All UK/European gigs postponed due to "logistical circumstances beyond our control" - management

As I mentioned earlier today, this has now come to pass.

'Logistical issues'.

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From @gigsandtours / Twitter:

NEWS// Morrissey tour statement.

Due to logistical circumstances beyond our control, the UK/European Morrissey concerts scheduled for July will be postponed.

We deeply regret any inconvenience to the fans and promise to reschedule UK and European dates as soon as possible.

All original purchasers from official ticket outlets will have the full ticket fee refunded, including booking fee, to their credit/debit cards. Refunds from ticket agents will be actioned from midday on Monday 2nd July.

The LIHS World Tour will continue, starting back up in Mexico City on November 23rd.

Watch for more dates to be added soon!

The LIHS World Tour has been Morrissey’s most successful tour to date, having achieved record business for the artist in both the U.S. and the UK.

We thank all the fans for their support. -
Management

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Media coverage:

• an open letter to Morrissey by johnrobb - Louder Than War. Link posted by Uncleskinny.
• Love Music Hate Racism by Fiona Dodwell - Tremr. Link posted by Thewlis (original post).
• Oi, Morrissey – stop being such a f***ing snowflake by Tom Connick - NME Blogs. Link posted by an anonymous person (original post).

 

[reelfountain]

My mate Darren takes pride in being a right winger. He's a rare breed, most right wingers are as enlightened of their political stance as they are of their opinions.

I hate right-wingers. They've been busy annihilating and silencing my class for years.

 

[Thewlis]

The British have really lost the plot.
First they want to be out of Europe then they kick out their last great pop star.
Can’t think of a single country where the press is so onesided and narrowminded except the ones wo free press.

 

[reelfountain]

Very interesting article, thanks for the link. John is probably saying what a lot of us think, even though we may not want to admit it even to ourselves.

Patronising pile of pap.

 

[Charlie Cheswick]

I hate right-wingers. They've been busy annihilating and silencing my class for years.

By right wingers I'm talking about people who put the state before the people. Or race at the forefront of their beliefs.

In that sense you are definitely a right winger. Just own it. As I say to my mate Darren, an avid right winger as he declares himself for having views like yours, just because you like that kind of right wing doesn't mean you should sign up to everything right wing. He lives in a council flat and fights against everything that would remotely help him.

Saying that, I get called left wing all the time but I don't identify with any group. Gotta make your own mind up on things.

 

[Charlie Cheswick]

The British have really lost the plot.
First they want to be out of Europe then they kick out their last great pop star.
Can’t think of a single country where the press is so onesided and narrowminded except the ones wo free press.

The thing is, Morrissey has pissed off everyone bar his most loyal disciples over time and so no matter what the leaning of the press he's f***ed. If you can't make friends in life you've got no chance. If you only make enemies you only have enemies.

Whether it's the Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Sun, The Times, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, whatever, he has no friends left. And if you get to the point where EVERYONE is against you then you need a bit of self reflection.

 

[reelfountain]

The British have really lost the plot.
First they want to be out of Europe then they kick out their last great pop star.
Can’t think of a single country where the press is so onesided and narrowminded.

I agree. A lot of the British are easily brainwashed. In fact, the English character is quite mild and mannered compared to many other cultures and the media exploits this in so many ways. The EU needs to be abolished. All countries in Europe should be independent nation states. Centralisation of power is too fascist an idea - government should be more local, and by people we have voted for.
Luckily we just scraped through that one.
As for Moz, yes social media in the UK is turning many people into mini-totalitarians.

 

[Charlie Cheswick]

Absolutely spot on, even Charlie cheesewick is agreeing with you, skinny will not be happy, he’ll be calling Charlie a racist now as well

Haven't you got Martin McGuiness photographs to be wanking over?

 

[reelfountain]

By right wingers I'm talking about people who put the state before the people. Or race at the forefront of their beliefs.

