Blondie returns with first album in 10 years High Noon will include the last recording made by late drummer Clem Burke The Independent UK · Oct 15
Blondie to return with the new album 'High Noon' next year and you can have a taste of it now Blondie is set to release a new album, “High Noon,” early next year, a decade after their last outing The Independent UK · Oct 15
Blondie to release first album in nine years The record features the final recording of late drummer Clem Burke. Evening Standard · Oct 15
Johnny Marr to be honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award at tonight’s Sky Arts Awards Johnny Marr will be celebrated with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this evening’s (13.10.26) Sky Arts Awards in London. BANG Premier · Oct 13
The Smiths’ Johnny Marr to receive Lifetime Achievement Award The musician, 62, will be recognised for his songwriting and ‘enduring influence on modern music’ at the Sky Arts Awards. Evening Standard · Oct 13
Johnny Marr says death of Mani altered the meaning of Beyond The Rain Johnny Marr says news of Mani’s death shifted Beyond The Rain into a more poignant tribute as he rewrote key lyrics in the studio. BANG Premier · Oct 12
From Digger to The Strokes: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead Tom Cruise transforms in Alejandro Iñárritu’s heavyweight satirical comedy, while the NYC indie rockers are in the UK for an arena tour The Guardian - UK · Oct 3
Johnny Marr says new album will address ‘impending danger’ in politics The former Smiths guitarist spoke about his first album in four years, The Age Of Everything. Evening Standard · Oct 1
Johnny Marr shares what he learned from Damon Albarn Johnny Marr learned some valuable lessons when working with Damon Albarn on Gorillaz's The Mountain. BANG Premier · Sep 30
Impressionist masters and deranged diggers: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week Tom Cruise gives his zaniest performance yet in dark comedy 'Digger', The Smiths' Johnny Marr returns with his 10th album, and new exhibitions spotlight Renoir and Monet. Here's what to look out for this week. Euronews · Sep 28
Johnny Marr’s guitar auction smashes records raising millions for charity IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 18
Johnny Marr’s iconic Smiths guitars fetch millions at landmark auction The 111 lots auctioned on Thursday featured a range of instruments played by Marr fetched nearly £4 million The Independent UK · Sep 18
Johnny Marr guitar collection fetches almost £4 million at auction Marr’s Guitars: The Johnny Marr Collection sold for over £3.6 million. Evening Standard · Sep 17
Two Johnny Marr guitars have sold for more than half a million pounds Several guitars went up for sale at a Christie’s London auction on Thursday as part of the Marr’s Guitars: The Johnny Marr Collection. Evening Standard · Sep 17
The Independent UK · Sep 12 Noel Gallagher feared Oasis would destroy Johnny Marr’s iconic Smiths guitar ‘You’ve always been a bit gung-ho with your guitars,’ Gallagher told Marr while browsing a collection of Marr’s on display in London
Evening Standard · Sep 12 Noel Gallagher says Johnny Marr has ‘always been gung-ho’ with his guitars Marr began his award-winning career in the 1980s with rock group The Smiths.
Guitar World · Aug 31 Guitar World Editors’ Picks – our favorite tracks this month: “Who doesn’t like off-kilter, avant-garde, guitar-based pop that not only uses alternate tunings but is also microtonal?” Featuring a tongue-in-cheek single from a certain Rivers Cuomo, a dash of microtonal pop, and jangly riffs from a very charming man
The Guardian - UK · Aug 29 The best music of autumn 2026: Johnny Marr, Phoebe Bridgers, Rachel Chinouriri and more Irish noisemongers Gilla Band, shadowy producers Two Shell and lovable band the Big Moon have new records, and there are tours from Bob Dylan and Kelela – plus the best of jazz, global and classical
The Guardian - UK · Aug 28 Bigmouth strums again: was Andy Burnham’s Smiths jam in Kyiv the perfect soundtrack to a Britain in freefall? The UK prime minister clearly still adores the band. Perhaps he’s attracted to songs about sham justice and murderous meat factories, shot through with nihilism and exquisite despair
BANG Premier · Aug 28 Noel Gallagher 'writing songs for fun' Johnny Marr has revealed his friend Noel Gallagher is currently "writing stories for fun".
Guitar World · Aug 26 Johnny Marr responds to UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham serenading Ukrainian soldiers with the Smiths riff: “It’s a victory for the guitar” Burnham played The Smiths’ Rusholme Ruffians to soldiers in a mobile recording studio in Kyiv, and the man who wrote the song couldn’t be happier
MusicRadar · Aug 25 Johnny Marr reacts to British PM Andy Burnham playing a Smiths song on a guitar for soldiers in Ukraine: “I can’t quite get my head around it... for me, it’s like a victory for the guitar” The prime minister busted out a few bars of the Smiths classic Rusholme Ruffians during his visit to Kyiv
Guitar World · Aug 21 The Smiths held their label to ransom until Johnny Marr got this guitar: “As soon as I got that back to the hotel, I wrote Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now in about 10 minutes” Marr will be auctioning off his four-decade guitar collection next month, including a Gibson ES-355 that played a pivotal role in The Smiths’ repertoire
MusicRadar · Aug 13 Reissue, Repackage, re-evaluate the songs: Morrissey And Marr have collaborated on new Smiths Rough Trade archive release Both contribute sleeve notes to Rough Trade 45s box set
Guitar World · Aug 6 “It’s insane. He died aged 25, only guitar players remember him, and yet he was the sound of the Pretenders”: Chrissie Hynde on the underrated guitar hero who defined the Pretenders The guitarist died just a few years after the band’s debut album, but his imprint on their sound can still be felt today