
Morrissey has once again broken the hearts of millions of already-damaged Smiths fans by refusing to reunite the band. The Mozzer’s publicist has confirmed that the crooner declined a $75 million offer to tour as the Smiths in 2008 and/or 2009 even though the only requirement was that Johnny Marr also be a part of the reunion. What does this new information tell us? That the theory surmising that Morrissey’s legal battles with former Smith Mike Joyce were behind his resistance to reuniting the band is flawed. Apparently Morrissey isn’t up for any kind of Smiths reunion … yet. In the meantime, Marr is still an integral part of Modest Mouse, and Joyce is counting the Smiths back pay and royalties he collected in 1996 and releasing an album with his latest band, Vinny Peculiar, in October.
Morrissey Turned Down Mega-Bucks Smiths Reunion Offer Over Johnny Marr
8/23/07, 4:20 pm EST
Comments
g1g1g1g1 | 8/23/2007, 4:53 pm EST
Morrissey rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wayne | 8/23/2007, 5:44 pm EST
WTF
Spaceboy | 8/23/2007, 6:29 pm EST
Dear Morrissey,
Not a good idea turning down that money and a chance to tour with your old bandmates. You need to get over past grudges and start jamming again.
Signed,
Roger Waters
Mitchapalooza | 8/23/2007, 7:06 pm EST
Effin’ A….it’s not like it would be any different for Morrisey anyway. He’s already singing pretty much the same songs for his solo shows. What an idiot……
Landerites | 8/23/2007, 7:26 pm EST
Did anyone’s mouth drop at the $75 MILLION? I guess in today’s world … to rock stars … it’s pocket change.
M.Komar | 8/23/2007, 9:23 pm EST
Morrissey once said he’d rather eat his own testicles then reunite with the Smiths.
sn | 8/23/2007, 10:12 pm EST
Haha the testicle thing is real funny considering he’s a Vegan….
And so what if he doesn’t want to do this. Its refreshing to see a rock star not sell out to the almighty dollar…
Captain Subtext | 8/24/2007, 12:21 am EST
Please, Please, Please, Let Me See The Smiths Before I Die
Kurt's Dad | 8/24/2007, 1:05 am EST
I gotta say how much I respect Morrissey for sticking to his guns and resisting the big payday. How many people in that position would do the same? Not many. While I give kudos to the man, a small part of me hates him for turning it down. I really would like to see a Smiths reunion. One of my favorite bands and I never got a chance to see them live, so it would be nice for it to happen. Maybe one day everyone involved will grow up a little and give it a shot.
Martin | 8/24/2007, 2:37 am EST
Good call, Morrissey. They’ve all moved on and the world needs a Smith’s reunion like it needs a Van-Halen reunion (!)
Let The Smiths forever remain fondly in our memories of the 198os. Why spoil a beautiful memory ?
Anonymous | 8/24/2007, 4:47 am EST
morriseys lyrics r whack
Winnie in Manchester | 8/24/2007, 6:48 am EST
“morriseys lyrics r whack” – I think that comment says it all about that brave ‘Anon’ that wrote that, why didn’t you put your name??? Learn to spell before you type anything ever again you fool.
Let Moz and Marr get on with their lives. They were great then, they are great now. Plus how can you have an official Smiths reunion when only half of the members would be doing it. Glad they turned it down. If you are a fan of the Smiths go and see Morrissey live and maybe he will play a couple…if you are lucky
Jake Burns | 8/24/2007, 8:39 am EST
Winnie, the 2nd sentence in your 2nd paragraph is a question. Where’s the question mark? This isn’t English class! MORON.
Brien Comerford | 8/24/2007, 10:41 am EST
Morrissey’s solo CDs are superior to most of The Smith’s CD’s. However, the animal loving and vegetarian Morrissey should take the money and tour with The Smiths. He could donate a few million dollars to PETA and other animal protection organizations !!!
Morris | 8/24/2007, 11:13 am EST
Even if I would give an arm to see a Smiths reunion, the decision of Morrissey it’s very respectable and wathever the reasons are, it takes a lot of integrity and balls to turn down 75 million dollars. Good for the Moz!!
Cooter | 8/24/2007, 11:37 am EST
Fuck PETA
J Noles | 8/24/2007, 12:45 pm EST
The Smiths won’t get back together. If Morrissey turned down $75 million, he’s never going to agree to reunite.
