Every date that Morrissey has ever cancelled

Morrissey

Year	Cancelled	Dates	%
2026	7	37	19%
2025	32	63	51%
2024	9	23	39%
2023	14	49	29%
2022	6	15	40%
2021	3	9	33%
2020	14	17	82%
2019	8	30	27%
2018	10	33	30%
2017	9	32	28%
2016	17	46	37%
2015	3	76	4%
2014	22	71	31%
2013	62	79	78%
2012	27	85	32%
2011	4	53	8%
2009	24	122	20%
2008	3	22	14%
2007	11	105	10%
2006	5	107	5%
2005	1	1	100%
2004	29	93	31%
2002	5	52	10%
2000	1	30	3%
1999	2	48	4%
1997	1	55	2%
1996	23	23	100%
1995	10	28	36%
1994	6	6	100%
1992	3	53	6%
1991	20	70	29%
1988	0	1	0%
Total	391	1534	25%

 

The Smiths

Year	Cancelled	Dates	%
1987	0	1	0%
1986	3	48	6%
1985	3	48	6%
1984	7	65	11%
1983	7	47	15%
1982	0	1	0%
Total	20	210	10%

• 01 Dec 2023 Perth, Australia – Perth Concert Hall (cancelled)

  We regret to advise the Morrissey: 40 Years of Morrissey show scheduled for Friday 1 December at Perth Concert Hall will no longer be proceeding due to unforeseen logistical issues.

• 14 Dec 2023 Auckland, New Zealand – The Civic (cancelled) 

  Todd writes: Just cancelled Auckland New Zealand. I had no idea he did this all the time. What is it? Can he just not be bothered?

2022 (6 out of 15 dates – 40%)

• 12 Nov 2022 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre (abbreviated)

  Dolly writes: He performed for 30 minutes before ending the show abruptly because it was too cold outside. I understand the show will be rescheduled, but I doubt parking fees will be refunded.

2021 (3 out of 9 dates – 33%)

These May 2021 dates were cancelled due to CoronaVirus / COVID-19 pandemic.

• 05 May 2021 Tel Aviv – Zappa Club (Postponed)
• 08 May 2021 Tel Aviv – Pavilion 1 – EXPO (Postponed)
• 14 May 2021 Paris – Salle Pleyel (Cancelled)

2020 (14 out of 17 dates – 82%)

Not Morrissey’s fault, but most large gathering are now banned due to the CoronaVirus / COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to the Corona epidemic, and with no choice, the Morrissey tour scheduled to take place in Europe in May 2020, including shows at the Tel Aviv Expo and Zappa Ampy Shoni, is rescheduled for spring 2021.

2019 (8 out of 30 dates – 27%)

Oh Canada!

• 21 Sep 2019 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall (Postponed due to flooding)
• 01 Oct 2019 Seattle, WA – WAMU theater (Cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control)

2018 (10 out of 33 dates – 30%)

• 05 Dec 2018 Asunción, Paraguay – Centro de Convenciones de la Conmebol (cancelled due to food poisoning)

NOTE: Morrissey’s show at the Copley Symphony Hall in San Diego, CA (10 Nov 2018) ended slightly early due to multiple stage invaders. This does not count against Morrissey as a partial show, because it was during the second encore.

2017 (9 out of 32 dates – 28%)

After police pulled a gun on Morrissey, his nephew said that Morrissey decided to cancel seven proposed Italian dates – including the announced Macerata Opera Festival. Read all about it on rollingstone.com. Incidentally, Italian police disagreed. Since the other six dates were never announced, we can’t add the dates and locations to the 2017 listing.

• • 10 Apr 2017 Tucson, AZ – Fox Tucson Theatre (walked off after six songs due to vocal issues)
  • 12 Apr 2017 San Antonio, TX – Tobin Center (third San Antonio cancellation, citing “health concerns” via mysanantonio.com)
  • 06 Sep 2017 Macerata Opera Festival, Italy (details)
  • 05 Nov 2017 Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre (heater not working, announced at 8:30pm)

2016 (17 out of 46 dates – 37%)

After Manzur was hospitalized, Morrissey cancelled the remaining six dates on his tour, no thanks to “mismanagement of tour funds” by 360 Management. Read all about it on rollingstone.com.

