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5 dates in England and Scotland added (Oct. 30 - Nov. 5); on sale Tues.
posted by davidt on Monday October 07 2002, @10:15AM

 David T (different) sends the news from a gigsandtours email update:

MORRISSEY EXCLUSIVE

Following his 2 sell-out shows at the Albert Hall last month, MORRISSEY announces more UK dates later this year. Priority booking begins on Tuesday 8 October on gigsandtours.com

BIRMINGHAM Academy - Wed 30 October
BRADFORD St Georges Hall - Thu 31 October
BLACKBURN King Georges Hall - Sat 2 November
GLASGOW Barrowlands - Sun 3 November
LONDON Brixton Academy - Tue 5 November

Book your tickets for either (or both!) from Tuesday morning at http://www.gigsandtours.com

 
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    sharp intake of breath.... (Score:1)
    can't wait can't wait can't wait!
    dexter -- Monday October 07 2002, @10:31AM (#44522)
    (User #6777 Info)
      whoop-de-do (Score:1)
      Praise the Lord, etc.

      But Blackburn? Blackburn is so close to Manchester, why couldn't he have just played Manchester?
      Mr_Biffo -- Monday October 07 2002, @10:31AM (#44523)
      (User #2843 Info)
       "Lies are no comfort when there are tears in your eyes"
      Woo hoo! (Score:0)
      OMG the post-RAH depression has lifted! Bring it on Brixton!!!! God, another morning of keypad-finger syndrome!

      Life is sweet once more.

      Girl Drowning
      Anonymous -- Monday October 07 2002, @11:20AM (#44528)
        well.... (Score:0)
        would it kill him to play on my 21st birthday nov 1
        Anonymous -- Monday October 07 2002, @11:35AM (#44529)
          Good news but.... (Score:0)
          Lets not forget your fans in Northern Ireland and Wales,Morrissey!Go on add Belfast and Cardiff to your tour now or else!

          Helen
          Anonymous -- Monday October 07 2002, @11:38AM (#44530)
            What the? (Score:0, Interesting)
            He didn't have one solo show in LA, the city that has been by his side throughout his whole solo career when he was hated everywhere else including his native land. But he's going to give them so much more. I can't fathom the logic behind it.
            Anonymous -- Monday October 07 2002, @11:43AM (#44531)
            • Re:What the? by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday October 07 2002, @11:58AM
              • Re:What the? by Transmission_NYC (Score:1) Monday October 07 2002, @02:07PM
                • Re:What the? by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday October 07 2002, @04:04PM
                • Re:What the? by Anonymous (Score:1) Monday October 07 2002, @05:02PM
                  • Re:What the? by David T (different) (Score:1) Monday October 07 2002, @10:55PM
                    • Re:What the? by mitheringgreg (Score:1) Tuesday October 08 2002, @12:28AM
                      • Re:What the? by David T (different) (Score:1) Tuesday October 08 2002, @01:21AM
                        • Re:What the? by danbutt (Score:1) Tuesday October 08 2002, @03:15AM
                          • Re:What the? by mitheringgreg (Score:1) Wednesday October 09 2002, @02:27AM
                          • Re:What the? by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday October 08 2002, @11:19AM
                      • Re:What the? by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday October 08 2002, @05:26AM
                        • Re:What the? by Jimi Bones (Score:1) Tuesday October 08 2002, @07:34AM
                          • Re:What the? by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday October 08 2002, @09:26AM
                          • Re:What the? by Sharron Needles (Score:1) Monday October 07 2002, @10:05PM
                            • Re:What the? by ManAlive (Score:1) Tuesday October 08 2002, @03:28AM
                              • Re:What the? by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday October 08 2002, @06:52AM
                                • Re:What the? by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday October 08 2002, @08:38AM
                                  Morrissey Loves Bradford (Score:1)
                                  A fine industrial northern town! Am beside myself!!!

                                  What's with his fetish for the B's then?

