After inaugural 2020 fest canceled, majority of lineup - including Psychedelic Furs, Violent Femmes and Echo & the Bunnymen - return for rescheduled Pasadena, California fest
"The worst year of my life concludes with the best album of my life," the singer says
Rapper recorded much of long-awaited album while on a cross-country road trip with girlfriend Rihanna
Track appeared in recent episode featuring a parody of the Smiths singer, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch
In real life, he's quite a bit different than the obese, meat-loving Quilloughby from the Simpsons universe
Singer writes that animated show's "hatred" is "obviously a taunting lawsuit, but one that requires more funding than I could possibly muster in order to make a challenge"
"'The Simpsons' are hurting and they're trying to be pertinent again," says Peter Katsis after show features misanthropic, xenophobic singer named Quilloughby. "But this is an effort to be specifically hurtful in some weird kind of way"
"It's still important to me to do music my own way, and I wouldn't want to be on a label that dictates so specifically how their artists should behave," the singer says of his departure from BMG
Upcoming seven-inch single backed by former Smiths singer's new 2020 take on the Jam's "That's Entertainment"
"Shoplifters of the World Unite" B-side has been out of his live rotation since 2007
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