#Mozarmy

[wearemozzerians]

Off the back of Morrissey Official’s four sold out residency shows in Las Vegas, Morrissey announces fourteen brand new North American shows for October and November starting on Halloween, October 31st in Houston, Texas.

“There is currently something happening, a finesse and ferocity coming from Morrissey and the band that is unparalleled to anything I’ve seen in my tenure as Morrissey’s guitarist for over 21 years. It’s an infectious excitement coming from him directly manifesting through the band and into the audience leaving everyone in a euphoric state,” says Jesse Tobias. “As much as he and the band have historically been put against the ropes, doubted, disregarded and judged while others are given a free pass, Morrissey and the band will liberate and astound everyone with our forthcoming releases and shows ... that’s if you are open to music as a method for change and genuine excitement.”

PRESALE TICKETS:

Artist presales will be held Tuesday, August 6 at 10 a.m. local time to members of the Morrissey email & sms list.

Click link in bio to receive the presale access code.

GENERAL ON SALE TICKETS:

The general on sale begins Friday, August 9 at 10 a.m. local time.

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TOUR DATES:

Thu Oct 31 - Houston, TX - 713 Music Hall

Sat Nov 2 - Dallas, TX - Music Hall at Fair Park

Mon Nov 4 - Little Rock, AR - Robinson Center Performance Hall

Wed Nov 6 - Birmingham, AL - Alabama Theatre

Thu Nov 7 - Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre

Sat Nov 9 - Durham, NC - Durham Performing Arts Center

Tue Nov 12 - Baltimore, MD - The Lyric Baltimore

Wed Nov 13 - Newark, NJ - New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Prudential Hall

Fri Nov 15 - Atlantic City, NJ - Ocean Casino Resort - Ovation Hall

Sat Nov 16 - Rochester, NY - Kodak Center

Tue Nov 19 - Niagara Falls, ON - Fallsview Casino Resort

Wed Nov 20 - Flint, MI - Capitol Theater

Fri Nov 22 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre

Sat Nov 23 - Waukegan, IL - Genesee Theatre

(*art by Viva Hate).

[juliehamill]

🎶 Hand it over 🎶

Yesterday I met with George Allen (‘Morrissey Mercury’) to talk about the annual Mozarmy meet which he’ll be curating in 2025. As you know, after eleven years of hosting the best weekend of the year with the greatest people on earth, I’m stepping down.

George and I have been friends on social media for a long time, and the first time I met him was at Hop Farm in 2011. He declared it the first proper ‘meet’ of people who knew each other from Twitter, and recalls me dashing up and down the coach introducing passengers to each other - ‘do you know so and so? Oh she’s sitting 4 rows behind you.’

George was correct - we arrived strangers and left friends, and that little group was part of what grew into a global phenomenon.

George was quietly spoken then (he still is) a shy young gentleman, reflective, pensive, the opposite to overly chatty, overly keen, loud, bombastic me. George is warm and kind, he thinks before he acts. I adored him from the get go.

I’m exceptionally proud of the Mozarmy community we all created with a brand that is cited globally. #Mozarmy is never used with malice, always kindness and it has legitimately saved lives by pulling the isolated and lonely into a place they feel they can belong. Over the years it has become a support network through Smiths & Morrissey music, a chance to dance away bad feeling and trouble, and enter the Xanadu of love. It is non-political, non-commercial, and takes no sides. People save their pennies all year to get flights, trains and coaches Manchester just to feel happy in the Mozarmy party atmosphere again.

I led our community with a lot of gut feeling, doing the right thing, rather than the thing I often wanted or the lazier thing that required less work. Over the years there have been choppy waters, and I steered the ship as best I could so that we all stayed together as friends. What I know to be true is, we all just really want to dance and sing without judgement, and I kept reminding myself of that.

The meet is inclusive and it always will be. It is welcoming. It is open. It is equal. To feel that we belong to something is what makes humanity bloom.

It’s because of the crowd that the guests have been so sublime. Everyone who has come and graced the S&G stage has not known what to expect and felt it initially daunting (there’s a lot of persuasion upfront 🤣) but they’ve all left floating on air, knowing they were carried by something special.

For the past few years George has handled all the press we’ve had, so if you’ve seen us in the paper, that was GA. He’s a successful journalist, a podcaster, a fanzine creator and he enjoys a mid priced wine (nothing over a tenner, mind) and his homegrown success has inevitably led him to the point where he’s ready to bring his ideas to the party.