Sure, it would be fantastic if Morrissey and Marr were on the same stage again; but it’s not in the cards.
This Charming Manc | 8/24/2007, 5:35 pm EST
Morrisseys lyrics are whack!?
“The streets are crammed with things eager to be held
I know what hands are for and i’d like to help myself
you asked me the time but i sense something more and i would like to give you what i think you’re asking for
you handsome devil,let me get my hands on your mammary glands
let me get your head on the conjugal bed”. One word CLASS
Bob | 8/24/2007, 11:10 pm EST
Morrissey should tour with Roger Waters, Peter Gabriel, Michael Anthony, Don Felder and Chris Cornell. What a show!
bukowski | 8/24/2007, 11:13 pm EST
PETA euthanizes more domesticated animals than any other group. When they can’t find homes for these animals, they whack ‘em. I agree with Cooter, Fuck PETA. Morrissey, put the money in the bank, just in case a rainy day comes along.
jim | 8/25/2007, 1:41 am EST
I wish this would stop cause it’s the worst tease
WarCrueltyAndHate | 8/25/2007, 7:29 am EST
Hey Bukowski,
Just like your dumb leaders in the white house, you like to create lies. PETA isn’t in the business of euthanizing animals. They aren’t an animal shelter. And even if they did, there’s a time to euthanize, whether it be human or non-human. You can go and enjoy hurting and killing creatures weaker and more vulnerable than you. That’s like me, as a vegetarian, going into the woods and ripping out plants and killing trees for fun. Just because you eat meat, doesn’t mean you have to enjoy torturing, killing them for sport. sonuvabitch!
bukowski | 8/24/2007, 11:13 pm EST
PETA euthanizes more domesticated animals than any other group. When they can’t find homes for these animals, they whack ‘em. I agree with Cooter, Fuck PETA. Morrissey, put the money in the bank, just in case a rainy day comes along.
food for thought... | 8/25/2007, 5:48 pm EST
From the Canadian Free Press
7 Things You Didn’t Know About PETA
http://www.canadafreepress.co m/2007/consumer-freedom012807. htm
(take spaces out of the URL link)
bukowski | 8/25/2007, 7:52 pm EST
WarCruelyAndHate: I’m not creating lies. You just can’t handle the truth. They DO take in strays and THEY DO kill them! If you don’t want to believe that, I really don’t give a shit!
bukowski | 8/25/2007, 9:44 pm EST
PETA’s Dirty Secret
7 Things You Didn’t Know About PETA
By ConsumerFreedom.com
Sunday, January 28, 2007
1) PETA president and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk has described her group’s overall goal as “total animal liberation.” This means no meat, no milk, no zoos, no circuses, no wool, no leather, no hunting, no fishing, and no pets (not even seeing-eye dogs). PETA is also against all medical research that requires the use of animals.
2) Despite its constant moralizing about the “unethical” treatment of animals by restaurant owners, grocers, farmers, scientists, anglers, and countless other Americans, PETA has killed over 14,400 dogs and cats at its Norfolk, Virginia headquarters. During 2005, PETA put to death over 90 percent of the animals it collected from members of the public.
3) PETA has given tens of thousands of dollars to convicted arsonists and other violent criminals. This includes a 2001 donation of $1,500 to the North American Earth Liberation Front (ELF), an FBI-certified “domestic terrorist” group responsible for dozens of firebombs and death threats. During the 1990s, PETA paid $70,200 to an Animal Liberation Front (ALF) activist convicted of burning down a Michigan State University research laboratory. In his sentencing recommendation, a federal prosecutor implicated PETA president Ingrid Newkirk in that crime. And PETA vegetarian campaign coordinator Bruce Friedrich told an animal rights convention in 2001 that “blowing stuff up and smashing windows” is “a great way to bring about animal liberation.”
4) PETA activists regularly target children as young as six years old with anti-meat and anti-milk propaganda, often waiting outside their schools to intercept them as they walk to and from class-without notifying parents. One piece of kid-targeted PETA literature tells small children: “Your Mommy Kills Animals!” PETA brags that its messages reach over 2 million children every year, including thousands reached by e-mail without the permission of their parents. One PETA vice president told the Fox News Channel’s audience: “Our campaigns are always geared towards children, and they always will be.”
