Morrissey and the NME are both wrong

After a brief happy spell of three and a half years, the NME and Morrissey have once again locked horns over an interview that was published in today's issue. In the interview, which details Morrissey's views on immigration in a detailed way, the NME question his views on the subject.

This news story details the whole saga quite well.

To be honest, I have beefs with both subjects.

In regards to Morrissey, I think that some of the comments he made in that interview were very confusing. One minute he was for and then against and then back to being for and then against immigration. His mind is quite muddled on the issue. If he was a British resident, I suppose I could have a level of understanding with his comments. But he isn't.

Morrissey has spend the best part of the 90s and the first half in this decade residing in LA and then last year he moved to Rome. He has essentially been cut off, for the most part, from British politics for more than a decade. So for him to make some of the comments he made is a show of naivety on his part.

But then again, the NME telling me that his views are wrong (which is what they are essentially doing) is plain stupid. I do think Morrissey is a twat, not just for this but for other things too, but I'm sure there are other people who aren't so...politics savy I guess. Basically, it's propaganda on the NME's part to not allign with the Tories.

It's not just this feature that shows their political bias either. It's become a habit of the NME for the last few months and it does feel like propaganda now (anti-racism campaign aside, which is totally justified for the obvious reasons). I allow my friends and other people to have their own opinions - not to force feed them policies.

It will be interesting to see how this pans out.

True To You - a Morrissey fan website

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Foo Fighters at Wembley? No thanks.

So today, Radio 1 announced that the Foo Fighters will be playing Wembley Stadium next June (the 6th to be exact). You would think that, as a Nirvana, Foos and Grohl fan, I would jump at the chance to get tickets.

Well I'm not.

It is absolutely nothing to do with the band themselves. I'm pretty sure that they will put on a brilliant show at Wembley. Since their brilliant Live Earth performance, I'm sure many will have wanted them to go back for a full-on Foos gig there. It is looking like next year's biggest stadium show in the UK.

And that is the problem. It is a big show. The last time I saw Foo Fighters, it was at Hyde Park in June 2006. Whilst it was a great day and I had a nice time, the setlist was very average and I know a lot of people complained about the sound. And to add that, we all had to endure Motorhead. If I want to see the Foos again, I'll want to see them at a far smaller venue (and unbelievable, an arena gig counts!)

The other potential problems is going to be a re-occurnace of the niggles I encountered when seeing Muse this year. Only a week before the gig, they'll announce a golden circle and piss off lots of punters. Whilst I can understand why there is a need for it (safety), I still hate the idea. So standing isn't going to be that much fun if you are not in the circle.

After the first gig sells out, another one will be added and then if the gig is really successful then the DVD of the gig will feature the second day, pissing off the fans who thought that their own date would be special.

So the reason I'm not going next year, although if persuaded I might try and look on Scarlet Mist every now and then, is not because of the Foos. I'm just fed up of massive summer gigs.

Foo Fighters website
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