red-hot summer

What Hi-Fi? · Jul 7

"I wasn’t going to smoke angel dust or rob people, so I thought straight edge was a good antidote." The Beatles, Blondie, New York hardcore and those disgusting CBGBs toilets: an interview with Quicksand's Walter Schreifels

The Quicksand frontman reflects on the transformative power of music

Metal Hammer · Apr 26

“They’re the foundation of any real culture. Without them, you don’t get The Smiths, Amy Winehouse or The 1975. You get silence”: New study suggests thousands of young people have given up on music because there’s nowhere to play

The UK has lost 11,000 venues since 2019

MusicRadar · Apr 22

“I find it amazing that people are singing along in such a celebratory way about being involved in a car crash”: We speak to The Smiths’ producer Stephen Street and learn how their most beloved song came to be

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out remains one of The Smiths’ most heartbreaking songs - a near-perfect example of the potency of Marr and Morrissey’s songwriting partnership

MusicRadar · Mar 16

Morrissey calls off concert in Spain after local festivities deprived him of sleep

British rock star Morrissey won’t perform a concert in Valencia after festivities in the Spanish city kept him from getting a proper night’s rest

The Independent UK · Mar 12