Morrissey has been photographed wearing a vest on which the slogan “F*** The Guardian“ was written during a concert in Los Angeles.
The controversial former Smiths frontman wore the top during a show at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday 26 October.
Music journalist James McMahon wrote: “The most depressing aspect of my musical fandom has been the slow realisation that someone I thought was so clever – so clever – has all the smarts of a cement mixer.”
The move comes after the 60-year-old claimed the British newspaper was “the voice of all that is wrong and sad about modern Britain”.
Morrissey has been the subject of a number of controversies over the past few years, including a May performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where he wore a For Britain badge.
He later reaffirmed his support for the anti-Islam party in an interview with his nephew, which was published on his own website. During the same interview he claimed “everyone prefers their own race”.
1/29 On racism
“If you call someone racist in modern Britain you are telling them that you have run out of words. You are shutting the debate down and running off. The word is meaningless now. Everyone ultimately prefers their own race … does this make everyone racist?”
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2/29 On Lady Gaga
In an interview with Billboard, Morrissey calls Lady Gaga “nothing new” and says her style is “fraudulent, and the exact opposite of erotic.” He also refers to Madonna as “McDonna” and says Michael Bublé is “famous and meaningless”.
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3/29 On dance music:
“It’s the refuge for the mentally deficient. It’s made by dull people for dull people.”
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4/29 On London mayor Sadiq Khan
“London is debased. The Mayor of London tells us about ‘Neighborhood policin’ — what is ‘policin’? He tells us London is an ‘amazin’ city. What is ‘amazin’? This is the Mayor of London! And he cannot talk properly!”
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5/29 On Madonna
“Madonna reinforces everything absurd and offensive. Desperate womanhood. Madonna is closer to organised prostitution than anything else.”
Photo by Michael Campanella/Getty Images
6/29 On Beyonce:
“The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it’s not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It’s because of Beyoncé’s handbags”
Buda Mendes/Getty Images
7/29 On animal cruelty in China
“You can’t help but feel that the Chinese people are a subspecies.”
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8/29 On royal family:
“The arrogance of the British royals is staggering, absolutely staggering”
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9/29 On creativity:
On being creative: “I’d rather produce art than become art.”
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10/29 On Prince Charles:
“I wish that Prince Charles had been shot. I think it would have made the world a more interesting place.”
11/29 On sexuality:
“Unfortunately, I am not homosexual… In technical fact, I am humasexual. I am attracted to humans. But, of course, not many.”
Getty
12/29 On Bob Geldof:
“Bob Geldof is a nauseating character. Band Aid was the most self-righteous platform ever in the history of popular music.”
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13/29 On growing old:
“Age shouldn’t affect you. You’re either marvellous or you’re boring, regardless of your age.”
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14/29 On being alcoholic:
“Life would be so colourful if only I had a drink problem.”
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15/29 On being sexy:
“I think I must be, absolutely, a total sex object. In every sense of the word.”
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16/29 On music industry:
“I lost myself to music at a very early age, and I remained there.”
17/29 On Taylor Swift:
The maximum trimmings [at the Brits] divert your attention from the fact that Taylor Swift has nothing to do with Coventry or Wrexham. To pull off rank fraud in tellyland is not a difficult undertaking, especially if you have the entire population of Peru dancing around you as you mime your song.”
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18/29 On grooming:
“I do maintain that if your hair is wrong, your entire life is wrong.”
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19/29 On Elton John:
“He is pushing his face in all the time and telling us about his private life. Nobody’s interested. He should just go away.”
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20/29 On charisma:
“I’m not very good at being dull.”
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21/29 On musicians:
“Artists aren’t really people. I’m actually 40 per cent papier mache.”
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22/29 On love:
On romance: “I do think it’s possible to go through life and never fall in love, or find someone who loves you.”
Getty
23/29 On failed assassination attempt on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher:
“The sorrow of the IRA Brighton bombing is that Thatcher escaped unscathed.”
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24/29 On the music addiction:
“Music is like a drug, but there are no rehabilitation centres.”
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25/29 On vanity:
On vanity: “Well, I am an extremely beautiful person.”
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26/29 On death:
“I have an unswayable obsession with death. If there was a magical pill that one could take that would retire you from the world, I would take it.”
Reuters
27/29 On Kate Middleton
Morrissey links the suicide of a London nurse to the Duchess Kate Middleton. “There’s no blame placed at Kate Middleton, who was in the hospital for, as far as I can see, absolutely no reason . . . She feels no shame about the death of this woman. The arrogance of the British royals is staggering, absolutely staggering.”
PA
28/29 On his legacy:
“When they bury me in a church and chuck earth on my grave, I’d like the words ‘Well, at least he tried’ engraved on my tombstone.”
