Morrissey’s 2012 touring plans already include rare trips to South America and Japan in the coming months, but won’t extend to New Zealand after all, as the former Smiths frontman this week announced that “projected dates in New Zealand have once again been scrapped due to poor offers from local promoters.”
Last month, in first announcing his trip to Japan, Moz told fansite True To You — his preferred outlet for communicating to fans these days — that he was also planning concerts in Thailand, the Philippines and New Zealand. On Thursday, he again updated True To You with news of a rescheduled Brazilian concert (see dates below) along with word he won’t be playing New Zealand.
There’s been no mention since of any dates in Thailand or the Philippines.
Currently, Morrissey is slated to perform 11 concerts in South America, hitting Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Colombia in late February and March. Then he’s off to Japan for seven concerts there in April and early May, followed by a single show in South Korea.
Morrissey tour dates:
SOUTH AMERICA
Feb. 24: Viña del Mar International Song Festival, Viña del Mar, Chile
Feb. 26: Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile
Feb. 28: M Arena, Mendoza, Argentina
March 1: Orfeo Arena, Cordoba, Argentina
March 3: Metropolitano, Rosario, Argentina
March 4: Geba, Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 7: Chevrolet Hall, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (new venue)
March 9: Fundicao Progresso, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
March 11: Escapo das Americas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
March 14: Jockey Club, Lima, Peru
March 17: Metropol, Bogota, Colombia
ASIA
April 19: Zepp, Sendai, Japan
April 21: Club Citta, Kawasaki, Japan
April 23: Zepp, Tokyo, Japan
April 24: Zepp, Tokyo, Japan
April 26: Zepp, Fukuoka, Japan
April 27: Zepp, Hiroshima, Japan
May 2: Zepp, Nagoya, Japan
May 6: Ax Hall, Seoul, South Korea
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS:
- Morrissey announces spring tour of Japan — plus first-ever concert in South Korea
- Morrissey unveils full South American tour: Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia
- Morrissey to tour Asia and New Zealand, release new Sparks remix of ‘Suedehead’
- Morrissey’s Top 10 favorite singles that feature Morrissey as lead vocalist
- Morrissey’s Top 10 albums by Morrissey and The Smiths
- Morrissey gives up on record deal, says new album release ‘grows less and less likely’
- Morrissey announces 17-date fall tour of southwestern U.S., Mexico
- ‘The Smiths — Complete’ box set: 8 albums on vinyl, CD; plus 25 7-inch singles, DVD
