12.31.09
any room for one more?
12.16.09
Statement from Morrissey to True-to-you
Statement from Morrissey to True-to-you
True-To-You.net
On these last days of the old year, I thank everyone who attended the 2009 concerts.
My personal favorites were:
1 Dublin
2 Dusseldorf
3 Munich
4 Pomona
5 Warsaw
The three Brixton concerts were dramatic and perfect for me, and there was a great air of adventure in both Estonia and Latvia. The Russian concerts were a big thrill, but in the absence of even a speckle of publicity .. it’s difficult. You begin to feel as if you’re playing to a private club - and, in fact, you are. We pondered on the massive poster-campaigns for others and we wondered how such things become possible. The audiences in Russia were loud and greatly inspiring.
Hope denied in Liverpool, and the physical limits were tipped in Swindon – these were life’s unfortunate lows.
I spent the night at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon where the staff restored my faith in humanity. I had no idea such kindness existed.
There were more stop-start-trap-doors and cancellations this year than ever before, and it’s difficult to keep your mental balance and to remain unclouded at such times. Since every living person appeared to have some strain of flu, there seemed no reason why I should escape it, and I could not listen to medical advice that cautioned me to stand back from the audience and not to shake anyone’s hand. Life has come to this? By tours’ end I had no face worth rearranging.
The landscape of familiar faces who have replaced the Irregular Regulars, and who attend as many of the concerts as possible, continue to astound me. I don’t know how – or even why – they attend so many. It is remarkable, and the financial costs must wipe them out for good. I am repeatedly honored and speechless by their dedication.
There are no 2010 plans to fire me out of a cannon. Hopes of concerts in New Zealand and Australia collapsed under a mound of doubts. That’s life.
Even though you see the death of culture all around you, you also want to raise whatever it is you do to a higher plane, yet there is no one, it seems, who can inch the Morrissey thing forwards. As we all now know, the world of music is purely market-driven – not even youth-driven anymore. Talent or merit or songs do not enter the equation for a split second; the campaign is the thing, the campaign is what is discussed amongst the public, the campaign is what impresses the press, and the songs are never a factor. The labels will only push the “artists” that they themselves have discovered, and have no interest in the self-made, blah, blah. But my parting with Universal is not a negative. I am sorry that “Swords” was such a meek disaster. It was proposed and accepted as a budget-priced CD, yet emerged everywhere as the most expensive CD in the racks. It was poorly distributed and didn’t stand a chance, and ranks as the lowest chart position I’ve ever encountered. I remain steadfastly proud of “Years of refusal”, which along with “You are the quarry” and “Ringleader of the tormentors” are my life’s peaks. These three will allow me to die in peace. I am no longer in the thrall of anything that preceded them; the past is not me.
I was delighted at the radio airplay in England for “I’m throwing my arms around Paris”, which seemed to match both “Suedehead” and “That’s how people grow up” singles for rotation.
However, “I’m throwing my arms around Paris” did not chart in France! … but everything has its time and place…
What does the future hold? What does the next minute hold? It all rests as ever on determination – that which springs from somewhere deeper than the body. Record label interest is zero, but the sun will creep back into the room one way or another. It always does.
Small and bowed, I offer you my eternal thanks, and my hopes for a steady 2010, full of good grace and no darkness.
MORRISSEY
London, December 2009.
12.13.09
i will always stay true to you…
one of my fav moz songs and pretty much how i feel about him.
12.03.09
my friend met moz in san fran!!
she just walked into her hotel and 5 mins later moz is walking by!
well done, Diane! you both look great!!!
*for me, just another reason to hate myself for not doing these shows!*
12.01.09
2 shows in so far…
my blog partner, xsuedeheadx aka xgeoffx aka geoff is out on the west coast right now for these shows while i sit back here in nyc wondering if i should throw caution and money to the wind and fly out for one or two of these shows.
it sounds like both shows so far have been great. seems like a great setlist too. i hope geoff pop in here to give us some real updates soon though. *hint hint*
here is the setlist from last night in Portland.
This Charming Man
Irish Blood, English Heart
Black Cloud
Don’t Make Fun Of Daddy’s Voice
Death At One’s Elbow
When Last I Spoke To Carol
One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
Is It Really So Strange?
I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris
Cemetry Gates
Ganglord
Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself
If You Don’t Like Me, Don’t Look At Me
Ask
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
Teenage Dad On His Estate
The Loop
How Soon Is Now
I’m Ok By Myself
Encore: First Of The Gang To Die / Swinging On A Star
Moz is a shoemaker…
Stella Mc Cartney and Morrissey to become sole partnersVegetarian fashion designer Stella McCartney is set to team up with former Smiths frontman Morrissey on a leather-free footwear range.
It follows plans by Sir Paul McCartney’s 38-year-old daughter to collaborate with fellow veggie Leona Lewis on a line of clothing.
‘I’m working with Morrissey on a line of leather-free shoes which I’m really excited about,’ Stella, right, said while switching on the Christmas lights at her Mayfair store. ‘We are still in the early stages but the shoes could be launched next year.’
Moz on Lopez Tonight Dec 9th
Morrissey will appear on Lopez Tonight on December 9th.
Tickets are sold out already, but I hear standby might be an option. Check the Lopez site for more info.