• 19 Aug 2016 Istanbul – KüçükÇiftlik Park (cancelled)
• 01 Oct 2016 Yokohama – Bay Hall (cancelled)
• 18 Oct 2016 Bangkok – Moonstar Studio (cancelled)
• 14 Nov 2016 Boulder, CO (cancelled) (keyboardist Gustavo Manzur collapsed and was hospitalized)
• 16 Nov 2016 Dallas, TX – McFarlin Auditorium (postponed)
• 17 Nov 2016 San Antonio, TX – Tobin Center for the Performing Arts (postponed)
• 19 Nov 2016 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall (postponed)
• 23 Nov 2016 El Paso, TX – Abraham Chavez Theatre (cancelled)
• 23 Nov 2016 Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre (postponed)
• 25 Nov 2016 Cleveland, OH – State Theatre (postponed)
• 27 Nov 2016 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom (postponed)
• 07 Dec 2016 Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre (cancelled)
• 09 Dec 2016 Cleveland, OH – State Theatre (cancelled)
• 10 Dec 2016 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom (cancelled)
• 14 Dec 2016 Dallas, TX – McFarlin Auditorium (cancelled)
• 16 Dec 2016 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall (cancelled)
• 17 Dec 2016 San Antonio, TX – Majestic Theatre (cancelled)

2015 (3 out of 76 dates – 4%)

• 03 Feb 2015 Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik (venue served meat: I shall leave the Harpa Concert Hall to their cannibalistic flesh-eating bloodlust)
• 10 Mar 2015 Tilburg – 013 (postponed to March 29)
• 27 Mar 2015 Alan Carr: Chatty Man appearance (stuck in Belfast)

2014 (22 out of 71 dates – 31%)

• 04 Jun 2014 Atlanta, GA – Cobb Energy Centre (cancelled because Morrissey blamed Kristeen Young for giving him the cold)
• 06 Jun 2014 Atlantic City, NJ – Revel Ovation Hall
• 10 Jun 2014 Baltimore, MD – Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
• 11 Jun 2014 Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
• 13 Jun 2014 Chicago, IL – Civic Opera House
• 14 Jun 2014 Flint, MI – James Whiting Auditorium
• 16 Jun 2014 Lewiston, NY – Artpark Main Stage Theater
• 17 Jun 2014 Wilmington, DE – Grand Opera House
• 19 Jun 2014 Hershey, PA – Hershey Theatre
• 21 Jun 2014 New York, NY – Barclays Center
• 22 Jun 2014 Atlantic City, NJ – Revel Ovation Hall
• 24 Jun 2014 Baltimore, MD – Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
• 25 Jun 2014 Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
• 31 Oct 2014 Lyon – Le Radiant
• 02 Nov 2014 Lausanne – Les Docks
• 03 Nov 2014 Basel – Event Hall Messe
• 19 Nov 2014 Stodola, Warsaw – Poland (Walked off stage 25 mins, details)
• 05 Dec 2014 Tae Kwon Do Arena, Athens – Greece (postponed for missing a flight)
• 07 Dec 2014 Volkswagen Arena, Istanbul – Turkey (postponed for logistics issues)
• 13 Dec 2014 Les Docks, Lausanne – Switzerland
• 15 Dec 2014 De Oosterpoort, Groningen – Netherlands (postponed)
• 16 Dec 2014 Tilburg – 013 (postponed)

2013 (62 out of 79 dates – 78%)

Some details on nbcnews.com, but the official cancellation statement reads: “The remaining dates of the Morrissey U.S. North American tour have officially been pulled down due to medical reasons. The singer has suffered a series of medical mishaps over the past few months including a bleeding ulcer, Barrett’s esophagus and double pneumonia.

Despite his best efforts to try to continue touring, Morrissey has to take a hiatus and will not be able to continue on the rest of the tour. Morrissey thanks all of his fans for their well wishes and thoughts. Refunds for the remaining shows are available at point of purchase.”

