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The Review - MUSIC - grooves with CHARLOTTE CHAMBERS
Published: 10 January 2008
 
The boy with the thorn in his side

PREVIEW - MORISSEY
Roundhouse

FOLLOWING his very entertaining spat with NME, England’s self-proclaimed token Englishman does his British thing at the Roundhouse later this month.
Once at the helm of a musical revolution, his band The Smiths sparked a fan-frenzy in his ­Manchester-scene 80s heyday.
Fast forward 20 years and he is holed up in Rome, apparently because England is too ­expensive, but he is still creating waves.
Never one to bite the corporate apple, he has made something of a career out of being miserable and anti-everything. Famed for slagging off almost anything with a pulse, he is also one of Britain’s most revered ­veteran singer-­songwriters.
His first British dates since his sold-out tours in 2006, he is ­likely to showcase new material from his forthcoming solo album, expected in the autumn.
Morrissey is one of our most inspired artists, who like ­Madonna, goes by just one name (his first name is Steve).
A must-see for all fans and anyone interested in a nice line in controversy. Just don’t turn up reading the NME though, or he might try and sue you.

• Morrissey plays the Roundhouse from January 21-27.
0870 389 1846

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