                                  BIRMINGHAM
                                  BRADFORD
                                  BLACKBURN
                                  Barrowlands
                                  Brixton Academy
                                  luckylisa -- Monday October 07 2002, @11:47AM (#44532)
                                  (User #1674 Info)
                                   "Milk Is Murder"
                                  UK Fans: Which UK date(s) would you go for ? (Score:1)
                                  Hypothetical question for UK Morrissey fans - if you were going to travel to the UK for one of this new set of dates which one would you go for ? The things I'm thinking of are venue, likelihood of getting standing tickets, ambience, friendliness of the crowd etc. I've never actually travelled to see Morrissey before (I'm in Ireland - we've been spoiled rotten) but I've just seen him twice in Dublin and it was so perfect I just want to do it all over again ...
                                  Almodis <almodisNO@SPAMhotpress.com> -- Monday October 07 2002, @11:52AM (#44533)
                                  (User #4664 Info)
                                   ...the Crime they styl'd 'Anonymity.' That is, I left messages posted publicly, but did not sign them. -- Thomas Pynchon
                                  shows of Genius (Score:1)
                                  I shall be attending the Blackburn and Brixton shows with a suitcases of tears and some microphone polish...does anyone wish to murder Policeman beforehand?
                                  momus -- Monday October 07 2002, @11:53AM (#44534)
                                  (User #5134 Info)
                                   because..because we must
                                  gvf (Score:0, Offtopic)
                                  nh
                                  Anonymous -- Monday October 07 2002, @12:09PM (#44539)
                                  • Re:gvf by auntie edith (Score:1) Friday October 11 2002, @08:36AM
                                    Where can tickets be bought? (Score:0)
                                    I have been phoning Birmingham Academy lines but they say they have no knowledge of the gig to be played there and gigsandtours.com has nothing either. Where the devil can tickets be bought? Quickly! I must see Moz!?!?!?!
                                    Anonymous -- Monday October 07 2002, @12:13PM (#44541)
                                    Glasgow! (Score:0)
                                    Wow. I'm speechless. Barrowlands isn't huge though, hope I get tickets..the alternative is too horrifying to think about.

                                    It's confirmed there:
                                    http://www.glasgow-barrowland.com/ballroomevents.htm
                                    Anonymous -- Monday October 07 2002, @12:34PM (#44544)
                                    • Re:Glasgow! by charmer (Score:1) Monday October 07 2002, @12:55PM
                                      • Re:Glasgow! by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday October 23 2002, @03:00PM
                                        Scots unite and take over! (Score:2, Funny)
                                        My God! I went to RAH and need more. I need to lie down. I need a double whisky and ginger. I need to get tickets. I need to make christmas present sacrifices.

                                        (I'll be going to the Glasgow gig, btw)
                                        Squirrelhead <Squirrelhead2304@hotmail.com> -- Monday October 07 2002, @12:50PM (#44546)
                                        (User #2304 Info)
                                         "Great minds against themselves conspire and shun the cure they most desire"
                                        What about Bristol?! (Score:1)
                                        PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Morrissey play Bristol! I can't make it to the other gigs because i've just got a new job and i can't get time off (and heaven knows i'm miserable now).
                                        LJT <laura220180@aol.com> -- Monday October 07 2002, @01:39PM (#44551)
                                        (User #5830 Info)
                                        Or both (Score:0)
                                        'Book your tickets for either (or both!)'

                                        Or...both.
                                        Anonymous -- Monday October 07 2002, @02:11PM (#44553)
                                          Hmm... (Score:0)
                                          What happened to the Newcastle date?
                                          Anonymous -- Monday October 07 2002, @03:00PM (#44555)
                                          • Re:Hmm... by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday October 09 2002, @01:50PM
                                            Got my tickets!!-well booked them anyway. (Score:1)
                                            I could only manage to get standing tickets for the shows this morning. Will there be seating tickets available later on?
                                            Sleepy lifeguard -- Monday October 07 2002, @09:07PM (#44575)
                                            (User #4562 Info)
                                            what are the chances (Score:1)
                                            of german, belgium or Dutch dates?

                                            Has he ever played Luxembourg?
                                            [it would be perfect to please belgiums,germans and
                                            dutch and French, he can perform for a week in the
                                            same venue]
                                            Celibate Cry <vauxhall@mail2uk.com> -- Monday October 07 2002, @10:46PM (#44578)
                                            (User #220 Info)
                                             and the hills are alive with celibate cries
                                              Who to trust.. (Score:0)
                                              The Barrowlands list says 14+, gigsandtours.com says 18+.

