Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has been reunited with a guitar stolen 10 years ago after a gig in September 2000.
The 1964 cherry red Gibson SG — worth at least £30,000 — was found in a fan’s north London home after he admitted stealing it from the Scala in Kings Cross after a concert by Johnny Marr and the Healers in 2000.
Stephen White, 38, says that he is “disgusted” with himself for taking the guitar and not returning it. Highbury magistrates court heard last week that it had been a “spur of the moment decision” after White found himself backstage following the gig. The court heard how he had noticed the guitar unattended and then fled out of a fire exit.
The theft came to light following a tip off from a guitar shop in Denmark Street (popularly known as Tin Pan Alley) in London’s West End where White had taken it to be repaired.
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