Morrissey, who has long used the web to deliver diatribes against meat-eating and other bugbears, has joined Twitter – and, so far, has tweeted twice.
Hello. Testing, 1, 2, 3. Planet Earth, are you there? One can only hope...
— Morrissey (@itsmorrissey) May 14, 2014
Followed by …
Follow, follow, follow. Twitter is the perfect metaphor for...something. Dunno what.
— Morrissey (@itsmorrissey) May 14, 2014
For now, Morrissey only follows one user – his label, Harvest Records. His former Smiths bandmate Johnny Marr isn't yet following him.
Various luminaries welcomed him into the fold:
The real Morrissey, @itsmorrissey on twitter. If there is such a thing as real Morrissey or real twitter. #thereisalight
— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) May 15, 2014
3 months till Morrissey leaves Twitter, put your house on it, your cat on it, your Eurovision winnings on it.
— Limmy (@DaftLimmy) May 14, 2014
PS Morrissey is here on Twitter , fact, !!!@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@!!!-Edwyn,
— Edwyn Collins (@EdwynCollins) May 14, 2014
And I come home to the news that Morrissey has joined Twitter. HAHAHAHAHAHA. oh god
— Tracey Thorn (@tracey_thorn) May 14, 2014
I'm loving 'World Peace Is None Of Your Business @itsmorrissey in fine fettle!
— Boy George (@BoyGeorge) May 13, 2014
And wags started with the gags:
Has anyone told Morrissey yet that the Twitter logo is battery-farmed?
— Nick Pettigrew (@Nick_Pettigrew) May 15, 2014
Morrissey's third tweet should be "Meat is Murder". And his fourth tweet should be "Custard is Manslaughter". And so on.
— Sanjeev Kohli (@govindajeggy) May 15, 2014
Morrissey's newfound social networking voice comes as he gears up to release his latest album, World Peace is None of Your Business, featuring almost self-parodic titles such as Earth Is the Loneliest Planet and Staircase at the University. The title track was released this week as a single.
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