Traditions will remain - Mr Cardboard Morrissey, the signs, badges, the meet-raffle, bands, DJs, special guests, Mozarmy fun.

I’ll say farewell now, but thanks to all special guests, S&G staff, helpers and huggers, you are epic! Thanks especially to Louise, who has put up with so much 🧨 and to Andy Barnett for his help.

Welcome, George - unite and take over 🕺🏽 Welcome Chris, the new raffle raconteur 🎟️

See you on the dance floor! (And after eleven years of leaving the stage to these words - this time I really mean it!)

Love

Julie

[creativedistortion]

MORRISSEY – MILLENNIUM SQUARE, LEEDS 12th JULY 2023

I travelled down to Leeds to see Morrissey alone but had planned to meet up with my pals from down south. I took the train and stayed with one of my pals who had moved to Leeds from Glasgow. This was my 3rd gig of the week and having turned 50 the day before realised I was getting too old for this.

The venue was Millennium Square in Leeds City Centre. It was a beautiful night, and I spent the support bands (The Lottery Winners and The Slow Readers Club) running around meeting pals from Manchester, Sheffield, London, and Norwich.

Morrissey fans are a friendly bunch, and I knew going on my own would be fine and I met the group I would be watching the gig with and we stood far enough away to escape the madness that would ensue when Moz hit the stage.

He came on and immediately went into How Soon is Now, a Smiths classic and even so soon into the gig we sang our hearts out. There was no let up with Suedehead then Stop Me If You Think That You’ve Heard This One Before. It was unrelenting and apart from 2 songs from the unreleased Bonfire of the Teenagers album, the set was hit after hit.

Our Frank, then Everyday is Like Sunday, to Knockabout World, The Loop and it just kept coming. The finale was the incredible Jack the Ripper as the sun went down with the stage bathed in smoke and blood red lighting then the absolute madness of Sweet and Tender Hooligan to close a fierce and wonderful set.

Morrissey seems to get better with age, more confident in his back catalogue and as a performer. The crowd had danced and sang with their usual enthusiasm and love. Another great gig.

4 stars

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[robbialy]

From • @the_malady_lingers_on „Girlfriend In A Coma“ was released on this day in 1987. B-Side on the 7“ was a coverversion of the Cilla Black song Work Is A Four Letter Word. On the 12“ there was these two songs plus I Keep Mine Hidden. Johnny Marr said this about a certain song on this single in 1992: "'Work Is A Four Letter Word' I hated. That was the last straw, really. I didn't form a group to perform Cilla Black songs. That was it, really. I made a decision that I was going to get away on holiday. The only place I could think of was L.A. L.A. was the only place I knew where there'd be sunshine, so off I went. I never saw Morrissey again." #morrissey #smiths #johnnymarr #cillablack #mozzer #mozarmy #meatismurder #girlfriendinacoma #thequeenisdead https://www.instagram.com/p/CDyEzH_p7fdc3PYGH13CJB2ToIYzVwyRfiQf6c0/?igshid=calttq075npi

[freyaillustration]

I managed to combine a food and Morrissey pun for this week’s practice. 

[mozzaisunderyourbed]

Morrissey, Alexandra Palace. 09.03.18

[spookynandy]

It’s so easy to laugh, it’s so easy to hate. It takes strength to be gentle and kind✨ #SacredAnchorTattoo #TheSmiths #morrissey #Moz #MozArmy #Corny #ItTakesStrengthToBeGentleAndKind #Peonies #Flowers #Tattoo #TattooedMama #Homegirls (at Sacred Anchor Tattoo Co.)

[patchgame]

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[veganlogicdinamo]

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My favourite song from the upcoming @officialmoz album #lowinhighschool so far. 🙏🏽💜 "Home... is it just a word or is it something you carry within you?" he asks in the song. Actually he had answered this question when I interviewed him a couple of years ago by saying, "Your real home is your body –not your house or your apartment!" 👏🏼👏🏼 You can read the full interview on my blog: http://www.veganlogic.net/2014/11/morrissey-your-real-home-is-your-body.html ___________________ #morrissey #moz #mozarmy #homeisaquestionmark #music #home #bbc6 #live #maidavale #song #lyrics

[ombrophobia]

Open letter to Steven Patrick Morrissey.

(I wrote this in my notebook in hospital on the advice of my therapist and doctors, and figured I’d post it here now I’m out. I look forward to all your horrible messages. Yes I’m fully aware he won’t ever read it, it was an exercise I did for myself and no one else). 

