Morrissey has been dropped from BMG.
According to a post on his official website Morrissey Central, the legend revealed that despite his last album hitting number one in several countries, BMG's new executive made the decision to rid the label of him. What's more, the previously announced plans for reissuing Morrissey's backcatalog have also been scrapped.
Morrissey blames the axing on a new (unnamed) BMG executive who "announced new plans for diversity within BMG's artist roster." Apparently the plans do NOT include Morrissey.
"This news is perfectly in keeping with the relentless galvanic horror of 2020...we would be critically insane to expect anything positive.
My three albums with BMG have been the best of my career, and I stand by them till death. Recording them has been a pivotal period in my life, and I thank the previous BMG team and everyone involved for that. It's still important to me to do music my own way, and I wouldn't want to be on a label that dictates so specifically how their artists should behave - especially when the word 'talent' is notably never mentioned."
Morrissey says he's back at it in search of a new label willing to release his music.
Meanwhile, his "Cosmic Dancer" duet with David Bowie is still slated to be released physically on February 19th. The T.Rex cover was captured live in 1991 on the Los Angeles stop of the Kill Uncle tour. The 7" single will be backed with a new version of his cover of The Jam's classic "That's Entertainment." View the video for "Cosmic Dancer" below:
