Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Johnny Marr - New Town Velocity


As previously reported, Johnny Marr performed a session for BBC Radio 2 on November 27th - (audio of his solo version of "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" from the session has been floating around since the BBC broadcast on December 1st) - now the full session, including Marr's performance of another new song from The Messenger, has made its way online!

Stream the new song "New Town Velocity" from The Messenger below:



Full BBC Radio 2 session (interview + performance)



Update: yet another new song from The Messenger has premiered. Stream "The Right Thing Right" at Rolling Stone!

Johnny Marr's debut solo album The Messenger drops February 25th (worldwide) and February 26th in North America. Marr announced a tour dates for his U.K. headline tour yesterday. For more info on the tour and ticket info, visit Johnny Marr's official website

3/10 – Oxford, O2 Academy
3/11 – Norwich, Waterfront
3/12 – Cambridge, Junction
3/14 – Brighton, Concorde
3/15 – London, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
3/16 – Birmingham, HMV Institute
3/18 – Sheffield, Leadmill
3/19 – Glasgow, ABC
3/20 – Liverpool O2, Academy
3/22 – Manchester, HMV Ritz

"The Messenger" (official video)