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

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 ...

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, ...

Bassist Andy Rourke, who grew up in Ashton-on-Mersey, passed away at the age of 59 in May last year following a ‘lengthy’ battle with pancreatic cancer. Andy, along with Mike, were part of the ...

A fundraiser to create a mural in memory of The Smiths star Andy Rourke in Greater Manchester has reached its target - meaning plans for it to be unveiled are now in motion. Last month ...

Football Insider has learned that Liverpool boss Arne Slot still counts on Andy Robertson as his first-choice left-back ...

OLYMPIAN and gun marathoner Andy Buchanan has become the first recipient of the Alumnus Award in La Trobe University's Blues ...

Mother of Kathleen (TJ) Moriarty, Tim (Joy) O’Rourke, Colleen (Brian) Taylor, and Terrianne (Andy) Gould. Grandmother of Logan O’Rourke, Brianna (Josh) Guisbert, and Aidan (Emily) Taylor.

(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.