Morrissey

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If you’ve ever wondered what happens to the sweat-drenched shirts that Morrissey hurls into the crowd at the culmination of each of his live performances, then you might be surprised. Rather than becoming a much-loved memento for one lucky fan, the baying mob literally tears …

Oh dear. Too much power to the wrong little people. Councils and quangos are given rights of confiscation over unpaid fines and fare dodging. A gang fight in Forest Gate resulted in a stabbing last night. This Was It at 4am in Leicester Square today. …

In the words of The Smiths (we loosely paraphrase here:) Some towns modems are bigger than other towns modems. We think that’s what Morrissey was singing, his cadence is a little hard to follow at times. Anyway, it seems the biggest broadband speeds in Britain …

This is what we have learned this weekend while you were out looking for snow… Brent Council are gonna get tough on non-recyclers. Fake voddy hits the home counties. Our Kate is battling to save Stepney’s George Tavern. Morrissey fans will have to wait a …

Morrissey starts the first of a string of six dates at the Roundhouse on Monday night, playing every night except Thursday until next Sunday. As you’d expect, tickets are all gone, but you may be able to find a few last minute spares floating around. …

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home are doing it again; tugging at our heartstrings with a soppy face, melting brown eyes, greying fur and eager to please expression… yes, it’s Neil Morrissey – him of Men Behaving Badly infamy – fronting the dogs home’s latest adopt …

Apologies for the first-person perspective – normal service will resume after this post. About a year ago, Phil, a friend of mine, had a run-in with the British Transport Police over the use of a four-letter word – “shit” – when describing the accuracy or …

Tomorrow, the BBC announce the acts that will be in contention to represent the UK in Eurovision. Making Your Mind Up, the show, will be held sometime in the next few weeks. Whispers have been flying around for months about who’ll be in the running, …

Eurovision Song Contest. Those three words have garnered so much undeserved scorn. And all because a bunch of singers representing countries come together on a big stage somewhere in Europe to sing some songs with poppy, up-beat melodies and sugary lyrics. What could be more …