Ringleader Of The Tormentors - The Ultimate Guide transcript from this week's NME posted on the general board.

NME’s full review of Ringleader Of The Tormentors – included in this article is a track-by-track guide to the new album, a full list of tour dates (listed elsewhere) and a short article on Andy Rourke and Johnny Marr getting together for Manchester Vs. Cancer.

‘RINGLEADER OF THE TORMENTORS’ – THE ULTIMATE GUIDE

Exclusive! Everything you need to know about the new Morrissey album.

Morrissey has completed his new album ‘Ringleader Of The Tormentors’ and NME is first with the full track-by-track guide. As we revealed in last month’s exclusive in-the-studio report, the album will now be released on April 3rd. Recorded in Rome with producer Tony Visconti, it shows a change in direction and features a guest appearance from legendary film soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone.

“I’m inspired by Rome because it’s the exact opposite to Los Angeles, where I’ve spent so much time,” Morrissey said recently. “As stunningly beautiful as Los Angeles is, it is also essentially a police state. Rome has struck me as being a very safe city, and not at all uptight, which is a contrasting relief.”

Here, NME’s guide to the album. A single, ‘You Have Killed Me’, will precede the release on March 27th.

In an interview in this week's Denver weekly, Westword, New Order bass player Peter Hook calls Morrissey a "twat":

...."It's funny," he adds, "I was doing a gig in Leicester last week, and this American guy came up to me. He obviously wasn't a New Order fan and didn't know who I was. He said, 'Hey, man, play some Smiths.' I said, 'No.' He said, 'Why not?' And I said, 'Because I fucking hate Morrissey. He's a twat.' The guy was floored; he literally almost fell over. He's used to DJs saying, 'Sure, man, I'll put it on in a bit.' But you might as well be honest, right?"

Full interview - Denver Westword

I got this from the Hollywood Reporter.

'Soon' pitch has future with Uni

Universal Pictures is asking "How Soon Is Now?" Picking up the comedy pitch from Jason Major and Patrick T. Gorman, the creators of the hit stage show "The Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes." Universal-based Scott Stuber and Mary Parent are producing. The story follows a man named Tom McGregor who travels back in time to his high school days in 1985. There he tries to fix the worst three days of his life in order to give himself a better future. Major and Gorman will begin writing the screenplay immediately. Gorman and Major wrote and were among the performers in "The Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes," which ran for more than a year at the Coronet Theater in Los Angeles. The show, which garnered rave reviews, was the only George Lucas-approved "Star Wars" theater production. This is the first sale for the duo, who first met in UCLA's theater department and are repped by WMA and Principato-Young.

Morrissey versus Take That? news item from Manchester Evening News.

Could end up like Green Street.