Belligerent Ghoul
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31 shows...
31 shows...
Just curious... has he ever managed such a lengthy tour with so many shows - without cancelling a lot of them or calling it quits early?
The last few years (2012-2014) have been particularly bad as far as his touring record goes. However, while just about every tour has always had 4-6 cancellations/postponement incidents, it should be noted that overall (as far as Morrissey is concerned) 1997-2007 were largely successful. As my memory serves, 2009 was when things really started to become absurd and repetitive.
It's always been a risk to some degree - more so recently. I think people who have seen a lot of Morrissey shows over the years have come to accept that when you buy a ticket, its a gamble.
The Summer of 2007 when he caught a cold while performing on David Letterman (or whatever the excuse was) was when things started to get serious with cancellations.
31 dates on this tour?! There is absolutely NO WAY he will do all of them. Can we have a separate thread with a poll to guess how many shows he will actually do???
The Summer of 2007 when he caught a cold while performing on David Letterman (or whatever the excuse was) was when things started to get serious with cancellations.
Good idea.
And to take it a step further, we could guess which dates he will perform, which dates he will cancel, and which will be postponted.
We will assign points. And...the bonus rounds will include reasons for cancellations.
Hmmmm....what else?
How about some sort of prize to the person who comes closest to the number of shows that will go on as scheduled?
And to be fair..he did make up the Philly date (which was my favorite concert of his ever) and Atlantic City. Then had added another leg with the five nights at the Hammerstein which were incredible.
The show in 2007 at the Mann? That was the only time so far that Eurydice and I saw him together (I saw him in 2004 on the Quarry tour once). Both were awesome. I am really hoping this tour goes well for the same reasons as Chickpea. I want the whole “Morrissey cancelled” jokes to be less and less relevant, and I also hope he comes over here. As much as I wish I could afford to attend multiple shows on the tour if he does come here, I have to accept that time/money wise I can only afford one, so it better not be cancelled if so
Much more positive.
There weren't 31 scheduled dates when I voted in this poll. I will be SO HAPPY if he manages to finish this tour in one piece, but...
Morrissey, contrary to popular belief, appears to be the ultimate optimist.
Yes..I was front row and got my first handshake that night.