The Smiths are reuniting

"Just had dinner at Daniel (NY) with some work friends, when I noticed an older and wiser Johnny Marr of The Smiths coming in as we were going out. I stopped to gawk because, well, that's what you do.

As he went to his table, he shook his dining partner's hand - it was a greying Morrissey. Smiths reunion, anyone?"

Morrissey fan sites are rubbishing these claims, but my money is on 'something' happening for Manchester vs Cancer, a charity concert at the MEN arena in Jan 2006. Maybe.

I'm sure that would be a lot of people's opinion - but I'm not at all sure I agree.

I still tend to think that Johnny joining Morrissey on stage for a couple of numbers is far more likely to happen than any sort of actual reunion.

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"[Post photo of Stewart here]"

-- k/l (lauter...), November 15th, 2005 8:00 PM. (later)

I'm not too sure to be honest. I'm certainly not amongst those who are against all reunions on some sort of principle (in my experience for every Page and Plant there's a Damned or a Bauhaus or a Buzzcocks or a Buzzkunst or a Penetration or a Pixies....); however there was something so essentially.... adolescent.... about so much of The Smiths material, that it's hard to imagine how a bunch of 40-somethings would be able to either recapture that or compensate for its absence.

That was the first Coachella festival. No reunion happened, obv.

most otm post ever

OTM. I mean, id go see morrissey anytime, but i find it hard to believe that the essence of the smiths would be anything but betrayed by a reunion.

A few of the reunions I've seen recent years, Mission of Burma, Pixies, Bauhaus, Gang of Four, Buzzcocks, were all pretty great, actually.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001659262

http://www.manchestervcancer.co.uk/

http://www.manchestervcancer.co.uk/tickets.asp

I would pimp my full review on my blog, but then people would want to poke me in the eye. And they would also mock me for my inaccuracies. No. I will go to bed and cocoon myself in memory.

WONH WUH

I was wondering why this wasn't the Smiths thread that got revived yesterday.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/22/the-smiths-partially-reunite-for-classical-concerts

lol everyone except the two that made the smiths the smiths

saved you a click

thx infinity

yw

finally, the chance to see the legendary craig gannon in action

I am sure those shows will be sold-out soon. But this has nothing to do with a reunion. That is more like a string orchestra covering rock songs.

Keep hoping the Panozzo brothers will come to town to perform the songs of Styx with a string quartet

...then again

https://pitchfork.com/news/andy-rourke-denies-involvement-in-classically-smiths-concerts/

This is insane:

Bad Production Ltd.’s press release also included a quote attributed to Andy Rourke (“To have been there the first time round and seen it first hand, and to still be such a big fan of The Smiths today, I am both thrilled and excited to be involved in Classically Smiths. I’m really proud of the band’s work, and being able to present those songs again in this particular production format promises to be a real gift for audiences everywhere.”). Rourke’s rep tells Pitchfork: “Any quotes by Andy Rourke regarding this project are 100% fabricated and without approval.”

i hear Morrissey's doing some Wagner

The Ringleader of the Tormentors Cycle.

november spawned a meistersinger

Valkyrie & I

Rourke himself has also issued the following statement:

"I am deeply saddened that during the week of the death of my dear friend Dolores O'Riordan, that false statements are made on my behalf. At no time did I give my consent for anyone in connection with this Classically Smiths project to act on my behalf or my name and nothing was ever confirmed, approved or contracted by me or my team."

So is Mike Joyce even involved?

William Tell, It Was Really Nothing

Well this all became a total clusterfuck

https://www.facebook.com/mikejoyceofficial/posts/1563982187016807

https://www.facebook.com/craig.gannon.18/posts/10156147205244697

Shocked, I tell you!

I guess you could say that's the end of that. Or, as a classical music fan might say, "Girlfriend in a Coda."

And now, the lead violinist in the orchestra makes a statement

lmao at salty Johnny Marr

didn't they realise he was the perfect guitarist to be in The Smiths with a better singer? :-(