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).

 

[URBANUS]

The same people that cried over Mandela thinks it's justified to put Robinson in prison over that. I think it would be better if we decided to have a full out war to see who wins cause the situation now is not leading anywhere and after a war the winner can set the agenda and move things on so that we actually are heading somewhere instead of nowhere.

I am in favour of war.

 

[reelfountain]

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.

I think he should come with two fingers high. He'll get a hero's welcome.

 

[URBANUS]

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.

Forget Britain and everything it stood for, the place is gone forever and can never be saved.

 

[Anonymous]

DINNER DINNER DINNER DINNER DINNER DINNER DINNER DINNER DURRRRR ! ! ! !
AND HERE I AM ! AND HERE I AM !
OH WELL YOU DON'T NEED TO LOOK SO CHEESED OFF !

Well ? Well ? Well ? ( I've been away apologies)

I 4kin told you this was gonna happen ( genuinely sad though for Surface and his Daughter)

What a 4kin knobhead ! Absolutely debunked good and proper now ( big up to you Brummie )
If I may I'd like to give you a quote :
"Losing in front of your home crowd" you Steve you racist nasty piece a work, the public have voted, Goodbye .
Gotta feel sorry for Diesel though, poor bastard must takin a load a shit big time for this one.

And a big 4K off to vegan crack-head while we're at it, on yer knees lad and get sucking till I tell you to stop.

Benny-the-British-Butcher

Oh wait ! Hang on a minute ! Am I Surface ? Or Skinny ? Or some other 4kr on here ?
Keep sucking it crack-head lad I'm not done yet .
KetchupBum anyone ?

Benny-the-British-Butcher

 

[URBANUS]

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. Silly bastards think anyone who isn't a racist is a commie.

Which is so true in many ways. I never believed much in socialists cause they all fail masking their admiration for the old communism. Skinny and his trip to Prague is a great example.
Pictures sometimes say more than a thousand words.

 

[URBANUS]

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

Problem you and Charlie label people right wing but none of you studied the nazis of today and what they actually stand for.
They are not even on the political scale as things stand now as they present a new unexplored way forward.
Imagine no stock market or monetary structure like we have now. Animals and environment placed at top of the agenda.
People cannot grasp something new and what it would be like.

 

[URBANUS]

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.

We were taught brits were hard then they banned hooligans and they are now left with tea and scones ladies with brittle bones and stupid antiques shows.
Fawlty towers always represented Britain and the british.

 

[reelfountain]

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.

His lack of ticket sales (if true) was nothing to do with his opinions - it was because he had already just done a tour of Britain and to announce another at such short notice in the summer when people have already bought tickets for festivals and holidays etc was a bit misjudged.

If I'm wrong, then social totalitarianism and an intolerance for free thought is far larger a problem than I realised.

But I refuse to be that cynical.

But one more thing, Moz's appeal is that he is the ultimate outsider. Perhaps to fulfil that role nowadays you need only to be somebody who thinks for themself - which is also scary. Thanks Blair.

 

[URBANUS]

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

So that means you are a liberal. Liberate people from the state and make them decide for themselves. Socialists just cannot stand that idea.

 

[Charlie Cheswick]

His lack of ticket sales (if true) was nothing to do with his opinions - it was because he had already just done a tour of Britain and to announce another at such short notice in the summer when people have already bought tickets for festivals and holidays etc was a bit misjudged.

If I'm wrong, then social totalitarianism and an intolerance for free thought is far larger a problem than I realised.

But I refuse to be that cynical.

But one more thing, Moz's appeal is that he is the ultimate outsider. Perhaps to fulfil that role nowadays you need only think for yourself - which is also scary. Thanks Blair.

His lack of sales was exactly about his opinions and for other people prices.

The great thing is, if a person that you're a massive fan is says something you don't agree with you can avoid their products. That means that free thought is actually in action, despite it not being free thought that you agree with.

 

[reelfountain]

His lack of sales was exactly about his opinions and for other people prices.

The great thing is, if a person that you're a massive fan is says something you don't agree with you can avoid their products. That means that free thought is actually in action, despite it not being free thought that you agree with.

That's a very right-wing free-market kind of thinking there.

Obviously I disagree.

 

[Charlie Cheswick]

That's a very right-wing free-market kind of thinking there.

Obviously I disagree.

