if it's true ... I think the first of the gang has great single qualities

but is there any word on who's the producer?

I hope "i like you", "...crashing bores" and "first of the gang.." are included!

Roll on October 2003!

"Game of Light" in Latin, I think.

This is truly exciting..enjoy the summer and wait for the new Moz album..yee haa!!

Lets hope!

Also, I really am curious as to WHO exactly is in the band these days. I guess we have to assume Alain, Boz, and Gary..... but who on drums?

They haven't even gone into the studio to record the new album, but already people are saying it'll be out in October? I'm sure we'd all agree that someone is jumping the gun with speculating a release date.

If that's the title it's doomed already. "hello mr shop assistant, have you got lapis lazuli", assistant replies "no, it's the way i walk". First of the gang will go top 20 though, good news.

of course i'm glad about this new, but c'mon... we all already know the song... we wish to be amazed by a BRAND NEW and never heard before single.

marco, the very rich and the very poor.

Start Saving it looks like we are going to spend a lot of cash at the end of the year! with new single comes new album and new tour, its a natural sequence...Gracias a Mozz, Saludos de Playas de Tijuana!!

this is good news. I am happy.
Hope he tours to promote it! got a funny feeling he is finally gonna play in Manchester again...

why linder and moz never married...

Sounds more like a Danzig album title.

i think the album release will be eventually pushed by a month or two. i think ocotber seems to quick of a release for new moz material. my guess would be early 2004.

How do Ch4 telext get these stories first?

Fantastic news.

I'm all for an October realease, but these things take time! If the record is not yet committed to tape, October seems impossible. Still, I'll hope for Moz's October symphony.

if The Motivators project takes off, which it is most likely to do, with record releases and touring, he isn't going to have a band to record the next album and to tour with, and if he does get a new band, who is gonna volunteer to slog around the world for such little financial reward....so I doubt there will be ana album until this time next year!!!

Is a error. The first of the gang to die must be a track more, too times hear this song in tour and radio....Morrissey must to make new songs. We don´t want a recopilation album. We want a autentic MOZ ALBUM, complete New....complete MOZ.....complete AMAZING.....we want...

I'm pretty stupid, I guess, but can someone give me the proper pronunciation of these words:

Ludus: [LOO-dus] or [LUH-dus]

Lumini: [LOO-mini] or [LUH-Mini]

or ...?

My guess is it's [LUH-dus LOO-mini]

i was hoping "the world is full of crashing bores" would be the first single.

We shouldn't be too quick to judge. The album has yet to hit stores and yet we find ourselves criticizing it. Weren't we all eager for a new album? Well, here it is and we should be thankful. It's been too long since his last album, so let's appreciate Morrissey.

"Irish Blood, English Heart" is a great song....

...it just needs to be a the right tempo and it will be fine. I thought it was dreary on Craig Kilbourn but on the tour, it was electric!

It was my record shop owner who told me about the signing well before it 'happened' (his source - a Sanctuary rep.).
Strangely enough, low and behold, my friend informs me of the Teletext information via his Rep.(obviously before it was on Teletext!).
Interesting title change if def. true.
Moz - 'bout time m'boy!
Regards,
FWD

This is the news we've been waiting for for SIX years, so I'm very happy. Odd title for an album though. Really think he should go with "Irish Blood, English Heart", even if it is a track as well.

FOTGTD is a great choice for first single, come on! I hope there are five singles with lots of great b-sides (a lovely version of "Mexico" would be perfect for this).

kl

if that is true i can't wait...and first of the gang to die as the first single would be great and so would be the world is full of crashing bores...i can't wait. thanx for the great info.

The 'Irish Blood, English Heart' album title thing has been knocked around for a few years now. No doubting it's truth, Moz stated in 1999 that the next album would be called just that, but I guess time has paled it out of favour. I quite like the new title, if indeed it is to be the new title. I never heard any Ludus before until the Under The Influence album and now I'm really curious, 'Breaking The Rules' is a fantastic song.
  As for 'The First of The Gang...' being the single, well I can see that. It has Pop Single qualities. I'd love to see him release 'Irish Blood, English Heart' as a single. The charts is so lacking in a song with anything to say. That song, which I personally thought was the best of the five new ones aired on tour, would cause the sort of controversy last witnessed when ahhhh........that fellow Morrissey was making records!!!

PS: Maybe the cheap bastard will pay his crew now...

These teletext folks sre usually spot on with their info so who knows...
To those who are moaning,please stop it,it's a new album,full of new songs,so please stop it.
O heres a little known fact,non smokers die everyday(bill hicks).......

...and to think I was hoping that eventually the unreleased songs would not be included...oh well...

at least the man has secured his place in musical history some time ago so I don´t care anymore.

The new album will be called : "DANCE OF DEATH"
Here is the full tracklisting for the new album:

The full track listing is -

1. Wildest Dreams
2. Rainmaker
3. No More Lies
4. Montsegur
5. Dance Of Death
6. Gates Of Tomorrow
7. New Frontier
8. Paschendale
9. Face in The Sand
10. Age Of Innocence
11. Journeyman

So, I am excited by this : )

Hmm, I wonder if this is not the new Iron Maiden album and not the Morrissey-album

Hmm, I need to get a life. Well, what else can I do in the meantime. You can`t expect me to be camping outside HMV already can you?

Brice

October what?

Release date...of some significance!

i know a million of u disagree with me on this cos ive read all the comments and most of u liked 'first in the gang' the most, out of the five new songs aired on tour so far.

BUT if Mozz is to make any new fans and keep the old faithfull generally happy , not just here on this site, but everywhere, (I think) he should release 'I like u'.
The studio finished version will probably sound excellent. Its hard to judge on a fresh live version.

Its more 'up' than the other songs, more radio friendly, in the vein of other songs that were the first to be released from 'new' albums....ie) 'daganham dave' off 'southpaw', 'the more u ignore me' 'off vauxhall', 'our frank' off 'kill uncle', 'suedehead' off 'viva hate' , 'alma matters' off 'maladjusted'.
all these first single releases off each album were the most 'up' song off each album.

Ive played 'I like u' to a couple of non-Mozz fans
and they've both said 'hey thats not bad.
Upon hearing first in the gang, although I like it, they both agreed 'first in the gang' had a trudging plodding melody and mused where the song was going.......

Ive always thought 'I like u' could be a great flagship single for the new l.p. so wot do ya say mozz?

p.s. loose that new title.
o.k. so it means............
game of light, life, loafer, loofer, whatever...........
how about ''in love with the past''....
wot a title ;-))))))

i this will be a better album compare to the last one, as Moz have realized that he must stay to his game for his album to be sold...

but dont expect too much from this... try to recall those recent albums of Sting, George Michael, ect... it wont attract new audience but only the loyal ones...

enway, tingin ko ako pa rin ang only Filipino moz fan... hahaha

I wasn't sure I believed it at first, but I heard from another site that he is indeed releasing a new album off of Sanctuary Records, though I heard that he was starting to work on the album in the beginning of June. I really have no idea how long it takes to create an album- though it would be lovely if it was released in October. I say rejoice.

And you're the life and soul of the party, aren't you?