July 11th 2008 | Johnny 'Icing on the cake' at Crowded House Liverpool Echo Arena show
Here's a nice write-up of the show in the Liverpool Echo.
June 20th 2008 | 'Modest' gig for Modest Mouse sold out in minutes
June 18th 2008 | Johnny talks about current tour with REM
June 17th 2008 | Lightning Strikes The Amphitheater
June 07th 2008 | We've been waiting for this to appear
June 08th 2008 | Johnny Marr on stage with REM
June 07th 2008 | Now on YouTube: Johnny playing "Please Please Please Let me Get What I Want"
May 11th 2008 | Why playing the guitar means everything
Playing the guitar means forming a band with your mates and having your own thing, and it means struggle, on your own with sore fingers for two weeks, or with your band in little pubs, clubs and vans around the country until something happens or you give up. Playing the guitar means meeting new people and making new friends, it means staying up late, and showing off, and it means being able to express yourself, often at very high volume. Playing the guitar means fixating on a particular model or make you dream about getting but can't afford. It means dressing up, and impressing some girls and impressing some boys. It means having a laugh, or disagreements over bits of songs or the direction of the group or the cover of the record, and it means feeling so happy about a riff or a song that you want the world to hear it that minute.
Playing the guitar means never being alone with nothing to do. It means strumming for fun, or going further and further into amazing territory and a lifetime of discovery and discipline, or just taking up a hobby that gives you a bit pleasure and a sense of achievement. Playing the guitar means everything. Know what I mean?
April 4th 2008 | Friday 4th July Modest Mouse play Rothbury Music Festival, Double JJ Ranch, Rothbury Michigan
February 24th 2008 | Johnny on the Radio
February 22th 2008 | "As Tears go by" performed by Johnny and Marianne Faithfull Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1999
February 12th 2008 | Uncut February
February 5th 2008 | Modest Mouse confirm Australia and Japan Dates + tour with REM
January 25th 2008 | Johnny writes new songs with The Cribs
January 24th 2008 | Modest Mouse to tour with REM
December 04th 2007 | Q+A with Ian Brown
November 21st 2007 | More Modest Mouse live video material
November 13th 2007 | Radiohead play The Smiths
October 22nd 2007 | Modest Mouse back on the road
October 17th 2007 | Modest Mouse live at the Amsterdam Melkweg
October 17th 2007 | It's Professor Marr Now
Thanks to John Sweeney the University Business and Finance
Manager for his invaluable assistance.
October 16th 2007 | Pete Doherty and Paul McCartney on Johnny and The Smiths
Sir Paul: Yeah, I like them. Linda was into Morrissey; they wrote to each other a lot. Big fans. I played with Johnny [Marr] a bit. It was original.
Pete: Falling guitar lines where there's no chords and you spend three weeks trying to work out what he's really playing.
Sir Paul: You could tell it was Morrissey. It was like his paint palette ... [Pete starts singing the Smiths song 'Still Ill'.]
Sir Paul: [appreciatively] Have you ever covered that?
Pete: No.
Sir Paul: It's obviously a song you love. It's in your blood.
Pete: I got it as a seven-inch from a second-hand shop in Nuneaton. It was on the wall, and I thought I was being clever, 'cause I nicked it - but I'd only nicked the sleeve. So I had to go back and pay for the record. As soon as the guitar started, I didn't even listen to the rest of it, I just wanted to play it again and again. I didn't want it to end ...
October 15th 2007 | Johnny and Isaac interviewed by Spinner + online session
Johnny and Isaac were interviewed by Spinner for their web site, to accompany the excellent Modest Mouse online session. As well as the interviews the band perform four songs : "Broke", "Little Motel", "We've Got Everything" and "The View" AOL: Johnny, how did you come to get involved with the band?
Johnny Marr: I got involved when Isaac called me up and asked me whether I'd be interested in helping the band write their next record, and it kind of just came completely out of the blue, really. I was a fan of Modest Mouse, and I just kind of figured, well, let's just come do ten days of playing together and see what happens. So I went over to Portland, and Isaac and I started playing very fiercely at each other through very loud amplifiers on the first night, and we wrote a couple of songs. So the next day I woke up and sort of realized that we had written a couple of singles almost, so I thought, "That's a pretty interesting start." Then I went back the U.K. for a few weeks and listened to what we were doing and thought about it, and I was quite excited to get back. Two years later, I'm still there.
AOL: The new stuff sounds amazing, so obviously it worked out really well.
Johnny Marr: Thanks, we're really happy with it, you know? A lot of people have asked me about the process, and I don't really quite know what people expect -- maybe that we sit with managers around an oval table and discuss career trajectory or something like that. But if you get involved in an adventure, and then you work 14-, 15-hour days with a bunch of people day in, day out, it's actually weirder to leave than it is to just stay, because friendships are developed and loyalties and things like that. They said. "Just come and write see what happens, and if you're interested in making the record with us, that'd be really great. If not, someone else can play your parts -- and you might even want to come on tour and stuff." So we were still feeling it out, and in many ways, the way I ended up playing with the band was really like the way 14- and 15-year-olds form bands, which is that you get together, and you see if you like each other, and you see if you have a good laugh and make up some songs, and then you hope it goes well, and then you try and do it again, and you just kind of go, "All right, this is OK." It feels like some part of my lifeline in a way, so it's all good ? it's like a family, you know, brotherhood.
AOL: What was the first song you learned on guitar, and how did you learn it?
Johnny Marr: The first song I could ever play entirely was 'Life's a Gas,' by T-Rex. It was the B side of a single I bought, which was 'Jeepster,' and luckily for me the first three chords [I knew] were incorporated in the song minus one tricky one that I use to just kind of cough over. I love the sound of the playing of the guitar, so I never had to be prodded to practice. Man, I had to be told to stop practicing, really, 'cause my little brother was in the bed next to me and I was playing the guitar pretty loud.
AOL: The word "indie" gets thrown around a lot. Is there anything it means specifically to you, or do you think it's just kind of a throwaway term?
Johnny Marr: I think now it means what "rock" use to mean, like, twenty years ago. I can't not think of indie really originating from the sound of Rough Trade Records, and Factory Records in Manchester, and Postcard Records in Scotland, and possibly Mute in London. Those four labels were putting out independent music with a sort of specific musical aesthetic in Britain, and I think the Smiths became [indie's] most high-profile guitar group. I see it as an anemic, skinny, little term that now, twenty years later, has become sort of, you know ? overfed. It's got a big BMW now and a credit card when it used to just have a little push-bike and eat muesli.
AOL: Talking about the Smiths, Morrissey has decided that he does not want to do a reunion. How do you feel about doing a reunion yourself?
Johnny Marr: I'm in agreement with him. I don't think any of us want to do it, really. It's a question that gets thrown out at you like sort of a journalist Tourette's. I think the question has become more about the question than about the music, actually.
October 9th 2007 | Johnny honoured with Q Lifetime Achievement award
Since The Smiths he has drawn up his own map and kept moving, always moving, always exploring, trying to do something different and something new, a proper musician. He's collaborated with the likes of Talking Heads, The The, Pet Shop Boys, Bert Jansch, Billy Bragg and Kirsty MacColl. He co-formed Electronic and The Healers and now he finds himself as the guitarist with mighty US band Modest Mouse.
The man is an incredible songwriter, a shit-hot guitarist, but above all he's an enlightened and wonderful human being"
October 2nd 2007 | Johnny elected Honorary Patron of Trinity college Dublin University Philosophical Society
The Phil is the oldest undergraduate society in the world and the award is made to " individuals who have excelled in public life and made a worthy contribution to society".
