R.I.P. Andy Rourke (The Smiths bassist)
Sad news earlier today as the world found out that Andy Rourke, former bassist for The Smiths, passed away at age 59 after a battle with pancreatic cancer at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Center in New York.
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums). Morrissey and Marr formed the band’s songwriting partnership. The Smiths are regarded as one of the most important British bands and one of the pioneers of 1980s independent music.
East, West, under the Ocean
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Blitz Vega’s “Strong Forever”, What is incredibly important about this single is that it features a team-up of Andy Rourke and Johnny Marr, a long time The Smiths reunion of some sort… a meeting that only took 35 years in the making. We all know that Morrissey has never forgiven the other band members (and in fact had an online spat with Marr a few years ago), so seeing Rourke and Marr together is good enough for me!
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Morrissey cancels Los Angeles show 30 minutes in
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Afghan Whigs at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (09 Sep 2022)
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Go, go, go!
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The Ocean Blue / Graveyard Club at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (26 July 2019)
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2018 Shows
2018 Shows - Minneapolis 141 shows in total.