Johnny Marr

Born: Manchester, UK, 31st October 1963

First solo single: The Last Ride (with The Healers, October 2001)

Album Discography: The Messenger (February 2013); Playland (October 2014); Call The Comet (June 2018); Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 (February 2022)

Shortest Songs Ever from the likes of The Smiths, Nirvana and The White Stripes

The best songs under 2 minutes

Morrissey of The Smiths performs on stage at Brixton Academy in 1986

This is what The Smiths played at their last ever live show

The Smiths' Morrissey And Johnny Marr in 1985

Morrissey on why he wanted The Smiths reunion tour: "We’ve all begun to grow old"

Morrissey

Morrissey in 1984 and the Coronation Street set

When Morrissey wrote a script for Coronation Street

Great TV appearances: Queen on Top Of The Pops; The Stone Roses on The Other Side Of Midnight; The Smiths on The Tube; and David Bowie trying to get into the BBC Television Centre in 1964.

The 10 greatest debut TV appearances

Classic album titles... but what do they mean?

What’s the meaning behind these classic album titles?

Ian Brown with The Stone Roses in June 1989... and performing solo at the O2 Academy in Edinburgh, September 2022.

Manchester music legends now and then

Classic LIVE albums from Queen, U2, David Bowie, The Smiths, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Oasis, The Who, Arctic Monkeys and The Cure

The 20 best live albums

Johnny Marr tracks

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Glastonbury Festival ticket sales tips and tricks

Glastonbury 2025 ticket sale guide: tips, tricks & how to buy tickets

Music has been a form of protest for hundreds of years

The 50 greatest protest songs

Some of the biggest rock albums of 1985: Misplaced Childhood, Afterburner, Brothers In Arms and Love.

The 25 best Classic Rock albums of 1985

Heading out and about in 2025: Oasis, Linkin Park, Fontaines D.C. and Sam Fender

The biggest gigs and tours to come in 2025