Morrissey made a similar announcement to the Spice Girls on Friday, though his could well piss off more people, given these shows had already sold out, and one was pulled half way through.
As previously reported, Morrissey had to stop one of his recent shows at the Roundhouse in London after he lost his voice five songs in. Two further sold out gigs due to take place the following weekend were also cancelled. Promoters announced on Friday that attempts to reschedule those gigs had been unsuccessful.
The statement read thus: "The organisers [of the Morrissey tour] regret to announce that it has not been possible to reschedule Morrissey's 3 postponed January shows at the Roundhouse. The original 6 night run was completely sold out and the three shows that did take place were historic. The artiste and promoters tried strenuously to reschedule the three shows but it proved impossible. We would like to extend our apologies to all of Morrissey's loyal fans over this unavoidable situation".
Ah well, at least they tried "strenuously". Ticket holders for any of the cancelled gigs, including those who attended the gig that was cut short, will get complete refunds.