Morrissey Announces U.S. Tour

Now that Morrissey is properly rested up after canceling all of those dates last year he’s ready to embark on a full-fledged U.S. tour. The 25-date excursion includes one night with Tom Jones as his special guest and one gig with Cliff Richard.

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.”

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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.