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
- Walt Disco share "Come Undone" which was co-written with Jessica Winter
- Malice K announces his debut album, AVANTI
- John Grant unveils new single "All That School For Nothing" which he originally wrote for Blondie
- Porches announces his sixth studio album, Shirt
- J.R.C.G. signs to Sub Pop and announces new album, Grim Iconic…(Sadistic Mantra)
- Tindersticks announce forthcoming album, Soft Tissue
- cumgirl8 share standalone single, "quite like love"
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