The former frontman of The Smiths said “despite recent fiascoes” he will perform a pair of concerts in Las Vegas on July 26 and July 27 at the House of Blues. “Having hung upside down for several months, I am now in good health – like an arrow fully drawn and waiting to be fired: please fling me,” he said in a statement on Instagram. It comes after the 65-year-old sought “medical supervision for physical exhaustion” and was “ordered to rest for two weeks”, forcing him to cancel a number of US tour dates in late January.
Speaking about his new Las Vegas performances, Morrissey said on Instagram: “Life begins again with full accompaniment from Jesse Tobias (guitar), Carmen Vandenberg (guitar), Camila Grey (keyboards), Solomon Walker (bass), and Matthew Walker (drums.) “Expect a night of thrust and parry – no-show tunes. If you can find a decent pair of shoes, by all means come along.
There is nothing quite like physical proximity, I am assured.” Morrissey, full name Steven Patrick Morrissey, featured in The Smiths’ original line-up alongside guitarist Johnny Marr, drummer Mike Joyce and bassist Andy Rourke. Rourke died last year aged 59, following a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer.
The influential English band had a string of hits in the 1980s with songs including Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, This Charming Man and There Is A Light That Never Goes Out. The band, powered by the songwriting partnership of Marr and Morrissey, split in 1987, ha.