Garbage not breaking up, says Manson

Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson has said the group isn’t breaking up permanently despite plans to take an indefinite hiatus.
“We have discussed this and I don’t think anybody is interested in breaking up,” the Scottish singer said.
“We feel that this has been a really great tour and we feel that we have really muscled through and produced a great record and we just want to take some time off while things are really good between us.”

Garbage played the first gig of its Australian tour in Canberra on Wednesday night.
They will then play dates in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide before finishing up in Perth on October 1.
The group was to return to Europe for further dates but has cancelled everything after Australia.
Recent media reports have suggested the group’s decision to take a break would mean the end of Garbage all together.
“I don’t think I have seen a single green vegetable in three months, so I just need to get my life into some sort of sense of control,” Manson said.
Garbage has sold millions of albums in Australia, Europe and the United States.
With hit songs Who Do You Love Me, Run Baby Run and Sex is Not the Enemy, Garbage’s fourth studio album – Bleed Like Me – has gone top five in Australia.
The group last toured Australia in 2002 for the Big Day Out and has been a regular visitor Down Under over the years.
In recent years, Garbage has battled creative disagreements, health issues and a near break-up.
But Manson said all those things contributed to making this album its best.
“It so easily wouldn’t have been made if we had allowed our issues to stop us,” she said.
“We all put our egos aside in the end and really came together and that was a lovely experience.”
Manson wasn’t keen to look too far ahead but said a solo album may be on the cards.
“I have had people interested in me making a record on my own terms since I was 15 years old, so I do think it is something that is eventually on my cards,” she said.
“But I don’t know exactly when I will indulge that desire.”
Meanwhile, Manson has criticised INXS for its move to replace the late Michael Hutchence as lead singer of the Australian band.
“It isn’t INXS without Michael Hutchence,” said Manson, commenting on INXS’ reality TV search for new lead singer JD Fortune.
“I feel like in life you have to be prepared to let go of something in order for new growth to occur in your life. And I think it is unhealthy to be constantly coming back to recreate the past.
“You should forge forward instead of being sentimental about things that have gone by.”
[source: news.ninemsn.com.au]