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MorrisseyIsOkByMe
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If it's true that, Without Music The World Dies, then singer Morrissey (ex-Smiths) is a paragon. For official posts, go to https://www.morrisseycentral.com +
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Did you listen to Roger’s interview? Check it out if you haven’t -you might like it 😉
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Roger O'Donnell (The Cure) - Interview 2025 - Lust for Lists 🇺🇸 SiriusXM 1st Wave
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December 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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#otd in 2023, two years ago, Morrissey performed Saint In A Stained Glass Window, from his unreleased album, Bonfire of Teenagers, live at the State Theatre, Sydney, Australia

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Morrissey - Saint In A Stained Glass Window - Live - 11 Dec 2023 - State Theatre, Sydney - Australia
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December 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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In reviewing album, The Return of the Duratti Column, released 28 Nov., Pop Matters cites several instances when Vini Reilly was a musician of various roles for Smiths and Morrissey songs

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December 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Thoughtfully as ever, if a little incomplete here for overlooking the closing artistic assertion, Thomas Papp excavates the emotional breadth of Morrissey's song, Jim Jim Falls, from 2020 album, I Am Not A Dog On A Chain

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"Jim Jim Falls"
Morrissey Gets Metaphysical
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December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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#otd in 2015, Morrissey was on stage in Teatro Ópera, Buenos Aires, Argentina, from which came this nice compilation of video clips

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Morrissey en Teatro Ópera, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2015
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December 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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#MusicChallenge

Day 12 :🌷

(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden - Morrissey (live cover originally written by Joe South)

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Morrissey - (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden (The Grand Ole Opry 2015)
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December 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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The support act for Morirssey at Chester on this day in 1997 was Elcka

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Morrissey, Ticket - 11th December 1997 – Manchester Digital Music Archive
Morrissey in his wilderness years when nobody seemed that interested, and he seemed to avoid Manchester like the plague. A strange gig in a small...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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#otd in 1997 Morrissey appeared at Northgate Arena, Chester, England, UK. Thanks to Handsome Devil and Passions Just Like Mine for audio and notes.

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🎤 Morrissey - December 11, 1997 - Chester, England, UK (Full Concert) LIVE
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December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Far Out Magazine's piece on 16 songs that influenced Paul Weller, reminds that in 2003, Weller took part in the compilation series Under The Influence.. about artist inspirations that influenced them; also included Carl Barat, Paul Heaton, Ian Brown, & Morrissey

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The 16 songs that influenced Paul Weller's career
From Little Richard to The Kinks: The 16 songs that influenced Paul Weller throughout his career from The Jam to The Style Council to his solo career.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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There is a nice collection of illustrated lyrics of The Smiths songs on archive website, Illness As Art, such as this one for Shakespeare's Sister

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December 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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During an interview in Sunderland, Mike Joyce talks about his new book, Drums, covering his time in The Smiths

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The Smiths legend Mike Joyce reminisces about playing in North East
The Smiths’ legendary drummer Mike Joyce appeared live in conversation at The Fire Station in Sunderland
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December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Only 20 Smiths Xmas cards left at www.etsy.com/shop/8bitnorthxstitch or get them cheaper in my new online shop at www.8bitnorthxstitch.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Blonde Gerard Way in a sleeveless Smiths tshirt
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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07.12.1987
No hope, no harm
Just another false alarm
THE SMITHS • Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

The last single. Beautiful.
#thesmiths #onthisday #onthisday80s
December 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Healthy breakfast with Morrissey
‘Hairdresser on fire’ #1988

*Hair by Robert Stanley
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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#MusicChallenge
#EmojiSounds

Day 11 🗽

People Are The Same Everywhere - Morrissey

'Yeah, yeah, yeah
It's a shame, it's a shame but
People are the same everywhere
And the land of the free and the home of the brave
Exists nowhere'

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Morrissey - People Are The Same Everywhere (25Live)
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December 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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#otd two years ago, in 2023, Morrissey was in Australia, putting on a show at the State Theatre, Sydney. On the set-list was this version of Stop Me If You Heard This One Before

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Morrissey - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before - State Theatre Sydney 10th Dec 2023
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December 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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An interview by Hollywood Reporter with Ed Sheeran, is prefaced with the observation that "he has earned his place alongside [David] Bowie, Elton [John], George Michael, Morrissey and Elvis Costello in the pantheon of great British male solo artists”

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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Ed Sheeran on Oscar-Contending ‘F1’ Song “Drive,” Greatest Hits, “Sibling” Taylor Swift and Posthumous Album Plans
The English singer-songwriter, a best song Critics Choice Award nominee for the "big rock song" he wrote with John Mayer and Blake Slatkin, goes deep with The Hollywood Reporter about his odds-defying...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Another top review from Thomas Papp, of Morrissey's 2017 song, I Wish You Lonely - "an existential statement astonishing in its breadth" & "indictment of the arc of human history, strewn with the futility of lives lost for... nothing of substantive value"

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December 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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#MusicChallenge
#EmojiSounds

Day 10🩸

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle - The Smiths

'There'll be blood on the cleaver tonight
And when darkness lifts and the room is bright
I'll still be by your side'

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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2011 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Smiths - Topic
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December 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Louder Than War also put up an attractive feature reviewing pictures taken by their own photographers during 2025, with a paragraph about Morrissey, snapped by Andrew Twambley, not for the first time

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OUR FAVOURITE PHOTOS OF 2025
2025 has been another stunning year for live music, and Louder Than War’s photographers have been there to capture it.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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When the band Mellt ​recently played Viva Sounds 2025 in Gothenburg, they were likened to The Smiths, as reviewed by Louder Than War

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Viva Sounds 2025 Gothenburg – Festival Review
From streams to sticky floors, is the future of indie music offline? Louder Than War’s Christopher Lloyd returns to Gothenburg to report on this year's Viva Sounds Festival.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Short Time-Out interview with Morrissey 8 Dec, 1983

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BIGMOUTHS Marr, Morrissey & The Smiths | Morrissey | Facebook
Morrissey 8th December 1983 - a very brief interview with Morrissey in Time Out. "I wanted to kick the whole Manchester scene in the teeth and now I have my chance" Scan by Nick Stuckenborg via...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Tribute band, Viva Morrissey, will be appearing at Lion's Den, Manchester on 19 Dec

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3.2K views · 138 reactions | THE SUN SHINES OUT OF OUR BEHINDS Fast approaching, on December 19th, at what will be our final show of 2025, we’ll be appearing live at the Lions Den, Manchester. ADVA...
THE SUN SHINES OUT OF OUR BEHINDS Fast approaching, on December 19th, at what will be our final show of 2025, we’ll be appearing live at the Lions Den, Manchester. ADVANCE TICKETS:...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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On 8 December, in 2006 Morrissey played to a big crowd at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK
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Also on 8 December, but last year in 2024, it was the turn of Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, Australia

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🎤 Morrissey - December 8, 2006 - London, England, UK (Full Concert) LIVE
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December 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM