With the showcasey bit of South By Southwest now up and running, the Q&A sessions are under way, and while the Beastie Boys session revealed very little, Morrissey had a couple of interesting things to say when interviewed by journalist David Fricke.
In particular, he talked about all the reunion offers the Smiths have had over the years, revealing that the most recent one from California's Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival was the highest offer yet money wise. Morrissey told the event: "If people must know, it was 5 million [dollars]".
Asked if he had considered the offer, he predictably answered: "No, because money doesn't come into it". Is it just me or do you find that when Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour says that kind of thing you want to say "good man", but when Morrissey says it you just want to punch him? Actually, it possibly is just me, because the SXSW audience responded with a round of applause.
Asked further about his time with his former band, Morrissey continued: "It was a fantastic journey. And then it ended. I didn't feel we should have ended. I wanted to continue. Johnny Marr wanted to end it. And that was that."