• 24 Jan 2013 Flint, MI – James H Whiting Auditorium
• 25 Jan 2013 Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
• 26 Jan 2013 Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theatre
• 28 Jan 2013 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
• 29 Jan 2013 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
• 31 Jan 2013 Atlanta, GA – Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
• 02 Feb 2013 Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
• 05 Feb 2013 Clear Lake, IA – Surf Ballroom
• 06 Feb 2013 Lincoln, NE – Rococo Theatre
• 09 Feb 2013 Las Vegas, NV – The Cosmopolitan
• 10 Feb 2013 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
• 12 Feb 2013 El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls
• 13 Feb 2013 Austin, TX – Austin Music Hall
• 15 Feb 2013 Pharr, TX – Pharr Events Center
• 16 Feb 2013 Beaumont, TX – Jefferson Theatre
• 18 Feb 2013 Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
• 21 Feb 2013 Denver, CO – Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
• 22 Feb 2013 Salt Lake City, UT – Kingsbury Hall at University of Utah
• 24 Feb 2013 San Francisco, CA – Davies Symphony Hall
• 26 Feb 2013 Los Angeles, CA – Jimmy Kimmel Live (cancelled due to Duck Dynasty; hollywoodreporter.com)
• 02 Mar 2013 Sparks, NV – John Ascuaga’s Nugget – Rose Ballroom
• 09 Mar 2013 San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
• 14 Mar 2013 Mexico City – Vive Latino Festival
• 18 Mar 2013 Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
• 19 Mar 2013 Lincoln, NE – Rococo Theatre
• 22 Mar 2013 Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
• 23 Mar 2013 Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theatre
• 27 Mar 2013 Clear Lake, IA – Surf Ballroom
• 29 Mar 2013 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
• 30 Mar 2013 Atlanta, GA – Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
• 02 Apr 2013 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
• 03 Apr 2013 Richmond, VA – The National
• 05 Apr 2013 Washington, DC – The National Theatre
• 06 Apr 2013 Philadelphia, PA – Tower Theater
• 08 Apr 2013 Flint, MI – James H Whiting Auditorium
• 09 Apr 2013 Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre
• 12 Apr 2013 Beaumont, TX – Jefferson Theatre
• 13 Apr 2013 Pharr, TX – Pharr Events Center
• 15 Apr 2013 Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
• 16 Apr 2013 Austin, TX – Austin Music Hall
• 19 Apr 2013 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
• 20 Apr 2013 Las Vegas, NV – The Cosmopolitan
• 23 Apr 2013 El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls
• 26 Apr 2013 Denver, CO – Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
• 28 Apr 2013 Salt Lake City, UT – Kingsbury Hall at University of Utah
• 30 Apr 2013 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
• 01 May 2013 San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom

2012 (27 out of 85 dates – 32%)

• 24 Jul 2012 Cascais – Cascais Music Festival
  Morrissey’s mother was hospitalized. Can’t really blame Morrissey’s humanity for suddenly stopping his tour to fly back to England to see his mother in the hospital. Originally it was only going to be a few days before he resume his tour… but unfortunately the remainder of the 2012 dates were all postponed until 2013. Those 2013 announced were also cancelled due to “a series of medical mishaps”, but you can read all about that in the 2013 entries.
• 23 Oct 2012 Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Hall
• 24 Oct 2012 Columbus, OH – LC Indoor Pavilion
• 26 Oct 2012 Flint, MI – James H Whiting Auditorium
• 27 Oct 2012 Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theatre
• 29 Oct 2012 Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
• 30 Oct 2012 Clear Lake, IA – Surf Ballroom
• 01 Nov 2012 Lincoln, NE – Rococo Theatre
• 03 Nov 2012 Denver, CO – Ellie Caulkins Opera House
• 04 Nov 2012 Salt Lake City, UT – Kingsbury Hall at University of Utah
• 08 Nov 2012 Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
• 10 Nov 2012 Bellingham, WA – Mount Baker Theatre
• 11 Nov 2012 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
• 14 Nov 2012 Davis, CA – Robert Mondavi Center at UC Davis
• 16 Nov 2012 San Francisco, CA – Davies Symphony Hall
• 17 Nov 2012 Reno, NV – John Ascuaga’s Nugget – Rose Ballroom
• 21 Nov 2012 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
• 23 Nov 2012 Las Vegas, NV – The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas at The Chelsea Ballroom
• 24 Nov 2012 Los Angeles, CA – STAPLES Center
• 27 Nov 2012 El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls
• 28 Nov 2012 Wichita Falls, TX – Kay Yeager Coliseum
• 30 Nov 2012 Pharr, TX – Pharr Events Center
• 01 Dec 2012 Beaumont, TX – Jefferson Theatre
• 03 Dec 2012 Atlanta, GA – Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
• 05 Dec 2012 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
• 07 Dec 2012 North Bethesda, MD – The Music Center at Strathmore
• 08 Dec 2012 Atlantic City, NJ – House of Blues at Showboat Atlantic City

