Morrissey on 2009 tour (From This Is Wiltshire)

Morrissey on 2009 tour

9:59am Friday 2nd January 2009

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After selling out London’s Royal Albert Hall on May 11 and two homecoming shows at the Manchester Apollo on May 22 and 23 in 15 minutes, Morrissey will embark on a full UK Tour in May 2009 with mainland Europe dates to follow in June.

As part of his Tour of Refusal world tour kicking off in the US in February, Morrissey will start his May 2009 UK tour at Stirling Albert Hall on Monday June 4 and finishes with additional London shows at Mile End Troxy Ballroom on Tuesday, June 26 and London Brixton O2 Academy on Thursday June 28. Morrissey will be joined on the UK run and select European dates by special guest Doll & The Kicks.

Morrissey’s new studio album Years of Refusal will be released on February 16 on Polydor, preceded by the single I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris one week before. The single will be supported by two new songs Because Of My Poor Education and Shame Is The Name, the latter featuring additional vocals by Chrissie Hynde.

Years of Refusal was completed earlier this year at Conway Studios in LA with the late Jerry Finn, producer of Morrissey’s acclaimed 2004 UK No.2 album You Are The Quarry. Morrissey describes the new album, the follow up to 2006’s Ringleader of The Tormentors (a UK No.1), as his strongest work to date. The 12-track album includes a clutch of new songs played live in recent months including I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris, Something Is Squeezing My Skull, Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed and One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell.

Morrissey will be playing The City Hall, Salisbury on May 25, 2009.

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