In 1985 Tony Wilson interviewed The Smiths on Granada Reports. I recorded it on VHS. At the start Tony says “we’re in downtown Chorlton” and goes into the rehearsal room. I’ve lived in Chorlton 30 years and always wondered where this was. Last week Mike Joyce told me…

The Smiths - a history Yep, sure did. I even did a picture...

#TheSmiths #ThisCharmingMan #RT136

1st November 1986 - The Smiths gig at the London Palladium is reviewed in Sounds. #TheSmiths illnessasart.com/2020/03/08/sou…

TONY WILSON in downtown Chorlton Cum Hardy with THE SMITHS… #TheSmiths #TonyWilson

1st November 1986 - The Smiths gig at the London Palladium is reviewed in the NME. #TheSmiths illnessasart.com/2020/03/08/nme…

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2nd November 1987 - The Smiths release 'I Started Something I Couldn't Finish' #TheSmiths

The Smiths also released 'I Started Something...' on cassingle featuring a cover of James' 'What's the World?'. #TheSmiths

It's incredible that forty of so years later we're still discovering things about The Smiths. #TheSmiths x.com/badly_drawn_bo…

The Smiths record sleeves-origins…

On 28th July 1986 a Brookside episode was broadcast. In it Dr Tony Burrell said to Sandra Maghie "I started something I couldn't finish" relating to an investigation at the hospital they both worked at. Is this where Moz got his inspiration? #TheSmiths x.com/Smiths_history…

3rd November 1984 - Morrissey is interviewed during the recording of 'Meat is Murder' in Melody Maker. #TheSmiths #Morrissey illnessasart.com/2020/01/05/mel…

‘I took mushrooms before my audition’: Smiths drummer Mike Joyce on wild gigs, Marr’s jim-jams and Morrissey’s genius. #TheSmiths theguardian.com/music/2025/nov…

4th November 1983 - The Smiths appear on our TV screens for the first time on The Tube. #TheSmiths youtu.be/cJRP3LRcUFg?si…

Mike Joyce interviewed on the 'Word in Your Ear' podcast. #TheSmiths podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

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5th November 1983 - 'This Charming Man' is reviewed in Record Mirror. #TheSmiths illnessasart.com/2019/12/31/rec…

Morrissey question on The Chase alert🚨 #Morrissey

To celebrate the publication of Mike Joyce’s book and his appearance in Manchester tonight, here’s a set of his drumsticks I obtained at the Smiths Convention in 1988. #TheSmiths Mike Joyce