2011 (4 out of 53 dates – 8%)

• 14 Jul 2011 Helsingborg – Sundspärlan (Cancelled due to rain… even though “the promoter wanted it to go ahead as gigs in the rain have been played on the same stage without any major problems”)
• 10 Nov 2011 Chicago, IL – Congress Theater (postponed due to a visa administration error)
• 23 Nov 2011 Los Angeles, CA – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
• 01 Dec 2011 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater

2009 (24 out of 122 dates – 20%)

This was the year Morrissey vs the “recurring illness was a bout of influenza”, according to express.co.uk.

• 28 Feb 2009 Boca Raton, FL – Mizner Park (illness)
• 01 Mar2009 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
• 03 Mar 2009 Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theatre
• 04 Mar 2009 St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Landing Courtyard
• 06 Mar 2009 Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
  (show was cut short)
• 07 Mar 2009 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
• 09 Mar 2009 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel (still ill)
• 17 Apr 2009 Coachella 2009 (set cut short because of “smell of burning animals“)
• 18 Apr 2009 Oakland, CA – Paramount Theatre (illness)
• 11 May 2009 London – Royal Albert Hall (illness)
• 13 May 2009 Birmingham – Symphony Hall
• 25 May 2009 Salisbury – City Hall
• 26 May 2009 London – Mile End Troxy Ballroom
• 28 May 2009 London – Brixton 02 Academy
• 29 May 2009 London – Brixton 02 Academy
• 30 May 2009 London – Brixton 02 Academy
• 02 Jun 2009 Paris – Le Grand Rex (Doctor orders Morrissey to not sing)
• 03 Jun 2009 Lille – Aéronef

• 24 Oct 2009 Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon, England (After the first song, Morrissey collapsed and rushed to the hospital – read about it on theguardian.com)
• 26 Oct 2009 Bournemouth – Opera House (cancelled because of Morrissey’s hospitalization in Swindon).
• 07 Nov 2009 Echo Arena, Liverpool (show stopped at song two because someone threw and hit Morrissey with a bottle).
• 05 Dec 2009 Indio, CA – Fantasy Springs (Morrissey has blown out his voice)

2008 (3 out of 22 dates – 14%)

• 25 Jan 2008 London – Roundhouse (The show ended after only four songs, according David F: “Moz was clearly struggling with his throat from the start. Performed Please,Please then International Playboys plus Squeezed my Skull, got halfway through Make the Boy Happy & then gave up.He sounded terrible & clearly couldn’t continue. After a 10 minute interval Russell Brand, David Walliams and Jonathan Ross came onstage to say he wouldn’t be coming back out. Russell Brand was, perhaps predictably, wildly booed & splattered in beer….Refunds have been promised – see four song setlist)
• 26 Jan 2008 London – Roundhouse (they tried to move the show to the Forum, but Morrissey refused, because he played there in 1999 and had no desire to return, according to ratty)
• 27 Jan 2008 London – Roundhouse

2007 (11 out of 105 dates – 10%)

• 03 Jun 2007 San Diego, CA – Viejas Concerts at Bayside (Most of the set was played – 15 songs – but was slightly shorten when Morrissey left in the middle of “How Soon Is Now?”, thanks to morrissey-solo.com and steh-fan)

