Posts with tag "morrissey"

Morrissey's Headlining Appearance Prompts Meat Ban at Belgian Festival

Posted Jun 10th 2011 at 02:15 AM by Spinner Editors

Singer Morrissey's appearance at a Belgian festival has prompted organizers to instigate the event's first-ever meat-free day. The Lokerse Feesten, which usually offers such delicacies as horse sausages and snails, will adopt a vegetarian stance on Aug. 4 to mark the former Smiths man's first solo performance at the 10-day festival. Organisers were no doubt keen to avoid a repeat of the ...

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Morrissey: The UK 'Doesn't Need' the Useless Royal Family

Posted Apr 29th 2011 at 02:15 AM by Spinner Editors

Morrissey has blasted the Royal family as "benefit scroungers" and, rather unsurprisingly, has declared that he won't be watching the upcoming royal wedding. As the UK -- or some parts of it, at least -- prepares to revel in the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on Friday, April 29, Morrissey was predictably less than enthused about the event. Speaking on BBC Radio 4 (via BBC ...

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Smiths Singer Morrissey Hospitalized After Collapse

Posted Oct 26th 2009 at 08:17 AM by PopEater Staff

Former Smiths frontman Morrissey was hospitalized overnight after he collapsed onstage during a performance, the Associated Press reports. The British singer was released Sunday from the Great Western Hospital in Swindon. A spokesperson said the singer was "much improved," but offered no specific information on the reason for the collapse. "Morrissey became unwell, and he was admitted overnight as ...