Legendary Smiths frontman and solo English singer-songwriter Morrissey has canceled his look in Boston resulting from a “credible threat” on his life.
“Due to recent events and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both the artist and band, the upcoming shows this weekend at Foxwoods and MGM Music Hall have been cancelled. All tickets will be refunded automatically at your original point of purchase,” Morrissey posted on his Instagram web page.
Morrissey was scheduled to play Foxwoods Resort On line casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, tonight at and MGM Music Corridor at Fenway tomorrow evening. The 2 New England occasions have been the fifth and sixth dates of his worldwide “Nude” Tour that kicked off Sept. 10 in Montreal, Quebec.
MGM Music Corridor made an identical publish to Morriseey’s personal that confirmed the cancellation. Foxwoods nonetheless had the live performance listed on its leisure web page by 4:30 p.m. Friday.
His posts make no point out of upcoming future dates within the tour.
This isn’t the primary time the outspoken singer-songwriter has been threatened — and never even on this tour. Following Morrissey’s efficiency in Ottawa, Canada, on Sept. 12, the newspaper Ottawa Citizen reported {that a} native resident named Noah Castellano allegedly made a risk in opposition to him on the social media platform Bluesky on Sept. 4.
Based on the Citizen, the 26-year-old wrote posted: “Steven Patrick Morrissey when you perform at TD Place here in Ottawa next week on the evening of September 12th, 2025 at about 9pm, I will be present at the venue in the audience and I will attempt to shoot you many times and kill you with a very large gun that I own illegally.”
Morrissey performed his present anyway. Castellano was arrested and launched on $5,000 bail.
Morrissey rose to fame within the Eighties because the frontman of the beloved and really influential English band the Smiths. The band’s self-titled 1984 debut spawned the singles “Hand in Glove,” “This Charming Man,” and “What Difference Does it Make,” all of which made large impressions within the music press for guitarist Johnny Marr’s chiming guitar sound and Morrissey’s lush vocals with droll, evocative lyrics.
The band would discover steady presence on mix-tapes of artist youth by the discharge of follow-up LPs together with 1985’s Meat is Homicide and 1987’s The Queen is Lifeless.
Morrissey made his solo debut Viva Hate in 1988 and launched 13 extra LPs to this point, most just lately with 2020’s I’m Not a Canine on a Chain.
The “Nude” tour was scheduled to wind by North and South America and along with dates in Canada and all throughout the U.S., he was scheduled to play Mexico Metropolis and Guadalajara in Mexico; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; Lima, Peru; and Bogota, Colombia.
