taking a much needed break i guess

It's what makes him Moz - don't ever change!

exactly "home" is..?

Why is this surprising when Moz cancels appearances and gigs all the time? Plenty of us have gotten the shaft by him too many times to count!

Maybe Mozzer needs a new dosage of Prozac.

I might just cancel my appearance at my local record store and not bother buying EILS single and Bona Drag. I'll see how i feel.

business as usual in Morrissey land.

'Why did you do it?
Who drove you to it?' : (

He deserves better than all the hissing and drubbing for opening his mouth of recent days.
He's right to suit himself, but it's quite a loss till next time.

Looking forward to the big comeback! : )

And if ever I Just wanted to cancel all forthcoming appointments Then I will.....because I can
Yamaha

Oh yes! The Chinese comment. I suppose that's all they would ask him about right? I'm sure he'd love to promote his "everything old is new again" releases, but does not want more press about being racist. That doesn't help anyone. It's like being wrongly branded a rapist or child molester. You never get over that! And you certainly don't want to give alot of interviews which were originally supposed to be about the albums.

Damn Chinese! They should all go back to Afica! ;-)

Micropenis

maybe his mum is not feeling well; let's be serious: there are more important things in Morrissey's life than a radio or tv interview.

Luckily.

and where is home? need to know

I hope everything is okay...

...ANY hope of a future record deal, or indeed anybody taking him seriously ever again.
Unless there is a VERY good reason for this IE family bereavement/illness/Moz himself is ill (in which case he wouldn't be flying surely??), then I think he's fucked himself over once again. He can probably kiss goodbye to any remaining record company interest, which I think is a terrible way for him to end his career.

Why do you do this to yourself Mozza?

This way none of us have to worry about Morrissey being harangued or, worse, his making another unfortunate remark.

It's always nice to hear Morrissey and he, usually, has something witty, caustic or interesting to say but I think the timing is just all wrong at this point.

But it did seem to good to be true that he would do all those interviews, especially since he's never seemed particularly fond of being interviewed on TV.

I doubt he will do any more live interviews as long as he's likely to be asked about his comment regarding the Chinese.

Maybe he just realised this Bona Drag reissue is shit and thought in admittedly different langauage why the fuck am I contemplating doing 4 interviews for new songs like Happy Lovers United. They weren't good enough 22 years ago, why on earth would they be now? And why am I promoting an album of odds and sods that I released 22 years ago.

I think Morrissey deserves a round of applause for not pursuing what would have been one of the biggest mistakes of his "career." WHatever that "career" is. Careering? I'm glad he's still got some semblance of senility.

I was really looking forward to some new radio interviews, Moz normally gives a good interview.

I'm afraid to say though, I doubt many tour promoters or record labels are queuing up to work with him; especially now when financial times are hard and record companies are struggling.

The world was a different place in 2004 when Morrissey came "back" after 7 years and it felt like he was unstoppable.

I do hope this is NOT the end just yet.

EDILS is going to chart dismally.

We know he still has a thing for chart positions.

was that he has spat his dummy out because of the apparently poor circulation of physical copies of the record in to stores (of Everyday Is Like Sunday) and has therefore decided to step back from the "Media whore" duties that come with the promotion of the album. A sort of fuck you to the record company for failing to push Everyday is Like Sunday properly?

If this is the case, and I really do suspect it is, how long before no one is prepared to touch him with somebody else's shitty stick?

I would appreciate to know if anyone else thinks this is the case.

Well considering the interviews are british ones im asuming then that, cancelled 'and has flown home' is not england.

How funny. He cancels things about as much as I find reasons for not going to work. But he's much better at it that I am. He seems to still have the same job he started with.

Here we go. Bring on all the whingers about how he cancels everything.

Shoddy excuse given by his 'people'.

If he can't even treat people with the decency of either sticking to his commitments or pulling out for genuine reasons, then he doesn't deserve a record contract to be quite honest.

He needs to stop acting like spoilt brat and grow the f.uck up.

Sorry if that offends anyone, but I'm right.

He cozies up to the record company all sweetness and lovey, and then blows out all his publicity commitments. And of course will blame endlessly EMI as horrible when this bloody thing goes tits-up chart wise

Instead of counting the number of interviews he actually does, they should just keep tally of the length of time the interview is scheduled for before it is canceled all together.

These people on here theorizing that he had last minute realizations of what a "shit career move" it was to re-release Bona Drag...or that he pulled out due to low chart positions for EILS...or that now he'll NEVER get another record deal...or whatever...it's just mind-bogglingly insulting to the man whose music and legacy you all, assumedly, still enjoy and take part in even to the extent of posting in public forum threads.

When he was in his early 20s, he was doing this stuff. HE'S ALWAYS done this stuff...skipped out on video shoots, concerts, in-stores, pulled/switched release dates for albums, fired managers, replaced co-workers, changed musicians like socks...and maybe 10 percent of the time does he explain it publicly.

