The band's former guitarist and drummer responded to speculation that the group would get back together with frontman Morrissey and bassist Andy Rourke for live shows this autumn.
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Marr wrote on his official Facebook page: "The rumour of the Smiths reunion is untrue. It's not happening."
Speaking to Beat Wolf Radio, Joyce said: "It's not happening folks, as far as I know. Which could be a good thing.
"Now if it was going to happen sans me then, yeah, I don't know. Avec me, then I would have known about it, wouldn't I?"
Of the possibility that the band ever reforming at some point in the future, he added: "Who knows, in the future... only time will tell."
He later added in a press statement: "After today's reports of The Smiths reforming I can confirm that they are NOT."
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Watch The Smiths perform 'William, It Was Really Nothing' live on Top of the Pops in 1984 below:
