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Morrissey wrote an album about the 2017 Birmingham Bombings, and the lead track is powered by RHCP current former members Flea, Chad Smith, Klinghoffer. Capitol Records has refused to release it, and did not promote the lead track as a single at all.

Now, fellow Mancunian Morrissey has addressed the attack, airing the title track of his upcoming album during his current Las Vegas residency.

“This song is new, it’s about England’s 9/11,” he told the crowd last week before performing the track. “Obviously in jolly old England, most people won’t talk about it – but I will.”

The lyrics of the song start with “Bonfire of Teenagers, which is so high in May north-west sky – Oh, you should’ve seen her leave for the arena – On the way, she turned and waved and smiled: ‘Goodbye’.” The lyrics then turn to the adoption of Oasis’ track, when Morrissey notes: “And the silly people sing ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’, And the morons sing and sway: ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’, I can assure you I will look back in anger ’till the day I die.”

The lyrics then go on to describe the female fan attending the arena in the song as being “vaporised“, before ending on the repeated line “Go easy on the killer“.

A number of Morrissey fans online have dubbed the track “powerful”, while others have taken issue with the nature of the lyrics.

Writer Fiona Dodwell posted: “Morrissey expresses anger at the many innocent lives lost and even that is twisted and criticised by some. I’m more perplexed by those who DON’T understand his feelings on this.”

https://www.nme.com/news/music/morrissey-debuts-new-song-bonfire-of-teenagers-about-manchester-arena-bombing-3262238

Morrissey is ‘too diverse’ for Universal Music Group.
Capitol Records (Los Angeles) will not, after all, release Morrissey’s 2021 album ‘Bonfire of Teenagers’. At the same time, Capitol Records (Los Angeles) are holding on to the album.

Although Morrissey officially signed to Capitol Records Los Angeles, there has been no mention of Morrissey on Capitol’s website or on their Artists roster.

Morrissey has said that although he does not believe that Capitol Records in Los Angeles signed ‘Bonfire of Teenagers’ in order to sabotage it, he is quickly coming around to that belief.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230207225851/https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/bonfire-doused

Not the world's biggest fan of Morrissey by far, but the guy is a Little Englander whose politics about preserving Small Town Englishness is definitely not liked by Globohomo. Keep in mind this guy shows sell out to this day, he has a huge fanbase, and his albums sell well to that base as well.