Whatever his reasons are for doing this, no one knows. But let's respect the fact that he had his reasons and it is HIGHLY UNLIKELY that one of them was to slight his fans carelessly.

It's alright to be puzzled by this, it's alright to be disappointed, it's alright to speculate... but when it gets to the point of insulting him and accusing him of things you have NO PROOF OF...I think you better calm down.

One can't help but feel that some Morrissey fans are a subspecies.

It’s because he is being inundated with questions about “the Chinese statement”. It is customary for artists to get a list of questions a week or so before an interview. Most likely half of those questions were about his foolish Chinese comment. Everyone knows Morrissey is a public relations nightmare. Sometime it works for him- this time it won’t. I have heard NO talk or buzz about the ‘Bona Drag’ re-issue outside Morrissey-solo. This re-release will be a flop just like the re-release of Viva Hate was. Why not make a video and release a single for one of the lesser known tracks on the album or for the “previously unreleased” material? Poor planning once again!

You haters make me very sick to my stomach.

...our man feels a little bit like someone in a relationship that has already clearly run it's course, but he's too chicken to just break it off, and instead tries to push the other person away with childish passive-agressive behaviour and just plain being a dick. Whenever there's something to look forward to, he makes sure it is promptly taken away.
The 'other person' being the fans, of course.

Well, guess what, Mozzer. You could do a duet tour with Sting, only to cancel it in favor of having a new album produced by Dr. Alban, and I would still love you, you old bastard. It's not gonna work.

There is nothing more better to do than whining down the day with watching and listening to Morrissey, so I was looking very forward to these interviews. Oh well, YoR promotion I shall have to indulge in, again.

Almost certainly this is due to a falling out with EMI - no doubt it was something really serious like someone spelling his name wrong on a fax or an executive being caught with a McDonald's wrapper in the wastebin. I really don't think I want Moz to release any new material: there were a couple of good tracks on Years Of Refusal but the rest was drivel. I would hate his career to end with the release of a real turkey. Time to put his feet up and finally publish that autobiography.

oh man, this gave me a much needed laugh today.
Just like how I look foward to a concert that is cancelled, I was looking foward to these interviews only to have them cancelled. Eh, it's all part of the Moz world. I'm ok with it.
If there's no cancellations, it's not the real Moz.

So what if they would've asked him about the Guardian interview - all he needs to do is reiterate the context i.e the apalling treatment of animals. And if he'd been on the Andrew Marr programme with teh Prime Minister he could've brought up Cameron's support for reintroducing fox hunting with dogs and the Ministry of Defence buying bear skin hats. Oh, Morrissey you could've had all the headlines. Surely.

Tingle3

Aren't a lot of Morrissey's so-called fans a bunch of drama queens?

No-one here knows or will ever know for certain whether these cancellations were merely a characteristic whim or the result of something a lot more serious (or somewhere in between). So all this confident "almost certainly due to" speculation is simply that: irrelevant and redundant speculation.

As others of a more level-headed disposition have already commented, this is business as usual for Morrissey. It didn't result in record companies not touching The Smiths with the proverbial shitty stick and it hasn't had the same effect with his solo career either (let's not forget that it's entirely possible that Moz keeps the record companies at arm's length if he is not offered the deal or the terms that he desires). From Billie Holiday to Elton John to Amy Winehouse, artists are famously temperamental and difficult to manage. This is no biggie. Nobody's career is over. Get a sense of perspective please: this is four cancelled media appearances, that's all.

And so what? It's not life or death.

..has indeed fallen through...can't blame the lad really, he doesn't need to KA...unless he chooses to...which is a different matter entirely!

Never happier than when they are complaining.

the ones who write you down, the ones wanting
the radio and tv show for promoting

they all were ready to ask about the that Guardian article

best way is to avoid

'how I dearly wish I was not here'

Morrissey's changed his mind, move on, focus on
new material, whatever time it will need

2 lumbs please

A prime appearance on the Telly with the Prime Minister for fook sakes! Promo and headlines that could seriously have given him a shot at a top ten single and top five LP.

I particulary welcome this break from his big mouth. What else can he say now? It should be all about the music and not about a twisted and bitter old man. He would only drag down an amazing piece of work. Looking forward for the new edition of Bona Drag.

Need i say more?

Weird coverage by contact music -http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/morrissey-axes-promo-trip_1168608 [contactmusic.com]

Has to be the most kindly interviewee known to man.
If you cant defend your gross indulgence with russell brand

Dont appear It makes you look sick

irene

The Mozfather blows off promo on a re-release and there's all this fuss?

It would've been fun to hear his reminisces of the BD period, but at the end of the day, some liner notes will suffice.

www.smithswallets.com

Well I Morrissey buying seedless grapes last night. Maybe he's on his way to another orgy.

I wonder if he'll explain why he cancelled the interview, or will other interviewers forget to ask him next time around?