Morrissey cancels gig in Iceland after venue refuses to go vegetarian

New Music Express ^ | February 3, 2015 | David Renshaw

[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.

[READINABLUESTATE]

“What is a Morrissey?”

Can it be lanced and drained?

[doorgunner69]

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.

[Pollster1]

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

[Calvin Locke]

Egg-free, I hope...

[Kenny Bunk]

Sorry my link came up short. Copy and paste this!

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

[Impala64ssa]

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?

[for-q-clinton]

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

[Impala64ssa]

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.

[Kenny Bunk]

Midget Kiss

OK, I double checked this one

[NativeSon]

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

[taxcontrol]

Who?

And why should I care?

[dmz]

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

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Ain’t life grand that way?

[JimRed]

Bye-bye, Morrissey, whoever you are.

[oblomov]

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

[a fool in paradise]

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

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>> Ain’t life grand that way?

Je suis Iceland

[Thurstan]

I bet the people of Iceland weren’t CRYING too much as a result...

[Trillian]

[Tax-chick]

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.

[cookiemcbride]

—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.

[waterhill]

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