Morrissey Seeks California Love on Tour
Sure, it's only three shows. And they're all in the same city, at the same venue, on three consecutive nights. But this is Morrissey we're talking about, people, and the name alone is reason enough for whole lot of folks out there to get batshit excited.
So here we have it, the reprise to Morrissey's 2006 U.S. excursions, a three-date stint at Pasadena, California's Civic Auditorium. Expect jams from last year's Ringleader of the Tormentors, expect old favorites from the Moz and Smiths back catalogues, except much swooning, and expect boyfriends to propose to their girlfriends (and vice versa) during the mandolin swell on "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want". I mean, who could refuse that?
Of late there's also been quite a bit of chatter about the possibility of Morrissey recording the UK's entry for the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest.
As a playful Moz told a London crowd last May (as quoted on NME.com), "I was horrified but not surprised to see the UK fail again in the Eurovision Song Contest, and there is one question I keep an asking: 'why didn't they ask me?' That question keeps going round my head."
Taking the joke further, Morrissey's "You Have Killed Me" video depicts the charismatic singer performing in the song contest circa 1970.
But it seems most of that Eurovision chatter is haberdash. While the BBC has admitted to inviting Morrissey to partake, according to a recent story in The Independent, the former Smiths frontman is not likely to accept. "He has certainly had an invitation," a representative from Sanctuary Records told the paper, "but we think it is unlikely he will be taking this forward."
In related news, the previously reported, Moz-centric photo exhibition "Irregular Regulars" is now showing at New York City's Team Gallery. Featuring Ryan McGinley's candid shots of the pope of mope and his congregation in action, it remains open though February 10. Spazz out enough at those upcoming California gigs, Moz-ites, and you just might make the next exhibition.
Mo'issey:
02-01 Pasadena, CA - Pasadena Civic Auditorium
02-02 Pasadena, CA - Pasadena Civic Auditorium
02-03 Pasadena, CA - Pasadena Civic Auditorium
So here we have it, the reprise to Morrissey's 2006 U.S. excursions, a three-date stint at Pasadena, California's Civic Auditorium. Expect jams from last year's Ringleader of the Tormentors, expect old favorites from the Moz and Smiths back catalogues, except much swooning, and expect boyfriends to propose to their girlfriends (and vice versa) during the mandolin swell on "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want". I mean, who could refuse that?
Of late there's also been quite a bit of chatter about the possibility of Morrissey recording the UK's entry for the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest.
As a playful Moz told a London crowd last May (as quoted on NME.com), "I was horrified but not surprised to see the UK fail again in the Eurovision Song Contest, and there is one question I keep an asking: 'why didn't they ask me?' That question keeps going round my head."
Taking the joke further, Morrissey's "You Have Killed Me" video depicts the charismatic singer performing in the song contest circa 1970.
But it seems most of that Eurovision chatter is haberdash. While the BBC has admitted to inviting Morrissey to partake, according to a recent story in The Independent, the former Smiths frontman is not likely to accept. "He has certainly had an invitation," a representative from Sanctuary Records told the paper, "but we think it is unlikely he will be taking this forward."
In related news, the previously reported, Moz-centric photo exhibition "Irregular Regulars" is now showing at New York City's Team Gallery. Featuring Ryan McGinley's candid shots of the pope of mope and his congregation in action, it remains open though February 10. Spazz out enough at those upcoming California gigs, Moz-ites, and you just might make the next exhibition.
Mo'issey:
02-01 Pasadena, CA - Pasadena Civic Auditorium
02-02 Pasadena, CA - Pasadena Civic Auditorium
02-03 Pasadena, CA - Pasadena Civic Auditorium
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