Johnny Marr on NME Radio

Johnny is going to be in the studio with presenter Iain Baker for the NME Radio countdown of the 30 Ultimate Manchester Anthems as voted for by NME.com users and NME Radio listeners. The show is broadcast Friday 29th May at 5.30pm. NME Radio is broadcasting in Manchester on 87.7FM until May 31.

Nice words from the Manics

Here's what the Manics had to say about Johnny Marr: "But everybody really admires the comfort of melancholia way too much these days. Everybody loves their troubadour, and I love a good troubadour, but you need something else to counteract it. Everybody seems so disgusted by somebody just going, ‘You want a solo? I’ll give you a fuckin’ solo!’ ‘Ooo that’s disgusting.’ "
"Where I come from that’s not acceptable! That’s why The Smiths were so brilliant, because they were zestful, it was in your face, The Smiths were still an attack for me, Johnny Marr was a buccaneer, he was fuckin’ amazing. They were going, No, you will fuckin’ listen!’ It’s a big difference." (From interview with www.hotpress.com )

Johnny Marr joins Cribs on UK autumn tour

he Cribs have announced details of a UK tour set for autumn. The band will hit the road from September 24 – around the time they expect to release their forthcoming fourth album, the follow-up to 2007's "Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever". They are currently mixing the album – the first they will have recorded with their new guitarist Johnny Marr – in Los Angeles.
The Cribs will play:

Norwich UEA (September 24)
Cambridge Junction (September 25)
Liverpool Academy (September 26)
Hull University (September 28)
Glasgow Barrowlands (September 29)
Newcastle University (September 30)
Manchester Apollo (October 2)
Lincoln Engine Shed (October 3)
Leeds Academy (October 4)
Exeter Lemon Grove (October 6)
Southampton Guildhall (October 7)
Leamington Spa Assembly Rooms (October 8)
Bristol Anson Rooms (October 10)
London HMV Forum (October 15)