Morrissey has announced that his South American tour has been axed after being fraught with issues. Apparently this time, the cancellation is due to funding issues and the dates will NOT be rescheduled. Read his official statement on the matter below:
"I am informed today that the projected tour of South America is snuffed out, thus euthanized - due, I'm reliably advised, to lack of funding. It's quite easy to sell tickets, yet impossible to transport band and crew from F to G.
In a year when far too many disappointments have been buried this really is the last of many final straws, and I am not alone in feeling this. The future is suddenly absent, and my apologies are now so frequent as to be somewhat ridiculous, and it is I who apologize because no one else would bother. It is agonizing to be responsible for imparting such news - especially when it springs upon me unexpectedly and inexplicably. But the collapse of South America rings the curtain down with a colossal thud, and the major problems remain as insoluble now as they were in 2009. The obvious conclusion stares back at me from the mirror, and the wheels are finally off the covered wagon. Cancellations and illness have sucked the life out of all of us, and the only sensible solution seems to be the art of doing nothing.
As always I ask your pardon, and I offer pangs of overwhelming love and gratitude to the band and the crew, whose loyalty stretched above and beyond.
I shall see you in my dreams,
Morrissey"
Meanwhile screening dates for Morrissey's live concert DVD Morrissey 25: Live are slowly rolling in. A list of theaters and showtimes in the U.K. is posted here. As for North America, the film will screen one night only - most of the participating theaters are screening the film on August 29th, but there are a few listings for other dates (theaters pick the screening date, so be sure to read the listings for the theater in your city closely.) A list of participating theaters is posted below via Last of the Famous International Playboys. More theaters are expected to be announced in the coming days/weeks, so stay tuned.
Confirmed cities/screenings so far - click links for ticket info
Arizona: Phoenix
California - Moreno Valley
California - Palm Desert
Colorado - Northfield
Deleware - Wilmington
Maryland - Arlington
Missouri - Kansas City
New York - Buffalo
Ohio - Cleveland
Ohio - Columbus
Oklahoma - Bricktown
"I am informed today that the projected tour of South America is snuffed out, thus euthanized - due, I'm reliably advised, to lack of funding. It's quite easy to sell tickets, yet impossible to transport band and crew from F to G.
In a year when far too many disappointments have been buried this really is the last of many final straws, and I am not alone in feeling this. The future is suddenly absent, and my apologies are now so frequent as to be somewhat ridiculous, and it is I who apologize because no one else would bother. It is agonizing to be responsible for imparting such news - especially when it springs upon me unexpectedly and inexplicably. But the collapse of South America rings the curtain down with a colossal thud, and the major problems remain as insoluble now as they were in 2009. The obvious conclusion stares back at me from the mirror, and the wheels are finally off the covered wagon. Cancellations and illness have sucked the life out of all of us, and the only sensible solution seems to be the art of doing nothing.
As always I ask your pardon, and I offer pangs of overwhelming love and gratitude to the band and the crew, whose loyalty stretched above and beyond.
I shall see you in my dreams,
Morrissey"
Meanwhile screening dates for Morrissey's live concert DVD Morrissey 25: Live are slowly rolling in. A list of theaters and showtimes in the U.K. is posted here. As for North America, the film will screen one night only - most of the participating theaters are screening the film on August 29th, but there are a few listings for other dates (theaters pick the screening date, so be sure to read the listings for the theater in your city closely.) A list of participating theaters is posted below via Last of the Famous International Playboys. More theaters are expected to be announced in the coming days/weeks, so stay tuned.
Confirmed cities/screenings so far - click links for ticket info
Arizona: Phoenix
California - Moreno Valley
California - Palm Desert
Colorado - Northfield
Deleware - Wilmington
Maryland - Arlington
Missouri - Kansas City
New York - Buffalo
Ohio - Cleveland
Ohio - Columbus
Oklahoma - Bricktown
