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.

13 September 2009

Statement from Morrissey:

I am forced to defend myself - again - from a comment made by Andy Rourke last week on the eyeweekly website. It is a recurring comment whereby Andy confirms that his dismissal from the Smiths was made via a handwritten postcard from me telling Andy "you have left the Smiths."
I would like to state to anyone interested in the truth of this matter that no such postcard was ever written by me, and no dismissal postcard was ever placed on Andy's car with my knowledge or consent, and I am naturally irked that such an alleged deed has gone down in the fairy tale footnotes of Smiths lore. If such a postcard ever existed, it is likely that an unfunny stunt was played on Andy by someone attempting Morrissey-scrawl - easily done. Secondly, Andy's "dismissal" from the Smiths would not be a decision solely made by me, and would not be announced by me on a note bearing only my name, and it would also not be executed by a handwritten note carelessly thrown onto the hood of a car (or window-wipers, as has often been reported.)
Doesn't anyone have the wit to work this one out ?

MORRISSEY
13 september 2009

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.

30 June 2009

Statement from Morrissey:

I would like to stress that I have nothing whatsoever to do with Twitter, myspace, Facebook, or Flickr, and anyone or any site claiming to be expressing my views or my identity is/are bogus.

MORRISSEY, June 2009.

16 June 2009

Universal's remastered version of Morrissey's 1997 album Maladjusted is now available for download in the US. You can order the download from Amazon (US) and iTunes (US).