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Morrissey cancels gig in Iceland after venue refuses to go vegetarian
New Music Express ^ | February 3, 2015 | David Renshaw

Posted on 02/03/2015 10:30:30 AM PST by a fool in paradise

Morrissey has scrapped a gig in Iceland due to the venue refusing to not sell meat on the night of the show.

The famously vegetarian Morrissey insists that any venue he plays goes meat-free on the night of his performance. However, as confirmed by fansite True-To-You, the Harpa Concert Hall in Rekjavik would not agree to the terms and the gig is now canceled.

"I love Iceland and I have waited a long time to return, but I shall leave the Harpa Concert Hall to their cannibalistic flesh-eating bloodlust," Morrissey said in a statement.

Morrissey tours the UK next month. The short outing begins at Nottingham's Capital FM Arena on March 13, taking in dates in Bournemouth, Cardiff, Leeds and Glasgow before wrapping up at Birmingham's Barclaycard Arena on March 27.

Morrissey's 2014 tour – which the singer described as "what I may risk calling our best tour ever" – included just one UK date, at London's O2 Arena. The performer listed the London date as his favourite gig of the year in an end-of-tour message.

However, a European tour last year was met with a number of setbacks including the singer cancelling dates in Greece and Turkey. A gig in Germany was ended shortly after a stage invasion and he walked off stage during his Poland show after being heckled by a fan.

Earlier in the year, Morrissey cancelled a number of dates due to a "flu outbreak" amongst his crew. This came after a string of US dates were scrapped, with the singer revealing that he had been treated for cancer.


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KEYWORDS: homofascism; iceland; morrissey; music
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To: a fool in paradise

In a few years, I predict, his popularity will wane he won’t be able to get arrested


21 posted on 02/03/2015 10:43:38 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: a fool in paradise

LOL!


22 posted on 02/03/2015 10:43:43 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: a fool in paradise

What’s a morrissey?


23 posted on 02/03/2015 10:44:44 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: a fool in paradise

I didn’t realize he was still around.


24 posted on 02/03/2015 10:44:55 AM PST by Professional Engineer (You all can go to hell, I'm going to Texas.)
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To: a fool in paradise
some people just go TOO far!




25 posted on 02/03/2015 10:46:10 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

LOL!


26 posted on 02/03/2015 10:47:17 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: a fool in paradise

“I love Iceland and I have waited a long time to return, but I shall leave the Harpa Concert Hall to their cannibalistic flesh-eating bloodlust,” Morrissey said in a statement. “

The best policy for a performer is to always insult your fans as much as possible.


27 posted on 02/03/2015 10:48:16 AM PST by headstamp 2
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To: a fool in paradise

What is a “Morrissey”?


28 posted on 02/03/2015 10:48:40 AM PST by doorgunner69
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To: a fool in paradise

I shall endeavor to eat meat today in his honor.


29 posted on 02/03/2015 10:49:08 AM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: doorgunner69

A. Diva
B. Drama queen
C. Homofascist
D. All of the above


30 posted on 02/03/2015 10:49:44 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: PCPOET7

**his right to do it.**

He does indeed. And we have the right to ridicule him.


31 posted on 02/03/2015 10:50:36 AM PST by Gamecock (CELEBRATING 25,000 POSTS!)
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To: miss marmelstein

“Ha! His crew has to cancel many concerts because of the flu - a direct result of depriving themselves of meat. Lowers resistance.”

Many years ago I worked with a woman that was a strict vegetarian. She averaged at least 30 sick days a year. Always with a cold, virus or some such infection. As a matter of fact, I’ve never met anybody that got sick so much. She was constantly being warned for excessive absenteeism.

They say if you are going to pursue that lifestyle, you had better know what the hell you are doing.


32 posted on 02/03/2015 10:51:35 AM PST by headstamp 2
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To: for-q-clinton

It’s more likely it’s his right not to take a gig in a restaurant environment, where, of course, they’ll be selling meat. But to demand that the venue limit their opportunities to make money is wrong. Just as the Christian band shouldn’t take a gig at the venue if beer being sold bothers them. But to take a gig and make demands what the venue can and can’t sell is just wrong.


33 posted on 02/03/2015 10:51:43 AM PST by smalltownslick
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To: a fool in paradise
So I guess the whole liberal “Eat Local” thing is off? I mean how does one sustain themselves on a vegan diet above a latitude where grazing lands, and agronomy can support you? What's next? Vegan Eskimos?
34 posted on 02/03/2015 10:51:51 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: a fool in paradise
ive only read the name on the internet and have no idea of who or what he is other than the CLUES I got form my very recent Image Search...

Id bet he'd go stark raving postal... if he were to visit cape canaveral and note the CROSS out at the launch pad...




35 posted on 02/03/2015 10:52:46 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: a fool in paradise
Quote: This came after a string of US dates were scrapped, with the singer revealing that he had been treated for cancer.

Brain cancer? < /snark>

36 posted on 02/03/2015 10:56:35 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian ((I once was blind but now I see...))
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To: miss marmelstein
Morrissey who?

After the untimely demise of Buddy Holly, there is only one band that has been able to assuage my grief:

Midget Kiss

37 posted on 02/03/2015 10:59:35 AM PST by Kenny Bunk
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To: a fool in paradise

“If I can’t control you, I won’t entertain you.”

Well, bye.


38 posted on 02/03/2015 11:02:04 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Life is good.)
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To: a fool in paradise

so he demands the right to force others not to eat meat too?

Is this that tolerance we keep hearing about?


39 posted on 02/03/2015 11:03:02 AM PST by GeronL
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To: MeshugeMikey

He’s from an 80s band called The Smiths. He refuses to do any reunion shows with the rest of the band (although being an early fan club member, he famously got the New York Dolls to reunite).

He did have a statement about the immigration without assimilation in England though...

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1931934/posts
Morrissey ‘Refuses to Live in the UK Because of Immigration Explosion’
The Daily Mail ^ | November 28, 2007 | James Slack

The pop singer Morrissey claims he can no longer live in a Britain he believes lost to an “immigration explosion”.

The former frontman of the Smiths, who is now based in Rome, claimed England was just ‘a memory now’.

The 48-year-old added: “Other countries have held on to their basic identity yet it seems to me that England was thrown away.

“The change in England is so rapid compared to the change in any other country.

“If you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you won’t hear an English accent...

.....

and here’s this nugget from a few years back when he couldn’t persuade a whole festival to go without meat eatin’.

Morrissey Condemns Meat Eaters at Coachella (”I Smell Burning Flesh & I Hope To God It’s Human”)
New Music Express ^ | 4/20/09
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2234398/posts


40 posted on 02/03/2015 11:03:16 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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