Johnny Marr, Maxine and me…

A new song from The Smiths’ legend Johnny Marr, with Maxine Peake providing the vocals, has an incredible origin story. The lyrics to The Priest first appeared in The Big Issue in 2015, in a series of articles written by Joe Gallagher, who was then a vendor and homeless in Edinburgh. Two years on he writes about his journey from sleeping rough to showbiz…

I went to meet two Icons of theatre and music today. Maxine Peake and Johnny Marr want to use as story I wrote. Can you hear me? MAXINE PEAKE AND JOHNNY MARR WANT TO USE A STORY WHAT I WROTE!! I got this news recently from The Big Issue. Paul McNamee, Big Issue editor, the person who first read my stories, promoted them, serialised them because, he said, they are important – that The Big Issue as an organisation demand that I be heard; he relayed the news to me. I was literally sick with excitement. Two icons want to use the features I’d written for The Big Issue! So I am going to meet them today at a studio in Manchester. I am nervous as hell, not knowing what to expect. Two major…

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The Big Issue United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, 18-12-2017

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