Losing Hope For That Smiths Reunion
[Moozik: Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings]
I think I was about 14 when I heard The Smiths for the first time. I remember being blown away by the 'Sheila Take A Bow' single. From there I bought all their albums (yes, on vinyl) and played them to death. That was also the year that the band broke up. Since then I've always hoped they'd settle their differences and get back together as I would love to see them live. Sure Morrissey sings some Smiths songs occasionally at his gigs but it's just not the same is it?
Well, looks like I should probably stop hoping to see that Smiths reunion gig. Let's be honest, it's never going to happen.
As the son and heir of nothing in particular, money means little to Morrissey - not even $5m to reform the Smiths.The 46-year-old singer yesterday revealed how he and his fellow former band mates had been offered the sum to reform for just one gig at the Coachella Valley festival, held in the Californian desert.
At a press conference at the music industry's biggest showcase event, south by southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, Morrissey said: "If people must know, it was $5m." After the gasps died down he was asked if he had considered it. "I didn't give it a second thought because money doesn't come into it."