Morrissey has canceled another show. This wouldn’t be news on its own—his 24% cancellation rate, and the website dedicated to tracking every concert he bails on, speaks for itself—if it weren’t for the reasoning behind it: Morrissey was too sleepy.
The Make-Up Is a Lie singer left tonight’s crowd at Palau Des Les Arts in Valencia, Spain, confused after a series of erratic updates on his website. The first post claimed Morrissey arrived late to his hotel in Valencia due to traveling for two days “by road.” Once there, “Any form of sleep or rest throughout the night was impossible due to festival noise / loud techno singing / megaphone announcements” that left Morrissey “in a catatonic state.”
A second post on Morrissey’s website claimed that the scheduled show in Valencia had been “rendered impossible due to sleep deprivation.” However, bolded text emphasized that the concert was actually not canceled, but rather “circumstances render the show impossible.”
Morrissey then took to his website to make a third post that would clear up the scenario. He called the Valencia hotel “indescribable hell.” He added, “It will take me one year to recover. And that is an understatement.”
This was the seventh concert that Morrissey canceled so far this year, disappointing fans who gambled on him performing as promised in San Diego, St. Louis, Atlanta, and elsewhere. He’s currently touring in support of his new album, Make-Up Is a Lie. Buy tickets to those shows at your own risk.
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