• 02 Oct 2007 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
• 04 Oct 2007 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
• 08 Nov 2007 Miami, FL – The Fillmore

2006 (5 out of 107 dates – 5%)

• 15 Mar 2006 Odessa, TX – Dos Amigos
• 23 Mar 2006 London – “Friday Night With Jonathan Ross”
• 12 Jul 2006 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze – Villa Solaria
• 14 Jul 2006 Napoli – Neapolis Festival
• 15 Jul 2006 Zafferana Etnea, Catania – Anfiteatro

2005 (1 out of 1 date – 100%)

• 11 Jun 2005
  Nokia Isle of Wight Music Festival – Newport, England
  From nme.com:

  A statement reads: “Morrissey will regrettably not be appearing at the Isle Of Wight Festival on the 11th of June as scheduled. The pressure of preparing the new album and losing his drummer earlier this month has made it impossible to do the gig without massively compromising both the gig and the album. Apologies to all the fans, the organisers and the people of the Isle Of Wight.”

2004 (29 out of 93 dates – 31%)

• 01 Aug 2004 Naeba, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival (Cancelled)
• 07 Aug 2004 Benicàssim, Spain – Benicàssim Festival (Cancelled)
• 27 Aug 2004 Paris – Rock en Seine Festival (Cancelled)
  I can only speculate this show was cancelled because Morrissey thought he would be recovering from Lollapalooza or that the dates were too close for comfort. The Spain cancellation was due to “plane having technical problems” One thing is common, they’re all festival dates.

• 18 Sep 2004 Devore, CA – KROQ Inland Invasion 4 (Morrissey cancelled due to illness… but he actually made it up to KROQ fans for their Halloween show. Siouxsie and Billy Idol headlined in Morrissey’s place.)
• 19 Sep 2004 San Francisco, CA – Golden Gate Park – Now & Zen Fest 2004 (Morrissey’s illness continues, read about it on morrissey-solo.com
• 28 Oct 2004 Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theatre (Cancelled due to “strained vocal chords”… What’s funny is that the cancellation would continue, according to houstonpress.com: “The original [rescheduled] date for Beaumont was December 2, 2012, later postponed to February 16, 2013 and pushed again to April 12, 2013. He finally appeared in person on May 25, 2014, more than two years after the original date.”)
• 29 Oct 2004 Austin, TX – The Backyard (Strained vocal chords continues)

2002 (5 out of 52 dates – 10%)

• 20 Aug 2002 Anchorage, AK – Egan Center
• 31 Aug 2002 Spokane, WA – The Met Theater
• 26 Aug 2002 Calgary, AL – MacEwan Hall
• 27 Aug 2002 Edmonton, AL – Red’s
• 29 Aug 2002 Vancouver, BC – The Commodore Ballroom

2000 (1 out of 30 dates – 3%)

• 17 Feb 2000 Pittsburgh, PA – A.J. Palumbo Center (Morrissey cancelled Pittsburgh due to “a migraine and back spasms” They said he would reschedule. via murray)

  From Passions Just Like Mine:
  
  Postponed and never rescheduled.

  Morrissey may have been referring to this concert when he told the Pittsbugh Post-Gazette in 2013: “I arrived for the soundcheck and I was told that the night had to be ‘pulled’ because the stage wasn’t safe. There were a lot of people queuing in the rain, and backstage was abysmal — I don’t think there was even a toilet. When you’re faced with such situations you feel so much anger with local promoters because they charge such high ticket prices yet they have no concern for either the comfort of the artist or the safety of the audience … they think the night will just roll along on enthusiasm, which is wrong.”

1999 (2 out of 48 dates – 4%)

• 07 Oct 1999 House of Blues, Las Vegas (cancelled due to Alain Whyte’s back injuries)
• 18 Oct 1999 Dresden, Germany Schlachthof (cancelled because the venue was unsuitable for a concert)

1997 (1 out of 55 dates – 2%)

• 29 Sep 1997 Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis

1996 (23 out of 23 dates – 100%)

image from ticketcollector.wordpress.com

 

 

Morrissey was originally the opening act of the David Bowie 1996 tour. Since he bailed out, Bowie and Morrissey had not been on speaking terms. In fact, Bowie blocked the usage of his image for The Last of the Famous International Playboys in 2013, read more on true-to-you.net.

