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Fact #159537

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Short story:

Despite PR Man Scott Piering's appointment as manager of UK indie darlings The Smiths' the previous day, New York City booking agent Ruth Polsky announces that she is now their manager.

Full article:

Geoff Travis (MD, Rough Trade Records) : Ruth ran the booking side of Hurrah! In New York. She'd booked The Smiths over there, and she adored them. To my surprise, one day, Ruth walked into my office and told me she was now their manager. She absolutely loved them, and must have talked them into it, but it wasn't any kind of firm agreement.

Johnny Marr (guitarist, The Smiths) : Ruth was very fond of us. She's got us, and other UK bands, lots of gigs in America. She would only have told Geoff Travis she was our manager if somebody in the band had given her the impression that that was the case. And I certainly didn’t.