Morrissey cancels Valencia show due to lack of sleep

Morrissey, who is no stranger to canceling concerts called off his Valencia, Spain gig on Thursday (March 11) citing the least rock & roll excuse of all time: a lack of sleep, and all because other people were having fun.

Posts on Morrissey Central’s “Messages From Morrissey” page painted a vulgar picture of how the world won’t listen to his pleas for peace and quiet: “Having travelled for two days by road, Morrissey reached the hotel in Valencia late on Wednesday,” the first post said. “Any form of sleep or rest throughout the night was impossible due to festival noise / loud techno singing / megaphone announcements. This experience has left Morrissey in a catatonic state. Before leaving for tonight’s scheduled concert, please check that the show remains possible under these circumstances.”

The crescendo began with the second: “Tonight’s scheduled show in Valencia has been rendered impossible due to sleep deprivation,” it said. “Morrissey drove from Milan to Valencia but has been unable to rest in Valencia due to noise.” But the post said the show was not “canceled,” rather that “circumstances render the show impossible.” (A rep for Morrissey has since confirmed for Rolling Stone that the concert is indeed canceled.”

Then finally, words attributed as coming directly from Morrissey’s own mouth appeared: “Morrissey has described his hotel on Plaza Manises as … ‘indescribable hell. It will take me one year to recover. And that is an understatement.’”

The Associated Press reports that the noise Morrissey apparently had trouble sleeping through may be from celebrations taking place in anticipation of Valencia’s Las Fallas festival, which kicked off on March 1. It features parties in the street and fireworks. It will end on March 19 with the burning of papier-mache sculptures.

Moz(zzz) is touring in support of his recently released Make-Up Is a Lie, his 14th solo album since the Smiths broke up.

From Rolling Stone.