Patrons past and present include Samuel Beckett, Jonathon Swift, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, Desmond Tutu, Mary Robinson, Salman Rushdie and Al Pacino.
Trinity college campus really is a special place, right in Dublin city centre at the top of Grafton St. The ceremony took place in the wonderful old debating hall, it was the hottest ticket in Dublin that night. We'll have some pictures soon.
Johnny would like to thank the Students of Trinity College Dublin for this recognition.
Thanks to Ruth Faller , Sinead Finegan, Barry Devlin , Brendan Curran, Joe McCaffrey and Stuart Clark for their welcome, warmth, good humour and hospitality, we spent twenty four hours with smiles on our faces. It truly was a memorable experience that we hope to further in the future.
Here's some answers Johnny gave on the following subjects:
October 9th 2007 | Johnny Marr lends full support to Radiohead's radical way of releasing new album
September 29th 2007 | Fake Johnny Item on eBay
August 26th 2007 | 2 new interviews added
August 16th 2007 | YouTube interview with Johnny
July 11th 2007 | The special sale of limited edition PF Flyers designed by Johnny has begun !
July 1st 2007 | More new pictures and new The Guardian article on Johnny added
June 16th 2007 | New pictures and new NME article on Johnny Marr added
June 07th 2007 | Johnny Marr designs limited edition sneaker in aid of Autism Charities
June 06th 2007 | Channel 4 gives Modest Mouse single a big thumb up
May 29th 2007 | A few date changes...
May 21st 2007 | Fake demos up on YouTube
May 5th 2007 | Soundtrack of my life: Johnny Marr
May 4th 2007 | Japanese tourdates confirmed
May 3rd 2007 | Yahoo! publishes Modest Mouse special online featuring Johnny Marr
May 2nd 2007 | Modest Mouse on David Letterman show
April 18th 2007 | More UK gigs announced for Modest Mouse
April 17th 2007 | Johnny Marr and Modest Mouse in the press
April 3rd 2007 | EU dates for Modest Mouse announced
including Glastonbury Festival ! March 28th 2007 | Modest Mouse album (featuring Johnny Marr) at number 1 in this weeks American Billboard Chart
Blender Magazine gave a smashing 4,5/5 score to the Modest Mouse album "We were dead before the ship even sank". You can read the review right here. The March 2007 issue of
Uncut magazine features eleven pages dedicated to 'The 30 Greatest Smiths Songs', as voted for by 30 musician "devotees".
There is also an interview with Johnny about the writing and recording of
"How soon is now", which was the song voted number one. (The interview
is available here
as a PDF file.)
September 18th 2006 | Best of for Electronic -
available now !
Available at
Amazon
(USA) and
Amazon (UK). September 08th 2006 | Johnny Marr in Bernard
Butler interview The Guardian has published an interview with Bernard Butler on
Friday August 25, 2006. The interview, conducted by Amy Fleming, holds quite
some references and comments on Johnny Marr. You can check the interview out in
our media section. September 06th 2006 | Johnny answers to the Isaac
Brock Comments that were made to Rolling Stone Johnny : "Isaac contacted me and asked if I'd help Modest
Mouse write the new album. I was intrigued and played with the band in Portland
a couple of times. We hit it off and wrote three great songs straight away,
something clicked, it felt right from the off. I have a new Healers album pretty
much done, but we've been having such a good time playing these new Modest Mouse
songs. When people hear the record they'll see why, we're very good together." March 20th 2006 | Johnny replies to the recent story in the press about $5M offer to reform The Smiths Johnny : "I don't really want to get into figures, but yes, I was made an offer for the Smiths to reform at Coachella, I was also offered twice as much for us to play in New York, Hyde Park and God knows where else." March 3rd 2006 | Johnny on new Lisa Germano album February 12th 2006 | Johnny's Punk playlist is featured in the latest Q Magazine October 22nd | JOHNNY MARR PRODUCES NEW HAVEN RECORD -
CONCERTS March 14 | ONLINE PRESALES US & CANADA DATES March 09 |
*TV ALERT*:
JOHNNY MARR ON VH1 CLASSIC March 06 | MARSEILLE GIG CANCELLED + SAN SEBASTIAN DATE
ADDED + MORE US/CANADA DATES updated March 05 | NEW SERIES Q+A NOW ONLINE JOHHNY MARR AT COACHELLA FEST JOHNNY MARR HEADS BACK TO US March 01 | TICKET SALE POINTS UK GIGS + FREE SHOW February 24 | JOHNNY MARR JOINS VEDDER ONSTAGE February 20 | MORE FAN PICTURES
TOUR DIARY UPDATED
EXTRA TOUR DATE ADDED correction
VEDDER & JOHNNY at Metro
MORE PRESS FEATURES ONLINE JOHNNY MARR IN BLUR... according to NME
January 28 | PHOTO SHOOT WITH MICK ROCK updated
January 22 | *TV ALERT*: DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW PERFORMANCE
SET LIST SHOWS
January 14 | JOHNNY MARR WASHINGTON POST FEATURE
JOHNNY MARR COVERSTORY IN GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE and more
SPECIAL ACOUSTIC SET IN SAN FRANCISCO
JAPANESE + AUSTRALIAN TOURDATES UPDATE
JOHNNY MARR JOINS LISA GERMANO ON NEW ALBUM
Modest Mouse followed their gig at Madison Square Garden with a gig at Brooklyn's 550-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg, that began (June 20) at 2:30 a.m. The show had only been announced earlier that day, and tickets sold out in minutes. They played 14 songs filled with extended instrumental solos that really worked for the early morning fans.
"This tour we're on now is a lot of fun. We worked up some new versions of some old songs ; "Dance Hall", "Truckers Atlas", Teeth Like God's Shoeshine" and some others that we throw in when we feel like it. The dates with REM have been fun too. I've been playing with them in their encore and it goes down well. Peter (Buck) and I get something good going with the two Rickenbackers, I always really liked "Fall On Me". We've played in storms, had lightening bolts hit the stadium, and are about to go to Madison Square Garden; It's a good time."
Saturday 14th June, Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, New York. A lightning strike at New York's Jones Beach prompted the temporary evacuation of thousands of concert-goers. The theater was evacuated for nearly two hours during the show by Modest Mouse, R.E.M. and The National. During Modest Mouse¹s set, lightning struck the amphitheater, causing sparks to fly, and then an announcement was made for fans to leave their seats. The area around the amphitheater was flooded with three inches of standing water.
Here's a YouTube film of Johnny playing "Fall on Me" with R.E.M. at the Molsen Amphitheater in Toronto on Sunday June 8.
Johnny played "Fall On Me" with REM again in Chicago on June 6th. It was a big moment in the set and sounded just brilliant. Below are some pics from Johnny and Peter Buck on two Rickenbackers.
Here's a great YouTube film of Johnny playing "Please Please Please Let me Get What I Want" at Patti Smith’s Meltdown June 2005. Check it out below !
Johnny answered this question for the Guardian."Playing the guitar means always having something cool to do. It means having ambitions to be a rock star, escaping your life, or just learning to play your favourite songs. It means having fun - because you really don't need to be able to read music or have lessons to do it pretty well - and it means buying a strap and making sure it's the correct length so it looks right and feels comfortable. But mainly so it looks right.
The Guardian Saturday May 10, 2008
This sounds like a fun location, this is the Festival organisers description:
"The Double JJ Ranch welcomed its first guests in 1937, The cool breeze off Lake Michigan keeps it perfect for an outdoor camping festival, The Ranch offers The Silver Dollar Saloon, Wagon Wheel Dance Hall, and Big Wildcat Lake and beach front Log Homes, Log Cabins, Bunkhouses, access to swimming pools, a cowboy town with a general store, bars, restaurants."
