Dresden Schlachthof, Ger - 15 Oct 99
From Sarah
There's a story on Morrissey at the Spin.Com website...Heres the link so you can read it and/or put it up on your site:
Morrissey: Meat Still Murder
Morrissey canceled the second show of his brief fall tour earlier this week (an engagement at the House of Blues in Las Vegas was called off at the last minute, earlier this month when one of the former Smiths vocalist's band members took ill). Rumor has it the Mozzer became outraged when someone had the good sense to translate the name of the Dresden, Germany venue which was to host them on October 18. Seems "Schlachthof" translates as er...slaughterhouse...as in the place where they kill "beautiful creatures" so that vulgar carnivores can "savor the flavor of murder" (to quote The Smiths most famous vegetarian screed, 1984's" Meat is Murder"). According to the NME, and other UK fan sites, this was too much for the sensitive icon to bare, despite the fact that the venue had long since been converted.
From Melanie Oliveiro
This just in, taken from the NME website
SLAUGHTERHOUSE JIVE
MORRISSEY pulled a gig in Germany last week because it was scheduled to
take place in a converted slaughterhouse.
Staunch vegetarian Morrissey was due to play Dresden Slaughterhouse on
October 18, but pulled out hours before he was set to go onstage.
The official reason given was that the layout of the venue made it
impossible to play.
Morrissey's agent Mike Hinc told NME: "There was no direct access to the
stage, we couldn't put our lights up and it was just the wrong shape. It
just couldn't be done."
However, NME understands the cancellation occurred because Morrissey only
realised the venue was a converted slaughterhouse when he arrived.
A source told NME that because of his anti-meat and animal rights beliefs
he became increasingly squeamish about the gig and eventually refused to play.
Coincidentally, the former Smiths singer has reintroduced 'Meat Is Murder'
into his current live show.
It is not thought that the gig in Dresden will be rescheduled.
Meanwhile, Morrissey has added a fourth date at the London Kentish Town
Forum on November 13 with support from Mexican Elvis impersonator El Vez.
Morrissey's UK gig kicks off on November 9 at Nottingham Rock City and
continues until December 6 where it concludes at Aylesbury Civic Hall.
From Music365 & Moz-solo
Morrissey Refuses To Play German Slaughterhouse
Wed Oct 27 1999 13:47 BST
MORRISSEY refused to play a gig in Germany last week because it was booked to take place in a converted slaughterhouse.
Devout vegetarian Morrissey refused to perform at the aptly named Dresden Slaughterhouse on October 18, pulling out hours before he was due onstage.
The former Smiths singer's agent Mike Hinc told British music magazine NME that the reason for the cancellation was because of the layout of the venue. He said: "There was no direct access to the stage, we couldn't put our lights up and it was just the wrong shape. It just couldn't be done".
The NME however, understands that Morrissey cancelled because he only realised the venue was a converted slaughterhouse when he arrived and became increasingly squeamish about the gig until he finally decided not to play.
Morrissey begins his UK tour in November. The dates are as follows: Nottingham Rock City (November 9), Leeds Town & Country Club (10), Liverpool Royal Court (11), London Kentish Town Forum (14-16), Swansea Branwyn Hall (18), Salisbury City Hall (20), Norwich UEA (22), Belfast Ulster Hall (24), Derry Rialto (25), Cork Opera House (27), Limerick University (28), Dublin National Concert Hall (December 1 & 2) and Glasgow Barrowlands (5).
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From Lisa Murer
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 08:14:40 -0700 (PDT)
Dresden is officially cancelled [ Dresden Schlachthof, Germany - 18 Oct 99 ]
Dresden tickets will be honored at Leipzig show which
the Dresden venue people said was the next show. So
where does that leave Berlin???
The reason given by venue people for the cancellation
was that Morrissey was sick
Tina from Germany was told that he didn't want to play
a slaughterhouse.
Our guesses as to the reason: not enough tickets were
sold for tonight, he didn't want to play a
slaughterhouse, production problems. Who knows? It
was time to "pull a Morrissey"?
Also, the production people had been at the venue at 7
to set up, but had packed everything up and left by 11
and gone back to the hotel.
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