Tours: Morrissey announces UK tour dates
The dates for Morrissey's upcoming UK tour have been announced. The tour is in support of his upcoming album Ringleader of the Tormentors. The album will be in stores on April 4th via Sanctuary Records and is his eighth solo album.It was promised earlier that the album would be a "balls-to-the-wall rock record". The album was recorded in Rome and produced by Tony Visconti, who has been behind the nobs for epic album from T. Rex and David Bowie. The album includes a string arrangement on the track "Dear God Please Help Me" written by composer Ennio Morricone (Kill Bill, Ramones Raw, Lolita).
Morrissey has had a long career in music, starting with his involvement with the UK New York Dolls fanclub, the band which he successfully urged to reunite in 2004. He went on to be the vocalist for influential band The Smiths. After the Smiths broke up in 1987, he launched his solo career, from which came his 2004 album You Are the Quarry.
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Date | City | Venue |
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April 18, 2006 | Salford, England | Lowry |
April 19, 2006 | Llandudno, Wales | North Wales Theatre |
April 20, 2006 | Leeds, England | Town Hall |
April 22, 2006 | Aberdeen, Scotland | Music Hall |
April 23, 2006 | Stirling, Scotland | Albert Halls |
April 25, 2006 | Dundee, Scotland | Caird Hall |
April 26, 2006 | Greenock, Scotland | Town Hall |
April 27, 2006 | Glasgow, Scotland | Academy |
April 29, 2006 | Whitehaven, England | Civic |
April 30, 2006 | Gateshead, England | Sage |
May 3, 2006 | Sheffield, England | City Hall |
May 4, 2006 | Grimsby, England | Auditorium |
May 6, 2006 | Manchester, England | Apollo |
May 7, 2006 | Manchester, England | Opera House |
May 8, 2006 | Manchester, England | Bridgewater Hall |
May 10, 2006 | Halifax, England | Victoria Hall |
May 11, 2006 | Blackburn, England | King Georges Hall |
May 12, 2006 | Liverpool, England | Philharmonic |
May 14, 2006 | London, England | Palladium |
May 15, 2006 | Cardiff, Wales | St David's Hall |
May 17, 2006 | Reading, England | Hexagon |
May 19, 2006 | Portsmouth, England | Guildhall |
May 20, 2006 | Birmingham, England | Symphony Hall |
May 21, 2006 | London, England | Palladium |
May 23, 2006 | Truro, England | Hall For Cornwall |
May 24, 2006 | Cheltenham, England | Town Hall |
May 25, 2006 | Oxford, England | New Theatre |
May 27, 2006 | Kings Lynn | Corn Exchange |
May 28, 2006 | London, England | Palladium |