Morrissey has cancelled two exhibits within the US over a “credible risk on his life”, in line with his official Fb web page.
The previous Smiths singer, 66, was attributable to seem at Foxwoods Resort On line casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, on Friday evening, and at MGM Music Corridor at Fenway in Boston, Massachusetts, on Saturday.
However a press release posted on his Fb account on Friday night stated: “In current days, there was a reputable risk on Morrissey’s life. Out of an abundance of warning for the security of each the artist and viewers, tonight’s engagement at Foxwoods has been cancelled. We admire your understanding.”
A second put up stated each the exhibits had been cancelled attributable to “current occasions and out of an abundance of warning for the security of each the artist and band”.
The British singer, whose full identify is Steven Patrick Morrissey, is on a world tour and attributable to seem in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, with performances booked throughout the US earlier than heading to Mexico for a present on 31 October.
Earlier this week a 26-year-old man from Ottawa, Canada, was launched on bail after allegedly threatening to kill Morrissey at his efficiency within the metropolis.
The person is accused of issuing a risk towards Morrissey on Bluesky on 4 September, the Ottawa Citizen reported, citing court docket paperwork.
In accordance with the information outlet, a put up on the social media platform learn: “Steven Patrick Morrissey while you carry out at TD Place right here in Ottawa subsequent week on the night of September twelfth, 2025 at about 9pm, I can be current on the venue within the viewers and I’ll try and shoot you a lot occasions and kill you with a really giant gun that I personal illegally.”
The present in Ottawa went forward as deliberate.
The Instagram put up on Morrissey’s account didn’t elaborate on what “current occasions” it was referring to, but it surely comes after outstanding conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot useless throughout a talking occasion in Utah final week.
Morrissey introduced earlier this month that he had “no alternative” however to place up on the market everything of his enterprise pursuits within the Smiths.
The deal, introduced on his web site, Morrissey Solo, in a put up titled “A Soul for Sale”, would come with the band’s identify and paintings, which he created, in addition to his share of merchandising rights, lyrical and musical compositions, synchronisation, recordings and publishing contractual rights.

