{"id":240334,"date":"2025-09-20T01:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T01:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/240334\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T01:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T01:59:09","slug":"morrissey-assassination-threat-prompts-rocker-to-cancel-boston-connecticut-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/240334\/","title":{"rendered":"Morrissey assassination threat prompts rocker to cancel Boston, Connecticut shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

British rocker Morrissey has cancelled two shows in New England after his team said there was a \u201ccredible threat\u201d to assassinate him onstage \u2014 a move that came days after an Ottawa man was charged over an alleged online death threat<\/a> tied to the singer\u2019s Sept. 12 festival set in Canada.<\/p>\n

The canceled concerts were set for Friday at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., and Saturday at Boston\u2019s MGM Music Hall at Fenway.<\/p>\n

Both venues said refunds would be issued.<\/a><\/p>\n

Morrissey canceled his Foxwoods and Boston shows after his team cited a \u201ccredible threat\u201d to assassinate him onstage. Aissaoui Nacer \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

\u201cIn recent days, there has been a credible threat on Morrissey\u2019s life,\u201d read a notice on the star\u2019s official social media pages on Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cOut of an abundance of caution for the safety of both the artist and band,\u201d the two dates were pulled.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll tickets will be refunded automatically at your original point of purchase,\u201d the post read. Morrisey, whose full name is Steven Patrick Morrissey, thanked his fans for understanding.<\/p>\n

Canadian authorities say 26-year-old Noah Castellano posted a threat on Bluesky on Sept. 4 before Morrissey\u2019s CityFolk appearance in Ottawa, according to court documents cited by local media.<\/a><\/p>\n

Police arrested Castellano on Sept. 12 and charged him with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm. He was released on $5,000 bail.<\/p>\n

A Bluesky account using the name \u201cguy who gets shot in the head one hundred thousand times a day\u201d allegedly wrote: \u201cSteven Patrick Morrissey when you perform at TD Place here in Ottawa next week\u2026 I will attempt to shoot you many times and kill you with a very large gun that I own illegally.\u201d<\/p>\n

The venues said all tickets would be refunded automatically at the original point of purchase, and Morrissey thanked fans for understanding. YUI MOK\/PA\/ABACA<\/p>\n

The Ottawa Citizen reported the post matches court filings.<\/p>\n

Despite the alleged threat, Morrissey\u2019s CityFolk set went ahead on Sept. 12<\/a>, followed by shows in Toronto on Sept. 13 and New York City on Sept. 16.<\/p>\n

The New England dates were the first to be scrapped after the arrest surfaced publicly.<\/p>\n

The cancellations were announced against the backdrop of heightened sensitivity after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead at a Utah college event on Sept. 10<\/a>, an incident that has put security at live events under the microscope.<\/p>\n

The Smiths were a Manchester band made up of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass), and Mike Joyce (drums). Lawrence Watson \/ RetnaUK<\/p>\n

The former Smiths frontman, 66, is a controversial figure in the UK, where he has made statements that have been denounced as racist and misogynistic.<\/p>\n

In 2019, he wore a pin for the UK\u2019s far-right For Britain movement<\/a> on NBC\u2019s \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,\u201d after previously praising the party in interviews.<\/p>\n

The 66-year-old former Smiths frontman is a lightning rod in the UK for remarks denounced as racist and misogynistic. New York Post<\/p>\n

In 2010, he referred to Chinese people as a \u201csubspecies\u201d<\/a> during an interview about animal cruelty in China.<\/p>\n

A 2017 interview with Germany\u2019s Der Spiegel <\/a>drew backlash for comments Morrissey made that were critical of the #MeToo movement.<\/p>\n

Morrissey has also repeatedly attacked Islamic practices<\/a>, calling halal slaughter \u201cevil\u201d and falsely linking halal certification to ISIS, while blasting UK politicians for supporting halal meat in public institutions.<\/a><\/p>\n

He has also mocked Muslim public figures and rituals, including London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Eid observances.<\/p>\n

Civil rights and anti-racist groups have condemned his remarks as Islamophobic and urged boycotts of his shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British rocker Morrissey has cancelled two shows in New England after his team said there was a \u201ccredible…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":240335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[43175,45326,19719,171,98083,3717,67,132,68,1154],"class_list":{"0":"post-240334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-assassination","9":"tag-assassinations","10":"tag-charlie-kirk","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-morrissey","13":"tag-musicians","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-us-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115234155011934747","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}