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
April 18, 2006Salford, England Lowry
April 19, 2006Llandudno, Wales North Wales Theatre
April 20, 2006Leeds, England Town Hall
April 22, 2006Aberdeen, Scotland Music Hall
April 23, 2006Stirling, Scotland Albert Halls
April 25, 2006Dundee, Scotland Caird Hall
April 26, 2006Greenock, Scotland Town Hall
April 27, 2006Glasgow, Scotland Academy
April 29, 2006Whitehaven, England Civic
April 30, 2006Gateshead, England Sage
May 3, 2006Sheffield, England City Hall
May 4, 2006Grimsby, England Auditorium
May 6, 2006Manchester, England Apollo
May 7, 2006Manchester, England Opera House
May 8, 2006Manchester, England Bridgewater Hall
May 10, 2006Halifax, England Victoria Hall
May 11, 2006Blackburn, England King Georges Hall
May 12, 2006Liverpool, England Philharmonic
May 14, 2006London, England Palladium
May 15, 2006Cardiff, Wales St David's Hall
May 17, 2006Reading, England Hexagon
May 19, 2006Portsmouth, England Guildhall
May 20, 2006Birmingham, England Symphony Hall
May 21, 2006London, England Palladium
May 23, 2006Truro, England Hall For Cornwall
May 24, 2006Cheltenham, England Town Hall
May 25, 2006Oxford, England New Theatre
May 27, 2006Kings Lynn Corn Exchange
May 28, 2006London, England Palladium