To be honest unless I would be forgetting about the rescedulled dates as well at this rate!!!!

At last some forward planning from the Moz camp! Thats all I wanted, apart from the gigs obviously. Now hopefully he'll rest and be fighting fit for later on in the tour. Get well and rest that larynx.

What a farce. It is time to retire. And now the end is near...

Whatever the reason(s) for cancelling (tho I fully believe it IS to do with his throat/voice - as highlighted by the evidence from recent gigs etc...) then I hope he gets well soon. If this is not the sole or main reason for the cancellations, then I hope he feels better soon about whatever has been causing him to cancel and is able to sort it. Either way, get well.

Take a leaf out of Roy Keane's book. Pack it all in and devote your time to taking dogs for a walk.

This is what we all already knew. This is sad.
http://www.allmylittlewordsonline.com/ [allmylittl...online.com]

Rather than fueling all the anger, disappointment and psychosis on this site, why not educate yourselves about Vocal Disorders http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_voice_disorders [wikipedia.org].
There is some interesting stuff on there. Foreign accent syndrome, Bogart-Bacall syndrome?
Thank you, Guillaume for letting us know ASAP.

All my love and prayers go out to you and to the rest of your lovely band and crew.

Some angry anonymous user who posted some death threat to mozz if he dared to cancell the 3rd brixton date, involving his cock and/or his dick, yikes.

I'm sorry the concerts have been cancelled including my only gig of the tour and commiserate with other ticketholders.

However, I think it's best for Morrissey to take plenty of time to recover completely, rather than struggle on risking further damage.

I'm sure this is hard for Morrissey, the band, the support band and all associated employees too. Not many of us have the pleasure of making a living from what we enjoy doing, but we all know what it feels like when illness or threat of unemployment strikes.

Sinistra

I know its over still I cling...I don't know where else I can go...

This really is the tour of refusal.
What a complete waste of time.
If anyone else writes 'get well soon' I
will agree with moz that the world really is
full of crashing bores. don't be too upset
I saw him at Cambridge and it was not all that

So, I wasn't going to Paris, but now I'll be seeing him in Rotterdam and can schedule a trip to Paris in November. Great!

Get well soon Mozza.

If we had been informed of this yesterday I could have cancelled my hotel at no cost but now....Does anybody know if Luxembourg is going ahead? Grrrrr...

sad we will not get to see the man friday night
but if Morrisseys unwell i think his health is paramount
so just to wish a speedy full recovery to the one and only !

Definately the right decision to cancel
hopefully with the two french dates off
he'll be able to recouperate once and for all

out of all the english dates he arranged
he only played 7 out of 14. Never mind
Birmingham in October all being well

I had tickets for several of the postponed gigs (including Brixton), and am of course disappointed, but if a chap's ill, he's ill.

Jeez, ease off a bit all you angry people!

I'm worried. Should we be?

What a shocker, I didn't see this coming!

I am 5 and O on Morrissey shows in 2008-2009, beat that The Miz!

Seriously, I'd rather like the option of a refund now. No matter how ill Morrissey is, the organisation of the last two tours has been a farce.

BOOO!!!! (ok, I'm a grown man of 33, but I still say BOOO!!!!)

Throw in the towel mate. Write your autobiography and just call it a day. We don't need anymore tours becoming sad jokes, or albums acned with crap songs. Just call it a day and exit with a little bit of dignity, before even that is lost forever.

Truly, you were good in your time, but now it's over.

he can't change things now can he, if his voice is pissing him about, it's pissin him about.
maybe atleast this tour will teach him something(do either dates more spaced out or, less dates and bigger venues).

You're the best Morrissey, Get Well Soon and never mind all the bad comments people send in. Thank you for Manchester 23rd May, you're beautiful. X.

Give him a little bit of a break please, his voice has never bin this bad before,
obviously it's just creped up on him this tour, if he new he would have to cancel so many dates then he would certainly have done something else because he is reschedualing them, he's doing them anyway.
he's not exactly going to be pleased about all this himself is he!

Unfortunately this will tarnish Morrissey's image for good. I am sure he is ill/exhausted but it has been handled badly. Cancelling gigs in dribs & drabs is just infuriating people. Hence all this vitriol on this website.

Top this with a mediocre album and uninspired samey setlist...what you have is a career disaster.

I doubt we'll ever see another tour like 2004 & 2006. Let alone tours before his 7 years of absence.

I feel sorry for everyone; Morrissey, his band, his crew, his management, fans.

I feel really upset....almost in tears. I couldn't care less if it was *any* other band...but I am sad cos it's Morrissey who is so special.

I am mourning. I really do think this is the end.

OK, this is getting serious. Is the the MOST concerts Moz has even cancelled consecutively or the most he has cancelled for a particular tour?

I am putting aside all my bitching and moaning and hoping that everything is ok.

*Take care sweetie*

It is a shame that these concerts have been cancelled :(
I hope luxembourg, rotterdam, antwerp ... still going?
Had special leave for.
Anyway, I would like Morrissey a lot better again, health will prevail!

      Peter Melis, Antwerp (Belgium)

An official announcement from either Morrissey himself or his management wouldn't go amiss right now....

When there has been trouble in the past he has communicated via TTY.

Hold on to your friends Moz!

in the fact that the previous cancellation statements on Morrisseys official website for Birmingham & the Troxy state.. "Event Organizers would like to apologise to fans for the disappointment and are working to reschedule this show..."
Yet the Brixton statement only states "Event Organizers would like to apologize to fans for the disappointment. Additional information will be issued as soon as possible"

I'm hoping its because when the Brixton statement was released all 3 dates hadn't been cancelled? But do we think its possible he might not even reschedule Brixton?!

Oh and I'm a newbie with no account hence the Anon, sorry!

