19 November 2011

MORRISSEY WILL PLAY THE HENRY FONDA THEATRE, HOLLYWOOD BLVD, LA ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 23RD, TICKETS WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE AT THE VENUE BOX OFFICE AND ARE LIMITED TO 2 PER PERSON. KRISTEEN YOUNG WILL OPEN THE SHOW.
BOX OFFICE OPENING TIMES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON MONDAY.

15 November 2011

Sunday December 18
ROYAL OAK MI
Royal Oak Music Theatre

8 November 2011

Press release from Girlie Action:

November 10 Morrissey Concert In Chicago Postponed
 
Due to a visa administration error, Morrissey's lead guitarist is unable to perform in the US this week. Thursday's sold out concert at the Congress Theatre in Chicago has been rescheduled for Saturday December 17, 2011. The issue is out of Morrissey's hands but it will not affect Monday's concert at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, nor will it affect the rest of the tour.
 
Morrissey 2011 US Dates
 
11/14 San Antonio, TX @ Majestic Theater
11/15 Austin,TX @ Bass Concert Hall
11/17 Dallas, TX @ McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
11/19 Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Center
11/20 Phoenix, AZ @ Orpheum Theater
11/22 Escondido, CA @ California Center for the Arts
11/25 Las Vegas, NV @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas - Chelsea Ballroom
11/26 Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium
11/28 Pomona, CA Fox Theater
12/01 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
 
Morrissey 2011 Mexico Dates
 
12/05 Monterrey @ Arena
12/07 Mexico City @ Plaza Condesa
12/08 Mexico City @ Plaza Condesa
12/10 Puebla @ Auditorio del Complejo Cultural Universitario
12/12 Guadalajara @ Diana
12/13 Guadalajara @ Diana

6 November 2011

Statement

At last week's court hearing Judge Tugendhat ruled in favour of Morrissey and against the NME in the NME's effort to prevent Morrissey taking them to court. The NME also wanted the Court to order Morrissey to pay over one hundred thousand pounds for their legal fees thus far, which was also unsuccessful. At the Application hearing, the NME were represented by a large number of lawyers, together with ex-editor Conor McNicholas. The NME's current editor, Krissi Murison, and Guardian music "writer", Tim Jonze, also provided written statements in support of the NME against Morrissey.

Strangely, and supported by the evidence of McNicholas, Murison and Jonze, the NME's lawyers argued that it would be unreasonable to expect them to remember the events of 2007, yet they went on to stress that if the case went to trial, they would wish to cross-examine Morrissey on events leading back not 3, but 19, years, to 1992, when the NME aggressively ran a "is Morrissey racist?" campaign.

In late 2007, Morrissey was interviewed by Tim Jonze for the NME with the promise from editor Conor McNicholas that the interview issue would include a free 7-inch single of Morrissey's version of David Bowie's "Drive-in Saturday". Both Morrissey and Tim Jonze were very pleased with the interview, which was very civil and courteous. Jonze immediately wrote to Morrissey's manager at the time (Merck Mercuriadis) saying that he found Morrissey to be "absolutely charming". In the midst of the exchange, McNicholas asked Morrissey to attend an NME Awards ceremony to collect a God-Like Genius Award. Morrissey politely declined.

Tim Jonze subsequently contacted Merck Mercuriadis in a rage, explaining that the NME editorial staff had taken his finished piece from him and had re-written it. Jonze explained that the re-write was unrecognizable from his original article, and that Jonze wished to entirely disassociate himself from the finished piece, and from the NME, leaving everyone with the clearest impression that he felt Morrissey had been treated very badly by the NME. When the interview appeared in print, Morrissey's replies and Jonze's questions had been altered, and the interviews heavily edited, in order to bring the issue of racism to the fore and to make Morrissey appear racist and hypocritical. In spite of Jonze's original outrage, he has now come out on the NME's side following legal proceedings being issued by Morrissey's lawyers.

Morrissey regrets the outcome of the interview with Tim Jonze, which only Conor McNicholas had the power to re-write. Morrissey believes that the NME's position is unsupportable, not least because the interview tapes exist and the printed interview transcripts exist and, on the examination of both, the conduct of the NME is there for all to see.

Furthermore, Morrissey's camp were subsequently told that following the printed interview, Conor McNicholas wrote to Love Music Hate Racism (on whom the NME had recently devoted an entire issue), and warned them that if they supported Morrissey in this dispute then they could forget about any further support from the NME.

Following the dismissal of the NME's Application, the Judge set a timetable for the case, which will now go to trial at the London High Court in 2012. Morrissey is represented by John Reid at Russells, and by David Sherborne.

1 November 2011

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!
NOV 23rd AT MIDNIGHT ON ABC.

CONAN O'BRIEN
NOV 29th AT 11 PM/10 PM CENTRAL ON TBS.

1 October 2011

Morrissey is delighted at the speed of ticket sales in Puebla, Mexico City and Guadalajara, and would like to express sincere thanks to everyone who has bought tickets.

16 September 2011

Morrissey's concerts at The Shrine in Los Angeles and the Fox in Pomona both sold out today within 20 minutes. The Shrine is Morrissey's fastest-selling Los Angeles concert in over ten years.
Morrissey and the band are delighted, and would like to express heartfelt thanks to everyone who bought tickets.

14 September 2011

Tuesday September 13

Morrissey would like to stress that he has absolutely no affiliation with the site called Morrisseysworld, and that the views expressed on Morrisseysworld blog and Twitter page are not Morrissey's views, and do not come from Morrissey. Morrissey has no connection with this site. Please beware.

Morrissey would also like to stress that he has no association with the Warner release called 'The Smiths Complete'. This project has taken place without any consultation to Morrissey, and without any approach to Morrissey from either Warner, Rhino, or Johnny Marr. Therefore, Morrissey has no knowledge of the remixes, and has had no input in the project.

Morrissey would like to thank all of the people who have - so quickly - bought tickets for his November and December US tour, which he looks forward to very much.

2 September 2011

The venue in Puebla (Mexico) has been switched to Puebla Auditorio del Complejo Cultural Universitario, with a capacity of 3,464.

1 September 2011

Photo: Morrissey Santa Fe date poster artwork
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US:

Thursday November 10
CHICAGO IL
Congress Theater

Monday November 14
SAN ANTONIO TX
Majestic Theater

Tuesday November 15
AUSTIN TX
Bass Hall

Thursday November 17
DALLAS TX
McFarlin Memorial Auditorium

Saturday November 19
SANTA FE NM
Santa Fe Center

Sunday November 20
PHOENIX AZ
Orpheum Theater

Tuesday November 22
ESCONDIDO CA
Center for the Arts

Friday November 25
LAS VEGAS NV
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

Saturday November 26
LOS ANGELES CA
Shrine Auditorium

Monday November 28
POMONA CA
Fox Theater

Thursday December 1
OAKLAND CA
Fox Theater

MEXICO:

December

5 MONTERREY arena (7,200)

7 MEXICO CITY plaza condesa (1,800)
8 MEXICO CITY plaza condesa (1,800)

10 PUEBLA auditorio del complejo cultural universitario (3,464)

12 GUADALAJARA diana (2,200)
13 GUADALAJARA diana (2,200)