UK music magazine The Word was today forced by an English court to apologize to Morrissey for mischaracterizing him as a racist. An article in the publication had accused Moz of "attacking immigration" after he said in an interview that he's hesitant to move back to the UK because of its dwindling British identity. Morrissey accepted the apology and said, "I abhor racism and oppression or cruelty of any kind and will not let this pass without being absolutely clear and emphatic … Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society."

Glad that's all over, because my first son's middle name won't be that of a racist.

An hilarious personal account by a former Morrissey roadie recently ran in The Times of London.

According to Andrew Winters, among the more demeaning things required of him by the notoriously divaesque British crooner: To make sure the entire band, "ambassadors of the Morrissey tour," be in pressed suits most of the time; to completely abstain from eating meat, regardless of previous diet; to try and impress Morrissey with his vinyl record collection and to anoint the stage with a "fragrance spray" during soundchecks.

After just 24 hours on tour, Winters was fired. Upon asking why he was being let go, he was told, "It’s nothing to do with you, really. It could have been the shirt you were wearing, your haircut, anything. Please don’t take it personally. This happens."

"I wear black on the outside/ Because black is how I feel on the inside…And if I seem a little strange/ Well, that's because I am"

Like every despondent but generally healthy creative, Lindsay Lohan finally turns to Morrissey as a cure for depression. Viva hate.

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Morrissey took aim at Madonna at a concert in Virgina recently, proclaiming in no uncertain terms that he believes her adopted Malawian son is little more than an accessory to her.

According to 24Sizzler.com’s spy, the eco-friendly rocker told concert-goers about fur-loving Madonna, “I wouldn’t be surprised if she [Madonna] made that African boy into a coat and wore him … for 15 minutes, and then threw it away.”

I would be surprised if she made a coat of out him. The kid's not even two—he'd barely be enough for some driving gloves. Maybe you could get a fanny pack out of him.

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