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- 13 June 2012, 13:07
NME Apologises To Morrissey Over Racism Row
The NME has publicly apologised to singer Morrissey over a 2007 article the singer claimed accused him of racism.
The former Smiths frontman had been in the process of suing the music magazine over an item which he said deliberately twisted his comments on immigration.
It was due to go to trial next month after Morrissey won a pre-trial hearing at the High Court last October.
But the libel case has now been settled after NME and its publisher IPC issued an apology to the singer in this week's magazine and on its website.
It said: "We wish to make clear that we do not believe that he is a racist; we didn't think we were saying he was and we apologise to Morrissey if he or anyone else misunderstood our piece in that way.
"We never set out to upset Morrissey and we hope we can both get back to doing what we do best."
Morrissey was claiming damages over an article which had the headline: "Morrissey: Big mouth strikes again."
It featured a series of interviews the singer had given to the magazine.
A spokesperson for the NME said the matter had now been closed without any payment of damages or legal costs.
She added that the magazine was pleased it had "buried the hatchet with Morrissey".
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what do you think?
Andy Sunderland
One thing papers love doing is printing articles about asylum seekers getting houses in London etc then sticking the knife in to anyone who dares to say something different , Morrissey is someone who the press have never liked and the NME should be ashamed of themselves for promoting such a damaging article , I hope both sides can call the matter closed .
Lorgar Aurelian
Morrissey is someone no-one can like never mind the press. If he's racist against anyone it's the English. Dreadful music.
Kelly James
I like him and his music.
Russell Clarke
So when is the idiot going to apologize for his attitude and mouthing off so much !!!!!
Luis Ogando
11:07am on 13/6/2012
Good news. I'm not a fan of Morrissey by any stretch (the only good thing about The Smiths is Johnny Marr), but one thing he isn't is a racist. Nowadays being labelled a racist is almost as bad as being labelled a muderer (only you get more column inches when labelled a racist). Good to see the NME taking a sensible stand and owning up, too.