Special guest

Watch Johnny Marr and Noel Gallagher play ‘How Soon Is Now’ at Brixton Academy

Surprise guest joined Marr for a cover of The Smiths.

Watch Johnny Marr and Noel Gallagher play ‘How Soon Is Now’ at Brixton Academy

Johnny Marr is midway through his biggest solo headline tour to date, and last night he pulled out all the stops by inviting another legend to help perform a Smiths classic on stage.

Oasis’ Noel Gallagher arrived as a surprise guest for a rendition of ‘How Soon Is Now’, the seminal track from ‘Meat Is Murder’.

The appearance follows Gallagher’s recent announcement of a new solo album. ‘Chasing Yesterday’ is out 2nd March 2015. Watch the video for ‘In the Heat of the Moment’ here.

Watch footage of the ‘How Soon Is Now’ performance below.

Johnny Marr’s headline tour continues at the following cities:

OCTOBER

24 Bath, Pavilion

25 Manchester, O2 Apollo

27 Glasgow, O2 Academy

28 Newcastle, O2 Academy

29 Leeds, O2 Academy

Get tickets to watch Johnny Marr live now.

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