Morrissey is coming to Manila

MANILA, Philippines - Morrissey Live In Manila The Greatest Hits Tour is happening on May 13, Sunday, at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. Watch the former frontman of The Smiths show you what alternative rock is really about. Tickets are available at all TicketWorld outlets.

Steven Patrick Morrissey, known as Morrissey, is the main lyricist and vocalist of the iconic band, The Smiths. The Smiths is considered the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene in the 1980s, behind the hits Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want, Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, the former song famously covered by Zooey Deschanel’s indie band She & Him and the latter song was featured in the soundtrack of (500) Days of Summer. English DJ Mark Ronson recomposed Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before as a soulful disco track.

According to Scott Timberg, a critic from The LA Times, Morrissey “patented the template for modern indie rock, first as the frontman for seminal mope-pop band The Smiths and then during his ongoing… solo career.” He also goes on to say that the ‘90s Britpop movement and the emphasis on an English lineage of bands like Oasis, Blur and Pulp stemmed from The Smiths as well as the playful twist to the traditional notions of gender and sexuality of bands like Suede, Bloc Party and The Magnetic Fields.

Little Asia is the major sponsor and official caterer of Morrissey Live in Manila. You may contact TicketWorld at www.ticketworld.com.ph or call at 891-9999. Ticket prices: VIP P5,550 (reserved seating) and Titanium P3,550 (free seating) plus applicable service charge.