Morrissey calls Twitter account 'bogus'

May 17, 2014 9:59

The singer has denied that he is posting via the recently active social networking account

Morrissey has called the Twitter account that was set up in his name "bogus".

Writing in a statement posted on fan forum True To You, Morrissey denied that he posted his first official tweet earlier this week, saying:

I would like to stress that I do not have either a Twitter or a Facebook account. I gather that a Twitter account has been opened in my name - as 'It's Morrissey' - but it is NOT Morrissey. I do not know who has opened this recent Twitter account, but please be aware that it is bogus. That's, of course, if you should remotely care. Untwitterably yours, MORRISSEY.

On May 14 a tweet was sent out by the verified Morrissey account @itsmorrissey on Twitter, reading: "Hello. Testing, 1, 2, 3. Planet Earth, are you there? One can only hope...". Four more tweets have since been posted, with tour details and a tweet which read: "Twitter is the perfect metaphor for...something. Dunno what."

Morrissey recently revealed the title track from his new album 'World Peace Is None of Your Business'. The song is the first to be taken from Morrissey's forthcoming solo album of the same name and is available to download immediately for those who pre-order the record.

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A video for a spoken word version of the single featuring Nancy Sinatra has also been revealed. The video can be watched via iTunes. The album will be released on July 14 and includes 'Neal Cassady Drops Dead', 'Earth Is The Loneliest Planet' and 'Kick The Bride Down The Aisle'. Scroll down to see the full tracklisting.

The singer, who released his autobiography in October 2013, has signed a new, worldwide record deal with Universal Music's US-based Harvest Records for the release of his 10th studio album. All 12 tracks were produced by Joe Chiccarelli (The Strokes, The Killers) in France.

The 'World Peace Is None of Your Business' tracklisting is:

'World Peace Is None Of Your Business'
'Neal Cassady Drops Dead'
'Istanbul'
'I'm Not A Man'
'Earth Is The Loneliest Planet'
'Staircase At The University'
'The Bullfighter Dies'
'Kiss Me A Lot'
'Smiler With Knife'
'Kick The Bride Down the Aisle'
'Mountjoy'
'Oboe Concerto'

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The 1975 frontman Matt Healy calls Razorlight's Johnny Borrell a 'wanker'

November 2, 2013 10:05

Healy says Borrell would have become a 'wanker' whether Razorlight had been successful or not

The 1975 frontman Matt Healy has branded Johnny Borrell a "wanker".

The 1975 are one of the breakthrough bands of 2013, having supported The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park over the summer and then scored a Number One album with their self-titled debut in September.

Asked by The Guardian whether he worries about success turning him into a "complete wanker", Healy replied: "No, I don't. We're not worried about becoming a bunch of wankers because the people who become wankers were always gonna become wankers. Johnny Borrell is a wanker because he's a wanker, not because Razorlight got massive."

Healy also insisted that having famous parents - his father is Auf Wiedersehen, Pet actor Tim Healy and his mother Denise Welch is a well-known Loose Women panellist - has done nothing to boost the band's career. "Who's going to care about some jumped-up kid? Listen, my parents' connections couldn't have got me anywhere," he said.

Johnny Borrell released his debut solo album, 'Borrell 1', in July and saw it sell just 594 copies in its first week on sale. The album features song titles including 'Erotic Letter', 'Ladder To Your Bed' and 'Pan-European Supermodel Song (Oh! Gina)'.

The 1975, currently on tour in the US, will return to the UK for a homecoming gig at Manchester Apollo on December 10 and a set at Blackpool Rocks on December 21. They will then play six UK dates - three in Manchester, three in London - in January 2014.

The 1975 will play:

Manchester Apollo (December 20)
Blackpool Rocks (21)
Manchester Academy (January 6, 7, 8)
London Brixton Academy (9, 10, 11)

To check the availability of The 1975 tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/TICKETS now, or call 0844 858 6765 .

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Michael Jackson lawyer calls new sex abuse claim 'outrageous'

Lawyer Howard Weitzman speaks to the media outside of Superior Court in Los Angeles July 6, 2009.

Credit: Reuters/Eric Thayer

LOS ANGELES | Wed May 8, 2013 6:40pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The attorney for Michael Jackson's estate on Wednesday described as "outrageous and pathetic" a fresh claim of child molestation against the dead pop star, made by one of his close friends.

Choreographer Wade Robson, who testified in defense of the "Thriller" singer in a 2005 child sex abuse trial, filed a creditor's claim against Jackson's estate last week, alleging he had been abused by the singer when he was a minor, according to sealed legal documents seen by celebrity website TMZ.com.

"Mr. Robson's claim is outrageous and pathetic," Howard Weitzman, the attorney for Jackson's estate, said in a statement.

Robson, 30, developed a friendship with Jackson as a child and slept over at the singer's Neverland Ranch home in Southern California on several occasions when he was a minor.

He made his claim for damages against the singer's estate almost four years after Jackson's June 2009 death. Details of his allegations were not publicly available.

Robson's attorney, Henry Gradstein, accused Jackson of brainwashing and intimidating Robson to keep him from coming forward.

"Last year, on a career trajectory that was off the charts, he (Robson) collapsed under the stress and sexual trauma of what had happened to him for seven years as a child," Gradstein said in a statement on Wednesday.

He added that Robson had no financial motive and did not request a specific amount of damages in his claim.

Jackson was tried and acquitted in 2005 on molestation charges involving another minor. Robson testified at that trial in defense of the singer.

"This is a young man who has testified at least twice under oath over the past 20 years and said in numerous interviews that Michael Jackson never did anything inappropriate to him or with him," Weitzman said.

Robson, an Australian, worked as a choreographer for pop singer Britney Spears and former boy band 'N Sync in the late 1990s and appeared as a judge on the U.S. TV dance competition "So You Think You Can Dance."

He also appeared as a dancer in Jackson's 1991 music video for the single, "Black or White."

Jackson's estate is in the process of settling dozens of claims from creditors and others who had dealings with the King of Pop during his long career.

An unrelated wrongful death suit, brought by Jackson's family against concert promoter AEG Live, is in its second week of trial in Los Angeles.

(Reporting by Eric Kelsey; Editing by Jill Serjeant and Mohammad Zargham)

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