February 25th 2008 | Johnny to play with The Cribs
On Thursday February 28 Johnny will play a full set with The Cribs at the NME Awards Big Gig at London's O2 Arena.
On Monday 25th February Johnny will be speaking to Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie on radio 2 (8pm-10pm) and on Tuesday 26th February Johnny will be speaking to Clint Boone on XFM Manchester (7pm - 10pm). Be sure to tune in !
We have just found this great film of "As Tears go by" performed by Johnny and Marianne Faithfull Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1999
Johnny gives an interesting insight into his greatest works with,
The The, Talking Heads, Modest Mouse, The Healers, Electronic and The Smiths. Check the media section for the article in PDF format.
Modest Mouse has confirmed concertdates for Australia and Japan and also
confirmed tourdates with REM. All known dates are listed below.
Modest Mouse tour
Tour with REM
The idea to collaborate on a single was first arose when Johnny met Gary Jarman at a barbecue in Portland in 2007. Since then they have been waiting for a convenient time in their schedules to do it. That came this week when they got together in a Stockport studio.
Late May and early June Modest Mouse will tour America with REM, we will have some more details soon.
Ian Brown and Johnny Marr in one interview? Yes, it's been done for Q-magazine! Check the media section for a full scan of the interview.
Here's yet another great video of Modest Mouse performing live !
Here's an interesting video taken from Radiohead's webcast of November 9th 2007. The band is performing The Smiths' "The Headmaster Ritual"! Enjoy it!
The Modest Mouse touring continues through November and December.
Here's a Brilliant video of Johnny playing with Modest Mouse, shot during the band's concert at the Amsterdam Melkweg
It has been a busy month for Johnny he has collected a total of 3 Honours in as
many weeks. This month has seen him honoured by Trinity College, Dublin,
Salford University and Q magazine. The appointment ceremony was held at Salford
University and there were welcoming speeches from University Vice Chancellor
Professor Michael Harloe, Registrar Doctor Adrian Graves, Head of School
Professor John Mundy and Johnny gave a well received acceptance speech. The
ceremony was attended by students and lecturers from the University and students
from Hope High School.
Johnny also said "Salford University is offering some
fantastic opportunities to students in music. It's an honour to be appointed a
Professor and I’m excited at the prospect of being able to make a
contribution."
In the Observer Music Monthly Pete Doherty and Paul McCartney praised
Johnny's guitar playing. The Babyshambles frontman was interviewing Paul
McCartney and asked him about Johnny's playing. Paul's comment about playing
with Johnny refers to the rehearsals they had together in London in 1987.
They also played together at The Albert Hall when Johnny played with
McCartney on 'Let It Be'.
Pete: What about the Smiths?
"I see 'indie' as an anemic, skinny, little term that has become overfed." - Johnny?
On Monday October 8th Johnny was honoured with one of Britain's most prestigious music awards, the Q Lifetime Achievement award ! The annual ceremony was held at the Grosvenor House hotel in London's Park Lane and hosted by Jonathon Ross. Johnny was presented with the award by Radiohead's Ed O'Brien who said:"I am so honoured to present this award to a man who turned my musical world upside down through his song writing and guitar playing with his first band The Smiths. He inspired a legion of us to start playing guitar, form bands, begin saving up for Rickenbackers and dream of escaping our surroundings.
Other winners included:
After the awards Johnny said "It's very nice to get recognition for what you've done. I have spent most of my life as a musician. It's cool."
Johnny has been elected Honorary Patron of Trinity college Dublin University Philosophical Society, which was founded in 1684 by William Molyneaux and Sir William Petty and has consistently been a forum for the radical debate of issues that both affect and reflect society.
In the packed hall there was a really special buzz of anticipation before Johnny arrived, when he did everyone stood up and the place erupted. Johnny was interviewed on the stage by Stuart Clark from Hot Press, which was informative and very entertaining, he then answered questions from the students in the audience. After the questions Ruth Faller the ever smiling Phil president presented Johnny with the Honorary Patronage medal of the society and the room stood up and erupted again.
Johnny has lent his full support to Radiohead's radical way of releasing their album "In Rainbows". Johnny told the BBC:"I think it's a really fantastic idea because it puts the responsibility back on people's own consciences and deals with people as
grown ups. It's not hiding behind any corporate nonsense, it's just saying 'this is the way it is, let's get on with it'. Everyone knows you can get your music for free, so let's see if you really want to show the band your appreciation."
September 28th 2007 | Q-interview available in media section
We have just inserted the interview that appeared in Q this month. Check the media section for the PDF. Have a nice read !
Johnny has made this statement concerning a fake 'autographed' music sheet that has been put up for auction on
eBay: "People should be very cautious when buying anything that's not verified. Smiths memorablia is going at expensive prices and there have been a few guitars being sold on the market that are supposed to be mine but aren't. This particluar item on e-bay right now is a fake"
September 28th 2007 | Q-interview available in media section
We have just inserted the interview that appeared in Q this month. Check the media section for the PDF. Have a nice read !
Up in the media section are two brand new interviews / features on Johnny from
the September issues of Esquire and The Word. The articles are available in PDF
format. Have a nice read !
Johnny took time out backstage before playing a sold-out concert in Mesa, Ariz., to compare and contrast his new role in Modest Mouse with his role in The Smiths; as well as talk to Fender® about his affection for Jaguar, Jazzmaster and Telecaster guitars, Super Reverb amps -- and his tone quest for a "20-foot Fender" amp ... Check the interview right here on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNOqNbIcz_Y
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The pictures keep on popping in . We have two new pictures of Johnny Marr added in the gallery section and there is also a very original article on Johnny Marr which was published in The Guardian.
You can find it in the media section in PDF format.
Check the gallery section for some fresh pictures from Johnny. In teh next
version of the site we'll add detailed info on what - when - where of the
pictures. We also added a brand new article on Johnny from the NME guys in the media section.
Have a nice read !
Here are the first rescheduled dates:
June 09th 2007 | Seven tourdates cancelled
Due to an injury sustained by Modest Mouse member Isaac Brock, the band has had to cancel seven tour dates. The cancelled tour dates:
June 09th 2007 | Channel4 has a video news piece up on Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr is in the UK to promote the release of "Dashboard", the first single from the Modest Mouse album "We Were Dead Before This Ship Even Sank". He spoke exclusively to Channel 4 News.
Click this link to read more and to see the video as well.
(Picture by Jon Shard) Johnny Marr has announced his collaboration with PF Flyers to design a limited-edition sneaker with all proceeds going to charity partners, The Pictor School and
Cure Autism Now.
"I was delighted when PF Flyers invited me to design a shoe", states Marr. "I've been wearing PF Flyers onstage for quite awhile and to come up with a design on a sneaker that will also benefit charity and the Pictor School is important to me as well as an exciting opportunity."
Johnny Marr designed the PF Flyers Center Lo sneaker himself in luxurious dark blue leather with black accents. To top off this collaboration, Marr’s signature is laser etched on the tongue of each and every shoe. Only 108 pairs of this limited-edition sneaker will be available in the US and another 108 pairs in the UK will be available starting July 10th, 2007.
IMPORTANT: To register for the chance to own a pair of these unique limited edition shoes on the of release (10 July), please visit
http://www.pfflyers.com/johnnymarr
US pairs will be available through Cure Autism Now's website ( www.cureautismnow.org
), with all proceeds directly benefiting the charity. Parallel charitable efforts will also take place in the UK, where all proceeds will go directly to The Pictor School, a school in Manchester, England for children with special needs.
