Here's the latest bit of news in the Morrissey vs NME drama--if you're not familiar with the case, you can get up to speed here--NME has now publicly apologized to Morrissey. Read the full statement below:
In December 2007, we published an article entitled 'Morrissey: Big mouth strikes again'.
"Following this, Morrissey began proceedings for libel against us. His complaint is that we accused him of being a racist off the back of an interview which he gave to the magazine. He believes the article was edited in such a way that made him seem reactionary.
"We wish to make clear that we do not believe that he is a racist; we didn't think we were saying he was and we apologise to Morrissey if he or anyone else misunderstood our piece in that way. We never set out to upset Morrissey and we hope we can both get back to doing what we do best."
Moz has previously refused to accept an apology from NME's editors, so it remains to be seen whether this will be deemed acceptable. Morrissey's case against NME is scheduled to be heard in London's High Court on July 16th through the 19th, and Morrissey is reportedly attending each day of the proceedings.