Johnny Marr
‘It would be the death of culture’: Manchester’s Night & Day venue faces moment of truth
Court battle over noise complaint will decide future of famous music club, which has hosted Johnny Marr, the Charlatans, Arctic Monkeys and Ed Sheeran
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent
27, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM
‘Invention, grace and bloodlust ballet’: post-punk guitarist John McGeoch
McGeoch sent a jolt through the scene with Magazine, Siouxsie Sioux and more. Johnny Marr, James Dean Bradfield and others salute an overlooked musician
Daniel Dylan Wray
04, May, 2022 @7:00 AM
Johnny Marr: Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 review – dancefloor-friendly double album
Marr trades post-punk guitar for energetic electro-indie in a hopeful, pandemic-processing 16-track opus
Phil Mongredien
06, Mar, 2022 @1:00 PM
Johnny Marr: ‘When I play Smiths songs I experience this huge wave of elation’
On the eve of his new double album, the acclaimed songwriter takes questions from musicians, politicians and readers
Tim Lewis
06, Feb, 2022 @8:00 AM
There is a fight that never goes out: Morrissey accuses Johnny Marr of using him as clickbait
‘Must you persistently, year after year, decade after decade, blame me for everything?’ singer writes in open letter to former Smiths bandmate
Laura Snapes
26, Jan, 2022 @11:08 AM
Send us your questions for Johnny Marr
Got something to ask the prolific Mancunian guitar hero? Send it our way and we’ll put it to him
01, Jan, 2022 @9:00 AM
'She gold-plated songs': Denise Johnson, the voice of Manchester's dancefloors
Nineties bands in need of rave vocals looked to the late Johnson, whose rich, fiery voice alchemised their music into something else entirely
Fergal Kinney
28, Jul, 2020 @1:10 PM
'No downside': Johnny Marr, Best Coast and Jason Isbell on how sobriety improves music
Rock’n’roll is equated with excess – but for many musicians, addiction to drugs or alcohol can stifle their art. Three of them explain how getting sober sent their creativity skyrocketing
Lior Phillips
02, Jun, 2020 @3:11 PM
Johnny Marr joins Hans Zimmer to score next James Bond film
No Time to Die will be the 25th film in the franchise and Daniel Craig’s final role as 007
Aamna Mohdin
18, Jan, 2020 @1:00 PM
Johnny Marr scotches Smiths reunion rumours: 'Nigel Farage on guitar'
Marr alluded to his political differences with Morrissey, after a fan asked about rumours of a 2020 tour spread by ‘a trusted source’
Laura Snapes
07, Nov, 2019 @12:03 PM
Johnny Marr: 'Grown men were crying on their kids' shoulders'
The Smiths legend, whose appearance with the Killers was a true Glastonbury Moment, talks about his own festival experiences, and how the event was influenced by rave culture
Alex Needham
30, Jun, 2019 @12:45 PM
All Points East review – blockbuster festival makes a muted return
Standout sets from the Chemical Brothers and Christine and the Queens salvage an opening weekend marred by sound issues
Hannah J Davies
27, May, 2019 @11:05 AM
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