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The announcement comes after the musician took to Morrissey Central to sell his stake in the former band<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Morrissey shut down an email to solicit offers for his rights to the Smiths\u2019 music and other connected intellectual property, according to a post on his official website.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe \u2018eaves\u2019 business email address has been switched off due to the colossal response to Morrissey\u2019s announcement of his wish to pass his \u2018Smiths\u2019 interests over to an investor,\u201d the post from Friday stated. \u201cAlthough Morrisseys\u2019 love for the songs of the Smiths era will never waver, he is tired of the disagreeable and vexatious characters involved in \u2018The Smiths\u2019 business.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe post continued: \u201cAfter thirty-eight years of insults and abuse, Morrissey has had enough. All (or most) of the \u2018eaves\u2019 emails will be answered in time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tLast week, Morrissey Central and the singer\u2019s official Instagram accounts posted an announcement that he was selling the entirety of his business interests in the Smiths. It is unclear if Morrissey created the posts. Reps for Morrissey did not immediately return Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s requests for comment. The posts, titled \u201cA Soul for Sale,\u201d included a quote attributed to the former Smiths frontman that said he was \u201cburnt out by any and all connections\u201d with his former bandmates, and wanted to \u201clive disassociated\u201d from them. He cited that it led him to put his rights to Smiths intellectual property up for sale. The announcement included an email address, which bounced back when Rolling Stone<\/em> reached out for comment.<\/p>\n \n\tUp for grabs, per the announcement, are the \u201cfull and exclusive rights\u201d to the name \u201cThe Smiths\u201d created by Morrissey, all of the Smiths\u2019 artwork created by him, All Smiths merchandising rights, all Smiths songs lyrically and musically, all synchronization rights, all Smiths recordings, and all contractual rights for Smiths publishing.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI am burnt out by any and all connections to [Former Smiths members Johnny] Marr, [Andy] Rourke, [Mike] Joyce. I have had enough of malicious associations. With my entire life I have paid my rightful dues to these songs and these images,\u201d he said per the quote attributed to him. \u201cI would now like to live disassociated from those who wish me nothing but ill-will and destruction, and this is the only resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n \n\tMorrissey continued: \u201cThe songs are me \u2013 they are no one else \u2013 but they bring with them business communications that go to excessive lengths to create as much dread and spite year after year. I must now protect myself, especially my health.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tA rep for Marr did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s request for comment regarding the sale announcement. A rep for Joyce said he does not comment on what his former bandmates say or do.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Smiths broke up in 1987 and Morrissey and Marr have had a tenuous relationship ever since. Last year, Marr revealed he said \u201cno\u201d to an offer Morrissey said he received from AEG Entertainment Group to reform\u00a0the band alongside Marr.<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n \n\tThough in 2008, they met at a pub to discuss a possible Smiths reunion. \u201cIn that moment it seemed that with the right intention it could actually be done and might even be great,\u201d Marr wrote in his 2016 memoir\u00a0Set the Boy Free<\/em>. \u201cFor four days it was a very real prospect.\u201d The potential reunion was fleeting, however, after Marr left to Mexico to tour with the Cribs. \u201cAnd then suddenly there was radio silence,\u201d Marr wrote. \u201cOur communication ended, and things went back to how they were and how I expect they always will be.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tDrummer Joyce has been estranged from Morrissey and Marr following a 1996 lawsuit over the Smiths royalties that was contentious. After bassist Rourke died in 2023, a proper reunion was no longer possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Website design The announcement comes after the musician took to Morrissey Central to sell his stake in the former band<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7282,"featured_media":12976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-website"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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