The Pictor School in Manchester, England was founded in 1971 and caters specifically for children with special needs. The school has just under a hundred pupils aged between two and eleven years of age and provides specialist teaching and provisions for a range of conditions, these include autistic spectrum disorder and a variety of physical disabilities. The very specific needs of the children require smaller class groups and a high level of specialist staffing. Each child has an individual program including activities that are designed to encourage them to make progress across all areas and to achieve their full potential. The Pictor School has a range of specialist equipment and resources but currently requires additional funds to develop the outdoor educational and play facilities for the pupils.
From time to time there are reviews that jump out, here's one published by Channel 4 !
Modest Mouse 'Dashboard' (Epic)
May 31st 2007 | Ed O'Brien (Radiohead) on The Smiths' "This Charming Man"
God bless Johnny Marr. He makes everything splendid, doesn't he? He's been busy making everything splendid for Modest Mouse recently, and, for those of you still holding a torch for The Smiths, you'll get a warm glow when you hear 'Dashboard'. It's nothing like The Smiths, of course, it's just no one plays jangly guitar like Johnny. Although, being Modest Mouse, its appeal is far more complex than that. It's a thing of beauty, brimming with brass, strings and velvety vocals to die for. We like.
In the June issue of Mojo Ed O'Brien from Radiohead says this about The Smiths' "This Charming Man" single released on Rough Trade in 1983:
Never mind the gladioli, here's the blueprint for indie jangle.
May 31st 2007 | Johnny's take on '100 records that changed the world'
"I was drawn into doing what I do because of what Johnny Marr wrote and played. I was about 16, your hormones are raging, you're so sensitive to everything, particularly music, and this band arrives like nothing you've ever heard before. It emotionally pinned and uplifted me, and I knew this thing with six strings was something that could create this effect. What struck me first was the guitar melody: it's one of the defining pop-rock intros. It's one of those songs you go back to when you've had enough of music. It's joyful and uplifting, it drives and resonates. It was the template for indie pop, for good and bad. For a while, you had that goth thing coming out of New Romantiscism, and U2, who a lot of people were sniffy about, but The Smiths unified fans of both camps; they had a real pop sensibility, they looked fucking cool, and Marr had a Rickenbacker, continuing that British tradition of guitarists from Townshend and The Beatles to Weller."
Without this... the '80s rediscovery of the '60s, Stone Roses, Oasis, Shins.
Here's what Johnny had to say about T.Rex' "Jeepster' single in Mojo's '1àà
records that changed the world' series :
"I'd bought Jeepster and decided this was the band for me. I absolutely loved it. Get it On was a band having their moment - it has a sound you can almost touch, as Jim Lea from Slade once said. Seeing T.Rex on Top Of The Pops - they were doing Metal Guru - was actually a life-changing moment for me. For the first time I heard a sound that was simultaneously mystical and otherworldly but strikingly familiar also. The whole sound of it was like a massive attack on all of the senses. It's a very interesting place because it isn't just sweetness and light, it's intense and fairly sexual and mysterious and can be dangerous. I'm probably describing a lot of people's experience of most aspects of rock'n'roll-danger, sexuality, mystery, almost religion really."
May 30th 2007 | Mojo interview available
Without this, no... glam explosion, Smiths, Oasis.
We have added the June 2007 interview by Mojo in the media section. You can download the full PDF file right here (click right) in case you miss out on the issue! Enjoy it.
Attention Belgian fans, the gig with Modest Mouse on June 14 in the AB has been changed to June 25, also in the AB. On June 14 Modest Mouse will be playing London's Hyde Park during the O2 Wireless Festival. Other bands playing on the main stage are:
A couple of fans have contacted us in the past few days asking us whether
this, this
and this video on YouTube were actually genuine demos from Johnny. We asked Johnny in between two Modest Mouse concerts for some input and here is the liberating answer:
"These tracks on youtube are definitely
NOT ME. I can assure you that my bass playing is not quite that bad...."
We can finally confirm the tourdates for Japan:
Yahoo!
has launched a special on Modest Mouse. Included in the Yahoo! special are the following items:
Follow this link.
Here is the YouTube video of Modest Mouse performing "Dashboard" on May 1st, 2007, on the David Letterman show.
Good news, we just received more confirmed UK dates:
More and more newsbits are popping up talking about or with Modest Mouse and Johnny Marr. Here are the most recent ones:
"... from the historic shoe brand, but all that will change this summer when the Modest Mouse guitarist's very own limited edition kicks hit the market."
"New Video at Music Jesus.com: Modest Mouse - Pepsi Smash Exclusive Interview."
The wait is over, the Modest Mouse caravan is
heading for Europe and will kick off the EU tour on May 20th at the Minehead -
ATP festival in the UK with gigs to follow in France, Luxemburg, Spain, The
Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Italy and so on. Note as well that Modest Mouse
will be playing the famous Glastonburry (UK) festival as well. Check
Johnny's MySpace
for more details !
The Modest Mouse Album "We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank" featuring Johnny as songwriter and guitar player has entered this weeks American Billboard Chart at Number 1. The album also tops the iTunes Download Chart and the Amazon Chart.
It's the first time Johnny has had a number one record in the U.S, the highest chart position before that was with Electronic who went Top 40 in the singles chart with "Getting Away With It". Johnny, speaking exclusively to jmarr.com says :
"It's great news, I knew we had written some really good songs and when we started recording I felt it was going to be a great record. I really am enjoying playing the live shows. The songs have been going down so well even though people haven't heard them before. We're all very happy and looking forward to touring the world."
Here is an up to date list of concertdates for Modest Mouse with Johnny Marr on guitar ! For the EU and UK fans, don't worry, we will soon announce dates for Europe and the UK as well
!
March 14th 2007 | More Modest Mouse videos online +
new pictures
Check out the Modest Mouse video for "Steam Engenius" at this
link.
We also have added some very rare pictures in the media gallery that we got from
Johnny's archives, have a look, you might be surprised... The pictures are also
up on Johnny's
MySpace.
March 8th 2007 | MySpace.com Johnny Marr up and
running
We have our very own MySpace
hub now as well, it was already up on there since a while but is now being
updated regularly. Bookmark it now and become a friend NOW !
February 28th 2007 | Modest Mouse video online
You can view the splendid Modest Mouse video for "Dashboard" at this
link. Check it out,
it's one of the most original video clips we've seen in a long time !
February 25th 2007 | Marr delivers guitar rock as exhilarating as it gets
February 12th 2007 | Smiths Uncut Issue
February 10th 2007 | Johnny Marr plays dates with
Modest Mouse
In case you had not yet picked it up via the Modest Mouse website, Johnny Marr will be playing several gigs with the band. The dates scheduled so far are:
- Sat 10-March - Mexico City, Mexico, Foro Sol
- Wed 14-March - Portland, Oregon, USA, Crystal Ballroom
- Thu 15-March - Portland, Oregon, USA, Crystal Ballroom
- Fri 16-March - Missoula, Montana, USA, Missoula Univ Theater
- Sun 18-March - Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA, Ramkota Exhibit Hall
- Mon 19-March - Fargo, North Dakota, USA, Play Maker's Pavilion
- Sun 20-May - Somerset, UK, ATP vs the Fans
- Wed 23-May - London, UK, Royal Albert Hall
- Fri 01-June - Barcelona, Spain, Primavera Sound
So if you are in the neighborhood, be sure passing by !
January 22nd 2007 | Interview with Johnny Marr/Modest Mouse in HARP Magazine - online now !
