Edwyn Collins has just performed at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London as part of this year’s Meltdown festival – here, in a fascinating feature from Uncut’s April 2010 issue (Take 155), the tale of Collins’ Orange Juice is told by the man himself alongside the group’s other members. Get ready for a tale of wilful perversity, vicious in-fighting, pant-wetting on TV and how Edwyn Collins “traded in all our equity for a funny bassline”… Words: Alastair McKay___________________
Morrissey has announced an extensive tour of North America.
The singer, who recently reissued his 1998 debut album Viva Hate, will play 33 dates beginning in Boston on October 5. The tour eventually closes in Atlantic City on December 8.
Morrissey will play his only UK show of the year at Manchester Arena on July 28.
The North American tour dates are:
10/05 - Boston, Massachusetts - Wang Theatre
10/06 - Waterbury, Connecticut - Palace Theater
10/10 - New York, New York - Radio City Music Hall
10/15 - Portland, Maine - State Theatre