Johnny Marr blames 'record label politics' for stopping The Smiths boxset

Former Smiths guitarist, Johnny Marr has revealed that it has been ‘record label politics’ keeping him from releasing a boxset of rarities and instrumentals from the days of his former band.

In an interview with the NME, he was quoted saying: “I think that stuff should come out properly but there were politics that stopped me so I just gave up trying.”

Other news this week sees Marr announce a UK tour spreading across the month of October, playing in cities like Newcastle, Leeds and London with a home return to Manchester in between.

October
4 Gloucester Guildhall
5 Wrexham Central Station
6 Newcastle O2 Academy
12 Manchester Academy 1
13 Leeds Metropolitan University
14 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
16 Nottingham Rock City
17 Bristol O2 Academy 1
18 London Roundhouse