Morrissey, I say this as someone who adores you. As someone who has weathered vicious arguments where I refused to acknowledge that you could have said or done anything that was even kind of objectionable. As someone who sees your music as important beyond almost all importance. As someone who is saving money to get “It takes strength to be gentle and kind” tattooed on themselves. As someone who credits you and the Smiths with helping me rebuild myself after escaping severe child abuse. I say this as one of the Morrissey faithful, as a fan with a blog filled with quotes, songs and photos related to you and your work. I say it as someone who had a topless poster of you above his bed in my late teens and probably lost out on several romantic encounters because of it. In short, I say this as a Mozipedia owning, Wilde fluent, T-Shirt owning, pillow-case owning, obsessive fan who has spent countless hours obsessing over you and every little nuance of your work.

Explain to me, please, why you would even think of aligning yourself with UKIP? A party who have aggressively voted against almost all animal rights and welfare bills continuously? I know they responded to animal rights protests by promising to triple sentences for animal cruelty and install CCTV in every abattoir, but their actions speak louder than a manifesto they knew they’d never be in a position to carry out. They have spoken frequently about bringing back Fox Hunting, a barbaric and inhumane “sport” that the upper classes are still sore about losing. And why, Morrissey, of all the candidates you could endorse for UKIP leader, do you decide to endorse Anne Marie Waters and attribute her loss of the leadership election to a hitherto never considered conspiracy theory? Anne Marie Waters is a horrendous woman. A far right, “anti-Islam activist” with links to the National Front successors, the English Defence League, who supports Trump’s flight ban and who has called for all Mosques to be closed and mass deportations of all Muslims from the UK. The people she is attacking are the very people I thought you, of all people, would be the first to support. Outsiders in a country that misunderstands and hates them. The very people who I see you as a champion of, are the people you seem to want to remove most of all. 

Is this all over some romanticised ideal of a perfect England? Because your perfect England seems awfully white and horribly out of touch. Do you not remember Shelagh Delaney’s work, a huge influence on you, which specifically deals with racism and minorities in England? An England that you were keen to endorse as a younger man? It feels like all those times I defended you as not racist but misunderstood, I was in the wrong. For years I have argued that your “sub-species” comment was based on your deep love of animals, something you care about more than anything - and yet, when it suits you, you can forget a parties terrible stance on a topic so dear to you, because you care more about subjugating and possibly removing minorities that you don’t feel fit in your nice, white England of the past. It disgusts me. I feel betrayed. 

This isn’t even to start on your horrendous comments defending Kevin Spacey (made worse by the fact you were a victim of sexual abuse yourself), the bizarre politics of Low in High School, your comments defending Harvey Weinstein and accusing his victims of being angry they didn’t achieve more and a myriad of other recent examples. These things are just piling up into a stack of things I don’t know what to do with. 

Morrissey you were so important to me. You are so important to me. You taught me healthy feminist ideals, the beauty of words, you introduced me to non-conforming gender and sexual norms, you gave me Wilde, James Dean and Shelagh Delaney and more than anything, you made me feel like I wasn’t alone. You understood my shyness, my loneliness, my pain and gave me that first block with which to rebuild myself on. I will never forget the feeling of being all alone and hearing Panic for the first time and how it said everything I wanted someone to say at that moment. I have spent years of my life defending you and my adoration of everything you’ve ever done and now it feels like those who criticised were right all along; maybe you are the smug, women hating, racist little Englander who wants everything white and “English”. I hope not, but it’s a conclusion that’s hard to ignore based on everything you’ve said.

Don’t get me wrong - I love your music. I love Low In High School, to me it feels like a long awaited successor to Strangeways Here We Come. I listen to you or the Smiths for at least an hour a day, every day. Please don’t make it so I feel like my adoration of you has an asterisk next to it. I truly don’t understand why you want to remove a large group of people who I think of as the very people you supposedly represent. I truly don’t get your flirtation with the alt-right. I have said before that I found your boxing period hard to get along with (as I find boxing barbaric) but that pales in comparison to this.

Morrissey, I truly adore you. I understand every person at a Morrissey concert who weeps openly at being in your presence and dives towards the stage to just touch you, as if the king’s touch will somehow cure them of their vulgar shyness. I have gigabytes of bootlegs and alternative versions. I have a specially printed book of nothing but your lyrics arranged like poetry. I love you in a way I don’t love anyone else - but for the first time, I don’t support you, and I can’t defend you, and that honestly saddens me. I know you’ll never see this, but god damn. I only hope that you stop alienating the very people who adore you more than almost anything. The people to whom your existence means the world. The people you saved with nothing more than words and pop songs. 

