The April issue of MOJO, celebrates the 25th anniversary of The Smiths' legendary masterpiece, The Queen is Dead! Recorded 25 years ago, The Queen Is Dead is The Smiths masterpiece, its power and arrogance forged on the road in 1985. Martin Aston tells the story of a legendary tour that saw The Smiths strengthen their sound, Jon Savage salutes a band in its prime and eyewitness reports featuring the band themselves, Billy Bragg, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and more, plus, a track by track review by famous fans including Beady Eye, Robert Wyatt, The Cribs and Bernard Butler.
Fingers crossed I can get my hands on it over here in the US & hopefully it might contain some footage similar to this:
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