We posted a double interview online with Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock and our very own Johnny Marr in
the media
section. The interview is out now in
HARP Magazine
(Jan/Feb 2007 issue) and should be available at every quality magazine store or press shop. For those who wonder what the magazine is about, it is a print
magazine that provides in-depth information on current music, mainly the adult album alternative genre, which encompasses a large variety of
music.
January 02nd 2007 | Happy New Year !
2006 was a rather silent year for Johnny Marr
related news, but 2007 will prove to be completely the opposite. Details will be
given in the next weeks. For the moment enjoy the last few calm moments of this
year !
November 27th 2006 | A word from Johnny for the fans
"Well here we are, thanks for visiting the site.
I wanted do a quick something and say hello to everyone especially as so much
has been happening recently. The Modest Mouse tour has started at a furious pace
and I've been really happy with the shows.
We've been playing some new songs from the forthcoming album that I've written
and recorded with the band and also a nice mixture of the fans older favourites
too. It's been an interesting experience to meet the fans and get their reaction
to my playing and sound in the band and also a nice surprise and reminder that a
lot of them are into The Smiths too. The New York
gigs have been especially good as we've started to click with the old stuff in a
big way.
It seems that my collaboration with Modest Mouse has caused some raised eyebrows
in some circles. All I can say is that the songs and shows explain very easily
what it's all about. When Isaac first approached me to work with the band on the
new record I went into it with a sense of intrigue and experimentation, as it
turned out we wrote some great songs straight away and took off like a rocket.
We recorded nineteen songs in Portland and cut them all for possible inclusion
on the record, and there's still stuff that we didn't have time to finish. I
feel that live we're doing something powerful and pretty original, and the new
line up of the band as a six piece with two drummers is very exciting. I don't
want to analyze what were doing,
it's just great, and I think we've made a special record too.
So there's the info in case you were interested, it's all very nice. The site is
undergoing an imminent new re-haul and I'm excited about the hpossibilities that
this brings. There will be updates of news and as things are happening so feel
welcome to check us out.
A lot of people are wanting to know what's happening with the new Healers
material that I played at the Manchester show earlier this year. I'm hoping to
have the new Healers record out as soon as I can, when I get a break from the
Modest Mouse tour. We've got a lot of songs recorded and I'm excited for
everyone to hear it.
There we go. It's nice to be in touch, and seeing some of you at these current
dates too.
Best to all....
Johnny"
November 24th 2006 | Johnny and Modest Mouse Confirm
Dates December and January
Below are the first confirmed dates for the
upcoming Johnny and Modest Mouse concert dates.
08-Dec San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic KITS (Live 105 radio show)
09-Dec San Diego, CA RIMAC Arena @ UCSD (KBZT radio show)
29-Dec Melbourne, AU The Palace
30-Dec Lorne, Victoria Falls Festival
31-Dec Marion Bay, TAS Falls Festival
02-Jan Brisbane, AU The Tivoli
03-Jan Sydney, AU Enmore Theatre
04-Jan Sydney, AU Enmore Theatre (TBA)
06-Jan Sir Stewart Bovell Park, Busselton, Western Australia Southbound Festival
23-May London, England Royal Albert Hall
The band already played several gigs in the US and the UK. Here is a round-up
for those who missed them:
05-Nov Los Angeles, CA Avalon
06-Nov Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
07-Nov Anaheim, CA The Grove
09-Nov Anaheim, CA The Grove
11-Nov Miami, FL Bicentennial Park
13-Nov New York, NY Nokia Theatre
14-Nov New York, NY Webster Hall
15-Nov New York, NY Webster Hall
17-Nov New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
18-Nov New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
21-Nov London, England Koko
November 24th 2006 | Coming up next on jmarr.com
With the new year coming up, we are also -
finally - planning a brand new website. Apart from a brand new design it will
also offer you the option to interact more with Johnny and with each other. Next
to this you may also expect some mega-mega-mega exclusive content of which you
could only have dreamed ! We will be working on this in the next months and plan
to have the new hub up and running by early February. Stay tuned for more news
popping in for the meantime !
November 21st 2006 | Johnny plays spoof of "One" with US
comedian David Cross
Johnny played a version of the U2 song "One" with
American comedian David Cross at The Bowery Ballroom before the Modest Mouse set
on Saturday night (November 18th). The version of the song is a send up of the
current YouTube favorite which shows a Bank Of America executive singing his own
rendition of the song to new lyrics about the banks merger:
YouTube.com
Says Johnny : " David asked me if I could help him out on it and I saw the
youtube footage and I really liked the idea. The audience knew what it was
straight away and got into it, I nearly made a couple of mistakes because David
was so funny."
You can see Johnny and David's performance by going to:
Gothamist.com
November 21st 2006 | Johnny and Modest Mouse live at work
Johnny and Modest Mouse will be playing The Not
So Silent Night on December 8th at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove
St., San Francisco. Also on the bill are The Killers, The Raconteurs and The
Shins (whose long-awaited new album will be out soon). More December Modest
Mouse dates in the next couple of days.
Also, there is a new pic of Johnny from The Nokia Theatre New York Show in The
Gallery section.
November 8th 2006 | Get your Johnny Marr boots !
Johnny
has donated a pair of customised boots for an auction being held by the 'Mines
Action Group' (MAG). You can catch a glimpse of the shoes on the picture
above ! The shoes - beige suede desert boots (UK size 8) - were customised by
Johnny himself! He has worn them on The Healers Boomslang tour and there is a
picture of them on the cover of Neil Finn’s "Seven Worlds Collide" live cd and
dvd.
Click here for the complete photo.
Besides Johnny you will also be able to bid on a pair of David Bowie’s ankle
boots, Nina Persson’s sparkly heels, Chris Martin’s Adidas and Brian May’s
clogs. Add to that footwear from Jimmy Choo, Pamela Anderson, Stella McCartney,
John Hurt, Paula Radcliffe, Ringo Starr, Bill Wyman, Susan Sarandon, Dame Judi
Dench, Gillian Anderson etc. All in all 60 high-profile male and female
celebrities, from the worlds of pop, film, TV, sport and the arts.
All go on sale on the internet site eBay at noon on 28th November 2006 in a
charity auction to raise money for MAG. MAG employs more than 2,400 people
worldwide to help provide safer futures for lives affected by conflict in
countries such as Lebanon, Angola, Afghanistan and Cambodia. MAG has cleared
over one million items in Iraq and as a result deaths and injuries in MAG
operational areas have fallen from 500 to two or three a month.
You know what to do on the 28th ! 
Between
1989 and 1999 Electronic, the project by New Order frontman Bernard Sumner and
former Smiths guitarist / co-writer Johnny Marr, released 3 albums. Out now on
EMI in Europe and Rhino/WEA in the USA since September 18th, is the compilation
album "Get The Message - The Best Of Electronic". On this collection Electronic
bring a string of hit singles including "Getting Away With It", "Get The
Message", "Forbidden City" and several other tracks, 13 in total. Attention,
also included is the rare un-released track "All That I Need"!
A special edition is also being marketed which comes complete with a bonus DVD
including 7 promo-videos for the songs "Getting Away With It", "Get The
Message", "Feel Every Beat", "Disappointed (Original Mix)", "Forbidden City",
"For You (Radio Edit)" and "Vivid (Radio Edit)". Below you can find the complete
tracklisting.
