Jez Reid of leigh.

including rescheduled dates!!!! (Is this a first?)

MORRISSEY Symphony Hall Birmingham FRI 23/10/2009 19:30 tickets not available
MORRISSEY Oasis Leisure Centre Swindon SAT 24/10/2009 19:30 on sale 22/05/2009 at 9.00am

MORRISSEY Bournemouth Opera House Bournemouth MON 26/10/2009 19:30 on sale 22/05/2009 at 9.00am
MORRISSEY Royal Albert Hall London TUE 27/10/2009 19:30 tickets not available
MORRISSEY O2 Academy Leeds Leeds THU 29/10/2009 19:30 on sale 22/05/2009 at 9.00am
  MORRISSEY City Hall Sheffield FRI 30/10/2009 19:30 on sale 22/05/2009 at 9.00am

You only have to read the forums here and there have been so many lies written about Julia. She doesn't elbow people or steal their seats or say "don't you know who I am?". Jealousy is an illness of the mind. And some people have very vivid imagination. Sad.

This is just disgraceful. Although the punter should have kept his mouth shut, that doesn't excuse Mozzer's and Bozzer's behaviour. If a member of the audience repeatedly shouts abuse, that's a matter for the bouncers, not for the artists on stage. To entice the crowd to turn against one individual...it just beggars belief. This is yet another shameful new low in the spiralling decline of a once great artist.

Maybe this is Morrissey's daughter. It's just so silly at this stage of the game, to keep her identity hidden. Everyone knows 'about her' but why not just spill the beans and shut everyone up. I can see the fan's curiosity about Julia, but he certainly shouldn't be rude (oh, forget it. Like I've said a billion times - Most of Morrissey's fans ARE rude). It's human nature to be curious and maybe a bit envious. Hey, if she's rich and can follow him everywhere - so be it! I'd do the EXACT same thing if I could afford it. I actually did this with Metallica all throughout the 90s and that's why I am broke now! Keeping secrets is stupid. Julia is too much of a 'public figure' by default. Someone do an interview with her and answer questions once and for all. Gee Whiz, what's she got to hide? Hmmm....

The girl they are talking about is called Julia Riley and she set up a website in 2000 called www.truetoyou.com. The website is dedicated to Morrissey and to celebrate such a fantastic artist. I have had the great pleasure of meeting Julia on many occasions and think the work she does on her website is outstanding. Apart from his own site, Julias is the only site that Morrissey contributes to. If anybody is near to Julia at the Moz gigs you will always see her with a notepad and pen and she is always making notes to update her website. To all the true Moz fans out there check out her site www.truetoyou.com Thankyou Julia for all your hard work over the years.

I think that Morrissey was entitled to defending his friend in the audience - what kind of jealous, presumptuous bastard would have a problem with their (Moz/Julia's) relationship unless he was just... well, a jealous, presumptuous bastard? Regardless of what means brings her to every Morrissey show, I think that if any of us won the lottery, were independently wealthy or just fortunate enough to be a life-long supporter of something that we're very passionate about - we should be applauded, not jealously lashed at...

Yes, in a unique way, Julia has become part of the Morrissey story - and in a way, it's adorable... but for those who become upset with her, fabricate stories about her demeanor at concerts or speak out in anger on behalf of the artist/fan relationship of her and Moz - Moz has every right to defend his decisions, his life. If you decide to bring these issues up and interrupt his performance, HE can do whatever he'd like to defend his friend. How can anybody have the nerve to criticize anybody for standing up for a person that they care about? Was he just supposed to ignore this squealing pig of an audience member??

I'd met Julia back in 97/98 or so at a show in SF. She was surprised that I knew who she was (back then), and I recall her fanzine that she'd use to publish. She was incredibly polite, very mild-mannered and as harmless as it gets. If she's fortunate enough to know Morrissey and see every single show - by all means: I applaud her... and to the heckler at the show - please don't waste our time (or Moz/Julia's at shows).

I went over to see Julia just after the show finished - she was lovely. I apologised for the heckler - i dont know him but I was very close to him and i was incredibly embarrassed to be near him during the outburst ; he congratulated me about twenty mins before for shaking Moz's hand - without question he is a fan - perhaps a moment of absolute madness from him.......

I cant believe fans are trying to compete....what i respect most is the silence from Julia....that shows strength as the internet is such as easy channel to show fake strength and opinion.

I have met Julia a number of times over the years and she is a very nice and friendly person, A true Morrissey fan.

let's not blame the victim here folks. ok?

