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Smiths guitarist was perplexing to some fans and journalists in the late 1980s and '90s, but Johnny Marr had found his happy ...
The The aren’t exactly the most famous group Johnny Marr ever performed in, but the guitarist played a key role in it once primary member Matt Johnson decided to expand it from his solo project into a ...
Sunday was the inaugural Forever Now festival, the UK sister festival to the US’ Cruel World, where a lot of classic ...
Long before he completed his latest solo album, Johnny Marr already had its title: Fever Dreams Pts 1-4. "I just like the sound of [it]," the former guitarist of the Smiths says.
Music legend Johnny Marr has said there was a very simple reason he wasn’t interested in getting The Smiths back together. In September 2024, former Smiths frontman Morrissey claimed that he and his ...
With another iconic guitar riff and a high-energy touring band, Johnny Marr confronts greed and emptiness on "Easy Money".
Johnny Marr reunited with his old band The The at Forever Now in Milton Keynes on June 22nd. It marked his first performance ...
With decades of unpleasant words between principal members Morrissey and Johnny Marr, the Smiths have long been one of the classic rock groups least likely to reunite, and it seems even less ...
Half of the Smiths — guitarist Johnny Marr and bassist Andy Rourke — have reunited for their first recording together in 35 years. “Strong Forever” is a new track by Blitz Vega, a group ...
He’s the boy with a thorn in his side. The Smiths’ guitarist Johnny Marr has become the latest artist to try to “shut down” former President Donald Trump from using one of his songs.
Johnny Marr: For the longest time when I did that, I would erase it. What I did with The Smiths is still so loved, but as a young man trying not to be stuck in a box, ...
Top photo: Hans Zimmer, left, and guitarist Johnny Marr, right, at the after party for the Hollywood premiere of “Inception.” (Peter “Oso” Snell / Warner Bros.) Second, Zimmer ...