Morrissey today announced rescheduled dates on his trouble-stricken North American tour, adding shows in Hollywood, Philadelphia and Richmond, Va., on a tour that will now keep him on the road through late April — which means he’ll be touring the U.S. at the same time as his former bandmate Johnny Marr.
Moz’s tour — derailed while the former Smiths frontman underwent treatment for a bleeding ulcer and Barrett’s esophagus — now resumes with a previously announced “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” taping on Tuesday (or not), followed by 27 shows, including a sold-out Los Angeles arena concert with Patti Smith.
Tickets for the new shows, plus a San Francisco date that has been moved from Davies Symphony Hall to The Warfield, go on sale Friday.
The new dates put Morrissey and Marr on the road at the same time for a two-week period at the end of April, although the former bandmates are never in the same city on the same night; the closest they come is playing Denver five nights apart.
Morrissey postponed 19 concerts since falling ill Jan. 24 on his lengthy North American tour that already had been rescheduled since last fall, when he abruptly canceled the bulk of the dates to return to England to see his sick mother. So far, none of those shows have been rescheduled, although Moz has promised to do so with all but the Flint, Mich., concert.
Morrissey North American tour dates:
Feb. 26: Jimmy Kimmel Live! taping, Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 27: Balboa Theatre, San Diego, CA
March 1: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA (w/ Patti Smith)
March 2: Hollywood High School, Los Angeles, CA
March 4: Robert Mondavi Center at UC Davis, Davis, CA
March 6: Moore Theater, Seattle, WA
March 8: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
March 9: Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
March 14: Vive Latino Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
March 18: Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS
March 19: Rococo Theatre, Lincoln, NE
March 22: Orpheum, Minneapolis, MN
March 23: Chicago Theater, Chicago, IL
March 27: Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, IA
March 29: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
March 30: Cobb Energy Center, Atlanta, GA
April 2: Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
April 3: National, Richmond, VA
April 6: Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA
April 8: Whiting Auditorium, Flint, MI
April 9: Murat Theater, Indianapolis, IN
April 12: Jefferson Theater, Beaumont, TX
April 13: Pharr Entertainment Center, Pharr, TX
April 15: Palladium, Dallas, TX
April 16: Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX
April 19: Marquee Theater, Phoenix, AZ
April 20: The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
April 23: Tricky Falls, El Paso, TX
April 26: Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre, Denver, CO
April 28: Kingsbury Hall, Salt Lake City, UT
April 30: The Warfield, San Francisco, CA
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS:
- Morrissey to reissue tweaked ‘Kill Uncle,’ release 3 new songs as B-sides to ’89 single
- Morrissey postpones concerts in Las Vegas, Phoenix ‘due to doctor’s orders’
- Morrissey lives! ‘Reports of my death have been greatly understated,’ singer says
- Morrissey postpones 6 more U.S. concerts after being diagnosed with bleeding ulcer
- Morrissey hospitalized in Michigan with ‘suspected bladder infection’
- Morrissey scrubs concerts in Flint, Chicago, Minneapolis over ‘band member illness’
- Morrissey reschedules U.S. tour, adds 8 dates, replaces Stooges with Patti Smith in L.A.
- Morrissey cancels remainder of U.S. tour over ailing mother, promises to reschedule
I was kind of worried he might re-schedule his Lincoln, NE show on the same date as Johnny’s Omaha, NE show, out of spite —but my younger brother reminded me that they are now on speaking terms.