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“It’s bittersweet to be parting with these guitars but I want them to go to new homes and new people who will love them as much as I have”: Johnny Marr is auctioning off his most-famous guitars

After documenting them in Marr's Guitars, the indie icon couldn't bear consigning them to storage once more, and they'll be auctioned via Christie's in September

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Johnny Marr to auction off dozens of guitars heard on Smiths classics such as This Charming Man

Christie’s sale in London in September carries estimates up to £150,000, with some instruments also used by Noel Gallagher and Bernard Sumner

The Guardian - UK

“I couldn’t imagine them being put away and left unplayed”: Johnny Marr to sell nearly 100 pieces of gear at auction – including prized Smiths-era guitars

Guitars that have featured on some of the Smiths’ biggest songs, and moonlighted in Oasis, are up for grabs

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Guitars used by Johnny Marr in The Smiths to go to auction in London

A Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo which was featured on the cover of Oasis’s debut single Supersonic is included in the sale

Evening Standard

Johnny Marr to auction iconic guitars he played with The Smiths and solo work

Marr will donate 100 per cent of the hammer price from 10 lots to two charities

The Independent UK

Gorillaz review – a staggering hi-tech mini-festival from the magpie mind of Damon Albarn

A stream of high-profile guest stars included Johnny Marr, Little Simz, Shaun Ryder, Sparks, Yasiin Bey, Bootie Brown and Fatoumata Diawara

The Guardian - UK

“This is the record that’s been the most cathartic. The title seemed to sum up the way I think a lot of people are feeling”: A new Johnny Marr album is on the way, and his new single is out now

The Age Of Everything is his fifth solo record

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Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr announces first album in four years

The 10-track LP was written in London and recorded in Manchester.

Evening Standard

“I heard him say in some interview that if you only play electric guitar, you're half a guitar player”: Her guitar playing had already reached the ears of millions, but a key piece of advice from mentor Johnny Marr re-shaped her approach

Already an established instrumental composer, Rebecca Mardal took up acoustic guitar at the Smiths man’s suggestion, and she changed her playing style after he gave her a slimmer neck than she’d used before

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"Until then, I’d always thought that putting tongues in mouths was disgusting, but when he gave me my first proper kiss, I did indeed ‘have to let it linger’": How the Cranberries bucked '90s trends and made the surprise hit that's become huge once again

The song has recently been given a boost by TV show Love Story, but as befits its title, it never really went away

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“We were high with it, and after just a few takes, we had one of our best ever songs – something that felt like pop music and beyond”: The making of the Smiths’ 1986 classic The Queen Is Dead

It was a square peg amid the shred scene and almost sank Johnny Marr, but the Smiths’ majestic third album ended up as the jewel in their crown

Guitar World

“I do have a pedalboard now. But I wasn’t allowed one for a very long time”: Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood on why he was barred from having a ’board – and the advice Johnny Marr gave him to cover up mistakes

And no, it's not because Ed O'Brien's took up all the available stage space...

Guitar World

“A prototype given to George Harrison was prominently featured in the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night, inspiring insatiable lust for the electric 12”: How the Rickenbacker 360/12 revolutionized the sound of ’60s guitar

Introduced in 1964, the jangle of the 12-string Ricky inspired generations of players, with the likes of TomPetty, Mike Campbell and Johnny Marr all making it their own

Guitar World

“I find it amazing that people are singing along in such a celebratory way about being involved in a car crash”: We speak to The Smiths’ producer Stephen Street and learn how their most beloved song came to be

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out remains one of The Smiths’ most heartbreaking songs - a near-perfect example of the potency of Marr and Morrissey’s songwriting partnership

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In the groove: Manchester’s cult record shops and indie venues

As The BRIT Awards head to Manchester we take a look at the places that have made it such a crucial part of Britain’s music map

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Behringer clones the Lovetone Ring Stinger, a cult classic ring mod/fuzz pedal heard on Radiohead's Kid A

Spice up your tone with Behringer's take on this boutique '90s gem

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'I’m a lone campaigner for Everton and Celtic being the true and original partnership. I struggle with Liverpool and Celtic's 'You'll Never Walk Alone' love-in' Proud Toffee Andy Burnham reveals home-and-away Evertonian roots

Andy Burnham has followed Everton since the early 1970s and witnessed their rise during the 80s and fall in the mid 90s. He’s betting the house on Beto being the new Duncan Ferguson.

Guitar World

“Johnny Marr got hit with a pint straight away. After the show we said, ‘That guitar is too fancy for touring with us!’” Stolen offsets, iconic bandmates and Coco Chanel’s advice – how the Cribs learned to be the best versions of themselves

Ryan and Gary Jarman remember Steve Albini as much nicer than you’d think, share the crazy story of a missing Mustang, and tell us how a Tube Screamer can make a guitar sound like a synth

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‘Some artists thought it was too political’: can Jarvis, Damon, Olivia Rodrigo and Arctic Monkeys reboot the biggest charity album of the 90s?

Oasis, Macca and Radiohead made Help a smash for War Child in 1995. A new reboot packs comparable star power – and was partially produced from a hospital bed

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“He would always show me this really horrible Stratocaster that had nine pickups on it”: The Cribs' Ryan Jarman explains why a guitar swap with Johnny Marr didn't work out

When Marr briefly joined the band, the two guitarists jokingly agreed to a guitar swap – only for Jarman to realize he would have gotten the short end of the stick

Guitar World

“You think of him as a songwriter and a singer really, but as a bass guitar player, it’s next-level”: Johnny Marr’s “mind-blowing” jam with Paul McCartney – and why he thinks Macca reinvented the bass

Post-Smiths, Marr developed a reputation as a gun for hire, which quickly led to an unforgettable jam session with the Beatle

Louder

Radiohead, Pulp, Alice Cooper, Johnny Cash and Lana Del Rey: the surprising list of artist who made James Bond themes only to have them rejected

A host of artists have had a crack at a 007 theme only for producers to knock them back.

Guitar World

“It’s insane. He died aged 25, only guitar players remember him, and yet he was the sound of the Pretenders”: Chrissie Hynde pays tribute to the underrated guitar hero who defined the Pretenders

The guitarist died just a few years after the band’s debut album, but his imprint on their sound can still be felt today

Guitar World

“I didn’t want to go down the route of Fenders or Gibsons – I wanted something that sounds and looks different”: She’s Brian May and Johnny Marr’s new favorite guitarist, but The Last Dinner Party’s Emily Roberts still has imposter syndrome

The Music Man-toting player on meeting St. Vincent and why we’re all just Frankensteining guitar solos

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“Noel goes, ‘What guitars do you want to borrow?’ I was like, ‘Well, I’ve played that one and it’s incredible. I was going to buy one, but it was about seven grand!’” The story behind Oasis’ new signature guitars

The Gibson Les Paul, Epiphone Riviera and Epiphone Sheraton have a deep history with the Manchester rock powerhouse, and this year’s new signature models take us all the way back to the beginning

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