In that sense you are definitely a right winger. Just own it. As I say to my mate Darren, an avid right winger as he declares himself for having views like yours, just because you like that kind of right wing doesn't mean you should sign up to everything right wing. He lives in a council flat and fights against everything that would remotely help him.

Saying that, I get called left wing all the time but I don't identify with any group. Gotta make your own mind up on things.

I would never put the state before people. f*** the state!

 

[reelfountain]

By right wingers I'm talking about people who put the state before the people. Or race at the forefront of their beliefs.

In that sense you are definitely a right winger. Just own it. As I say to my mate Darren, an avid right winger as he declares himself for having views like yours, just because you like that kind of right wing doesn't mean you should sign up to everything right wing. He lives in a council flat and fights against everything that would remotely help him.

Saying that, I get called left wing all the time but I don't identify with any group. Gotta make your own mind up on things.

As for race, the left are obsessed by it. I simply make observations.

 

[Anonymous]

Moz in 91 was on his first solo tour ever. Fans had been waiting five years (since '86) to see him live - that's different.

Some of us had only been waiting since '88

 

[Thewlis]

The thing is, Morrissey has pissed off everyone bar his most loyal disciples over time and so no matter what the leaning of the press he's f***ed. If you can't make friends in life you've got no chance. If you only make enemies you only have enemies.

Whether it's the Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Sun, The Times, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, whatever, he has no friends left. And if you get to the point where EVERYONE is against you then you need a bit of self reflection.

Well, he built a career on having no friends, didn’t he? He’s always been an outsider. I blame the decline of the music press. Nobody cares about the music anymore, just about a pop singer’s supposed political beliefs. How on earth is that relevant? I like me a great deal of artists with diverse political ideas, but I only listen to them because I like their music.
How difficult can it be?

 

[reelfountain]

Gold teeth missing!

No, gold teeth taken out and are currently in the glass by my bed.

 

[Anonymous]

You're wrong. Why would Moz hand Haslam the points? It was bad-timing, it gave the press ammo for a story - and publicised Haslam's book, name and night in the process!

Believe me, I work in PR and this is exactly how damage limitation is managed. Neither Haslam nor Moz gets 'points' from this - the whole purpose is to package bad news into something the demographic can buy into, whichever side they are one. Hate Moz? He cancelled cos he's a cnut no decent person likes anymore. Like Moz? Its them loony lefty pr!cks fault"

 

[Charlie Cheswick]

Well, he built a career on having no friends, didn’t he? He’s always been an outsider. I blame the decline of the music press. Nobody cares about the music anymore, just about a pop singer’s supposed political beliefs. How on earth is that relevant? I like me a great deal of artists with diverse political ideas, but I only listen to them because I like their music.
How difficult can it be?

Morrissey has made it about political ideals. If you spout them people will agree or disagree and the music press are just reflective of opinion. There are some that agree with him and it appears more that don't. If the artist wants to connect their art and politics as Morrissey has then it follows that he'll be polarized and the art will no longer just be about the art.

 

[URBANUS]

By right wingers I'm talking about people who put the state before the people. Or race at the forefront of their beliefs.

In that sense you are definitely a right winger. Just own it. As I say to my mate Darren, an avid right winger as he declares himself for having views like yours, just because you like that kind of right wing doesn't mean you should sign up to everything right wing. He lives in a council flat and fights against everything that would remotely help him.

Saying that, I get called left wing all the time but I don't identify with any group. Gotta make your own mind up on things.

Then Darren is like me and realised something you maybe never thought of. That the state providing things all the time also makes people weaker and if people are not fine with what the state does the state will force it upon people.

I believe you are so used to one system you cannot see another and there are countries and regions where a party ruled ever since people were given a right to vote.

Darren woke up and realised something and his preferences are not the same as yours and so he has every right to work and fight for a society that is a lot more like he want it to be. You know, you socialists were once the underdogs fighting for simple rights and in the end you got there but you forgot who you used to be or were supposed to be and became the same people your political opponents were.

