We thought an old school Moz image would mix it up a bit as we report that all of us Moz/Smiths fans can take a deep breath and relax as there seems to be no truth to the retirement rumors running rampant around the web.  The man himself has released a statement on the infamous fan site True-To-You stating the below:

I would like to stress to members of TTY that the recent quotes on NME.com attributed to me concerning "retirement" and "final concerts" were not made by me, and that the NME are wrong to put my name next to these quotes. Furthermore, I would like to stress that my knowledge and involvement with "season tickets" and ticket prices for the upcoming shows is zero, and I have nothing at all to do with the way by which tickets are sold or priced. People who think I am involved in that side of the presentation overestimate me - I actually have pitifully short legs - there’s only so much I can do.

And saving the best for last, he claims:

Thanks to those of you who have bought tickets, and thanks to those even considering coming along. With so many US concerts this year your loyalty has already been over-stretched, so if you decide to pass, that’s OK.

This actually kind of makes us want to go to all of the shows. 

Time to spin some Lucky Lisp and rejoice…