Johnny Marr Reveals in Memoir That Morrissey Discussed Smiths Reunion in 2008
Photo by Cassandra Hannagan/GettyIn his forthcoming memoir Set the Boy Free, Johnny Marr reveals that he and Morrissey discussed the “very real prospect” of a Smiths reunion in 2008.
In an excerpt from the autobiography, published Saturday in The Guardian, Marr said that talk of a potential Smiths reformation stemmed from a conversation about properly remastering the band’s albums. The face-to-face meeting marked the first time Marr and Morrissey had seen each other in a decade.
“We chatted, as we always did, about the records we loved, and eventually we moved onto ‘that subject’,” Marr wrote. “There had been rumors for years that the Smiths were about to re-form, and they were always untrue. I had never pursued any offer.”