Morrissey he spent the night counting sheep.
The “Suedehead” singer, 66, canceled his sold-out concert at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, Spain, on Thursday, March 12, due to “lack of sleep”.
A post on Morrissey’s official website said that after spending two days driving from Milan to his hotel in Valencia, the former Smiths frontman was unable to get a good rest on Wednesday, March 11, due to the city’s infamous Las Fallas beach festival celebrating St. Joseph.
“Any kind of sleep or rest throughout the night was impossible due to the noise of the festival / loud techno announcements / megaphone,” the message reads. “This experience has left Morrissey in a critical position.”
In a follow-up post, Morrissey said he would not list his show as “cancelled” but that it was “impossible” to do so given the “circumstances.”
The Grammy nominee described her stay at the hotel as “unspeakable hell” in a third message later Thursday, dramatically writing, “It’s going to take me a year to recover. And that’s an understatement.”
None of the posts included information about refunds for ticket holders. However, the site’s website shared that fans will be refunded “soon … using the same payment method they used to make the purchase.” The page also noted that the concert was canceled “due to circumstances beyond the promoter’s control.”
Morrissey’s bad temper rarely stops playing. In fact, the WeHeartMusic website keeps a running tally, which now stands at 408 out of 1,725 shows dating back to 1982. (However, the page includes a warning that some gigs have been “postponed” or “shortened” rather than canceled entirely.)
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So far in 2026 alone, the rock star has released six concerts and delayed one, according to the site.
Morrissey is in the middle of a European tour to promote his 14th solo album, Make-up is fakewhich he released on March 6. He has two more shows coming up in Spain: one at the Auditorio de Zaragoza in Zaragoza on Saturday, March 14, and one at the Cartuja Center in Seville on Monday, March 16.
The English singer (full name Steven Patrick Morrissey) has been a successful artist since 1988 after becoming famous as a founding member of The Smiths from 1982 to 1987. Johnny Marrthe drummer Mike Joyce and the late bass player Andy Rourke.
