{"id":2037632,"date":"2025-09-20T20:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2037632"},"modified":"2025-09-20T20:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:00:25","slug":"morrissey-cancels-boston-show-after-credible-threat-on-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/morrissey-cancels-boston-show-after-credible-threat-on-his-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Morrissey cancels Boston show after &#8216;credible threat&#8217; on his life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"story_dl\">Sept. 20 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> Outspoken British rock star Morrissey has canceled two weekend shows in the United States due to a &#8220;credible threat on his life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;In recent days, there has been a credible threat on Morrissey&#8217;s life,&#8221; representatives for the venue where the 66-year-old singer was to perform Saturday <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOyglc1EUlX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=3dcb46fa-6a25-454d-92c9-01becddc8014\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote on Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wrote on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both the artist and band, tomorrow&#8217;s engagement at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway has been cancelled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_agt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_igt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The former Smiths front-man also posted on his<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOyoHbqkZcT\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:personal account;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> personal account<\/a>: &#8220;Due to recent events and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both the artist and band, the upcoming shows this weekend at Foxwoods and MGM Music Hall have been cancelled. All tickets will be refunded automatically at your original point of purchase. We appreciate your understanding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The vocal critic of British politicians and immigration policies also canceled Friday&#8217;s concert in Mashantucket, Conn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The move comes more than a week after U.S. conservative activist Charlie Kirk<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2025\/09\/12\/utah-resident-custody-charlie-kirk-shooting\/3101757690259\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:was shot and killed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> was shot and killed<\/a> at an event in Utah.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sept. 20 (UPI) &#8212; Outspoken British rock star Morrissey has canceled two weekend shows in the United States due to a &#8220;credible threat on his life.&#8221; &#8220;In recent days, there has been a credible threat on Morrissey&#8217;s life,&#8221; representatives for the venue where the 66-year-old singer was to perform Saturday wrote on Instagram. &#8220;Out of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2037633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[375638,353508],"class_list":["post-2037632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-credible-threat","tag-morrissey"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Morrissey-cancels-Boston-show-after-credible-threat-on-his-life.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2037633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}