Make-Up Is A Lie<\/em>, in March.<\/p>\nThe collection landed more than five years after signing a new deal with Sire Records, a Warner Records imprint that once housed his old band. <\/p>\n
The 66-year-old star reflected on the drawn-out journey to its release in an entry on Morrissey Central, acknowledging: \u201cThe wait has sometimes felt like a tragedy, but the release today of Make-up Is A Lie is like a reunion of lovers.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd after several plays it seems to have existed always. <\/p>\n
“We can now place our faith in what is visible. <\/p>\n
“Please sit in your favourite chair in your dark cabin with the lights out \u2013 or, get off your head and enjoy some impulsive self-humiliation \u2013 as I often do. <\/p>\n
“I hope you consider Make-Up Is A Lie to be worth the attention that you give it. <\/p>\n
“Many of us, here, and in France, Turkey, Poland, The Netherlands, Denmark, Greece, America, England\u2026 We have waited because our belief is unchallengeable: let the squawkers squawk.<\/p>\n
“What survives beyond their grasp is love. <\/p>\n
“I insist on being myself in spite of much discouragement, and this\u00a0new music is a valid portrait of much more to come in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was believed he would release his much-delayed album, Bonfire of Teenagers<\/em>, on the new label, but the tracklisting was for a completely new record.<\/p>\nMorrissey\u2019s career has faced difficulties in recent years.<\/p>\n
Record label BMG cut ties with him in November 2020 \u2013 a decision the singer said was linked to the company\u2019s \u201cnew plans for diversity\u201d.<\/p>\n
He completed Bonfire of Teenagers<\/em> in 2021, with its title track referencing the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.<\/p>\nAlthough initially due for release under Capitol Records in February 2023, Morrissey said at the end of 2022 he had \u201cvoluntarily\u201d parted ways with both the label and his management, and claimed the record was being withheld.<\/p>\n
In 2024, he revealed he had completed a second new album that he had been unable to release.<\/p>\n
He told Medium: \u201cThe second one was re-recorded in France in late 2023, and given a new title. We scrapped half of the tracks and we recorded six new ones, and so it is not the album from the beginning of 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n
He’s also had to pull out of several shows in recent times due to “extreme exhaustion” and ill health.<\/p>\n
Morrissey\u2019s 2026 UK dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n06 December \u2013 Brighton Centre<\/p>\n
10 December \u2013 Cardiff Utilita Arena<\/p>\n
12 December \u2013 Liverpool M&S Bank Arena<\/p>\n
16 December \u2013 Glasgow OVO Hydro<\/p>\n
19 December \u2013 Leeds First Direct Arena<\/p>\n
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\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.contactmusic.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Morrissey has announced a fresh run of UK arena dates for December 2026, following his sold\u2011out show at London\u2019s The O2 earlier this year.
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