CD
1. Forbidden City
2. Getting Away With It (Ft Neil Tennant)
3. Get The Message (Single Mix)
4. Feel Every Beat
5. Disappointed (Single Mix) (Ft Neil Tennant)
6. Vivid (Radio Edit)
7. All That I Need
8. For You
9. Imitation Of Life
10. Out Of My League
11. Like No Other
12. Twisted Tenderness
13. Late At Night (Radio Edit)
DVD
14. Getting Away With It (DVD)
15. Get The Message (DVD)
16. Feel Every Beat (DVD)
17. Disappointed (Original Mix) (DVD)
18. Forbidden City (DVD)
19. For You (Radio Edit) (DVD)
20. Vivid (Radio Edit) (DVD)
Johnny has recorded two songs with Lisa Germano for her new album. He plays electric and acoustic guitars on 'Into Oblivion' and electric guitar on 'Wire'. The album is called "In The Maybe World" and is out on Young God Records in July.
Johnny : " Lisa's new album is so good. There's no -one like her "
www. lisagermano.com
February 08th 2006 | Manchester Versus Cancer concert report
Johnny and The Healers played a historic set at the Manchester Versus Cancer
concert at the MEN Arena (28th January). Johnny also played three songs with
Doves, and the finale with Doves and Shaun Rider.
With The Healers he played :
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Denial Denial
Sparks Of Life
Down On The Corner
and
How Soon Is Now
Johnny was introduced by Damon Gough aka Badly Drawn Boy and came on to an
ecstatic reception. The audience were ecstatic when the band launched into The
Smiths classic "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" and the twelve thousand
strong crowd sung every word with him. The next two songs, "Denial Denial" and
"Sparks Of Life" were from the new album rumored to be called "Reign Down The
New Days" and went down a storm.
After "Sparks Of Life" Johnny addressed the crowd : "Since I agreed to do this
gig I've had people write to me, send me e-mails and contact the website, and
stop me in the street too to thank me because everyone and every family has had
someone somewhere suffer with the disease of cancer. I'd like to pass on their
thanks to you because you are the ones who should be thanked. We're just
musicians playing music and trying to entertain, and this could only happen in
on place, one city,my home town, here".
As the crowd cheered with recognition Johnny rang out on his Rickenbacker a tune
and sang along : "Manchester la la la la" and then segued into a rousing version
of the US single "Down On The Corner" from the Boomslang album. After
introducing The Healers (James Doviak on guitar, Iwan Gronow on Bass Guitar and
David Tolan on Drums) Johnny stepped up again to make another introduction: "I'd
like to introduce someone I first played with in school in 1978, and last played
with in London in 1987. It's been too long. We've done some good things
together, and some not so good things, and some great things, and tonight seems
like a good time to play together again.
Please welcome Andy Rourke". When the opening riff off "How Soon Is Now" throbbed through the Manchester Arena everyone in the place went
bezerk. From
then on the night took off into history....
Johnny : "It was a great show and a great night. I wasn't sure how everything
was going to go because the event was pretty ambitious but all the bands are
very together and experienced, so it all clicked. There was an amazing
atmosphere in the place, backstage too. It was good to play in Manchester again,
we surprised everyone with the Smiths songs and our new songs went down really
well. It was beautiful really."
Johnny came onstage in Doves set with Bernard Sumner and played Lou Reed's "Viscious"
followed by the Motown classic "There's A Ghost In My House". He stayed on when
Bernard left and Elbow's Guy Garvey came on for an epic version of Doves' hit
"There Goes The Fear".
After New Order ended the show with their Joy Division set Johnny took the stage
again for a finale with Doves, Bernard and Hooky, Andy Rourke, and Happy
Mondays' Shaun and Bez for a roof raising "Wrote For Luck".
All in all a truly historic night; all the Manchester legends onstage together
for one night. Johnny debuting songs from the next Healers album, playing "There
Is A Light" and "How Soon Is Now", and re-uniting with Andy Rourke and Bernard
Sumner too.
January 30th 2006 | New promo pics
Johnny just did a truly amazing set at the Manchester V Cancer gig in front
of 10,000 people. We will have some comments from Johnny in the next hours.
Also check the Picture section where we uploaded brand new promo pictures! More
are coming in.
January 1st 2006 | Second The Healers album out in Spring 2006
First of all a Happy New Year to you all! And we kick off with the news that
The Healers' second album will be released in Spring 2006. Some songs recorded
are:
The Sparks Of Life
Run In The Dust
Reign Down The New Days
I've Seen More
Save Ourselves Again.
Denial Denial.
December 16th 2005 | Johnny and the Healers play Manchester Versus Cancer
charity concert
The big news is Johnny and the Healers are confirmed to appear at the
Manchester Versus Cancer charity concert at the Manchester Evening News Arena on
January 28th 2006. The concert is being organized by Andy Rourke and will
include performances by New Order and Doves. Just to make it clear: THE SMITHS
WILL NOT BE RE-FORMING AT THIS CONCERT. But there is a rumour that Andy Rourke
may join the Healers for a song but we'll have to see what happens. Tickets go
on sale Saturday 17th December.
December 5th 2005 | Johnny Marr vs Jane Birkin
Johnny has just recorded five tracks on the new Jane Birkin record to be
released early next year on EMI records. That album features songs written by
Rufus Wainwright, Beth Gibbons, Neil Hannon, Tom Waits and Kate Bush. Johnny
recorded guitar and harmonica tracks in Ferber studios in Paris, where Serge
Gainsbourg recorded a lot of his classic material. The album is produced by
Gonzales.
Johnny: "I enjoyed working with Gonzales and the engineer Renaud Letang. I like
their production on Feist's album and maybe we'll do something in the future.
Jane Birkin has a very cool voice and her approach to the songs is really
interesting.
December 1st 2005 | Johnny Marr in the press
- Johnny is interviewed for this months cover story on The Smiths Queen Is
Dead album. There are photos seen for the first time in the article which is
written by Simon Goddard.
- Johnny is also on the cover of the new issue of Manchester's City Life
magazine and is interviewed inside with legendary photographer Mick Rock. Mick
took the photo for the cover of Iggy and The Stooges Raw Power which is Johnny's
favorite album. A photo of Johnny is included in Mick's Rock 'n' Roll Icons
exhibition at Manchester's Ubis and in New York.
- Johnny appeared in this year's Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame in a feature about
John Peel. He also contributed to the New Order portion of the program.
- A new Fender 60th birthday campaign features a poster of Johnny with his
custom Telecaster. The adverts will run from next year in music shops and
magazines.
November 30th 2005 | Johnny Marr vs Lisa Germano
Johnny will probably be playing on the new Lisa Germano album to be released
next year. He played on "Into The Night" and "Paper Doll" from her last
"Lullabies For Liquid Pig" album.
June 6th 2005 | Johnny Marr and the Healers play live
Johnny is back in rehearsals with The Healers now and they are playing Patti
Smiths Meltdown in London on June 24th with James Doviak on second guitar, Iwan
Gronow on bass guitar and David Tolan on drums. Johnny: "I don't know how many
songs I'm doing yet. Bert Jansch is also on the bill, and Roy Harper and Robyn
Hitchcock too." We also have a few new titles from songs: "A Certain Kind", "I'm
The One" and "For The True Believers".
June 1st 2005 | Johnny Marr in the news
There's an article/interview in the Observer newspaper sometime next week and
there will also be a short q & a in Time Out magazine. For those that checked
ITV's South Bank Show last month, Johnny appeared on it about the TV writer and
close friend Paul Abbott.
March 31st 2005 | Recordings continue
Johnny informs that "The new Healers are rocking and the next album and tour
will be liked by a lot of the fans, the songs are good, but not all finished".
December 24th | X-MAS MESSAGE FROM JOHNNY
"I'd like to wish everyone a merry Christmas and good luck for the new year. I'm looking forward to releasing the new Healers stuff and to having an
excellent re-vamped site to inform and entertain all of us. Thanks and God bless."
