{"id":35679,"date":"2026-08-10T03:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T22:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35679"},"modified":"2026-08-10T03:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T22:08:34","slug":"morrissey-cancels-las-vegas-residency-days-before-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35679","title":{"rendered":"Morrissey Cancels Las Vegas Residency Days Before Opening Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morrissey\/\">Morrissey<\/a> has canceled his upcoming Las Vegas residency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTicket buyers were informed Friday (Aug. 7) that the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-smiths\/\">Smiths<\/a> frontman\u2019s four-night run at Wynn Las Vegas\u2019 Encore Theater, scheduled to begin Aug. 14, had been canceled due to \u201cunforeseen logistical issues,\u201d according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/morrissey-cancels-las-vegas-residency-logistical-challenges-1235605869\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cHello, we regret to inform you that Morrissey \u2013 Live in Concert, scheduled for August 14, 15, 18, and 19 at Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas, has been canceled,\u201d an email said. \u201cDue to unforeseen logistical issues, the scheduled Las Vegas residency cannot take place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe 67-year-old musician\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morrisseycentral.com\/tour\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">official website<\/a> still listed the Las Vegas shows at press time. Wynn\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wynnlasvegas.com\/entertainment\/upcoming-shows\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">entertainment page<\/a> had removed the dates, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/morrissey-live-in-concert-las-vegas-08-18-2026\/event\/17006496B6A3B0DD\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ticketmaster listings<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/concerts\/\" id=\"auto-tag_concerts\" data-tag=\"concerts\">concerts<\/a> state, \u201cUnfortunately, the Event Organizer has had to cancel your event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMorrissey had not publicly commented on the cancellation as of press time. <em>Billboard<\/em> has reached out to his representatives for further details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMorrissey\u2019s last live performance was Aug. 1 at Super Bock Arena in Porto, Portugal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe singer-songwriter currently has live U.S. performances booked through the fall, including Chicago\u2019s Riot Fest on Sept. 19 and Brooklyn\u2019s CBGB Festival on Sept. 26. After stops in Washington, D.C., Nashville and Houston, among other cities, the trek is scheduled to conclude with a headlining set at Darker Waves Festival in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Nov. 14. He will then travel to Europe for a handful of dates to close out the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOver the years, Morrissey has developed a reputation for calling off or rescheduling shows for various reasons. In 2025, he canceled 25 performances and postponed 11, according to <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEarlier this year, in January, Morrissey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/concerts\/morrissey-cancels-first-shows-2026-1236148536\/\">canceled a pair<\/a> of California dates \u2014 shows that had been rescheduled from 2025 \u2014 citing a medical issue. In March, he also pulled the plug on a show in Valencia, Spain, due to \u201csleep deprivation\u201d caused by a loud festival nearby that \u201cleft Morrissey in a catatonic state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMorrissey released his 14th studio album, <em>Make-Up Is a Lie<\/em>, in March.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morrissey has canceled his upcoming Las Vegas residency. Ticket buyers were informed Friday (Aug. 7) that the former Smiths frontman\u2019s four-night run at Wynn Las Vegas\u2019 Encore Theater, scheduled to begin Aug. 14, had been canceled due to \u201cunforeseen logistical issues,\u201d according to Rolling Stone. \u201cHello, we regret to inform you that Morrissey \u2013 Live&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/morrissey-credit-David-Mushegain-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-gossip"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}