29/29
Rex
1/29 On racism
“If you call someone racist in modern Britain you are telling them that you have run out of words. You are shutting the debate down and running off. The word is meaningless now. Everyone ultimately prefers their own race … does this make everyone racist?”
NBCU/Getty
2/29 On Lady Gaga
In an interview with Billboard, Morrissey calls Lady Gaga “nothing new” and says her style is “fraudulent, and the exact opposite of erotic.” He also refers to Madonna as “McDonna” and says Michael Bublé is “famous and meaningless”.
Getty Images
3/29 On dance music:
“It’s the refuge for the mentally deficient. It’s made by dull people for dull people.”
Getty Images
4/29 On London mayor Sadiq Khan
“London is debased. The Mayor of London tells us about ‘Neighborhood policin’ — what is ‘policin’? He tells us London is an ‘amazin’ city. What is ‘amazin’? This is the Mayor of London! And he cannot talk properly!”
Getty
5/29 On Madonna
“Madonna reinforces everything absurd and offensive. Desperate womanhood. Madonna is closer to organised prostitution than anything else.”
Photo by Michael Campanella/Getty Images
6/29 On Beyonce:
“The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it’s not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It’s because of Beyoncé’s handbags”
Buda Mendes/Getty Images
7/29 On animal cruelty in China
“You can’t help but feel that the Chinese people are a subspecies.”
Getty Images
8/29 On royal family:
“The arrogance of the British royals is staggering, absolutely staggering”
Getty
9/29 On creativity:
On being creative: “I’d rather produce art than become art.”
Getty Images
10/29 On Prince Charles:
“I wish that Prince Charles had been shot. I think it would have made the world a more interesting place.”
11/29 On sexuality:
“Unfortunately, I am not homosexual… In technical fact, I am humasexual. I am attracted to humans. But, of course, not many.”
Getty
12/29 On Bob Geldof:
“Bob Geldof is a nauseating character. Band Aid was the most self-righteous platform ever in the history of popular music.”
Getty
13/29 On growing old:
“Age shouldn’t affect you. You’re either marvellous or you’re boring, regardless of your age.”
Getty Images
14/29 On being alcoholic:
“Life would be so colourful if only I had a drink problem.”
GETTY IMAGES
15/29 On being sexy:
“I think I must be, absolutely, a total sex object. In every sense of the word.”
EPA
16/29 On music industry:
“I lost myself to music at a very early age, and I remained there.”
17/29 On Taylor Swift:
The maximum trimmings [at the Brits] divert your attention from the fact that Taylor Swift has nothing to do with Coventry or Wrexham. To pull off rank fraud in tellyland is not a difficult undertaking, especially if you have the entire population of Peru dancing around you as you mime your song.”
Provided by Shore Fire Media
18/29 On grooming:
“I do maintain that if your hair is wrong, your entire life is wrong.”
Rex Features
19/29 On Elton John:
“He is pushing his face in all the time and telling us about his private life. Nobody’s interested. He should just go away.”
AFP/Getty Images
20/29 On charisma:
“I’m not very good at being dull.”
Getty Images
21/29 On musicians:
“Artists aren’t really people. I’m actually 40 per cent papier mache.”
Getty Images
22/29 On love:
On romance: “I do think it’s possible to go through life and never fall in love, or find someone who loves you.”
Getty
23/29 On failed assassination attempt on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher:
“The sorrow of the IRA Brighton bombing is that Thatcher escaped unscathed.”
Getty Images
24/29 On the music addiction:
“Music is like a drug, but there are no rehabilitation centres.”
Associated Press
25/29 On vanity:
On vanity: “Well, I am an extremely beautiful person.”
Rex Features
26/29 On death:
“I have an unswayable obsession with death. If there was a magical pill that one could take that would retire you from the world, I would take it.”
Reuters
27/29 On Kate Middleton
Morrissey links the suicide of a London nurse to the Duchess Kate Middleton. “There’s no blame placed at Kate Middleton, who was in the hospital for, as far as I can see, absolutely no reason . . . She feels no shame about the death of this woman. The arrogance of the British royals is staggering, absolutely staggering.”
PA
28/29 On his legacy:
“When they bury me in a church and chuck earth on my grave, I’d like the words ‘Well, at least he tried’ engraved on my tombstone.”
29/29
Rex
After Glastonbury Festival in June this year, he was condemned by fellow musician Billy Bragg for sharing a video that argued Stormzy had been used by the British establishment to promote multiculturalism, at the expense of white culture.
Bragg wrote on his Facebook page: “Morrissey expresses support for anti-Muslim provocateurs, posts white supremacist videos and, when challenged, clutches his pearls and cries ‘Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it in for me’.”
He added: “[Morrissey’s] recent claim that ‘as a so-called entertainer, I have no rights’ is a ridiculous position made all the more troubling by the fact that it is a common trope among right-wing reactionaries.”
