Tag: Morrissey

Morrissey to resume touring this summer with concerts set for Mexico, South America

Morrissey to resume touring this summer with concerts set for Mexico, South America

Just two weeks after canceling the remainder of his troubled U.S. tour over his ongoing “medical mishaps,” Morrissey tonight announced plans to resume touring in June and July, with seven concerts planned in Mexico — including a show in Mexico City — followed by performances in Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Chile.

Rare tape of early The Smiths rehearsals surfaces — hear 40-minute set from May 1983

Rare tape of early The Smiths rehearsals surfaces — hear 40-minute set from May 1983

A newly revealed cassette recording of The Smiths rehearsing in a Manchester warehouse in May 1983 prior to signing their first record deal has surfaced online in what the band’s drummer today called “an early recording you’ve probably never heard before.”

Morrissey cancels U.S. tour over ongoing medical problems: 'I hope this isn't the end'

Morrissey cancels U.S. tour over ongoing medical problems: ‘I hope this isn’t the end’

Morrissey’s trouble-plagued and oft-postponed North American tour has come to an end as Pitchfork reports the former Smiths singer has pulled the plug on the remaining 24 dates of the trek, a good number of which already had been rescheduled not once but twice since originally being set last fall.

Morrissey cancels San Francisco concert, is undergoing treatment for 'double pneumonia'

Morrissey cancels San Francisco concert, is undergoing treatment for ‘double pneumonia’

Seems Morrissey’s health issues aren’t behind him, after all: Six dates into his rescheduled North American tour, the former Smiths frontman this afternoon announced that tonight’s concert at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco “will not take place” due to the singer’s “ongoing medical condition.”

Spurned by David Bowie, Morrissey turns to Rick Astley for sleeve of new reissue single

Spurned by David Bowie, Morrissey turns to Rick Astley for sleeve of new reissue single

Last month, Morrissey announced that David Bowie put the kibosh on the sleeve of his “Last of the Famous International Playboys” reissue, on which Moz had hoped to use a “previously unseen private photograph” of himself with Bowie taken in 1992. Seems Rick Astley is more willing — or just lacks the power to stop it.

Jimmy Kimmel mocks Morrissey, Moz blasts late-night show's 'overwhelming loss of meaning'

Jimmy Kimmel mocks Morrissey, Moz blasts late-night show’s ‘overwhelming loss of meaning’

Naturally, late night host Jimmy Kimmel took the opportunity last night to poke a little fun at Morrissey after the ex-Smiths singer canceled his appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” by saying he could not appear on the same program as the “animal serial killers” from the A&E reality series “Duck Dynasty.”

Morrissey refuses to appear on Kimmel with 'animal serial killers' from 'Duck Dynasty'

Morrissey refuses to appear on Kimmel with ‘animal serial killers’ from ‘Duck Dynasty’

Hours after announcing the rescheduling of his trouble-plagued U.S. tour, Morrissey backed out of tomorrow’s night appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” — which was to have re-launched the tour — saying he could not appear on the same program as the “animal serial killers” from the A&E reality series “Duck Dynasty.”