Hello,
I just found out that Morrisseys concert on Pinkpop, the Netherlands, is aired on this site every evening this week at 20.00h Dutch time. It's the whole concert, just click on Morrissey's image on the page and then choose TV Central. I don't know when the last day is, maybe friday.

Lordi to produce Morrissey's song for next years Eurovision song contest?

New Musical Express (NME) 10th of June issue contains an interview by this years Eurovison song contest winner, the Finnish monster Band the Lordi. The band took victory this year by surpire with the winning song 'Hard Rock Hallelujah'.
Among others the French tv commentators seriously doubted their chances and even trashed the band welcoming them to Parish Zoo after the contest.

In the humorous interview the leading figure of the band, Mr. Lordi the battle axe and bat wing man himself, states that in case the British rock icon Morrissey indeed would go into lengths of representing his country in this contest next year, He would be ready and most happy to produce it. Or any other pop princess or jazzbad would do for that matter, Lordi assures, denying he's never been a great fan of the man or his ex-band.

Regarding of Morrisey's dressing policy in the contest and weather a monster suit would boost him to victory, Finnish Monsterman has a clear opininon.

A man hanging a round in suit looks always monsterous, referring to Morrisey's preferred outfit.

Mr. Lordi also confess he was close losing his suit virginity, after the victory.

No english link available for the moment, but do have fun reading these Finnish tabloid links:
Iltasanomat
Iltalehti

Davey Havok tells Rolling Stone magazine that he is a big Moz fan. He claims that he attends Moz gigs and listens to his music on his iPod Nano. Also, he states that Oscar Wilde is a major influence... read article here.

An Extended Interview With AFI's Davey Havok by Austin Scaggs. - RollingStone.com

In the MSNBC.com gossip section, there was this little tid bit regarding an affair between Morrissey and Michael Stipe of R.E.M.

"Morrissey has hit out at reports that he had an affair with Michael Stipe, the lead singer of R.E.M. “That’s absolute [bleep], absolute [bleep] and I don’t know why people ever said that, do you?” Morrissey told the Times of London. When asked to address the question of whether he’s gay or straight, he replied, “It’s neither of those things. I’m simply myself, which is inexcusable to many people. I’m not trapped by anything.”"

Well said, I say, well said.

A rather strange and pleasantly surprising football related article in "The Independent", 8 June, comparing Wayne Rooney and Morrissey. Here's an extract from Sam Wallace's article:

As the TV news helicopters buzzed above Whalley Range, as another meaningless bulletin was broadcast from outside the private hospital in that unloved suburb of Manchester, the mind drifted back to the part of the city's one other footnote in the history of English popular culture. "What do we get for our trouble and pain?" The Smiths sang plaintively in 1984. "Just a rented room in Whalley Range". And 22 years later it seemed that Morrissey, that irascible chronicler of misery, was still correct.

At lunchtime yesterday, in a rented treatment room, Wayne Rooney presented the troublesome metatarsal of his right foot to the specialist and hoped for the best, which eventually came yesterday evening. What a journey it had been to get there. Not many 20-year-olds have had to deal with a small broken part of themselves becoming an issue of international importance. A broken toe that ends up the source of a potentially monumental dispute between Sir Alex Ferguson and the Football Association. In short, a whole lot of trouble and pain.

One things stands out above all during Rooney's saga: the man himself has handled life with digniity and determination as he has had to contemplate the destruction of his World Cup dream. Watching him train alone, away from his England team mates, on Tuesday, was to know that the country's single most talented footballer was being denied the one thing he covets the most: the right to pull on a football jersey and go out and do damage to the opposition.

The fix that Rooney found himself in is peculiarly Morrissey-esque. His struggle of youth, talent and ambition to assert itself in a world that seems doomed to misunderstand him - the longing for a place in history. Both men are descendents of Irish immigrants, both have been transported by their own brilliance beyond their comfortable boundaries of their working-class backgrounds and, like Morrissey, Rooney has had to discover a robust talent for self-expression. More than ever over the last week we have seen Rooney articulate, in his own way, what it is he wants from life. etc, etc.

I do believe Sam Wallace goes to sleep dreaming of Morrissey every night!

Check out Baddiel & Skinner's World Cup 2006 Podcast for Frank Skinner's hilarious Morrissey interview.

Morrissey gives his opinions on Owen Hargreaves, Wayne Rooney and other England issues!

For those who don't know, Baddiel & Skinner are English football fanatic comedians. Very funny!

It can be found on iTunes Podcasts - or on...

Previous Podcasts

just of interest head over to itunes and baddiel and skinners new podcast you will hear frank skinner describing the england teams chances in the style of morrissey pretty funny and i believe frank skinner is a big mozzer fan so no he's not taking the piss