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30/11/2007
Morrissey Sues NME Over Story
Singer Morrissey is to sue the NME music magazine over allegations made on his views on immigration.
The interview with the former Smiths' frontman, which appears in the latest issue of the weekly music magazine, quotes him as saying that England had lost its sense of British identity.
However, in a follow-up interview, the 48-year-old, who has spent the last 10 years living in Rome and Los Angeles, told the NME: "It could be construed that the reason I wouldn't wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that's not true at all.
"There are other reasons why I would find England very difficult, such as the expense and the pressure."
The NME commented: "Morrissey, the son of immigrants, who has lived for most of the past decade in either LA or Rome, wants others to have the freedom to travel the world like him, but implies he would shut the gates to people coming to live in the UK.
"He might once have been the voice of a generation, but given his comments in these two interviews, he's certainly not speaking for us now."
Morrissey had given the NME a deadline to issue an apology, but the magazine did not.
Morrissey's lawyers, Russells Solicitors, confirmed on Thursday that they were in the process of issuing legal proceedings for defamation on behalf of Morrissey against the NME and its editor, Conor McNichols.
On Thursday, they released a statement which said: "We can confirm that Morrissey's legal representatives have been in contact with NME and pending the outcome of these discussions we won't be commenting any further."
(KMcA)
The interview with the former Smiths' frontman, which appears in the latest issue of the weekly music magazine, quotes him as saying that England had lost its sense of British identity.
However, in a follow-up interview, the 48-year-old, who has spent the last 10 years living in Rome and Los Angeles, told the NME: "It could be construed that the reason I wouldn't wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that's not true at all.
"There are other reasons why I would find England very difficult, such as the expense and the pressure."
The NME commented: "Morrissey, the son of immigrants, who has lived for most of the past decade in either LA or Rome, wants others to have the freedom to travel the world like him, but implies he would shut the gates to people coming to live in the UK.
"He might once have been the voice of a generation, but given his comments in these two interviews, he's certainly not speaking for us now."
Morrissey had given the NME a deadline to issue an apology, but the magazine did not.
Morrissey's lawyers, Russells Solicitors, confirmed on Thursday that they were in the process of issuing legal proceedings for defamation on behalf of Morrissey against the NME and its editor, Conor McNichols.
On Thursday, they released a statement which said: "We can confirm that Morrissey's legal representatives have been in contact with NME and pending the outcome of these discussions we won't be commenting any further."
(KMcA)
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