Morrissey’s touring over the previous decade-plus has been marked by a gentle accumulation of live performance cancelations and postponements — to the purpose that it’s virtually anticipated anytime he broadcasts a brand new leg of exhibits. However is that actually a good criticism?
In gentle of his most up-to-date string of live performance cancelations, which he attributed to “an antagonistic response to a prescription treatment,” we took a deep dive into Moz’s touring historical past. In keeping with publicly obtainable knowledge from the Morrissey fan web site Morrissey-Solo, the singer has toured yearly since 2012, saying a complete of 639 live shows. Of these, he has performed 449 exhibits, with 111 canceled and 100 postponed dates — a 70% completion charge. His most difficult years got here in 2013 (when he performed simply 16 of 64 exhibits), 2016 (29 of 46), and 2025 (36 of 68).
Morrissey’s cancelations and postponements have been blamed on a spread of things, together with sickness, exhaustion, and logistical problems. He as soon as was even sidelined as a consequence of “poisonous meals poisoning” after consuming a bowl of “penne pasta and tomato.”
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Going even additional into Morrissey’s touring historical past, the fan web site WeHeartM reviews 402 canceled exhibits, postponements, or abbreviated performances throughout his profession, courting again to his early-Eighties tenure with The Smiths.
With a brand new solo album reportedly on the horizon in 2026, Morrissey has extra dates lined up for the brand new 12 months. As talked about, the preliminary two exhibits have been already derailed; as of now, he’s due again on the street in San Antonio on January tenth.
2012:
Performed: 56
Canceled: 3
Postponed: 24
2013:
Performed: 16
Canceled: 30
Postponed: 18
2014:
Performed: 51
Canceled: 12
Postponed: 6
2015:
Performed: 68
Canceled: 0
Postponed: 1
2016:
Performed: 29
Canceled: 11
Postponed: 6
2017:
Performed: 21
Canceled: 6
Postponed: 0
2018:
Performed: 24
Canceled: 1
Postponed: 9
2019:
Performed: 33
Canceled: 1
Postponed: 7
2020:
Performed: 3
Canceled: 3
Postponed: 10
2021:
Performed: 6
Canceled: 1
Postponed: 2
2022:
Performed: 29
Canceled: 5
Postponed: 0
2023:
Performed: 35
Canceled: 7
Postponed: 7
2024:
Performed: 21
Canceled: 9
Postponed: 9
2025:
Performed: 36
Canceled: 22
Postponed: 10
Whole Live performance Stats Since 2012:
Live shows Scheduled: 639
Whole Live shows Performed: 449
Whole Live shows Canceled: 111
Whole Live shows Postponed: 100
General Completion Charge: 70%
* Info by way of Morrissey-Solo