Johnny Marr will launch a brand-new album, The Age of Every part, later this yr.

Arriving 2 October through BMG, the album contains 10 new tracks, every written in London, developed whereas on the street throughout reside exhibits on the east coast of North America, and recorded in Marr’s hometown of Manchester.

The previous Smiths guitarist has kicked issues off with the album’s lead single and “pressing opening assertion”, Spin, which tackles the theme of overwhelm in our collective consciousness in 2026. Try the official music video beneath:

“That is the document that’s been essentially the most cathartic,” says the 62-year-old guitarist. “The title got here to me early within the course of and have become an inescapable thought. It appeared to sum up the best way I feel lots of people are feeling. It’s all encompassing, but it surely’s not essentially a adverse assertion. There’s a way of overwhelm within the tradition caused by know-how, however taking a look at it with a distinct mild, there is also a way of risk.”

Along with the album’s launch, Johnny Marr has introduced a few of his greatest reside live shows of his solo profession to this point, with two huge exhibits deliberate at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl on 9 July, and London’s Wembley Enviornment on 24 October. The Smiths guitarist will even play a lot of festivals in Europe this summer time, with extra dates to be introduced.

The 2 headline exhibits in Manchester and London shall be preceded by two intimate warm-up exhibits in early July, at Leeds’ Stylus on 6 July and the O2 Academy Liverpool on 7 July.

Followers who preorder The Age of Every part will obtain entry to an unique fan presale for these dates, which can run from 10AM 17 June to the beginning of basic sale, at 10AM 19 June.

Try the total tracklist for The Age of Every part beneath:

1. Spin
2. Past the Rain
3. It’s Time
4. How Come
5. Ophelia
6. That Feeling
7. In and Out of Love
8. Simply As soon as Extra
9. Fireplace With Fireplace
10. All in a Life

A full listing of Johnny Marr’s upcoming reside dates – excluding these which are but to be introduced – is on the market beneath:

• June twenty eighth – Reside is Reside, Antwerp, BE
• July 4th – Down The Rabbit Gap, Ewijk, NE
• July sixth – Stylus, Leeds, UK
• July seventh – O2 Academy, Liverpool, UK
• July ninth – Castlefield Bowl, Manchester, UK – SOLD OUT
• July tenth – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin, IE
• July sixteenth – Verona, IT
• July seventeenth – Rome, IT
• July 18th – Pugila, IT
• July twentieth – Udine, IT
• July twenty first – Sardinia, IT
• July twenty third – 1001 Musicas, Granada, ES
• August ninth – OFF Competition, Mysłowice, PL
• August twenty first – Parken Festivalen, Bodø, NO
• October twenty fourth – Wembley Enviornment, London, UK

Head to johnnymarr.com for more information.

Sam is the Affiliate Information Editor for Guitar.com and MusicTech. Totally immersed in music tradition for almost all of his life, Sam has performed guitar for 20 years, studied music know-how and manufacturing at college, and likewise written for the likes of Guitar World, Whole Guitar, Metallic Hammer and MusicRadar.