                                              Do I book them and risk not getting in?
                                              Anonymous -- Monday October 07 2002, @11:03PM (#44581)
                                              Got them! (Score:0)
                                              Just booked my tickets on the website at 8am, despite them telling me on the phone last night that I would NOT be able to get any before 9am! Haha. Can't believe it's happening again so soon! WOO HOO!

                                              GD

                                              PS It looks like Moz really is just tightfisted, it wasn't the RAH that cost so much after all. Shame on you Moz.
                                              Anonymous -- Monday October 07 2002, @11:08PM (#44582)
                                              • Re:Got them! by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday October 08 2002, @01:10AM
                                                germany! (Score:0)
                                                what's with germoney? oh, why don't you come here? why don't you hang around?
                                                VIVAH8 <vivahate81@yahoo.de> -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @12:52AM (#44596)
                                                (User #3602 Info)
                                                 "veganism is compassion"
                                                • Re:germany! by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday October 08 2002, @01:15AM
                                                  • Re:germany! by VIVAH8 (Score:0) Wednesday October 09 2002, @01:52AM
                                                    • Re:germany! by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday October 09 2002, @09:58PM
                                                      • Re:germany! by VIVAH8 (Score:0) Thursday October 10 2002, @03:02AM
                                                        • Re:germany! by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday October 10 2002, @09:35PM
                                                          • Re:germany! by VIVAH8 (Score:0) Friday October 11 2002, @04:25AM
                                                  Brixton (Score:1)
                                                  Just bought 2 standing tickets for Brixton gig - can't wait!

                                                  book at www.gigsandtours.com
                                                  Rich -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @01:04AM (#44597)
                                                  (User #6783 Info)
                                                    Birmingham Academy. (Score:0)
                                                    Just booked my tickets for the Birmingham, England gig, has Morrissey ever played in Birmingham before either solo or with The Smiths? I dont think he has but I am sure that someone will put me right on that. I am so pleased after travelling to the RAH now I can virtually walk to the venue, for once in my life I am glad to be a Brummie!!
                                                    Anonymous -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @01:12AM (#44599)
                                                    For once in my life, (Score:1)
                                                    I have tickets to see Morrissey. Lord knows, this will be the first time. Hooray!
                                                    austere -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @01:16AM (#44602)
                                                    (User #103 Info)
                                                      tickets (Score:1, Informative)
                                                      for Brixton tickets, book on www.ticketweb.co.uk - they have much cheaper Postage fees

                                                      just got mine :)
                                                      Anonymous -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @01:43AM (#44607)
                                                        why so bloody expensive? (Score:0)
                                                        had to buy a standing for brixton, but why oh why is it over £35?! ri-bloody-diculous. gah. glee and rapture, but gah!
                                                        Anonymous -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @01:52AM (#44609)
                                                        Nobody has mentioned . . . GUY FAWKES NIGHT!!! (Score:1)
                                                        For Americans who might not know, Guy Fawkes Night is on the 5th November. Its a night for burning effigies of public hate figures and letting off fireworks, and it commemorates the attempt by Guy Fawkes and other conspirators to blow up Parliament. He's regarded as a person who tried to overthrow a fledgling democracy by some, and as a Catholic martyr by others.
                                                        David T (different) -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @02:07AM (#44611)
                                                        (User #256 Info)
                                                         david_t[at]boltblue.com
                                                        Yes, yes, yers, yes, yes, yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Score:0)
                                                        Hurrah!!

                                                        Went the the AH and couldn't miss these. Not going to be able to go to Birmingham, but 3 isn't bad. What a wonderful day.

                                                        Come on!!
                                                        Anonymous -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @02:28AM (#44612)
                                                          bradford = #1 (Score:1)
                                                          (seriously)
                                                          bruce <beb@bebson.com> -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @03:41AM (#44622)
                                                          (User #3549 Info)
                                                          How much!?? (Score:1)
                                                          TWENTY EIGHT POUNDS!!!!

                                                          I'm a student!!!!!!!!!

                                                          Can't get anyone else to go either, looks like I won't be going to Brum then!!
                                                          notRoddyWoomble -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @03:58AM (#44623)
                                                          (User #2833 Info)
                                                          • Re:How much!?? by VIVAH8 (Score:0) Wednesday October 09 2002, @02:10AM
                                                            Ripp off Gigs and tours (Score:0)
                                                            I bought my tickets for this tour from Wayahead - Gigsandtours.com. They insist on a charge £4.70 postage for each venue. Save your money and buy from a more efficient company.