All this tomfoolery makes me want to meet Julia, and apologize on behalf of Morrissey fans *Or those that agree she's been slaughtered*, and also just because I feel she's been wrongly done by.

Julia, if you're reading this, and you're at any of Moz's 22nd/23rd gigs in Manchester, feel free to approach me. I'll be dressed like a cowboy/girl.

exist between Moz and Julia is nobody's business but theirs. And nobody knows but them. Get over it.

Let's have a bit of dignity here for a change.

If I was on stage and my friend was being shit on like that I'd go ape and totally give a beat down too! Anyone at a Moz show who is there to insult another fan (and that is what Julia is anyway you slice it) is not there for the right reasons. If Moz loves Julia and Julia loves Moz that's their business, not the fans in the crowd who shit their pants with envy everytime they hear her name.

one day we hate her.
the next she's alright
some even love her.
but what we all need is respect.

even if it's just a little bit.

Ah, typical British class obsession. It's still going strong.

It's one of the reasons why so many people leave England. You're not encouraged to be successful. Misery loves company, and few people exhibit that better than the English.

It's strange that an individual can become jealous of another fan like that. Who cares how much Julia is worth, or how she wants to spend her money? It's her business, and if that truly upsets you, then I consider you a potentially dangerous person.

I wasn't there obviously but perhaps it would've been more memorable, in a positive way, if Morrissey destroyed him with witty word. It seems as though the guy (Jez) threw Moz' concentration off the rails so Bozman was called in, as "the captian of the ship", to get things back on course.

It would've been a great photo if Morrissey himself flipped the bird and told the guy to f-off!

Although the heckler was obviously wrong to do what he did, the way that Morrissey handled the situation, I find worse. The heckler should simply have been removed by bouncers. He might have had mental health problems or been drunk or any other number of personal issues. This man needed help by the sounds of it - not the treatment he received from Morrissey and co. I never paid much attention to Julia before, but this has made me not like her and I don't even know her. Yamaha

sounds like someone has a case of the mondays

This debate has raged for so long and is somewhat tired now. The relationship between Julia and M is really only their business, and nobody elses. I can't believe the jealously and bitterness that so many Morrissey fans display, not just towards Julia, but to each other in general. There is such a cutthroat hierarchy between so many of those that fall into the irregular regular category, and its all so strange since most me these people will never ever know him. The fact that he has made some kind of effort to consider Julia a friend says enough right there. It seems that any of the chosen few that he has taken a larger liking to get singled out for abuse and backstabing by others in this scene. It's frightening and sad to watch really. He seems to gravitate towards those who he sees some aspects of his own personality in, or those who he finds interesting in some way or another. Obviously, Julia falls into one of those categories, and there's nothing anyone can do about that. The nature of fandom is extreme by any means, but Morrissey fans take the cake. He can speak to who he wishes, and he you can't handle that, maybe you shouldn't be attending his shows?

One would think this is all about your music and the people who go to your concert. It was a fantastic concert but thanks to your once again singeling out your beloved friend Julia it is not all about here and nobody speaks about the great work you did that night. Well done, congratulations. I hope your great friend Julia is more than pleased. As for my part, I went to the concert to enjoy myself and not be bothered with Julia's flat voice that didn't reflect in any way how happy she should have been having the priviledge to see you at least a third time this year another 6000 miles away fromt he last venue, or the fuzz about the guy who screamed, which all took 5 minutes of the enjoyment that I had gone to the concert for.

i have been a morrissey fan for many years, and have seen julia a few times at concerts.(always at the front). i would just like to say that i think she is a chip short of a butty to put it mildly, i dont think she is all there because.. at the MEN arena (few yrs back) at the front of the queue she was asking would i like to see wot she had brought along to give to morrissey for his birthday. i presumed she would show me a nice card or a small gift. she pulled out of her coat this scruffy piece of white A4 paper with the wierdest 'happy birthday' drawn in a 5 year olds handwriting in black pen!(something that a strange psychopath would draw). i actually felt embarrassed lookin at it and she looked so proud and so excited that she was gonna give this amazing(NOT)piece of artwork to him that looked like something drawn by a messed up child. it was that moment that i thought 'she is insane' a real stalker. my intuition is normally right, i do think she is a nice person but i also think that if he was not so nice to her, well say no more

If it wasn't for people like danny reid, Moz wouldn't have a career. He should refund his ticket.

'Rocker MORRISSEY'.....Still amuses me.

No Moz has not got aids hun bun.

This post brought a chuckle from me.

OK, right oh.