17 September 2009

Sunday 29 November SEATTLE Paramount Theater
Monday 30 November PORTLAND Roseland Theater
Wednesday 2 December OAKLAND Paramount
Friday 4 December LAS VEGAS The Joint [changed from Saturday 5 December]
Saturday 5 December INDIO Fantasy Springs [changed from Friday 4 December]
Thursday 10 December LOS ANGELES Gibson Amphitheatre
Friday 11 December VENTURA Ventura Theatre

17 September 2009

Morrissey will play SEATTLE Paramount Theater on Sunday 29 November, and PORTLAND Roseland Theater on Monday 30 November. Tickets are expected to be available immediately.

12 September 2009

Keyboard player on Morrissey's forthcoming tour is Gustavo Manzur from Austin, Texas.

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12 September 2009

OCT

Friday 23 BIRMINGHAM / symphony hall
Saturday 24 SWINDON / oasis
Monday 26 BOURNEMOUTH / opera house
Tuesday 27 LONDON / royal albert hall
Thursday 29 LEEDS / academy
Friday 30 SHEFFIELD / city hall

NOV

Monday 2 SALISBURY / city hall
Tuesday 3 BRENTWOOD / leisure center
Thursday 5 LONDON / alexandra palace
Saturday 7 LIVERPOOL / echo arena

Monday 9 NIJMEGEN, Holland / vereeniging
Tuesday 10 LILLE, France / aeronef
Thursday 12 PARIS, France / le zenith
Saturday 14 BRUSSELS, Belgium / forest club
Monday 16 BERLIN, Germany / tempodrom
Tuesday 17 HAMBURG, Germany / CCH
Thursday 19 DUSSELDORF, Germany / philipshalle
Friday 20 MUNICH, Germany / tonhalle
Monday 23 DUBLIN, Ireland / national stadium

This completes the list of European dates for 2009.

Swords, an 18-track compilation of b-sides, is released simultaneously in the US and Europe on October 26. A limited initial run will include an 8-track Live in Warsaw CD from July 2009.

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5 September 2009

Swords, an 18-track compilation of b-sides of singles from Morrissey's recent albums, will be released in the UK on October 26th and will be available on CD and double vinyl LP.

The track listing is as follows:

"Good Looking Man About Town"
"Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice"
"If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me"
"Ganglord"
"My Dearest Love"
"The Never-Played Symphonies"
"Sweetie-Pie"
"Christian Dior"
"Shame Is The Name"
"Munich Air Disaster 1958"
"I Knew I Was Next"
"It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small"
"Teenage Dad On His Estate"
"Children In Pieces"
"Friday Mourning"
"My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye"
"Drive-In Saturday"
"Because Of My Poor Education"

Initial copies of the CD will include a bonus disc of eight songs recorded live in Warsaw during Morrissey's 2009 tour.

Morrissey will play Los Angeles in December, the date and venue information to be announced shortly.

8 August 2009

Morrissey would like it to be known that he has not been consulted by EMI/HMV/Parlophone with regards to two forthcoming boxed sets of Morrissey singles. Morrissey does not approve such releases and would ask people not to bother buying them. Morrissey receives no royalty payments from EMI for any back catalogue, and has not received a royalty from EMI since 1992. Morrissey also does not approve of, and was not consulted on, the Rhino box of Smiths CDs, or the Warner releases of Smiths LPs on 180 gramme vinyl. Morrissey last received a royalty payment from Warners ten years ago, and, once again, he would ask people not to bother buying the reissued LPs or CDs.

14 July 2009

Statement from Morrissey:

The two Rimini concerts were cancelled for production reasons. Put simply, the venue could not accommodate our PA system or lights, etc.
The concerts are not cancelled due to health problems.
I understand that another venue is being sought, but as yet I know no more than that.
I would like to stress once again that I have no association with the sites called Twitter, FaceBook, myspace, flickr, or MorrisseySoLow - so therefore anything written on these sites is not in my name or by my hand. The site called itsmorrisseysworld is designed by and controlled by Universal Music Group.
Thanks in advance to everyone who will be in London this week.

MORRISSEY, July the 14th.

1 June 2009

Statement from Morrissey:

I am very pleased to confirm that we will resume at Luxembourg this coming Friday (5 June), absorbed and collected. I have been reconstructed by a Wiltshire hospital and I am as close to good health as I'm likely to get. I apologize to everyone caught up in the to-ing and fro-ing, but the disappointment of postponement is less than the disappointment of hearing me sing on one engine.
I should stress that nothing has been canceled. The four London concerts are repositioned in July, and both Birmingham and the Royal Albert Hall are October fixtures. I've endured a titanic struggle against an intolerable virus lately, and although Hull, Hartlepool and Manchester were nights that comprised a whole life, the physical limits were reached. False notes crush the soul.

Besides Luxembourg and beyond, I am excited about the October release of Swords, which is an 18-track compilation of b-sides of singles from the last three albums. This will be a Polydor release.

Thanks to everyone who bought Years of refusal. We were the number one seller in the UK for the week of release, but, as with You are the quarry and Your arsenal, we were booted off the number one spot on the last hour of the final day. We cried.

I would like to point out that some passable creature is using my name and sending sharply chiseled replies to people via Twitter, myspace and Facebook. This person is not me. Not enough happens in my life that I would wish to share it with others. I do not scan these sites - or whatever they are - so I can only hope that whoever is posing as me is at least worth talking to. Beware of false imitations.



Thanks for reading these unvarnished facts, and thanks for giving us some greatly enjoyable nights on the Refusal tour.



absolutely yours, Morrissey.

12 May 2009

itsmorrisseysworld.com has announced:

"It's with great reluctance that Morrissey has been forced to cancel his scheduled appearance on the Later... With Jools Holland program this week.

"Instead, Morrissey will continue his recuperation so that he can get back on the road as soon as possible and that the minimum disruption is caused to his current UK tour."

6 May 2009

Morrissey will be making an appearance on Later Live...With Jools Holland next Tuesday, May 12th. Morrissey will also be on Later...With Jools Holland on Friday, May 15th.