Morrissey mobbed and show cut short

Morrissey has had a concert cut short in Germany after his concert descended into chaos when revellers invaded the stage. The former The Smiths frontman was performing at the Colosseum Theater in Essen  when "a band of overzealous gig-goers jumped up on stage". The 55-year-old tried to continue performing as security personnel rushed to get the offenders back in the pit, before one security guard decided to remove the singer altogether. The concert was then cut short due to safety concerns.

Morrissey gets venue meat free (again)

The Times reports that having slagged off Italian venues as 'abysmal', the 'moany Mancunian minstrel'  Morrissey arrived at a show in Utrecht on Tuesday (Octiber 28th) and demanded that meat and fish be banned throughout the five venue cultural complex in Holland. In 2011 Morrissey's tour rider contained provisions demanding festivals and venues went meat free and one, Lokerse Feesten in Belgium, went meat free fr one of their ten days whe Morrissey appeared with organisers saying "one meatless day" out of 10 was "a healthy break for all". In 2009, the singer left the stage at California's Coachella festival saying he could "smell burning flesh". According to Coachella festival-goers, the singer then added: "And I hope to God it's human."

Morrissey cancels remainder of US tour following new health scare

Morrissey has been forced to cancel the remaining nine dates of his US tour, after contracting a respiratory infection. The singers Facebook page expressed "great sadness", while semi-official fansite True To You said it was "unimaginable sorrow". This is the third time in the last eighteen months that Morrissey's health has caused him to cancel live shows. In March last year, he cancelled another US tour due to a variety of medical problems, including pneumonia in both lungs. The singer later revealed that doctors had advised him to retire from performing live altogether. In July, part of a South American tour was cancelled after Morrissey and his security guard contracting food poisoning in Peru, with the remaining dates later pulled due to financial reasons.

Morrissey book shelved

Morrissey's much vaunted autobiography will not be in bookshops next week - it seems the truculent singer as pulled out of a deal with Penguin Books due to a 'content disagreement'.  No preview copies were printed, no ISBN number had been allocated - and no comment was made by either side

Morrissey should crowdsource says Palmer

After a recent interview where Morrissey was bemoaning the fact that labels were no longer interested in releasing his new material, Amanda Palmer has written an open letter urging the singer to follow her lead and to finance a record release via a Kickstarter-style crowdsourcing campaign, advising the somewhat ill of late misery that record labels are no longer needed and that "You have some of the most fanatical fans in the world; caring and devoted people from countries far and wide who would be really, really happy to support you at levels far beyond $5 just to have the songs in their ears. You're possibly one of the best candidates on the planet to use crowdfunding, because of who you are and what you mean".

Morrissey, Bieber and Rihanna all cancel

Morrissey has been forced to cancel more shows after being hospitalised again, this time with "double pneumonia" - pneumonia in both lungs. This follows another hospital visit for the singer earlier this year for a bleeding ulcer, concussion and a throat condition. The ilness has forced the cancellation of the first day of the the Vive Latino festival in Mexico which the ailing singer was meant to be headlining
 
And after an unexplained two hour  late running show at the O2, terrible press, collapse at a show and self diagnosed hospitalisation and then a fight with paparazzo in the UK, Justin Bieber has now cancelled a show in Portugal:  Although the 19-year-old performed on Monday night at Lisbon's Pavilhão Atlântico, Tuesday's gig has been called off owing to "unforeseen circumstances". 

And a laryngitis and flu-struck Rihanna has cancelled two dates on her US-based 'Diamonds' tour. Promoter Live Nation released a statement saying that the R&B star is "still recovering" from previously revealed ill health. The shows will be re-scheduled.

Morrissey's list of ailments prompts US cancellations

Following his recent hospitalisation  with various health complaints including concussion, a bleeding ulcer and Barrett’s oesophagus, all of which resulted in US show cancellations, Morrissey has been advised "on doctors orders" to postpone additional dates on his US tour. He had hoped to resume touring at the Chelsea Ballroom in Las Vegas on the 9th Feb,  but that date has now been pulled along with Phoenix (10 Feb) and Sparks, Nevada (2 Mar) although Morrissey promises he'll still be able to play in El Paso on 12 Feb.

Morrissey settles NME libel claim

Morrissey has settled his defamation claim against the NME and previous editor Conor McNicholas after he accused the music weekly of twisting his words in a 2007 interview to make him appear racist. 


NME has published an apology over the 'misunderstanding'.

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