{"id":239615,"date":"2025-09-19T19:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239615\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T19:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:13:09","slug":"morrissey-cancels-gig-after-credible-threat-on-life-man-charged-for-posting-death-threat-on-bluesky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239615\/","title":{"rendered":"Morrissey cancels gig after &#8220;credible threat on life&#8221;, man charged for posting death threat on Bluesky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/morrissey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morrissey<\/a> has cancelled two gigs after a \u201ccredible threat\u201d on his life.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/morrissey-i-am-not-a-dog-on-a-chain-review-2623817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morrissey \u2013 \u2018I Am Not A Dog On A Chain\u2019 review: his best album in years (if you can tune out his opinions)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last Friday (September 12), the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-smiths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Smiths<\/a> frontman headlined CityFolk music festival in Ottawa, Canada. Since his performance, reports have emerged of an alleged death threat against him.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents allege that a threat was posted to Bluesky on September 4, from an account named \u201cguy who gets shot in the head one hundred thousand times a day,\u201d per <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/morrissey-alleged-death-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ottawa Citizen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It reads: \u201cSteven Patrick Morrissey when you perform at TD Place here in Ottawa next week on the evening of September 12th, 2025 at about 9pm, I will be present at the venue in the audience and I will attempt to shoot you many times and kill you with a very large gun that I own illegally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A 26-year-old man named Noah Castellano was arrested for the incident and later released on $5,000 CAD (\u00a32,691) bail. He has declined to elaborate on the charge, telling Ottawa Citizen: \u201cI\u2019m not interested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, the musician has cancelled two upcoming shows. The first was scheduled for tonight (September 19) at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT.<\/p>\n<p>Another show slated for tomorrow night (September 20) at Boston\u2019s MGM Music Hall has also been cancelled, with the venue saying: \u201cIn recent days, there has been a credible threat on Morrissey\u2019s life. Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both the artist and band, tomorrow\u2019s engagement at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway has been cancelled.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOyglc1EUlX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In other Morrissey news, the musician recently took to his <a style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &#039;Segoe UI&#039;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &#039;Open Sans&#039;, &#039;Helvetica Neue&#039;, sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.morrisseycentral.com\/messagesfrommorrissey\/a-soul-for-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>\u00a0to share that he had \u201c<a style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &#039;Segoe UI&#039;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &#039;Open Sans&#039;, &#039;Helvetica Neue&#039;, sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/morrissey-burnt-out-by-any-and-all-connections-to-marr-rourke-joyce-wants-to-sell-all-his-business-interests-in-the-smiths-3890019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no choice but to offer for sale all of his business interests\u201d in The Smiths<\/a>\u00a0to any potential investors or parties.<\/p>\n<p>He explained in a statement: \u201cI am burnt out by any and all connections to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/johnny-marr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Johnny] Marr<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/andy-rourke-the-smiths-bassist-obituary-3445484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Andy] Rourke<\/a>, [Mike] Joyce. I have had enough of malicious associations. With my entire life I have paid my rightful dues to these songs and these images. I would now like to live disassociated from those who wish me nothing but ill-will and destruction, and this is the only resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A subsequent update shared that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/after-colossal-response-morrissey-is-no-longer-taking-applications-to-buy-his-stake-in-the-smiths-3890510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0the email address has been \u201cswitched off\u201d due to a \u201ccolossal response\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, he recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/morrissey-politely-declined-chance-to-perform-at-reform-uks-party-conference-3890882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed that he had declined an invitation to perform at Reform UK\u2019s party conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The brief statement on Morrissey\u2019s website concluded by saying he was \u201capolitical\u201d and had never \u201cjoined a political party \u2013 or voted \u2013 in his entire life\u201d, though he was \u201cthankful for the invitation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morrissey has cancelled two gigs after a \u201ccredible threat\u201d on his life. 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