5) PETA has used a related organization, the PETA Foundation, to fund the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a deceptive animal rights group that promotes itself as an unbiased source of medical and nutritional information. PCRM’s president also serves as president of the PETA Foundation.
6) PETA runs campaigns seemingly calculated to offend religious believers. One entire PETA website is devoted to the claim-despite ample evidence to the contrary-that Jesus Christ was a vegetarian. PETA holds protests at houses of worship, even suing one church that tried to protect its members from Sunday-morning harassment. Its billboards taunt Christians with the message that hogs “died for their sins.” PETA insists, contrary to centuries of rabbinical teaching, that the Jewish ritual of kosher slaughter shouldn’t be allowed. And its infamous “Holocaust on Your Plate” campaign crassly compares the Jewish victims of Nazi genocide with farm animals.
7) PETA has repeatedly attacked research foundations like the March of Dimes, the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and the American Cancer Society, because they support animal-based research that might uncover cures for birth defects and life-threatening diseases. PETA president Ingrid Newkirk has said that “even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we would be against it.”
bukowski | 8/25/2007, 9:55 pm EST
Also, I do not believe in hunting
or harming animals. I am, in fact
an animal lover. You made
sweeping statements about me
being cruel to animals when
nothing could be further from the
truth. You act completely on
your emotions and do not take any
time to think things through. I
was point their hypocracy, that’s
all. Maybe you’ll read the
article, but I doubt it. You
probably prefer to not allow the
truth wreck your twisted view of
reality. There’s nothing noble
about sticking your head in the
sand!
Seth | 8/25/2007, 10:16 pm EST
Awww blame Morrissey for not wanting a half-assed reunion, it’s all his fault for breaking the hearts of fans across the universe :’(
GET OVER IT. He does what he wants to do. He has fans who like him solo, and appreciate the fact he likes where he is.
evan | 8/26/2007, 6:23 pm EST
Morrissey has integrity and that’s what makes him such a cherished indie icon. Most alternative artists Moz’s age have even finally buckled and accepted the fat pay check. Morrissey is as real as it gets.
Besides, Moz sings various Smiths songs alongside his solo material at his shows. Sounds just as good as The Smiths doing it. Johnny Marr was a brilliant guitar player but Moz doesnt need his old bandmates. He’s just as incredible without The Smiths.
JY | 8/26/2007, 8:20 pm EST
Who cares? The Smiths aren’t that much different from Morrissey anyway. Turning down 75 mil seems pretty retarded though.
KEN VAIL JR. | 8/27/2007, 7:55 pm EST
what is funny is how MORRISSEY got the NEW YORK DOLLS to reform, yet he won’t reform his old band that is deeply influential….it’s too bad i was a big SMITHS’ fan in high school, and I’d love to see a reunion.
Bangers-N-Mash | 8/28/2007, 12:00 am EST
Wow… Morrisey is getting old and ugly. I wa considering seeing him when he comes to the Hammerstein in NYC, but then I figured before I even check tix prices that they’d be way too high.
rrze | 9/27/2007, 11:50 pm EST
Morrissey/Marr were the Lennon/McCartney of the 80s. If don’t know if they should reunite but don’t confuse Morrissey’s solo career with the brillance of the Smiths.
John | 1/14/2008, 12:38 am EST
PETA are terrorist hypocrites. F_ck PETA.
mark | 2/15/2008, 11:24 pm EST
why the f**k would he turn down 75 mil?? That’s insane! unless he already has 75 mil…
Jen Sin | 3/22/2008, 4:46 pm EST
Maybe it is not about money for him. He doesn’t feel like selling-out and disregarding his own grudges (which everyone has a right to hold.) Go Moz.
Irrelevant | 3/2/2009, 11:28 pm EST
Well, it would be great to see Morrissey put aside some of his stupid grudges and reform, especially considering that however clever his lyrics are, his current band churns out pabulum for backing tracks. The rest of the band made The Smiths, no doubt in my mind.
With that said, good on him for sticking to principle.
some girl | 5/9/2009, 4:49 pm EST
it’s alright, i hate marr out of principle as well. well, not really…but morrissey and marr wouldn’t be the same as the smiths as a whole. if it’s just them, it wouldn’t be worth it. all or nothing.
Kevin Hensels | 10/5/2009, 10:37 am EST
Good thing he turned it down. Who else would do that? It clearly shows that the man has integrity left for what he does. AND that he’s stuborn
VIVA MOZZER

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