Morrissey Announces U.S. Tour

The publication of Moz’s long-awaited autobiography was seemingly the only bright spot in the British singer/songwriter’s 2013. His tour schedule was destroyed by one illness after another including double pneumonia, a bleeding ulcer and a gastrointestinal condition known as Barrett’s esophagus. And then there was food poisoning during his trip to South America followed by Morrissey calling off the rest of the outing because of a “lack of funding.” To cap off his unlucky year, in November fan site True To You reported he had recently been discharged from the hospital after suffering a “concussion, whiplash and an arm injury.”

But 2014 is going to be different! Well, fingers crossed! Things had already started looking up for the former Smiths frontman in January when he announced he had finally signed a record deal. A post on Morrissey’s Facebook page says he planned to record a new album in France starting on Feb. 1 for his two-album deal with Capitol Records.

The 2014 tour begins May 7 in San Jose. Tom Jones will join Morrissey in Los Angeles on the next stop at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena May 10. The trek wraps up with a May 21 show at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., featuring special guest Cliff Richard. Kristeen Young also appears May 10 and May 21.

Here’s the full itinerary:

May 7 – San Jose, Calif., City National Civic Of San Jose     
May 10 – Los Angeles, Calif., Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena     
May 13 – El Paso, Texas, The Plaza Theatre     
May 14 – Albuquerque, N.M., Sunshine Theatre     
May 16 – Salt Lake City, Utah, Kingsbury Hall    
May 17 – Denver, Colo., Ellie Caulkins Opera House
May 19 – Lincoln, Neb., Rococo Theatre     
May 20 – Lawrence, Kan., Liberty Hall     
May 22 – Dallas, Texas, Majestic Theatre     
May 24 – Austin, Texas, Austin Music Hall     
May 25 – Beaumont, Texas, Julie Rogers Theatre     
May 27 – Memphis, Tenn., Orpheum Theatre     
May 28 – Nashville, Tenn., Ryman Auditorium     
May 30 – Saint Petersburg, Fla., Mahaffey Theater     
May 31 – Miami, Fla., Knight Concert Hall     
June 4 – Atlanta, Ga., Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre     
June 6 – Atlantic City, N.J., Ovation Hall     
June 7 – Boston, Mass., The Boston Opera House     
June 10 – Baltimore, Md., Meyerhoff Symphony Hall     
June 13 – Chicago, Ill., Civic Opera House     
June 14 – Flint, Mich., The Whiting     
June 16 – Lewiston, N.Y., Artpark Mainstage Theater     
June 17 – Wilmington, Del., Grand Opera House     
June 19 – Hershey, Pa., Hershey Theatre     
June 21 – Brooklyn, N.Y., Barclays Center

Tickets for all dates go on sale Feb. 21.

For more information click here for Morrissey’s Facebook and visit True-To-You.net.