It’s been an eventful few weeks for Smiths watchers but there’s at least some positive news from the non-Morrissey/Marr side ...

Blitz Vega, the band helmed by The Smiths' bassist Andy Rourke and Kav Sandhu of Happy Mondays, formed in 2016 and ended when Rourke died from pancreatic cancer in 2023. He was 59. The band’s ...

Joyce was in conversation to continue awareness of his crowdfunding efforts to have a mural of Smiths bassist Andy Rourke – who died of pancreatic cancer in 2023 – painted in Manchester by ...

Rourke, pictured in 2013, played on Smiths' classics including This Charming Man and There Is a Light That Never Goes Out Andy Rourke, the bassist for rock band The Smiths, has died aged 59 ...

Since Rourke’s death, Blitz Vega have played an emotional show at London Scala in February, when Sandhu said he could feel his old bandmate’s spirt. He revealed: “It was like Andy was there.

The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce has said a planned mural of his late bandmate Andy Rourke will be a “lovely tribute”. Rourke, ...

Andy Rourke, bassist for The Smiths, has died aged 59. Rourke’s death was announced today (May 19) by Johnny Marr on social media. Per Marr’s statement, Rourke died following “a lengthy ...

(FutureSonic Records via AP) Blitz Vega, the band helmed by The Smiths' bassist Andy Rourke and Kav Sandhu of Happy Mondays, formed in 2016 and ended when Rourke died from pancreatic cancer in 2023.