MUSIC: Johnny Marr tours on back of new album

LEGENDARY Smiths guitarist and acclaimed solo artist Johnny Marr has announced details of a major tour in support of his new album ‘Call The Comet’ which will be released on June 15.

Commencing in Nashville in September, it includes a huge London gig at the historic Roundhouse and a date at Dublin’s National Stadium on Friday, November 2.

Johnny Marr is currently completing a tour of intimate venues which included a totally sold out Button Factory show in Dublin.

The Time’s review of the show concluded that the former Smiths guitarist was “at his blistering best in his first solo show for more than two years”.

 Recorded with his band at Marr’s Crazy Face Studios in Manchester, ‘Call The Comet’ is his third solo record and follows the critically acclaimed Top 10 albums ‘The Messenger’ (2013) and ‘Playland’ (2014).

 “Call The Comet’ is my own magic realism,” Marr explained. “It’s set in the not-too-distant future and is mostly concerned with the idea of an alternative society.

“The characters in the songs are searching for a new idealism, although there are some personal songs in there too.”