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Are The Courteeners the new Smiths? Band added to Morrissey's Wireless day with The Rascals

by Kev Kharas [Edit this content] ▾ 10 comments 11:31 April 24th, 2008

This morning’s round of festival team-picking continues as The Courteeners and The Rascals are hailed from the line by Morrissey for his day at this year’s Wireless.

That day is Friday the 4th of July, the second slab of musical fun to take place in London’s Hyde Park after Jay-Z heads the Thursday line-up. Fatboy Slim and then Counting Crows complete the quartet of bill-toppers.

Tickets for the former Smiths frontman’s soiree are priced at £45 and are available here.

Video: The Courteeners - 'Not Nineteen Forever'

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this shit

is starting to make me real sad.
ive already been dealt a blow when mozza asked please to txt vote at V..
and its raining.. what a shit day :(

sugarshack | 24 Apr '08, 11:38 | X | Reply

people no please

see what its doing to me

sugarshack @sugarshack | 24 Apr '08, 11:39 | X | Reply

*not

ahh fuck it

sugarshack @sugarshack | 24 Apr '08, 11:39 | X | Reply

I managed 37 seconds of that video

and i had to turn the shit off.

mozzarella_sweaters | 24 Apr '08, 11:45 | X | Reply

this is a wind-up, shirley

morrissey obviously reads DiS.

poptimusgrime | 24 Apr '08, 12:18 | X | Reply

Surely the Courteeners

should be left standing by the way next to the kid with the leg braces and spastic arm?

Teepee_uk @poptimusgrime | 24 Apr '08, 12:44 | X | Reply

"Are The Courteeners the new Smiths?"

Fuck off. Seriously, fuck right off and stay there.

dexywashere @Teepee_uk | 24 Apr '08, 13:23 | X | Reply

I assume

that the title was tongue in cheek.

OkkervilRower @dexywashere | 24 Apr '08, 17:52 | X | Reply

The title is a copy cat

of a similarly titled board thread from last week. Nothing slips past ole Kev.

oceanRain @OkkervilRower | 24 Apr '08, 20:00 | X | Reply

no they are not new the smiths...

they will be forgotten.
remember ordinary boys ?
morrissey liked them too.

kowalski__ | 24 Apr '08, 21:52 | X | Reply

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