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Morrissey Premieres Three New Songs with the BBC

Wednesday, Jun 15, 2011
by PopMatters Staff

This past Friday the former Smiths mainman, Morrissey, stopped by the BBC London studios to play three new tunes for Janice Long’s BBC Radio 2 program. The songs, “Action Is My Middle Name”, “The Kid’s a Looker” and “People Are the Same Everywhere”, will ostensibly appear on the artist’s forthcoming album for which their is no release date set yet. [via TheNJUnderground.com]


Morrissey - Action Is My Middle Name (BBC Session) by TheNJUnderground
  

Morrissey - The Kid’s a Looker (BBC Session) by TheNJUnderground


Morrissey - People Are The Same Everywhere (BBC Session) by TheNJUnderground

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