November 25th | THE SMITHS MUSICAL PLANNED
Johnny Marr has confirmed the news that he and Morrissey have given their approval to a planned musical being written about the career of their old band, The Smiths. To be written by Andrew Wale and Perrin Manzer Allen, creators of Jacques Brel's "Anonymous Society", the musical will open at London's Lyric Hammersmith theatre next July. It will be named after a track by the band and furthermore feature 20 Smiths songs arranged for a string quartet, "with a percussive lute accompaniment, and sung live by a cast of six" to quote the producer Michael Brazier.
There is some talk of Johnny working on a new T.V project about the Pendle Witch trials, more news as we get it.
October 30th |
TRIBUTE SONG FOR JOHN PEEL DURING GIG WITH FINN BROTHERS
Johnny played with Neil and Tim Finn at The Liverpool Empire on Wed 26th October and in Nottingham on Thrs 27th Oct. The songs performed in Liverpool by Johnny were "Four Seasons In One Day", "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out", "Ferry Across The
Mersey" and he sang and played "Teenage Kicks" as well. He did the same in Nottingham and I also did "Weather With You" too over there. Johnny: "We were about to dedicate Ferry Across The Mersey to John Peel because we had heard about his passing that day, and a few people in the audience started shouting out for "Teenage Kicks". I just went into it, never played it before in my life. It was a good moment".
TRACK FOR CHANNEL 4's SHAMELESS
Johnny has also done a track for the Christmas episode of Channel 4's "Shameless" program. The show will be broadcast on the 28th of December. Johnny: "I was asked to do the music by the writer of the program Paul Abbott. I really liked the show and it's worked out well. We might end up doing some more things together next year."
JOHNNY MARR's TOP TEN GUITAR HEROES IN UNCUT + more...
And finally, Johnny also did his Top Ten Guitar Heroes in Uncut Magazine this month.
You can check it out right
here! And he will be choosing a Led Zeppelin track for a tribute CD for Q magazine.
October 27th | BROADCASTING LEGEND JOHN PEEL DIES
John Peel, the legendary Radio 1 and Radio 4 presenter, has died suddenly from a heart attack on holiday in Peru on Monday October 25th. It was BBC1 who broke the sad news that Peel died the day before in the ancient Inca city of
Cuzco. Peel started his Radio 1 career since its launch in 1967. One of the bands Peel championed was The Smiths. In a reaction Johnny Marr says: "John Peel was very important to The Smiths, particularly in the early days. He was the first person to play our single and we would often try out new songs when we did sessions for his show. He knew what was going on and went out of his way to promote good music and the underdog. He was a nice guy too." Our thoughts are with his family.
June 25th | JMARR.COM TO BE REDESIGNED
In the following weeks we will start work on a brand new website that will
hold member only sections, forums and so on. For the moment being we will
continue to inform you through this website. A date for the launch of the new
website will be given in due time. For the moment, enjoy the Summer of 2004!
May 13th | ADVERT IN MOJO MAGAZINE FOR QW MISLEADING
The ad claims that Johnny Marr would have said in the interview that the Smiths got back together. In a reaction Johnny Marr says: "The advertisement for the Q Smiths supplement was misleading and untrue. In my interview I didn't say or even imply that the four members of The Smiths reconvened. I said that Morrissey and myself got together socially a couple of times in the nineties. My explanation to David Sheppard was very clear and how this information turned into a scoop about a Smiths reformation is beyond me."
May 12th | ZAK PLAYING WITH OASIS
In a reaction on the news that Zak has joined Oasis live, Johnny says: "It was always my plan that I demo the new Healers songs on my own. Zak is doing Who gigs and it's no big deal, or surprise that he's going on the road with Oasis."
A few new interviews
Johnny Marr has done a few new interviews recently about The Smiths (Word Magazine, Q and the revised version of the book "Songs That Saved Your Life"). Johnny: "Sometimes these things have to be addressed as we've all seen so much
mis/dis- information about the band. I'd rather stay in the present, and I don't have a problem with fan's Q & A's on the site, but sometimes these things have to be done. I'm reserving my judgment about it all until after they've been printed"
January 1st | JOHNNY MARR and the online team wish you a happy new year!
NEW ! Read Johnny
Marr + The Healers tour diary!
Johnny Marr has been producing some tracks for Haven (six for their next album) and rehearsing for a couple of Bert Jansch gigs (Fri Oct 24th to be broadcast on
T.V. on 21st Nov) and one at Queens Hall on Nov 8th.
More news will be coming up very soon.
July 7th | NEW Q+A ONLINE !
We have uploaded a new series of Q+A by Johnny, series 10 already! Check it
out and keep those questions coming in!
April 2 | MEDIA TIME FOR JOHNNY MARR + THE HEALERS
"Down On The Corner" is single of the week on Virgin Radio's Breakfast Show "Pete & Geoff" all this week.
On Friday April 4th, Johnny & the Healers will be recording two songs "You Are The Magic" and "Don't Think Twice" for "Re-covered" which will show on BBC1 & BBC3 in early June.
On Saturday April 5th, Johnny will be appearing on Soccer AM as a guest of "Tim & Helen's". The show starts at 09:00am and finishes at 12:00pm and goes out on Sky Sports 1 (Sky Channel 401).
March 24 |
TOUR DIARY UPDATED
We just received the latest tour diary updates from our tourbus reporter Peter Doyle!
Check out what the band has been going through in San Fransico, Australia, Japan
and Germany!
Artistdirect has informed us that they are to do exclusive online only ticket presales for the upcoming Johnny Marr dates in the USA and Canada. The first batch of dates open for presale will be Vancouver and Toronto. The internet presale for Vancouver and Toronto starts on March 17th at 10am PST and ends on March 19th at 6pm PST. General onsale for those markets begin March 20th. Other cities and presales are to be announced soon, use
this link to check back often for new information.
VH1 Classic premieres "Headline Act" with Johnny Marr. The half-hour block features classic Smiths videos and an exclusive interview with Marr who stops by the VH1 Classic studio to talk about his successes with The Smiths and his new release
"Boomslang" with his new band The Healers. Videos include: "How Soon Is Now?" "Panic," "Sheila Take A Bow," "Girlfriend In A Coma," "This Charming Man," "Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before" and "Shoplifters of the World Unite."
Times:
March 10th -- 11:00 a.m. (Eastern)
March 10th -- 7:00 p.m.
We're sorry to inform you that the Johnny Marr show in Marseille on Sunday 23rd
March has been cancelled. However, a third Spanish date has been added on Monday 24th March in San
Sebastian at Gazteszena. You can now also find extra tourdates for a new
USA and Canada tour.
The first Q+A for 2003 is now available online! Check the Q+A section for
more info!
Johnny
Marr + The Healers are to perform at the prestigious Coachella festival in Indio
California. The fest that takes place on April 26th and April 27th will
furthermore host gigs of Beastie Boys, Ben Harper, Ladytron, Felix Da Housecat,
Blur, Underworld, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sonic Youth, Primal Scream and many
many more! Johnny is to perform on Sunday April 27th. Check Coachella Festival
to find more info on the fest!
Johnny Marr is heading back to the US for some more concerts. Please check the tour section for more info! More dates are to be added as they're confirmed.
We have added some more online sale points for the following EU tour gigs in the tour
section. Especially notice the FREE (yes! FREE) show in Munich Germany on
March 18th.
After Pearl Jam's frontman Eddi Vedder made a surprise appearance at the Johnny Marr show on February 10th at The Metro in
Sydney, it was time for Johnny to return the service in Perth. Just like in
Sydney, the band and Johnny played "Fortunate Son", a Creedence Clearwater Revival
cover. "Fortunate Son" was played as part of their final encore in their
Perth Feb. 23 show. In a reaction from Sydney, Johnny says: "We dedicated it to George Bush
Jnr."