You're welcome to disagree but as we have freedom of speech and the freedom to buy or not buy what we want it is what it is. When it becomes law that you have to buy into what Morrissey says and his products we can discuss the pros and cons of that system.

 

[Thewlis]

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.

I don’t know what ‘the other side’ means in this case. Moz has shown support for a political party for the first time because he likes their anti-establishment and their feminist and animal loving leader. That’s all there is to it. Had she been leader of a new communist party it would have been allright? Very weird. It certainly doesn’t seem all that big of a deal to make so much fuss about.

And in the past he had shown ‘support’ to anyone from Barack Obama to Marine Le Pen to Bernie Sanders, for very much the same reasons.

So I don’t think he’s on a different team now, that’s just how the politised UK press tries to picture him.

 

[Anonymous]

1. No news about Mr DJ Haslem (ooops) because no-one fears that idiot anyway. No-one. Not even ME !

2. In other news, I can tell you now that it is much harder for musicians - and all kinds of 'Career Criminals' - to get VISA's organised thanks to the USA's "new" system of 'Visa Control.' This seems to affect incoming hooligans from Hull and many outgoing musicians plus all kinds of other folks too.

3. One example of this 'USA Visa Control' system occurred today and it held up at least one of Blondie's biggest fans. In the end, it took a phone call to Blondie's keyboardist - yes, to Mr Katz- from the US Customs/Border Agency at The Airport (!) - before said Blondie fan could actually get himself out of the USA and onto a flight, making his orderly and well-behaved way I might add over to the next Blondie gig.

... And I am NOT kidding folks !

Hazard
x

 

[reelfountain]

I don’t know what ‘the other side’ means in this case. Moz has shown support for a political party for the first time because he likes their anti-establishment and their feminist and animal loving leader. That’s all there is to it. Had she been leader of a new communist party it would have been allright? Very weird. It certainly doesn’t seem all that big of a deal to make so much fuss about.

And in the past he had shown ‘support’ to anyone from Barack Obama to Marine Le Pen to Bernie Sanders, for very much the same reasons.

So I don’t think he’s on a different team now, that’s just how the politised UK press tries to picture him.

Exactly. In Britain every small thing is so overblown by the mass and social media. People have turned into gossippers searching for the next non-story for sheer titillation.

There's been a definite lowering of IQ in this country over the last few years. So many people are stupid.

 

[reelfountain]

You're welcome to disagree but as we have freedom of speech and the freedom to buy or not buy what we want it is what it is. When it becomes law that you have to buy into what Morrissey says and his products we can discuss the pros and cons of that system.

I believe the majority of his fans aren't so suddenly staunchly opposed to him now as to affect his ticket sales.

Other factors are involved. What about the short notice? The season?

Another thing nobody has even considered, what if there really is a logistical reason- such as Moz suffering depression?

 

[Thewlis]

I believe the majority of his fans aren't so suddenly staunchly opposed to him now as to affect his ticket sales.

Other factors are involved. What about the short notice? The season?

Another thing nobody has even considered, what about if there really is a logistical reason- such as Moz currently suffering depression?

Nah, we know Moz well enough to know that he is really hurt by the misinterpretation in the UK press and the Haslam-event especially. He’s walked off stages because someone shouted something nasty or walked out of tours because someone didn’t give him the attention he craved (1995...).

He won’t return to the UK anytime soon. He will be wise to concentrate on the music instead. Good thing is he has a very high profile - ironically partly thanks to this whole fiasco -and a new album will certainly receive enough attention to do well again.

 

[reelfountain]

Nah, we know Moz well enough to know that he is really hurt by the misinterpretation in the UK press and the Haslam-event especially. He’s walked off stages because someone shouted something nasty or walked out of tours because someone didn’t give him the attention he craved (1995...).

He won’t return to the UK anytime soon. He will be wise to concentrate on the music instead. Good thing is he has a very high profile - ironically partly thanks to this whole fiasco -and a new album will certainly receive enough attention to do well again.

It was just a thought. But one I keep going back to. Maybe the press turning on him has got him down.

 

[Irish blood Irish heart]

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

I’m afraid not, skinny, as for your mate “Darren” he’s one of those imaginary friends isn’t he ? Could you not think of a more original name for him ?

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

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.

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.

Aren't we all on the same team when people are being murdered or kids being raped?