• 17 Jan 1996 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall (with David Bowie, continued)
• 19 Jan 1996 Stockholm Sweden Globe Arena
• 20 Jan 1996 Gothenburg Scandinavium
• 22 Jan 1996 Oslo Norway Spektrum
• 24 Jan 1996 Copenhagen Denmark Valby-Hallen
• 25 Jan 1996 Hamburg Germany Sporthalle
• 27 Jan 1996 Brussels Belgium Vorst Forest Nationaal
• 28 Jan 1996 Utrecht Netherlands Prins Van Oranjehall
• 30 Jan 1996 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhalle
• 31 Jan 1996 Frankfurt Festhalle
• 01 Feb 1996 Berlin Deutschlandhalle
• 03 Feb 1996 Prague Czech Republic Sportovni Hala
• 04 Feb 1996 Vienna Austria Stadthalle
• 06 Feb 1996 Ljubljana Slovenia Hala Tivoli
• 08 Feb 1996 Milan Italy Palatrussardi
• 09 Feb 1996 Bologna Palasport
• 11 Feb 1996 Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier
• 13 Feb 1996 Geneva Switzerland Arena
• 14 Feb 1996 Zurich Hallenstadion
• 16 Feb 1996 Amnéville France Le Galaxie
• 17 Feb 1996 Lille Le Zénith
• 18 Feb 1996 Rennes Salle Expos-Aeroport
• 20 Feb 1996 Paris Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

1995 (10 out of 28 dates – 35%)

Morrissey was slated to be the opening act of the David Bowie Outside European tour, but he suddenly and unexpectedly quit just before the Aberdeen Exhibition Centre performance on 29 November 1995. The support slot was filled on later dates by The Gyres, Echobelly, Placebo and a variety of local bands.

• 23 Nov 1995 King’s Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• 29 Nov 1995 Aberdeen Exhibition Centre
• 30 Nov 1995 Glasgow Scottish Exhibition and Conference (with David Bowie)
• 03 Dec 1995 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena
• 04 Dec 1995 Sheffield Arena
• 05 Dec 1995 Belfast Northern Ireland King’s Hall
• 06 Dec 1995 Manchester England Manchester Arena
• 07 Dec 1995 Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle Arena
• 08 Dec 1995 Manchester Manchester Arena
• 13 Dec 1995 Birmingham National Exhibition Centre (Hall 5)

1994 (6 out of 6 shows – 100%)

• 08 Apr 1994 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles (details: articles.latimes.com )
• 11 Apr 1994 Carnegie Hall, New York (details: nytimes.com )
• 12 Apr 1994 Carnegie Hall, New York
• 19 Sep 1994 Carnegie Hall, New York (rescheduled date)
• 20 Sep 1994 Carnegie Hall, New York (rescheduled date)
• 29 Sep 1994 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles (rescheduled date)

1992 (3 out of 53 dates – 6%)

• 27 Jun 1992 Glastonbury Festival, England
• 08 Aug 1992 Madstock – London, England Finsbury Park (show cut short after crowd got rowdy when Morrissey wrapped the Union Jack flag around his body)
• 09 Aug 1992 Madstock – London, England Finsbury Park (Morrissey cancelled his second Madstock appearance)

1991 (20 out of 70 dates – 29%)

This was the first solo Morrissey tour since his eighty-hate date. According to Passions Just Like Mine, there were an additional 11 shows cancelled at the end of the second leg of the North American tour, due to exhaustion. “Dates scheduled in Worcester, Albany, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Williamsburg, Chapel Hill, Birmingham, New Orleans, Lakeland and Miami at the tail end of the tour were cancelled. After over 6 months of touring everywhere and doing television, radio and magazine interviews almost constantly, exhaustion must have had the better of Morrissey. It was time to kill “Kill Uncle” and move on to the next album.”

