The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has set the release date for his first official solo album and also announced a special appearance with Dinosaur Jr next month.Marr's new solo album 'The Messenger' is scheduled for release on February 25th 2013 on Warner Bros. The album was recorded in Manchester and Berlin and mastered at Abbey Road, according to his official site.
Johnny has contributed writing, vocals, guitar and production on the album, songs titles include, I Want The Heartbeat, The Right Thing Right, Upstart, Word Starts Attack & European Me.
Marr also plans to tour the UK in March 2013 and playing festivals worldwide. In the U.S., his is set to be a special guest of Dinosaur Jr on December 1st during their show at Terminal 5 in New York City. Read more info about that show here.
