MORRISSEYLIVE IN CONCERTUK HEADLINE SUMMER SHOWS ANNOUNCEDLONDON CRYSTAL PALACE PARK – SUNDAY 09 JULY 2023LEEDS MILLENNIUM SQUARE – WEDNESDAY 12TH JULY 2023
British singer-songwriter Morrissey has today announced a series of major headline summer shows at London’s Crystal Palace Park on Sunday 9th July and Leeds Millennium Square on Wednesday 12th July. The announcement precedes a highly anticipated upcoming European tour including a sold-out show at London’s Eventim Apollo this month.
Morrissey has enjoyed 16 albums in the UK Top Ten, plus 9 Top Ten albums with his former group The Smiths, of which Morrissey was a founder member. In the U.S., Morrissey has had two Top Ten albums, and eight Top 20 albums. In 1991, Morrissey broke The Beatles record for selling out the Hollywood Bowl, and in 2006 Morrissey was voted the second Greatest Living British Icon as voted by viewers of BBC Television, with Sir David Attenborough first and Sir Paul McCartney third. In 2007, Morrissey was voted The Greatest Northern Male in a nationwide newspaper poll.
In 2012, Morrissey was awarded the Keys to the City of Tel Aviv. In 2013, Penguin Classics published Morrissey Autobiography which became the second fastest selling autobiography in British history. The book spent six weeks at number 1, five weeks at number 2, four weeks at number 3, and is a continuing British Best Seller.
Morrissey’s songs have been covered by David Bowie, Nancy Sinatra, the Killers, Marianne Faithfull, Chrissie Hynde, My Chemical Romance, Thelma Houston, Christy Moore, amongst many others.
Morrissey was the singer and lyricist of The Smiths for 6 years and has been a successful solo artist for 36 years. In 1994 his album “Your Arsenal” was Grammy nominated. Born in Manchester, England, Morrissey is of Irish parents and, specifically, Dublin lineage.
Tickets for Morrissey’s headline summer shows go on general sale Friday 10th March at 10am via:
Sun 9 July | London Crystal Palace Park |LINKWed 12 July | Leeds Millennium Square | LINK
In Leeds, Morrissey will be joined by special guests The Slow Readers Club.
MORRISSEY 2023 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
Wed 08 March | Paris Salle Pleyel, France | Ticketmaster.fr Wed 09 March | Paris Salle Pleyel, France | Ticketmaster.fr Sun 12 March | Lyon Amphitheatre, France | Ticketmaster.fr Mon 13 March | Strasbourg Salle Erasme, France | Ticketmaster.fr Wed 15 March | Antwerp Stadsschouwburg Theatre, Belgium | gracialive.be Thu 16 March | Brussels Bozar Theatre, Belgium | gracialive.be Sun 19 March | London Eventim Apollo | gigst.rs/Morrissey
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My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago
