In a new public statement, Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr made it clear he has no interest in a proposed Smiths reunion tour that Morrissey agreed to.
Johnny Marr and Morrissey of the group The Smiths posed with their arms around a tree trunk in London in 1983.alongside Johnny Marr. “Marr ignored the offer,” Morrissey wrote before referring to himself in the third person. “Morrissey undertakes a largely sold out tour of the USA in November. Marr continues to tour as a special guest to New Order.”
The news comes a little over a year after Smith bassist Andy Rourke, who was one of Marr’s closest friends since childhood,making any proper reunion of the Smiths impossible. Drummer Mike Joyce has been estranged from Morrissey and Marr since a 1996 lawsuit over the Smiths royalties that grew extremely contentious.
Marr’s management team says this also isn’t totally accruate. According to them, there was an attempt by an outside party to use the Smiths name in 2018, likely referring to afeaturing Joyce, Rourke, and former Smiths touring guitarist Craig Gannon that was scuttled before it could take place. In the aftermath, Marr reached out to Morrissey’s team in an effort to jointly secure the band’s name.
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