• 16 May 1991 Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow (called because of sore throat)
• 18 Jun 1991 Austin, Texas City Coliseum
  (Michael T writes: “He cancelled it while we were all waiting in line to get in.”)
• 22 Jun 1991 Nashville, TN Starwood
• 30 Jun 1991 Pittsburgh, PA I.C. Light Amphitheater
• 13 Sep 1991 Venue Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
• 14 Sep 1991 Festival Hall, Melbourne
• 19 Sep 1991 Perth Concert Hall, Perth
• 17 Sep 1991 Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
• 01 Nov 1991 Westwood, California – UCLA Pauley Pavilion (cancelled after 9 songs due to injured fans)

1988 (0 out of 1 date – 0%)

Morrissey’s first post-Smiths show at Wolverhampton Civic Hall on 22 Dec 1988 was a hit! No cancellations, but of course, there was one date only.

 

1987 (0 out of 1 date – 0%)

• The Smiths’ final appearance was at the San Remo Festival in Italy on Feb 7, 1987. Shortly after, the band was working on

Strangeways Here We Come

album at Wool Hall, Bath. By May, The Smiths have broken up in all but name. Johnny Marr was unhappy with covering Cilla Black’s “Work is a Four Letter Word” and headed to Los Angeles to re-think about his future.

 

1986 (3 out of 48 dates – 6%)

NOTE: All Smiths cancellation dates are courtesy of Johnny Rogan’s book The Smiths: The Visual Documentary (1994), unless otherwise noted.

• 27 Oct 1986 Guildhall, Preston (Ended Abruptly)
  After the opening number, ‘the Queen is Dead’, Morrissey was rushed to the hospital suffering from a head injury. According to the observer: “Morrissey was hit above the forehead with an object which had been thrown from the crowd. He didn’t know what it was, but his head was bleeding and he left the stage. The tour manager said it was a coin.” According to other members of the audience, Morrissey was hit by a drumstick, from an irate punter impatient at the long delay before The Smiths deigned to take the stage.

 

• 28 Oct 1986 Astra Theatre, Llandudno (Cancelled)
  Morrissey is back in Manchester to lick his wounds from the head injury

 

Royal Albert Hall (14 Nov 1986) – Rescheduled

• 14 Nov 1986 Royal Albert Hall (Rescheduled to December)
  This Anti-Apartheid with The Fall on November 14 was cancelled due to Johnny Marr’s car crash earlier in the week. The gig was rescheduled for December. According to Rough Trade, “We don’t know how long Johnny will have to wear the brace. His injuries aren’t terrible but they are painful.”

 

1985 (3 out of 48 dates – 6%)

• 10 Mar 1985 Southend-on-Sea, England – Southend Cliffs Pavillion (Cancelled)
  “It was something to do with the stage lighting,” recalls Stuart James. “It was blown out for a technical reason.”

• 19 May 1985 San Sebastian, Spain – Polideportivo Anoeta (Postponed)

 

Wogan (TV Series 1982–1992)

• 19 Jul 1985 Wogan (Cancelled)
  The Smiths were scheduled to appear on the chat show Wogan, but Morrissey did not show up. “That was the low point of my career,” laments Matthew Sztumph. “Sitting at Wogan at 3:30 in the afternoon when they’re supposed to be there at 3.00 and there’s no Morrissey. He’d gone back to Manchester. He hadn’t called anybody to let them know. I think, ultimately, Morrissey decided that The Smiths should not be on Wogan… hadn’t told the members of the band, and they were all sat there. The show was due to air at 7pm and I was not a popular person. I obviously made up some excuse that he was ill… The embarrassment was having the members of the band and myself sitting in the studio waiting for him, and the lack of consideration Morrissey had for us. The least he could have done was tell his own band!”

 

1984 (7 out of 65 dates – 11%)

 

According to Mike Joyce, from his book The Drums, after The Smiths USA debut on New Year’s eve (31 December 1983) in New York, the band were supposed to play New Jersey and Boston. Unfortunately, Mike Joyce got the chicken pox so the band had to cancel those two shows.

