Johnny Marr joked about having Nigel Farage in The Smiths after quashing rumours the band is set to reunite.
Earlier this week, fans begin thinking that The Smiths were ‘closer than ever’ to reuniting after splitting up in 1987.
However, instead, Johnny compared frontman Morrissey, who is Pro-Brexit – to the leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage.
A fan had written: ‘Ere @Johnny_Marr is this crap mate? Need to know pretty sharpish so I can get a loan and sell everything I own to go to every date! Cheers bud, is @jackthesticks gonna replace Mike cause I can’t see @morrisseysolo sharing a stage with him..can you? Thanks mate.’
The tweet had a screenshot of a statement that claimed Live Nation had bought the rights for The Smiths to have a reunion tour.
He simply wrote back: ‘Nigel Farage on guitar.’
Not going to lie, we’d love to see it.
Morrissey caused a lot of controversy when he said the result of the EU Referendum was ‘magnificent’ and said that Nigel was a ‘liberal educator’ – as well saying that everyone prefers their own race, wearing a For Britain badge and claiming Kevin Spacey was ‘needlessly attacked’.
Johnny made sure fans knew that he had nothing to do with his former bandmate’s political opinions and said he doesn’t see the band getting back together anytime soon.
The 56-year-old said: ‘I can only really speak for myself, I don’t feel like its necessary at all really.
‘I really like moving forward. Myself and Andy (Rourke, bass player) play together when I’m over in New York … he plays a couple of songs with me and that’s always really nice, but that’s really as far as it needs to go I think.’
The guitarist isn’t worried about Morrissey’s outbursts as he believes nothing can taint the This Charming Man singer’s legacy as people will know they have nothing to do with the band.
‘It seems to be upsetting people more than it’s actually upsetting me,’ Johnny said.
‘Me and Morrissey were always very different people. It’s OK. You can’t change history.
‘The Smiths stood for the marginalised, and the disenfranchised, whether that was because of your sexuality or your lifestyle or your sensibility, or where you were born, or your race.’
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