Moz get back soon, we really need you to be in good health and shape. What is wrong with your voice/throat, let us know. You can't leave us in such uncertainty. Make an official communicate on what is going on.
I treasure my ticket for Helsinki, June 27, and truly hope to see you there.

I'm in London for the weekend and will be going to Quarry to get absolutely hammered! Is Quarry still going ahead??? I Hope so!

What do you call a pony with a sore throat?
A little horse.

What's worse than a giraffe with a sore throat?
An aardvark with the sniffles.

How did the monster cure his sore throat?
He spent all day gargoyling.

Morrissey, our aspiration is for your aspiration of that nasty bullet in your gullet!

Never mind the morons on here, whatever happens I love you!!

Is this a good time to talk about where the trouble all started...
FLORIDA!
We all got punked!
A long time ago.

Well, I WAS jealous of the Brits and their ability to see 10+ shows in a relatively small area. Now I'm glad that I'm not you.

moz refuses to play... huh huh

Knuckles knock on hotel suite door.

Management: “Morrissey, get up! The doctor’s here. He needs another look at your larynx before he signs you off again”

Voice from within: “mais, je suis l’etranger!”

Management: “Ok, we know that, but you have to fill out this self-certificate or there‘s no insurance.”

Voice from within: “Je suis mort ici!”

“Whatever. You still need a sick note. Just like everyone else. Stop being difficult. You promised”

Voice from within: “…………rasp….rasp….I‘m OK by myself, and I don‘t need you and I never have and I never have! No! No! And I‘ve thrown up in my bed. Again. So, can you get room service to send up some more clean sheets?”

Management: “No, pick you the phone and do it yourself. Stop being a big wuss.”

Suddenly the door opens. A barrage of books rains down upon hapless Management.
Huysmans. Proust. Viz Annual 2008. The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent.

Management: “ Jonathan has sent you some flowers……we’ll leave them here. Good luck”

Voice from within hisses: “Fools! Ingrates! Wretches!”

Morrissey has been singing for 25 years. Unexpected problems can occur with singers. Vocal cord nodules are an occupational hazard for singers. Many many pop singers have suffered from them. Siouxsie Sue had a throat problem for 2 years in the 90's.

Anyone know anything about the Australian gigs?

sorry to go slightly offtopic, but i just realized this album is available in the UK, but amazon won't let me download it (or the 3 new tracks) cause i'm in the US. any thoughts on how to get it?

This is terrible. Poor Morrissey. I know this is really hurting him, too.

Sending you my very best wishes.
Hazard
UK.

The verdict is in: Rest!
http://www.melissacross.com/melissa_cross_vocal_solution03.php
(take out any spaces that may appear in the link to access the webpage)

I'm assuming you've been correctly going nasal to sing high? In any case, no karaoke to the Beach Boys for now (sitting back and enjoying is allowed ;). I'm enjoying Kate Nash and Stevie Nicks at the moment myself and not agitating my bronchitis!). According to Ms. Melissa Cross (above), no whispering, either.

So pen and paper for a week more, it sounds like. Maybe string along your funny notes into a song? This injury ironically necessitates writing.

Perhaps future tours should be one day on, one day off, and so on?

Good foods to nourish the throat (?): oatmeal, aloe juice, okra, peppers. Keep it free of infection, of course. Step away from cigarette smoke, of course.

Take care, darling.
We love you.

Always,

An official announcement would be nice. Obviously these gigs are being 'postponed' the same way the Roundhouse gigs were 'postponed', i.e. 'cancelled'. Face it, even the most blind fanatic has to admit that this was a lacklustre tour with an uninspired setlist following a third rate album with 1 or 2 good songs on it, and now it all has ended without even a whimper of communication with the people that pay his hotel bills. Maybe he should eat more spinach, popeye the sailor!

If Morrissey has been ordered by his doctors not to sing, it means the problem is more serious than just a sore throat! Some people would be happy if Morrissey would just play the gig(s) they paid for even if he's not at 100%. Okay, say he goes ahead just so you get your money's worth, THEN ends up damaging his voice. Do you know what this means? It doesn't mean "sore throat"!

When a singer damages his voice, it means that he will lose some of his range, in some cases entire octaves. Whatever is left will not sound the same either; it will be weaker, airy, and hoarse. That means that he will NEVER be able to sing your favorite Smith's and Morrissey songs ever again! Is that what you want? As long as you get your fucking money's worth, right?

People are moaning about more than just the disruption and cancellation of the tour, they are also moaning about Morrissey 2009 full stop.

Many are disappointed with the quality of the recorded material and the fact that they can almost predict what each album will sound like these days, with many calling for a new direction.

Taking all this into account as well as his supposedly suspect vocal chords, could this be the right time for a new direction? A direction that relies less on his voice?

The answer could be something totally new and based on the classic sound of Kraftwerk. can you imagine some of Morrissey's songs re-worked into the new sound?

I think I am genuinely on to something here, although it may be a bit brave for many.

Lets go electronic Morrissey it could open up a whole new world.

I was in front of Brixton academy yesterday afternoon and i saw the notice. It was heartbreaking scene.Crying. Second time. First time was last year at Roundhouse.I came all the way from Croatia, and there I met 2 guys who came all the way from California.Well, I still have my ticket for Wienna, July 11. Hope Mozz will be better till then.

I heard that all this throat trouble first started about 16 years ago after he bit off Heather Mills-McCartney's leg !!!

That'll learn ya!

Morrissey has gone missing, do you think he directly inspired the performance of most of the Manchester United players went they missing in Rome this week?

It is very hard to retain Europe's top prize, the proof of this is that only a handful of teams have done it, including Liverpool and Madrid.

I think that is a task totally beyond United's "Best squad ever", Totally beyond them I say!