                                                            Morrissey the 23rd
                                                            Anonymous -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @04:02AM (#44624)
                                                              Brixton is a disgusting part of London (Score:0)
                                                              Why have the seats been taken out of Brixton Academy for this show? Also, why does the London venue have to be in a disgusting part of town? Watching Moz at the Albert Hall was a beautiful experience, but this looks like it will just be unpleasant.
                                                              Anonymous -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @04:13AM (#44626)
                                                              brixton seats (Score:1)
                                                              someone posted that seats are not available. i booked two from ticketmaster this morning! (unreserved seating)
                                                              mozzerian <tri935@aol.com> -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @04:28AM (#44631)
                                                              (User #3157 Info)
                                                              Price (Score:1)
                                                              It's a lot of money, but well worth it. Interesting though that Mozzer costs a lot more than both The Strokes and Belle and Sebastian at the same venue (about £20 each)

                                                              Still, since Moz came back on this tour, I haven't really given a monkeys about any other band. See you down the front!
                                                              Tom_H -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @04:40AM (#44633)
                                                              (User #5802 Info)
                                                              • Re:Price by Simey60 (Score:1) Tuesday October 08 2002, @06:42AM
                                                                Bradford (Score:1)
                                                                Booked my tickets for Bradford! Good old Moz - I knew he wouldn't forget us northerners.....Alain - I'll be the one at the front blowing kisses! xxx
                                                                teenagebeat -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @05:24AM (#44637)
                                                                (User #6578 Info)
                                                                Save money.... (Score:2, Informative)
                                                                ....by telephoning the venue direct.

                                                                I just rang the Kings Hall in Blackburn and got two standing tickets £7 cheaper than using an on-line ticket agent.

                                                                I know it doesn't matter how much you pay to see him but after forking out for the RAH I need to save all I can.

                                                                JB, Manchester
                                                                JB -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @06:22AM (#44647)
                                                                (User #6111 Info)
                                                                Set List for the Brixton Academy (Score:1)
                                                                Hey Mozza,
                                                                I know you claim that you don't vist here because it upsets your delicate state of mind - BUT can I make a suggestion?

                                                                As the show at the Brixton will be attended by all of the same 1,500 people that were at the Royal ALbert Hall, can I ask for a slight variation or two to the set list.
                                                                Please. Pretty Please.

                                                                Just so I know that I'm not some sad bastard that will pay anything (>£30) to see your god-like self.
                                                                Simey60 -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @07:06AM (#44655)
                                                                (User #6788 Info)
                                                                  ever get the feeling you've been cheated? (Score:2, Interesting)
                                                                  £27.50 (+ £3 booking fee) to see M at Brixton Academy.....hhhhmmmmm....how come other acts charge on average 8 or 9 pounds less (Underworld - £19.50 - gig till 3 a.m - Papa Roach - £20.00 - Richard Ashcroft £19.50 - Wyclef, official whore of the music industry, is only charging £18.50 for God's sake........It's not my fault M doesn't have a record deal and has to boost his income by charging way over the odds (perhaps if he wasn't so greedy he'd have a deal by now if it didn't mean the record company had to bankrupt itself to sign him).

