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Throughout his career, Johnny Marr has been a sort of rock Zelig, popping up on albums and at live shows by Modest Mouse, the Cribs, the Talking Heads, Oasis, Dinosaur Jr...
spin.com (4 months and 6 days ago)

One night before concluding his solo headlining tour of the United States former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr surprised his crowd at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn by inviting his former bandmate Andy Rourke onstage The childhood friends raced through their former group's hit "How Soon Is Now?" Johnny Marr...
rollingstone.com (1 month and 14 days ago)

Johnny Marr has had quite a career with the Smiths Modest Mouse the Cribs The The and more but his solo debut has been a long time coming On February 26th the guitarist will release his first solo album The Messenger; it's filled with Brit-pop melodies and reverbed post-punk jangles...
rollingstone.com (4 months and 1 day ago)

Listen to the sprightly debut solo album from the former Smiths guitarist and let us know your thoughtsReading on mobile? Click here to listenIt seems remarkable that it's taken until now for Johnny Marr to release a solo album. After all, he has hardly kept quiet since the Smiths split in 1987, playing with everyone from Electronic and the Healers to Modest Mouse and the...
guardian.co.uk (4 months ago)

Guitarist joins Chic founding member at The Ritz for performance of 'Le Freak'
nme.com (19 days ago)

Solo album "The Messenger" brought the guitarist back to his native Manchester. Now, Marr looks ahead to high-profile gigs (among them: Coachella) where he'll take center stage.
hollywoodreporter.com (3 months and 23 days ago)

Johnny Marr just delivered his first-ever solo album, The Messenger, but the
spin.com (3 months and 20 days ago)

Artist: Johnny Marr | Album: The Messenger | Label: Sire/ADA
msn.com (3 months and 22 days ago)
For his first solo album, "The Messenger," Johnny Marr returns to the infectious New Wave sound that he created in the 1980s with the Smiths.
wsj.com (3 months and 29 days ago)

Everything new is old again. Or something like that. In the absence of a Smiths reunion in this, the year of the Great Britpop Revival, we'll have to settle for a new Johnny Marr album. "The Messenger" was...
cleveland.com (1 month and 25 days ago)
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