Below you can find four pictures taken by fan Dave Wasnak, bassplayer in the
band Overseas, at the Maxwell's show on January 15th in Hoboken, USA.
Click on the pictures to get the full size. Fan quality at its best!
We just received the latest tour diary updates from our tourbus reporter Peter Doyle!
Check out what the band has been going through in Chicago, Detroit, Toronto,
Boston and New York!
GERMAN INTERVIEW ONLINE
The German internet magazine Gaesteliste.de
Internet-Musikmagazin have an interview with Johnny online at this
spot. It's in German language but we're sure that the polyglots amongst you all will have no difficulties catching what Johnny had to say!
A new date has been confirmed: April 27th, Indio, CA at the Coachella
Festival.
February 13 | TOUR DIARY ONLINE
Mailing from Sydney, Johnny passed us the first part of the tour diary. Written by "Peter
Doyle" we'll be adding updates the moment we receive them. So we advise to
keep an eye on the website for the upcoming tourdates! Enjoy the reading! The excellent picture above was taken by fan Jeff Carter who
submitted it to the website for your pleasure. The picture was taken in Boston
on Jan. 24. Click to get the full version!
TATU versus JOHNNY MARR
NME is running a story on the runaway success of Russian lesbian pop stars Tatu. "So what?" we hear you think, well , there's a link to Johnny Marr as well.
To read the full story, click
here.
February 11 | VIDEOCLIP KILBORN SHOW ONLINE updated
The videoclip of Johnny Marr + The Healers live at the Kilborn show is now online! The download will be online for one week. Pictures exclusively taken for the Jmarr.com website
are now available below!
Pearl Jam's frontman Eddi Vedder has made a surprise appearance at the Johnny Marr show on February 10th at The Metro in Sydney. He joined the band on stage to play "Fortunate Son", a Creedence Clearwater Revival cover.
In a mail Johnny passed us he comments: "We felt the lyrics were apropriate right now."
February 10 | *TV ALERT*: CRAIG KILBORN SHOW PERFORMANCE
Look for Johnny Marr + The Healers as the special musical guesttonight! The performance was originally scheduled for a
Friday(Feb. 7) airing on Craig Kilborn show on CBS. Johnny Marr + the Healers will perform "Down On
TheCorner".
February 7 | EUROPEAN TOURDATES (including UK dates) ONLINE NOW updated
The tourdates for the European tour of Johnny Marr + The Healers arenow
online in the tour section! UK dates have now also been added.
February 5 | LA TIMES REVIEW ADDED + VIRGIN MEGASTORE INSTORE REPORT
A new review has been added in the Photos/Articles section. In othernews, the Virgin Megastore instore went really well last night. It took 3 1/2 hours to get everybody
seento!
January 30 | MEET JOHNNY MARR @ LA SUNSET VIRGIN MEGASTORE updated
On February 4th Johnny Marr will come into the Sunset
Virgin Megastore to sign copies of his debut solo album, Boomslang (iMusic). To attend the
meet & greet, pre-purchase a copy of "Boomslang" (officially out Feb. 4th) beginning 1.30 PM at the Sunset Megastore (only). You'll then get a wristband guaranteeing your admission into this exclusive event. Wristbands are on a first come, first serve basis, while supplies last (Sunset Megastore are not responsible for lost/stolen wristbands). Note
that this is no longer a performance event!
The Johnny Marr and the Healers. Finally a couple of interviews from the
following Toronto press outlets, NOW
and Eye
Weekly are now ready for viewing on the web.
In a newsblurb out in
NME, the mag hints on Johnny Marr to become the new guitarist for Blur after founder member Graham Coxon quit last autumn. Needless to say that this is
nonsens. Apart from Johnny Marr, former The Verve man Nick McCabe is also topping the list followed by ex-Stone Roses star John Squire, Happy Mondays founder Mark Day, Shed Seven's Paul Banks and Embrace's Richard McNamara.
To read the story, follow this link.
Johnny Marr reports from Boston that he has done a photo shoot with the legendary photographer
Mick Rock, who did the cover of
albums by Syd Barret, Queen, "Raw Power" by Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Lou Reed's
"Transformer" and many many more. The photos are to appear in the
French magazine Rebel. More news as we get it.
In the meantime, do check out the work by Rock on his official
website!
Tune in to The Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday night (Wed Jan. 22nd) as Johnny Marr + The Healers will make their U.S. national television debut performing "Last ride" from his upcoming iMusic release “Boomslang” (release February 4th). In case you miss it, you can catch Johnny Marr + The Healers once again performing on The Late Show with Craig Kilborn on Monday, February 3rd. Check your local times and listings.
UK residents: ITV2 on Sky shows Letterman the day after at 7pm every day so we
were informed.
MORE JOHNNY MARR ARTICLES ADDED
We have added 4 more articles featuring interviews with Johnny. Included in
the Photos/Articles section are links to articles in the following newspapers: The Philadelphia Inquirer,
Allentown Morning Call, Philadelphia City Paper and the New York Newsday.
Here is the setlist for the gigs Johnny has been doing so far:
LONG GONE
CAUGHT UP
HERE IT COMES
DOWN ON THE CORNER
ALL OUT ATTACK (new track)
YOU ARE THE MAGIC
IN BETWEENS
DONT THINK TWICE
ANOTHER DAY
LAST RIDE
NEED IT
____________________
SOMETHING TO SHOUT
BANGIN ON
The US newspaper The Washington Posts article about Johnny
Written by Mark Jenkins featured a phone interview the newspaper had with
Johnny.
The US magazine
Guitar Player Magazine has Johnny on the cover for this month's
issue (see detail)! The magazine features an into deep article with Johnny and
of course lots of guitar info. We'll be posting the complete interview once it's off the news stands. Also
ready to be read Side-Line
Magazine issue 42 featuring an interview with Johnny. Both magazines can be ordered
online, so don't hesitate to check them out!
We are currently preparing an extensive list of media Johnny has been doing promotion
for in the last two months, stay tuned for more info.
To celebrate their 7th aniversary, the San Francisco based nightclub Popscene has invited Johnny Marr over for a short acoustic set on January 30th. Be there!
Japanese and Australian tourdates have been added in the tour section! Three
extra dates in Australia and one in the USA have been added to the tour!
Johnny Marr has been playing on two tracks on Lisa Germano's album. The tracks Johnny is on are "Into The Night" and "Paper Doll". The album itself is called "Lullaby For Liquid Pig".
Germano's seventh full-length features furthermore guest spots from Neil Finn, Wendy Melvoin and others.
JOHNNY'S IDEAL PARTY TAPE
In a feature in the UK newspaper The Guardian (28th Dec 02) of musicians picking tracks for their ideal party tape, Johnny is showing up as well. Here's Johnny's list:
1. Envelope - Immersion
2. Getaway - Performance OST
3. Penetration - Iggy & the Stooges
4. Don't be Light - Air
5. Lurcher - Faust
6. Late Night - Syd Barrett
7. Dry Retch - Donnacha Costello
8. Into the Night - Lisa Germano
9. Amity - Elliot Smith
10. Keep on Keepin' On - NF Porter
11. Big Exit - PJ Harvey
12. Claira Clairvoyant - Donovan
13. Country Yard - The Vines
14. Card Nation - Susumi Yokoto
15. 1969 - Boards of Canada
16. They don't sleep anymore on the beach/Monheim/Broken Windows, Lock of Love Part III - Godspeed! You Black Emperor.