                                                                  Come on M show a little respect for your fans.....
                                                                  Anonymous -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @07:50AM (#44660)
                                                                  Place your bets now! (Score:1)
                                                                  Anyone running a book on whats going to get cancelled on this leg of the current tour? And one more thing if he announces a Manchester date I am going to puke!! Just ordered tickets for Blackburn!
                                                                  Sleepy lifeguard -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @08:41AM (#44675)
                                                                  (User #4562 Info)
                                                                  co-voiturage (Score:0)
                                                                  Quelqu'un effectuerait-il le voyage France-Blakburn pour le concert du 2/11? j'irais jusqu'à accepter de le faire en bx leader. Conducteurs de Fuego s'abstenir. Merci
                                                                  Anonymous -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @11:07AM (#44702)
                                                                  Value (Score:1)
                                                                  Are the tickets too dear? What about the booking fees? Is the area too dirty to travel to? When will he come to Manchester, Bristol or my back garden?
                                                                  I went to three gigs three years ago and will do the same again this year. It might then be about three years till I see him again. Work it out. On average about thirty quid a year on tickets and not much more on travel/accomodation.
                                                                  Try following a football team on that budget.
                                                                  English Martyr -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @12:09PM (#44711)
                                                                  (User #655 Info | http://website.lineone.net/~smilingontim/timstwin.htm )
                                                                    bring it on blackburn (Score:0)
                                                                    blackburn has more class than la
                                                                    Anonymous -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @01:17PM (#44723)
                                                                      Brixton gig (Score:1)
                                                                      What is the matter with you lot? All I see here is complaining. For me personally this Brixton gig is the only one that I'm able to see on this tour, so I gladly pay the price for it, and I'm not worrying about how much the tickets cost. And furthermore, as a stroke of luck for once, it came to me as total surprise bonus, as I'm gonna be in London anyway at that time. So, I'm really happy now. I'm not spoiled for choice in these matters, as some of you people might be, because I come from the northern Europe where it's really rare to see Moz live anyway. Well, this time there are gigs in Sweden also, but I'm totally unable to go there then.
                                                                      Dorothea Yoghurt -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @03:14PM (#44736)
                                                                      (User #132 Info)
                                                                        just out of interest (Score:0)
                                                                        I see that online tickets are £30 plus. How does that compare with the RAH tickets? Is it more expensive - if so, how come?
                                                                        Anonymous -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @04:20PM (#44746)
                                                                          Oh what a sickener (Score:1)
                                                                          I have live all my life in a little town called Darwen just 2 miles from Blackburn and I have been desparate to see him play at Blackburn (too young in 91). It's at the doorstep of my former college.... but I moved to Alabama on a sholarship 2 soddin' months ago and I don't get to go back home until christmas - I hope that dvd gets released in the near future, as it's the nearest am gonna get to a Moz concert for a bit.

                                                                          Oh well, next time....... if there is one.
                                                                          Spring-Heeled Fish <fikfish@hotmail.com> -- Tuesday October 08 2002, @05:26PM (#44754)
                                                                          (User #1479 Info)
                                                                           Throw your NME copy onto the fire, come out and find the one you love!!!
                                                                          i do not mind paying through the nose! (Score:0)
                                                                          so what if these tickets are a little pricey, i paid 25 quid and travelled from birmingham to the 2nd R.A.H now i can pay 30 sheets and 3 quid in petrol to see him 4 the 2nd time in just over a month, the geezers worth it!
                                                                          Anonymous -- Wednesday October 09 2002, @06:25AM (#44844)
                                                                            expensive! (Score:1)
                                                                            Do you think Morrissey himself has any control over the price of tickets or is it his promoters? They are ridiculiusly expensive! Which makes me think that Mozza is just exploiting his fans and touring for the money! Or am i getting incredibly cynical in my old age? It was very clever of him to announce two dates in london first of all so everyone travels to them and then announce some more dates that he knows people will go to! He gets more money this way than announcing them all together!
                                                                            sPANS -- Thursday October 10 2002, @05:04AM (#44933)
                                                                            (User #6020 Info)
                                                                             There are fewer more distressing sights than that of an englishman in a baseball cap!
                                                                            • Re:expensive! by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday October 10 2002, @08:09AM
                                                                              • Re:expensive! by Almodis (Score:1) Thursday October 10 2002, @08:59AM
                                                                                • Re:expensive! by Furby (Score:1) Thursday October 10 2002, @12:24PM
                                                                              what? (Score:0)
                                                                              After reading this i am very confused and have some questions:
                                                                              Is there definately a Birmingham date?
                                                                              Are there seats in London?
                                                                              Does Brum have a sloping standing area?
                                                                              Does Brum have seats?
                                                                              Have all the dates actually been confirmed?!
                                                                              thankyou to anyone who can answer my questions!
                                                                              Anonymous -- Thursday October 10 2002, @05:08AM (#44934)
                                                                                england is mine (Score:0)
                                                                                and it owes me fuckin good livin
                                                                                Anonymous -- Thursday October 10 2002, @08:52AM (#44951)
                                                                                  Ooooh Happy Day (Score:0)
                                                                                  YES!!! Just got off the blower from gigsandtours.com three Morrissey tickets in the bag for the Blackburn gig!!! Yaayyyyyyyyy!! Woohoooo!!! Ahhhh, think I need a lie down...sheesh
                                                                                  Anonymous -- Friday October 11 2002, @07:02AM (#45063)
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