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Morrissey to embark on U.S. concert tour

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Fri, Feb 14th 2014 01:15 pm

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Globally renowned recording and performing artist Morrissey will embark on an extensive U.S. Tour on May 7 in San Jose at the City National Civic Center Auditorium. The tour will continue across the country through June 21, when it concludes in Brooklyn at Barclays Center Arena. The tour of more than two-dozen performances will include dates at renowned theaters, opera houses, concert halls and arenas, affirming the artist's unique relationship with his fans built on a 30-year recording and performing career that enables him to command the stage at venues of every kind.

Morrissey's special guest on all dates will be singer, songwriter and keyboardist Kristeen Young, with Tom Jones joining Morrissey as support artist in Los Angeles and Sir Cliff Richard as support artist in New York City.

The tour dates will come on the heels of Morrissey's completion of his forthcoming Harvest Records debut album - the artist's first since 2009's "Years Of Refusal" - recorded in France with producer Joe Chiccarelli. Joining Morrissey on tour will be his longtime band, including Boz Boorer (guitar), Jesse Tobias (guitar), Solomon Walker (bass), Matthew Walker (drums) and Gustavo Manzur (keyboards).

Morrissey's recent "Autobiography" became one of the fastest-selling memoirs in the UK upon its release in October, and set first-week sales records when it entered the UK charts at No. 1 (a slot it held for five weeks). Its release also marked the first time a living author had been published by Penguin Classics in the imprint's nearly 70-year history.

Morrissey's solo career began in 1988, after the dissolution of The Smiths, with the release of "Viva Hate." His influence on music and culture has continued to grow over the past 25 years through the release of nine globally acclaimed studio albums and an array of singles, rarities collections and live recordings. He is renowned as one of the world's most legendary and influential performing artists of all time, recently exemplified in last year's concert film, "Morrissey 25: Live," recorded in March at a rare intimate show at Hollywood High School in Los Angeles.

The schedule for Morrissey's forthcoming U.S tour is as follows:

May 7

San Jose

CA

City National Civic Auditorium

May 10

Los Angeles

CA

Los Angeles Sports Arena

May 13

El Paso

TX

Plaza Theater

May 14

Albuquerque

NM

Sunshine Theater

May 16

Salt Lake City

UT

Kingsbury Hall

May 17

Denver

CO

Ellie Caulkins Opera House

May 19

Lincoln

NE

Rococo Theatre

May 20

Lawrence

KS

Liberty Hall

May 22

Dallas

TX

Majestic Theatre

May 24

Austin

TX

Austin Music Hall

May 25

Beaumont

TX

Julie Rogers Theatre

May 27

Memphis

TN

Orpheum Theatre

May 28

Nashville

TN

Ryman Auditorium

May 30

St Petersburg

FL

Mahaffey Theater

May 31

Miami

FL

Knight Concert Hall

June 4

Atlanta

GA

Cobb Energy Center

June 6

Atlantic City

NJ

Revel Ovation Hall

June 7

Boston

MA

Boston Opera House

June 10

Baltimore

MD

Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

June 13

Chicago

IL

Civic Opera House

June 14

Flint

MI

James Whiting Auditorium

June 16

Lewiston

NY

Artpark Main Stage Theater

June 17

Wilmington

DE

Grand Opera House

June 19

Hershey

PA

Hershey Theatre

June 21

New York

NY

Barclays Center Arena

 

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