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Pete Wentz - The Advocate

Excerpt:

Some questioned your sexuality when those nude pictures that you took of yourself in front of a Morrissey poster leaked onto the Internet.
[Laughs] Yeah, everyone was like, “There’s no way he’s straight!”

Didn’t you know those pics would surface? Has Paris Hilton taught us nothing? The weird thing is that it was taken a year before it was released, so my band and who I was was a very different situation. If it got out when it was taken, it would’ve been this little thing because nobody knew or cared who we were. I actually just got an e-mail from Morrissey for the first time today. He didn’t mention that at all, but the e-mail is fuckin’ glorious, dude. It’s Morrissey, man!
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• Related item: Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz nude fiasco, Morrissey poster in background - Mar. 12, 2006

Morrissey's Cat writes:
Adam Moss
9/ 4/2007

THE famous photo of Manchester pop legends The Smiths outside Salford Lads Club has been recreated - to launch a DVD documentary about the all-conquering 1980s group.

The film - called Inside The Smiths - has been produced and directed by Stephen Petricco, owner of Manchester's Fab Café and TV21 bars.

The release of the rockumentary, which follows bass player Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce across England, Europe and America and features in depth interviews with the pair - could be out as soon as the end of this month.

Light-hearted

Stephen Petricco says: "The film goes inside the band but in a light-hearted way. I have been mates with Andy and Mike for years now.

"This was never a conscious effort to make a documentary - it is just something that happened."

The new Lads Club line-up features Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce plus producer Stephen Petricco, original photographer Stephen Wright, and presenter Mark Standley.

"It's both funny and sad at the same time," said Stephen.


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• Related item: 'Inside the Smiths' - update - Sep. 15, 2006

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Mark Ronson says the Smiths approved of cover courtesy of NME.com
Tue Apr 10, 9:00 AM ET

Mark Ronson says The Smiths approved of cover - NME.com

Morrissey 'liked vocal'

Mark Ronson has said that the Smiths have responded positively to his cover of their classic track '"Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before."

The song is featured on Ronson's Version album, is released on April 17.

However, the cover has drawn criticism from the likes of Arctic Monkeys, who berated the track.

Writing on his MySpace blog, Ronson defended himself, claiming the only people who matter are into the song.

"When I recorded the original demo of 'Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before'...the first thing I did was send it to Morrissey and Marr immediately...I needed to know if they would be alright with it, basically like a kid showing his parents his finger painting for their approval," he wrote.

"It took a long time to hear back from them, but when I found out that Morrissey liked it, and especially liked Daniel's [Merriweather] vocal, you can imagine how I felt when [Johnny] Marr approved it as well--but I don't know his exact thoughts. The man who co-wrote my favorite song of all time gave [his] blessing to this new interpretation."

The DJ added that he was not defending his track, but wanted to demonstrate his motivation, writing: "This is not an apology but a way of showing respect for people who love the Smiths like I do."

The original version appeared on the Smiths' final album, 1987's Strangeways Here We Come.
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Vienna, VA date, onsale and presale details - true-to-you.net
9 April 2007

Morrissey Vienna, VA date, onsale and presale details are as follows.

July 2 VIENNA, VA : Wolf Trap
Onsale 12 noon, April 14
Presale 10 a.m., April 12 - 10 p.m., April 13
www.wolftrap.org

Presale password: GREATESTHITS

Please check True To You for a direct presale link.

www.true-to-you.net

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