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“It’s insane. He died aged 25, only guitar players remember him, and yet he was the sound of the Pretenders”: Chrissie Hynde on the underrated guitar hero who defined the Pretenders

The guitarist died just a few years after the band’s debut album, but his imprint on their sound can still be felt today

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The Smiths album The Queen Is Dead to be celebrated on new UK tour with Mike Joyce and Stephen Street

Former Smiths drummer Mike Joyce and producer Stephen Street will mark 40 years of The Queen Is Dead with a nationwide UK tour featuring stories, memorabilia and a full track‑by‑track breakdown.

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“I always said I was a genius, but nobody listened”: Previously unseen archive of pre-Smiths Morrissey correspondence heads to auction

The collection of letters were penned by the future Pope of Mope between the ages of 14 and 20, and expose the young Morrissey’s flair for the written word

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Letters written by young pre-Smiths Morrissey expected to sell for £22,000

The letters were written to a Birmingham pen friend, Simon Pitt, who would go on to become the city’s poet laureate, between 1974 and 1979.

Evening Standard

Johnny Marr London gig postponed with ‘great regret’

The former Smiths guitarist was due to perform at the OVO Arena Wembley.

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“Morrissey sent me one of his famous letters which I’ve framed on the wall. It just read, ‘Dear Bernard, I’m sorry - I can’t’”: Bernard Butler shares with us the events that almost led to a team-up with Morrissey

Bernard Butler shares with us the odd events that lead to him almost teaming up with Morrissey

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"He came into the kitchen, gave me a tape and said, 'Listen to this. It’s not just any tape'." How a mouthy teenage guitarist scored his band a record deal with Britain's coolest indie label, and kickstarted a musical revolution

How the career of one of Britain's most influential bands was launched in a London warehouse

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“I knew the guitar was valuable, but this was before Slash blew up, so nobody really wanted Les Pauls. They all wanted Charvels”: Billy Duffy on his greatest guitar deals – and the one he regrets selling to Bob Rock

The Cult six-stringer looks back on Les Pauls loved and lost, plus the latest and greatest from his mostly back-to-basics rig

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“It was supposed to show up at my house. It completely disappeared”: Johnny Marr steps in to help after FedEx loses session player’s vintage guitar

The Smiths legend helped save the day when FedEx delivered the guitar to the wrong location

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“Working with Hans was great, but the parts were originally composed on a piano – they were written for 10 fingers”: Inside Johnny Marr's blockbuster guitar contributions to Inception

Inception composer Hans Zimmer said that the moment he landed on a guitar part for one of the movie's pivotal instrumental themes, “I knew who I was writing for”

Guitar World

Celebrity guitar auctions: teenage dreams or billionaire boys’ club? How A-list gear sales became the hottest ticket in town

From Johnny Marr to Mark Knopfler, big-name guitars seem to have become so valuable that even their owners don’t want to play them anymore…

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"He has devoted his entire life to killing Morrissey." Morrissey launches yet another attack on former Smiths bandmate Johnny Marr, and the BBC

"Bigmarr Strikes Again"

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Morrissey criticises upcoming BBC Smiths documentary and bandmate Johnny Marr

Morrissey has issued a lengthy criticism of a forthcoming BBC documentary about The Smiths, claiming it portrays him unfairly and excludes his involvement.

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“It’s bittersweet to be parting with these guitars but I want them to go to new homes and new people who will love them as much as I have”: Johnny Marr is auctioning off his most-famous guitars

After documenting them in Marr's Guitars, the indie icon couldn't bear consigning them to storage once more, and they'll be auctioned via Christie's in September

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The Guardian - UK

Johnny Marr to auction off dozens of guitars heard on Smiths classics such as This Charming Man

Christie’s sale in London in September carries estimates up to £150,000, with some instruments also used by Noel Gallagher and Bernard Sumner

Guitar World

“I couldn’t imagine them being put away and left unplayed”: Johnny Marr to sell nearly 100 pieces of gear at auction – including prized Smiths-era guitars

Guitars that have featured on some of the Smiths’ biggest songs, and moonlighted in Oasis, are up for grabs

The Independent UK

Johnny Marr to auction iconic guitars he played with The Smiths and solo work

Marr will donate 100 per cent of the hammer price from 10 lots to two charities

Evening Standard

Guitars used by Johnny Marr in The Smiths to go to auction in London

A Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo which was featured on the cover of Oasis’s debut single Supersonic is included in the sale

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The Guardian - UK

Gorillaz review – a staggering hi-tech mini-festival from the magpie mind of Damon Albarn

A stream of high-profile guest stars included Johnny Marr, Little Simz, Shaun Ryder, Sparks, Yasiin Bey, Bootie Brown and Fatoumata Diawara

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“This is the record that’s been the most cathartic. The title seemed to sum up the way I think a lot of people are feeling”: A new Johnny Marr album is on the way, and his new single is out now

The Age Of Everything is his fifth solo record

Evening Standard

Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr announces first album in four years

The 10-track LP was written in London and recorded in Manchester.

Guitar World

“I heard him say in some interview that if you only play electric guitar, you're half a guitar player”: Her guitar playing had already reached the ears of millions, but a key piece of advice from mentor Johnny Marr re-shaped her approach

Already an established instrumental composer, Rebecca Mardal took up acoustic guitar at the Smiths man’s suggestion, and she changed her playing style after he gave her a slimmer neck than she’d used before

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"Until then, I’d always thought that putting tongues in mouths was disgusting, but when he gave me my first proper kiss, I did indeed ‘have to let it linger’": How the Cranberries bucked '90s trends and made the surprise hit that's become huge once again

The song has recently been given a boost by TV show Love Story, but as befits its title, it never really went away

Guitar World

“We were high with it, and after just a few takes, we had one of our best ever songs – something that felt like pop music and beyond”: The making of the Smiths’ 1986 classic The Queen Is Dead

It was a square peg amid the shred scene and almost sank Johnny Marr, but the Smiths’ majestic third album ended up as the jewel in their crown

Guitar World

“I do have a pedalboard now. But I wasn’t allowed one for a very long time”: Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood on why he was barred from having a ’board – and the advice Johnny Marr gave him to cover up mistakes

And no, it's not because Ed O'Brien's took up all the available stage space...

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