“Why do you come here? And why do you hang around?” – Morrissey

June 11, 2026: The Smiths: A Novella

The Smiths: A Novella is a fictional story from author Michael Bracewell. He previously wrote England Is Mine (not to be confused with the biographical drama 2017 film England Is Mine), a title that is taken from The Smiths’ line, “I decree today that life is simply taking and not giving. England is mine, and it owes me a living.”.

Jan 2026: Uncut Magazine

There’s an interview with The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce in the latest issue of Uncut Magazine (cover date of Feb 2026). You can read an expanded interview on their website: “I played with him in 2011. He was doing a Smiths tribute night at Band On The Wall and he asked me to play two or three songs in the encore. I said to him about a soundcheck, just to run through the songs, and he said, ‘Fuckin’ ’ell, don’t you know Smiths songs?!’ He had a very Manc sense of humour, taking the piss a lot. There was always a one-liner or a quip coming out of him. Every time I saw him, he always had a smile on his face. He’s the kind of guy that you’d always want in your band in terms of keeping spirits up, but he’s also a wonderful bass player. There’s a Primal Scream track that Mani played on called “Uptown” from Beautiful Future, and that’s the pocket right there. There’s no flim-flam, it’s just the same thing over and over again, but that’s the bassline, and Mani’s playing is just stupendous. It’s perfect.”

09 Jan 2026: Make-Up Is A Lie

Morrissey’s new single “Make-Up Is A Lie” is out January 9, 2026, via Sire Records.

Dec 2025: The Last Ten Seconds

When I first saw this band’s name, The Last Ten Seconds, I knew immediately that they had stolen their name from The Smiths. So, after I checked all the registered historical facts, I discovered that they had indeed taken their name from the song “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before.”

06 Nov 2025: Mike Joyce’s long overdue reflection of life in The Smiths.

Oct 2025: Superbrain by Blitz Vega

We previously mentioned Blitz Vega in February 2024 and mentioned that this was a band from Kav Sandhu (formerly of Happy Mondays) and the late Andy Rourke (The Smiths).

19 Sep 2025: Look Out Live! by Johnny Marr

19 Sep 2025: Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now by Slow Joy

05 Sep 2025: The Conjuring: Last Rites

A Morrissey photo (circa 1991) appears in the film. The film takes place in 1986.

17 Oct 2025: Chrissie Hynde’s upcoming Duets Special (October 17, 2025) will feature a duet with Cat Power for a cover of Morrissey’s “First Of The Gang To Die”

04 Aug 2025: In an episode posted August 4, 2025, about Improvisational songs, the Professor of Rock is seen wearing The Smiths’ The Queen is Dead T-Shirt.

18 Oct 2024: 1994 by Sponge

Sponge covered Morrissey’s “The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get”, on their cover lover album 1994.

10 Nov 2023: The Killer

A cold assassin kills people, listening to the soundtrack of The Smiths.

Jan 2019: In Deadly Class

In Deadly Class episode 2, gangster Willie comes over to main protagonist, Marcus, after seeing him with headphones. After asking about the “wack” music, Marcus said the song is by The Smiths.

July 2019: Morrissey Funko

Funko, the pop culture manufacturer responsible for a billion vinyl figures and bobbleheads, have recently unveiled a Morrissey Funko Pop Figure, as part of their line of Pop! Rocks figures, at the London Toy Fair. The figure will be available in stores around July 2019.

Oct 2018: In the Bumblebee film (December 21, 2018), a spinoff of the popular Transformers films, actress Hailee Steinfeld (as Charlie Watson) is seen wearing a The Smiths T-Shirt in the film trailer.