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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.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: homofascism; iceland; morrissey; music
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To: Da Coyote

“What is a Morrissey?”

Can it be lanced and drained?


61 posted on 02/03/2015 11:26:01 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE ("If guns cause crime, there must be something wrong with mine." -Ted Nugent)
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To: Calvin Locke
I admit to pretty much dropping out of today's "culture" years back.

So this and most all of what is on TV is unknown to me. Lots of thread titles mystify me.

62 posted on 02/03/2015 11:26:45 AM PST by doorgunner69
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To: a fool in paradise

I always vote with my dollars. I’m going to investigate this location and seriously consider vacationing there.


63 posted on 02/03/2015 11:26:51 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: headstamp 2

Egg-free, I hope...


64 posted on 02/03/2015 11:27:08 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Sorry my link came up short. Copy and paste this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvyJJqzjl2w

65 posted on 02/03/2015 11:27:49 AM PST by Kenny Bunk
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To: a fool in paradise
This is the same vegan whose also on board with the BDS movement because of his anti-apartheid Semetic sentiments. Is it coincidence, or does veganism and anti-Semitism disguised as Pali sympathies go hand in hand? Given, shall we say, Morrisey's sensitive and "delicate" demeanor, would it be fair to call him a Jew-hating c*cksucker?
66 posted on 02/03/2015 11:28:14 AM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: smalltownslick

Is that what happened? I took it to be that he needed those demands met to take the gig. I could be wrong though.


67 posted on 02/03/2015 11:28:44 AM PST by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: Calvin Locke
The best policy for a performer is to always insult your fans as much as possible. It worked for Don Rickles.
True, but we knew Don Rickles did it for laughs. Everytime I see footage of him on the old Johnny Carson shows or Dean Martin's roasts I still ROTFLMAO after all these years.
68 posted on 02/03/2015 11:31:19 AM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; miss marmelstein
Midget Kiss

OK, I double checked this one

69 posted on 02/03/2015 11:31:24 AM PST by Kenny Bunk
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To: Da Coyote

The more you ignore him, the closer he’ll get...


70 posted on 02/03/2015 11:44:43 AM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: a fool in paradise

Who?

And why should I care?


71 posted on 02/03/2015 11:44:44 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: Gamecock

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

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Ain’t life grand that way?


72 posted on 02/03/2015 11:47:34 AM PST by dmz
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To: a fool in paradise

Bye-bye, Morrissey, whoever you are.


73 posted on 02/03/2015 11:51:03 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: a fool in paradise

“When a woman kills a chicken, dynasties and empires sicken...”


74 posted on 02/03/2015 11:53:11 AM PST by oblomov (White privilege: the contemporary left's way of saying "the Jews".)
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To: dmz
He does indeed. And we have the right to ridicule him.

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>> Ain’t life grand that way?

Je suis Iceland

75 posted on 02/03/2015 11:57:02 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 bet the people of Iceland weren’t CRYING too much as a result...


76 posted on 02/03/2015 12:03:58 PM PST by Thurstan
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To: a fool in paradise

77 posted on 02/03/2015 12:15:56 PM PST by Trillian
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To: Calvin Locke
I had to look him up too, and we’re contemporaries.

Me, too, but I'd never heard of him until now, and I'd be thrilled to go to Iceland and eat meat.

I'm listening to Halestorm.

78 posted on 02/03/2015 12:49:22 PM PST by Tax-chick ("It's always a longer trip when you defy God." ~ Msgr. Charles Pope)
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To: a fool in paradise

—He refuses to do any reunion shows with the rest of the band -—

It’s not just him, there’s also the small matter of the drummer suing the rest of the band for royalties. That always puts a crimp in intraband relations.


79 posted on 02/03/2015 12:59:03 PM PST by cookiemcbride
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To: a fool in paradise

I heard Morrisey is a ‘meat-eater’, well, nevermind....


80 posted on 02/03/2015 1:03:31 PM PST by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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