Morrissey, British singer and former leader of The Smiths, announced his return to the stage after a series of cancellations due to health problems. The artist will appear on the days July 26 and 27 at the House Of Blues inside the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, as confirmed on their social networks.
These recitals mark the star’s return after an episode of physical exhaustion, a condition that led him to cancel his Latin American tour earlier this year.
In a statement released in January 2024, a representative stated that the 64-year-old musician was under medical supervision in Zurich, where he was ordered to rest completely for two weeks. This meant that he would not be able to make the musical presentations that he had planned.
The cancellation of their shows in Latin America was a hard blow for fans. The tour included presentations in several important cities such as Mexico City, Lima, Bogotá, Santiago, Buenos Aires, São Paulo and Brasilia. Morrissey was due to offer a show at the Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires on February 17, a recital that had been rescheduled from an original date in September 2023, when he contracted dengue at the start of his tour in Mexico.
However, that was not the first time Morrissey faced setbacks at his concerts in Latin America. In 2013, the singer canceled a presentation scheduled for July 28 in Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, due to economic difficulties that made it impossible to move his band and equipment. The “Manchester divo” expressed in a letter to his fans that These cancellations were “agonizing” and attributed the problems to a lack of financing and his health, which had also been compromised on other occasions.
Recent health problems Morrissey They not only affected his tour of Latin America. In January 2024, his team had organized two concerts in California to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the album “You Are the Quarry.” However, these shows were also canceled due to “unforeseen circumstances,” as announced by the organizers of the events in Anaheim and Inglewood.
The band She Wants Revengewho was going to accompany him at those concerts, shared sadness and frustration, but its members acknowledged that they were not completely surprised given the singer’s medical history.
In his recent message, the controversial musician was enthusiastic about the upcoming shows in the United States. He assured that he is in good health and ready to perform on stage: “After having a bad time for several months, I am now in good health, like an arrow fully prepared and waiting to be shot.”he declared on Instagram.
Tickets for these performances in Las Vegas will be available for pre-sale by Ticketmaster on June 6, and general sale will begin on June 7.
In addition to these new concerts, Morrissey announced the reissue of his 1993 live album, Beethoven Was Deaf, which will be released globally on July 26. This project will be available on CD, black vinyl and orange vinyl. It has special significance for fanatic collectors, as it includes recordings from a performance at the Zenith in Paris that were never released in the United States.
Likewise, in relation to his record disputes, Morrissey recently managed to recover the rights to two of his albums: World Peace Is None Of Your Business and Bonfire Of Teenagers. This puts an end to a prolonged confrontation with the music label Capital Records.