[wearemozzerians]

ONLY 10 more days-!!!

LOW TICKET WARNING! 🚨

An extreme limited amount of tickets remaining for Morrissey’s show at The House of Blues Las Vegas on Thursday, August 1st. Get them before they’re gone!

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[juliehamill]

Julie Hamill Q&A w/ Andrew Paresi & Stephen Street re Viva Hate/Morrissey

Live Q&A at the Mozarmy Meet 2023 'Viva Mate' with an in-depth look across the Viva Hate period from the recording drummer and the songwriter/producer. Fascinating revelations dropped about songwriting influences and working on the record. Stephen Street co-wrote and produced Morrissey Viva Hate album as well as The Smiths Strangeways and multiple compilations and remasters.  He developed a fruitful career producing Blur, The Cranberries, The Kaiser Chiefs and more and is still working - producing legend after legend. Andrew Paresi drummed on Viva Hate, Bona Drag, Kill Uncle Morrissey albums then transferred to an award winning career in radio broadcasting, writing and comedy.  He still drums today, 35 years on. 

[creativedistortion]

MOZ ARMY WEEKENDER – STAR & GARTER, MANCHESTER 29 APRIL 2023

Since 2011, Morrissey fans from around the world have been traveling to Manchester’s Star & Garter to dance, drink and celebrate all that is Morrissey.

The Moz Army community started on Twitter when a small band of Morrissey devotees started sharing tweets and stories. This led to the MozArmy hashtag, and a monster was born! This was the 10the event and always promised to be special with appearances from ex-Morrissey producer Stephen Street, drummer Andrew Paresi, bass-player Johnny Bridgwood as well as John Robb, The Roberts Family Band and The Salford Lads from NYC featuring Mexican Morrisey Jose Maldonado!

We drove down to Manchester on Friday night in time to arrive early Saturday morning for the annual bus tour with the wonderful Manchester Music Tours. The MozBus drives around important locations including Strangeways Prison, the Iron Bridge, and 384 Kings Road where Morrissey and Marr first met. It was a fantastic few hours, spent taking too many photos and having a laugh with our pals. I especially love visiting Salford Lads Club that featured inside the cover of The Smith’s album ‘The Queen is Dead’, an important pilgrimage for any Smiths fam.

Special mention to the Gill family who run Manchester Music Tours. The company was initially founded by Craig Gill, drummer of Inspiral Carpets but the tours are now led by Craig’s wife Rose following Craig’s untimely death in 2016. Craig and the Gill family will always be an important part of the MozArmy community.

The main event takes place in the Star & Garter pub that hosts the longest running Smiths Disco. On Saturday night we had the pleasure of Jonny Bridgwood playing bass with The Salford Lads, a fantastic Smiths/Morrissey tribute band from New York. Johnny wrote and played bass on 3 Morrissey albums including his rock-a-billy days and he also worked with Siouxsie Sioux and Adam Ant. It was amazing to hear him talk about some of the bass lines that I’ve been listening to for almost 30 years and seeing the joy in being on stage. I tried to stay cool when I was talking to him but the fan boy in me had other ideas.  

There was also an impromptu interview with Jaime Harding, lead singer of Marion. Jaime has had addiction problems and it’s great to see him doing well. He sang ‘Let’s All Go Together’ on his own and I had goose-bumps. Jaime is an incredibly talented singer and it’s amazing to see him do well. John Robb also made an appearance to talk about his new book ‘The Art of Darkness – A History of Goth’.

To warm the crowd up for The Salford Lads were The Roberts Family Band who entertained the audience with Smiths and Morrissey classics. They are the loveliest people and amazing that Jeff and Tess’s girls are only 13 and 15. Such a talented family and the nicest people you could ever hope to meet.

It was an amazing night, and it would be wrong to write this without mentioning Julie Hamill. Julie is a author, radio DJ and all-round lovely lady. She is the fuel that drives the MozArmy community, and the work that she puts into organising and publicising these weekends is incredible. She organises the best weekend of the year, and this year was no different and we’re so pleased to call Julie a friend. There is always so much love and joy in the room and as the hangovers disappear, we’re already thinking about next year.

5 stars, always 5 stars.

[stinkfoot]

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[robbialy]

#Art by @bezerkartwerk ・・・ The Smiths: This Charming Man #morrissey #thesmiths #mozarmy #truetoyou #dailymoz #thischarmingman https://www.instagram.com/p/CgeewYxjQuLqVjWT7vncB0--6ziOQlz_thXRgk0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=