Just like lefties now are the nazis and racists but none of you ever realise it. But it is fascinating you have these people in your life and still talk to them. I don't know what kind of benefit you get from the current state of affairs but what we have now is a large group of people that know that if this system falls their privileges are gone for good and not only that but maybe they will also be murdered.

We have now moved loads of people from war zones where crime and war and violence is a natural part of life and then some believe these people will just drop that mentality and stand nicely in line to order a burger and fit in with the crowd.

People have this idea that what was created was the end product and that we now only need to enjoy what was built but slowly things start to crumble and the things we thought would never happen in our country are popping up all over the place.

Maybe Darren wants to be his own man and be able to choose his own solutions in life instead of being pushed around with the rest of the herd. I met people like you yesterday, hardcore socialists who used to be on the barricades and helped the COOP for free to hand members their membership cut each year but what I met now were two disillusioned people who despite owning their flat are used to cars burning outside on a regular basis.

The woman went up close to me and whispered "foreigners" when we started talking about a local camping site with a new owner who previously owned a camp for immigrants and that made me realise even these old hardcore socialists have simply had enough with the state of things in this country.

I bet you remember a time not long ago when your country was a very free place and then your country decided to control the internet like few other countries out there. Little by little they have reduced the freedom for the british but for some reason most seem fine with that or do not dare to voice their opinion but a growing number are and growing numbers are what creates change and change will come no matter if you want it to or not.

I think the death of your queen will mark a new chapter and the UK will never be the same again. If that is good or bad I do not know but I would never ever set foot in UK, that's for sure.

 

[URBANUS]

No, gold teeth taken out and are currently in the glass by my bed.

Pawn shop next then!

 

[reelfountain]

Morrissey has made it about political ideals. If you spout them people will agree or disagree and the music press are just reflective of opinion. There are some that agree with him and it appears more that don't. If the artist wants to connect their art and politics as Morrissey has then it follows that he'll be polarized and the art will no longer just be about the art.

All because of one single sentence that mentions Tommy Robinson and another that mentions For Britain.

What's the big f***ing deal?

 

[Thewlis]

Morrissey has made it about political ideals. If you spout them people will agree or disagree and the music press are just reflective of opinion. There are some that agree with him and it appears more that don't. If the artist wants to connect their art and politics as Morrissey has then it follows that he'll be polarized and the art will no longer just be about the art.

Yes, in the UK apparently the climate is so polarised that this is the case, which baffles and saddens me. Outside the UK he’s still seen as the iconic singer he is and which is all that matters imo.
He will be wise to avoid the UK in the coming years and wait till this strange politicized climate blows over.

 

[Charlie Cheswick]

All because of one single sentence that mentions Tommy Robinson and another that mentions For Britain.

What's the big f***ing deal?

It's a big f***ing deal if you're opposed to what those people stand for. Obviously not if you don't. When it comes to selling tickets it seems it's a big enough deal to not sell enough tickets.

Morrissey has a large proportion of his fan base which he won thanks to fighting for 'the other side'. It turned out he's now fighting for a different team. These things matter to people.

 

[URBANUS]

I would never put the state before people. f*** the state!

Charlie Cheswick and his champagne socialists always put state before people cause these people got jobs and benefits from it while others were not as lucky. You see Charlie loved a flaming communist, Brian Clough, and that shaped him for life. These kind of socialist commies are not at all into politics to make it better for people but they end up in the union dictating over the poor sod owning a company who cannot even dictate things in a company he or she owns.

These state and union moochers get careers out of being related with other people in this system and it is one big bang fest where inbred people can oppress the rest as things slowly become worse but never for them of course cause their bowl is always full at the expense of others.

They always have this we know better attitude but when you check their education they were always the failure of their class unless they managed to get a degree on one subject meaning they think they can know things better than others even when debating things they have never studied.

We have to excuse this brainwashed generation who were kids of real socialists for they never had a chance to form their own opinion from experience and so they go yada yada like a parrot and that parrot needs to be killed.