Morrissey just can’t catch a break. Two weeks ago, he collapsed onstage at a concert and was rushed to a hospital. Then, under medical advice, he canceled his very next show. Now, the news is out that on Saturday night, someone went ahead and threw a drink at his head. The former Smiths frontdude was in the middle of his set’s second song, “Black Cloud,” when a fan at Liverpool’s Echo Arena hit him with a filled plastic container. After checking his hair, a pissed Morrissey stopped the show, told the crowd “Goodnight,” and abandoned the stage. The crowd attempted to lure the bard back by chanting his name, but it was all for naught. It wasn’t long before a crew-member took the stage and explained the show had been canceled and that the audience would receive a refund.

The above YouTube clip reveals all, though you’ll be disappointed if you’re expecting to see Moz pull a Henry Rollins. You won’t be disappointed however, should you decide to pick up a copy of Swords, which came out last Tuesday, the 3rd.

Tour Dates:

11.9 Nijmegen @ De Vereeniging
11.10 Lille @ Aeronef
11.12 Paris @ Le Zenith
11.14 Brussels @ Forest Club
11.16 Berlin @ Tempodrom
11.17 Hamburg @ CCH
11.19 Dusseldorf @ Stahlwerk
11.20 Munich @ Tonhalle
11.23 Dublin @ National Stadium
11.29 Seattle, WA @ Paramount
11.30 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
12.02 Oakland, CA @ Paramount
12.04 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
12.05 Indio, CA @ Fantasy Springs
12.07 Pomona, CA @ Fox Theatre
12.08 San Diego, CA @ Copley Symphony Hall
12.10 Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre
12.11 Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theatre

First it was the indie clusterfuck that was the recently revealed New Moon soundtrack, and now television has proven itself to be the new frontier for fantastic musical collaborations: Ian Brown of Stone Roses fame is joining up with Johnny Marr of the Cribs to work on the soundtrack to a TV series being developed by their mutual friend. Brown, in an interview with BBC News, also indicated that he would like to involve former Stone Roses bandmate Mani and Happy Mondays’ Paul Ryder in the project as well.

Discussing the project itself, Brown said, “The idea is that Johnny writes the music and I write the words and the melodies. We’ve got a mutual friend who’s writing a drama series. One of them’s about ticket touts, another one’s about grafters – kids who sell T-shirts and things like that – and another one’s about pickpockets. We’re going to get together and do the soundtrack for these dramas. We’d have to bring a drummer or a bass player in.”

A TV show about enterprising children using the black market to fatten their wallets, featuring a sure-to-be-solid soundtrack? Count me in.

Once again, Morrissey finds something to get upset about: now, the singer is taking to the internet to refute claims by former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke that he was dismissed via post-it note. In an interview with Eye Weekly, Rourke was asked about a rumored story about his 1986 dismissal from the band in which Morrissey left a post-it on the bassist’s windshield that read, “Andy – you have left The Smiths. Goodbye and good luck, Morrissey.”

In the interview, Rourke affirmed that the story was true, adding that “I thought it was a parking ticket, but it was a lot worse than that.”

Morrissey, upon reading Rourke’s comments, took to his True to You fansite and unleashed the following missive:

I am forced to defend myself – again – from a comment made by Andy Rourke last week on the eyeweekly website. It is a recurring comment whereby Andy confirms that his dismissal from the Smiths was made via a handwritten postcard from me telling Andy “you have left the Smiths.” I would like to state to anyone interested in the truth of this matter that no such postcard was ever written by me, and no dismissal postcard was ever placed on Andy’s car with my knowledge or consent, and I am naturally irked that such an alleged deed has gone down in the fairy tale footnotes of Smiths lore. If such a postcard ever existed, it is likely that an unfunny stunt was played on Andy by someone attempting Morrissey-scrawl – easily done. Secondly, Andy’s “dismissal” from the Smiths would not be a decision solely made by me, and would not be announced by me on a note bearing only my name, and it would also not be executed by a handwritten note carelessly thrown onto the hood of a car (or window-wipers, as has often been reported.) Doesn’t anyone have the wit to work this one out?

He’s a teacher by day and Karl Malone’s cousin, that in itself should merit a listen to Kenan Bell. But the La Crescenta, CA hip-hop artist has recently dropped his “remix collective project” –- entitled Good News: The Mix-Tape — and with remixes of songs by artists as wide-ranging as Pink Floyd, Lily Allen, Gang Gang Dance, Jose Gonzalez, Peter, Bjorn & John, Duran Duran and Neil Diamond, how couldn’t you want to listen?
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Well, to be fair, the “more” refers to The Orb and Etienne de Crecy, who along with Devendra Banhart, Chemical Brothers and the Murder City Devils have been added to the official line-up at the Coachella festival.
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