• 02 Jan 1984 Boston – Unknown venue (Cancelled)
• 06 Jan 1984 Trenton, NJ – City Gardens (Cancelled)

The Smiths had to fly back to the UK for an appearance on Top of the Pops (live taping on April 27 with Sandie Shaw), and logistically would not make sense to return back to the Continent. The dates for Vienna, Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne, and Bremen, are duly cancelled.

• 26 Apr 1984 Vienna, Austria – U4 Club (Cancelled)
• 27 Apr 1984 Munich, Germany – Alabama Halle (Cancelled)
• 29 Apr 1984 Frankfurt, Germany – Batschkapp (Cancelled)
• 01 May 1984 Cologne, Germany (Cancelled)
• 03 May 1984 Bremen, Germany – Uni-Mensa (Cancelled)

 

 

1983 (7 out of 47 dates – 15%)

• 24 Jul 1983 London, England – Hammersmith Palais (Removed)
  The Smiths are billed to appear as support for Roman Holliday and Altered Images. At the last moment, however, they were dropped from the bill, allegedly at the request of Altered Images.

• 12 Aug 1983 Hull, England – Dingwalls (Cancelled due to venue receivership)
• 13 Aug 1983 Newcastle, England – Dingwalls (Cancelled due to venue receivership)
• 16 Sep 1983 In the Pink Festival, Manchester (Cancelled)
  From Johnny Rogan’s The Smiths – Visual Documentary: Scheduled to appear at the In the Pink Festival, but at the time, Morrissey was trying to distance himself from the gay movement, in the wake of the Sun child sex scandal. “Yes the gay connotations could well be harmful when it comes to dealing with the press,” Morrissey admits. “I simply can’t get down to gender. I don’t mind who listens. I wouldn’t want to be as a gay spokesman though, because it’s just not true.”

• 17 Sep 1983 Leeds, England – Queen’s Hall (Cancelled)
  Morrissey-Solo: The Smiths were due to play the “Futurama 5 Festival” amongst many, many bands over 2 days. Groups like Killing Joke, Death Cult, Billy Bragg, The Bay City Rollers

• 24 Sep 1983 Brighton, England – Escape Club (Cancelled)
  Morrissey-Solo: “The History of Brighton & Hove Concert Venues – Part 2” asserts: “Apparently The Smiths were going to perform live at the Escape Club on 24th September 1983, but had to cancel as Morrissey was ill. They did get to Brighton in the end when they appeared at Brighton Polytechnic on 25th February 1984.”

• 23 Nov 1983 Huddersfield, England – Huddersfield Polytechnic (Cancelled)

   

1982 (0 out of 1 date – 0%)

The Smiths debut show was at The Ritz, supportinng Blue Rondo à la Turk, on October 4, 1982. Mike Joyce recalls, “Blue Rondo were bastards to us. They were the ‘in’ group and we were the local support. We couldn’t use any of their equipment.”

Miscellaneous

The following cancelled/withdrawn releases are taken from Peepholism by Jo Slee (1994)

William, It Was Really Nothing (Oct 1985)

 

William, It Was Really Nothing (Oct 1985)

The original sleeve, featuring Billie Whitelaw as Lottie in Charlie Bubbles (1968), was withdrawn following a claim for ‘violation of privacy’ and ‘deceptive trade practices’. When it became apparent that the culprit was Rough Trade rather than Warner Bros, the US licensee, the complaint was abandoned, possibly because Rough Trade was a considerably smaller target. As the Smiths’ success gained momentum, Rough Trade was learning some swift lessons about opportunistic litigation in the face of commercial notoriety.

“It is my clients’ contention that you have deliberately used the image in question on the recording in question in order to exploit its value for advertising and/or other commercial or trade purposes…” Quite.

Headmaster Ritual (Dutch Single) (1987)

 

Headmaster Ritual (Dutch CD Single) (1987)
Rough Trade released the Dutch version of The Headmaster Ritual with a sleeve photograph of Viv Nicholson at her easel. Since she had already consented to appear on two previous sleeves, Rough Trade were surprised to receive a determined objection.

Extract from a letter from Rough Trade: