Morrissey announces UK tour dates

by Sanctuary Tours

The dates for Morrissey's upcoming UK tour have been announced. The tour is in support of his upcoming album Ringleader of the Tormentors. The album will be in stores on April 4th via Sanctuary Records and is his eighth solo album.

It was promised earlier that the album would be a "balls-to-the-wall rock record". The album was recorded in Rome and produced by Tony Visconti, who has been behind the nobs for epic album from T. Rex and David Bowie. The album includes a string arrangement on the track "Dear God Please Help Me" written by composer Ennio Morricone (Kill Bill, Ramones Raw, Lolita).

Morrissey has had a long career in music, starting with his involvement with the UK New York Dolls fanclub, the band which he successfully urged to reunite in 2004. He went on to be the vocalist for influential band The Smiths. After the Smiths broke up in 1987, he launched his solo career, from which came his 2004 album You Are the Quarry.

DateCityVenue
April 18, 2006Salford, EnglandLowry
April 19, 2006Llandudno, WalesNorth Wales Theatre
April 20, 2006Leeds, EnglandTown Hall
April 22, 2006Aberdeen, ScotlandMusic Hall
April 23, 2006Stirling, ScotlandAlbert Halls
April 25, 2006Dundee, ScotlandCaird Hall
April 26, 2006Greenock, ScotlandTown Hall
April 27, 2006Glasgow, ScotlandAcademy
April 29, 2006Whitehaven, EnglandCivic
April 30, 2006Gateshead, EnglandSage
May 3, 2006Sheffield, EnglandCity Hall
May 4, 2006Grimsby, EnglandAuditorium
May 6, 2006Manchester, EnglandApollo
May 7, 2006Manchester, EnglandOpera House
May 8, 2006Manchester, EnglandBridgewater Hall
May 10, 2006Halifax, EnglandVictoria Hall
May 11, 2006Blackburn, EnglandKing Georges Hall
May 12, 2006Liverpool, EnglandPhilharmonic
May 14, 2006London, EnglandPalladium
May 15, 2006Cardiff, WalesSt David's Hall
May 17, 2006Reading, EnglandHexagon
May 19, 2006Portsmouth, EnglandGuildhall
May 20, 2006Birmingham, EnglandSymphony Hall
May 21, 2006London, EnglandPalladium
May 23, 2006Truro, EnglandHall For Cornwall
May 24, 2006Cheltenham, EnglandTown Hall
May 25, 2006Oxford, EnglandNew Theatre
May 27, 2006Kings LynnCorn Exchange
May 28, 2006London, EnglandPalladium