Morrissey has been on fire with posts recently on his official site True To You. Yesterday's entry was about Mozzer's recent encounter with Kirk Douglas - apparently Morrissey was taking a walk around Los Angeles and found himself "walking alongside" Douglas. From the sounds of it, words were not exchanged:
"I suddenly felt like the fat half of a pair of bow-legged twins. I froze, my eyes welled-up, my feet sank into imaginary mud. Only Kirk Douglas could reduce me to such an irrational fear of breathing, but here it was. It was one of those very silly moments where we act on the second instinct whilst ignoring the first instinct, and of course, the second instinct always warns us to "do nothing." Too incurably demented to tap his shoulder and pledge eternal thanks and servitude, I stood and I watched as my hero walked away."
And this was the awesome end to his post:
"If male desire is tension, then Kirk Douglas had this more than any other screen star - yes, King Kong included. Last night I went to bed exhausted. But I couldn't sleep."
Read the full post here.
Meanwhile a few rescheduled Morrissey dates are starting to surface - newly rescheduled dates for shows in Texas (El Paso and Pharr), Chicago, Atlanta, and Minneapolis, and a new date in Upper Derby, Pennsylvania have appeared on Ticketmaster. There's also sad news for fans who held tickets to the February 24th show in San Francisco - the show has been canceled. An updated itinerary is posted below.
Morrissey is set to make his live return this week with a February 26th performance on Jimmy Kimmel, and the tour kicks off the next night in San Diego.
North American tour
2/26 Jimmy Kimmel Live
2/27 San Diego, CA @ Balboa Theater
3/01 Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center (sold out)
3/02 Sparks, NV @ John Ascuaga's Nugget - Rose Ballroom
3/04 Davis, CA @ Robert Mondavi Center at UC Davis
3/06 Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
3/08 Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
3/09 San Francisco @ Regency Ballroom
3/22 Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum
3/23 Chicago @ Chicago Theater
3/30 Atlanta, GA @ Cobb Energy Center
4/06 Upper Derby, PA @ Tower (new show, tix 3/1)
4/13 Pharr, TX @ Pharr Events Center
4/23 El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
Postponed shows (new dates to be announced shortly)
1/25 Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theater (rescheduled 3/22)
1/27 Chicago, IL @ Chigago Theater (sold out)(rescheduled for March 23)
1/28 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel (sold out)
1/29 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium (sold out)
1/31 Atlanta, GA @ Cobb Energy Center for the Performing Arts (sold out)(resked 3/30)
2/02 Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall (sold out)
2/05 Clear Lake, IA @ Surf Ballroom
2/06 Lincoln, NE @ Rococo Theatre (sold out)
2/09 Las Vegas, NV @ The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
2/10 Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
2/12 El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls (rescheduled for April 23)
2/13 Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall
2/15 Pharr, TX @ Pharr Events Center (rescheduled for April 13)
2/16 Beaumont, TX @ Jefferson Theater (sold out)
2/18 Dallas, TX @ Palladium
2/21 Denver, CO @ Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
2/22 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kingsbury Hall
*The January 24th show at Whiting Auditorium in Flint has been canceled and the February 24th show at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco has been canceled.