Confirmed. Tickets are on sale already:
Tues OCT12 DEINZE "Brielpoort"
Fri OCT22 TILBURG "013"
Sun OCT 24 COPENHAGEN "Grey Hall"
Mon OCT 25 STOCKHOLM "Arenan"

Confirmed. Tickets NOT on sale as yet:
Thu OCT28 BARCELONA
Fri OCT29 MADRID
Sat OCT30 LISBON
Sun OCT31 OPORTO
Tue NOV2 MILAN
Wed NOV3 MODENA
Fri NOV5 SALONIKA
Sat NOV6 ATHENS

British dates are:
NOV9 NOTTINGHAM "Rock City"
NOV10 LEEDS "Town & Country"
NOV11 LIVERPOOL "Royal Court"
NOV13,14,15&16 LONDON "Forum"
NOV18 SWANSEA "Brangwyn Hall"
NOV20 SALISBURY "City Hall"
NOV22 NORWICH "UEA"

Scotland:
DEC 5 GLASGOW "Barrowlands"

Yesterday marked the release of a new album from Billy Bragg, "Reaching to the Converted." The album consists of B-Sides and other rarities Bragg has composed over the years. A special note for Smiths/Morrissey fans is a re-working of "Shirley" in which Johnny Marr contributes the guitar portions.

Another FYI - Bragg also has a CD out, "Bloke on Bloke." Which is comprised of B-sides from the William Bloke recording sessions. There is another collaboration with Johnny Marr. This time Bragg covers Morrissey's "Never Had No On Ever." It is an interesting cover, in addition to Johnny's guitar, they also added a horn section to the song.

...the CNN site has stated that there will be an Elvis Auction Oct.8-10 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. "The Presley Sale handled by Guernsey's will encompass more than 2000 never before displayed items from the vaults of Graceland."

Seeing as many of us who frequent Moz-solo are going to the Vegas show [Oct. 7], I thought this would be an interesting bit of info.

Yet another Smiths literary reference: I read this amazing book this past weekend called "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (by Stephen Chbosky). It's this Catcher in the Rye-esque story about a freshman boy. Throughout the opening of the book, there are several references to the Smiths and the song "Asleep". It's a great book, even without the Smiths bonus.