Isn't that just his middle aged belly?
I can't really see the scar in these pics, but I have read before that he does indeed have one. Now where is this quote...ah, here tis - in reference to the Your Arsenal Cover:
"Its cover is a live photograph of the singer, tongue out, shirt asunder (stomach scar courtesy Davyhulme Hospital) suggestively waggling his microphone at fly-height"
And just for the hell of it, here's the cover - you can kind of see it here (you'll need to click on the image to see a bigger version).
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(DROOL!!)
I have a 1985 Smiths gig on DVD and he definately doesn't have a stomach scar in that, so something must have happened since then.
By the way, Nightandday, I can't get over that pic you've got on the page previous to this one where he has 'Initiate Me' written on his stomach.
I'll give him him a good ol'
initiating!
..okay, I need a lie down now..