In Morrissey/The Smiths news: Slow Joy releases “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now”, Morrissey’s life is threaten, and Mike Joyce releases his autobiography, The Drums.

Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now by Slow Joy

Slow Joy
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Esteban Flores, aka Slow Joy, just released his cover of The Smiths’ “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now.” You can find it streaming on all the digital services, including Amazon. It’s what you would expect of a cover, a little stripped down and slow-paced. If you like what you heard, his debut album A Joy So Slow At Times I Don’t Think It’s Coming is out now on Mick Music.

Slow Joy at Green Room (June 12, 2024)

We saw Slow Joy in June 2024 and wrote, “Opening the show was New Mexican born Chicano artist Slow Joy (aka Esteban Flores) with a brief 30-min set. He played tracks, such as “Pulling Teeth”, from his EP Mi Amigo Slow Joy.”

TEXAS IS THE REASON & SLOW JOY TOUR DATES:

September 19th @ St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit, MI
September 22nd @ The Bluestone in Columbus, OH
September 24th @ 89th Street in Oklahoma City, OK
October 3rd @ Moonlight Lounge in Albuquerque, NM
October 5th @ Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown, CA
October 7th @ The UC Theatre in Berkeley, CA
October 8th @ Observatory SA in Santa Ana, CA
October 9th @ Observatory SD in San Diego, CA
October 10th @ Groundworks in Tucson, AZ

INOHA & SLOW JOY TOUR DATES

October 22 – The Rebel Lounge – Phoenix, AZ
October 23 – Voodoo Room @ HOB – San Diego, CA
October 24 – The Roxy – Los Angeles, CA
October 25 – Crybaby – San Francisco, CA
October 27 – Mission Theater – Portland, OR
October 28 – Madame Lou’s – Seattle, WA
October 30 – The Beehive – Salt Lake City, UT
November 1 – Globe Hall – Denver, CO
November 3 – Blueberry Hill – St. Louis, MO
November 4 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL
November 5 – Mahalls – Cleveland, OH
November 7 – LPR – New York, NY
November 8 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
November 9 – Foundry – Philadelphia, PA
November 10 – The Atlantis – Washington, DC
November 11 – Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC
November 12 – Purgatory – Atlanta, GA
November 13 – The Social – Orlando, FL
November 14 – Handlebar – Pensacola, FL
November 15 – Saturn – Birmingham, AL

MGM Music Hall at Fenway (Cancelled)

Morrissey
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English singer Morrissey recently cancelled two concert dates (September 19 and 20), due to threat on his life. According to ottawacitizen.com, a young Canadian Noah Castellano posted that he was going to shoot Morrissey, should he come to Ottawa on September 12th. Oddly enough, Morrissey still performed in Ottawa on September 12th, without any issues.

It’s possible that he didn’t learn of the threat until days later, hence the recent cancellations. I guess it’s better safe than sorry.

I’m not sure if there will be additional cancellations… if there are, I’ll continue to keep the Every date that Morrissey has ever cancelled page updated.

Morrissey’s remaining tour dates, courtesy of Morrissey-Solo:

Sep 23 Philadelphia, PA – The Met
Sep 25 Pittsburgh, PA – Benedum Center
Sep 27 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
Sep 29 Milwaukee, WI – The Riverside Theater
Oct 2 Denver, CO – Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
Oct 4 Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Tickets
Oct 7 Seattle, WA – Benaroya Hall – S. Mark Taper Auditorium
Oct 9 Eugene, OR – Hult Center for the Performing Arts
Oct 11 Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre
Oct 18 Ontario, CA – Toyota Arena
Oct 21 Tucson, AZ – Centennial Hall
Oct 25 Inglewood, CA – Intuit Dome Tickets
Oct 31 Mexico City – Palacio De Los Deportes
Nov 4 Guadalajara – Auditorio Telmex
Nov 8 Buenos Aires – Movistar Arena
Nov 12 São Paulo – Espaço Unimed
Nov 16 Santiago – Movistar Arena
Nov 20 Lima – Arena 1 Tickets
Nov 22 Bogota – Movistar Arena Tickets
Jan 3 Rancho Mirage, CA – The Show at Aqua Caliente
Jan 6 San Diego, CA – San Diego Civic Theatre
Jan 10 San Antonio, TX – Boeing Center at Tech Port
Jan 13 Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion
Jan 15 St. Louis, MO – The Factory
Jan 17 Atlanta, GA – The Fox Theatre
Jan 20 St. Petersburg, FL – Duke Energy Center for the Arts – Mahaffey Theater
Jan 22 Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live

The Drums by Mike Joyce (November 6, 2025)

Mike Joyce
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Smiths drummer Mike Joyce will be releasing a “no-holds-barred” autobiography called The Drums on November 6, 2025.

As you know, as a collector of these Morrissey/Smiths books (as seen here), I have own Morrissey’s memoir, Autobiography (2013) and guitarist Johnny Marr’s Set the Boy Free (2016) (Andy Rourke died 2023, without releasing his book). So I’m looking forward to checking out what Joyce has to say.

The book won’t re-tell well-documented Smiths story, but rather what Joyce’s ‘the feeling’ of his time in the band. I am particularly interested in hearing about the promised of a 25% split agreement (which Morrissey dispute). They eventually went to court for the promised money. Rourke, who was in debt at the time, settled out of court for £83,000 and 10 per cent of royalties. Joyce stuck to his gun, and was eventually awarded £1 million in back-royalties and 25%. To this day, Morrissey hates Joyce and Rourke with passion, calling them lawnmower parts… that’s why I never thought he would reform The Smiths (although in recent days Morrissey wants to reform and make money).

I’ve met all the Smiths, except for Moz, and they’re generally really nice to their fans. I normally would like to physically buy the book, but may settle for a digital copy if the option for the physical book is not available. Basically, what I’m saying is that it might take me a little time to track down the book, preferably at a decent price.

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