Morrissey is selling his entire stake in the music of The Smiths

“I am burnt out by any and all connections to Marr, Rourke, Joyce. I have had enough of malicious associations. With my entire life I have paid my rightful dues to these songs and these images. I would now like to live disassociated from those who wish me nothing but ill-will and destruction, and this is the only resolution. The songs are me - they are no one else - but they bring with them business communications that go to excessive lengths to create as much dread and spite year after year. I must now protect myself, especially my health.”

Whatta cunt!

God, he’s a bore.

I guess he needs a bigger house to encapsulate his huge fucking ego..

Is "cuntiest cunt that ever cunted" an official diagnosis? Because it should be!

You know how bitchy Brits can be..

So histrionic, must be a datalounger. Denying the importance of Marr to their sound and popularity is ridiculous. What does he have to complain about? His cult of devoted fans worships him like Christ.

Such a better crone. Outside of his weirdly rabid fan base nobody even knows who he is and you can easily have avoid having ever heard of or any of his music without even trying very hard.

He sounds exhausting. Marr must be thrilled with the idea of never having to contend with such a miserable husk of a human once the ink dries.

How I worshipped him when I was a teenager.

What a twat I was as a teenager.

But I will love The Smiths forever.

I would love for Stephen and Roger Waters to decide to take a submersible trip to the Titanic together.

Except I feel they both deserve to suffer more, the cunts.

He finally has the face he deserves.

Doesn’t he tire of his own melodrama?

I hope Taylor Swift buys his catalogue and releases "Viva Hate - Taylor's Version."

Mary Morrissey needs to get over herself.

I saw him in Cologne 2 months ago and he was still sexy

R13 - thank you for making me actually laugh out loud.

I wonder if he's having to pay off a pool boy.

I also wonder if a 50% stake will draw the kind of interest he's hoping for. My very limited understanding of comparable deals involving songwriting royalties/publishing etc is that buyers want *100%* control of the IP or it's not worth their time.

Morrissey was a put-upon, cuntier-than-cunty 60something louche even when he was 25.

What do you say DL, shall we put together an "offer?"

"Any interested party."

Do I hear the sound of crickets chirping?

I saw Morrissey in 2023. He was awesome and still sexy. He sounded great. He's still on the road. I like his music

It would be great if the rest of the band can come up with the $ to buy him out. I'm sure they want to be well rid of him. I love the Smiths but Moz, who used to be cool, is now a horrible right wing racist jerk.

R23 Well, there's only two living members remaining (other than Cuntessey), one of them died.

I'm sure there will be a lot of takers, as long as he has change for a twenty.

A prospective buyer would share rights with Marr, who holds the remaining 50%. That could be messy, as you stated. Who would break a stalemate decision?

Kind of like that French vineyard that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt owned; once they split it became a heated mess over ownership and sales rights. They are still grappling with it in the courts - Jolie sold to someone Pitt didn't like, and he's been contesting it since.

Heaven knows he's miserable now.

How many teenage suicides is he responsible for because of his depressing songs?