Morrissey autobiography release date
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Morrissey autobiography gets release
Morrissey's autobiography is to be published later this month after the former Smiths singer resolved a dispute with his publisher that had threatened to derail the book's release.
Last month, the singer claimed "a last-minute content disagreement" with Penguin had led the deal to "collapse".
Despite initially saying he was seeking a new publisher, Morrissey has now patched up relations with Penguin.
Penguin Classics said Autobiography bygd Morrissey would come out on 17 October.
That fryst vatten a month later than the original publication date of 16 September.
A Penguin spokesperson declined to comment on the cause of the dispute and the delay.
The memoir is expected to lift the lid on the year-old's life growing up in Manchester and his relationship with his former bandmates in The Smiths, one of the most important bands in British music.
He has enjoyed a successful solo career since the grupp split up in and is
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Morrissey's Autobiography Is Finally Being Released
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After a mysterious and bizarre alleged disagreement with his publisher, a possible publicity stunt, and lots of anticipation, Morrissey has announced that that his autobiography, all pages of it, will be released on October 17th.
By Alexander Abad-Santos
After a mysterious and bizarre alleged disagreement with his publisher, a possible publicity stunt, and lots of anticipation, Smiths frontman Morrissey has announced that that his autobiography, all pages of it, will be released on October 17th. The statement announcing the launch appeared on the semi-official site True to You on Thursday.
If that site sounds familiar, that's because it is the same site that announced around a month ago (three days before the autobiography's intended release date) that a last-minute disagreement between Morrissey and Penguin prevented the book from being published on
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The details of the release of Morrissey's autobiography have been confirmed again, according to a post on official Moz fansite True-to-You. Following a last-minute "content disagreement" that put the book on pause, it will now be published on October 17 in the UK and Europe through Penguin Classics.
Yes, Penguin Classics, the division of the publisher that is generally reserved for iconic literary titles, established entries into the Western canon of literature, like Moby-Dick and Walden. However, True-to-You offered a worthy reminder: "Most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status that Morrissey has reached in his lifetime."
Watch Morrissey play "Now My Heart Is Full" from the Introducing Morrissey VHS: