{"id":499854,"date":"2026-06-14T22:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T22:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/499854\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T22:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T22:30:08","slug":"morrissey-demands-meme-maker-remove-malefactors-post-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/499854\/","title":{"rendered":"Morrissey Demands Meme Maker Remove “Malefactors” Post: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Morrissey<\/a> didn\u2019t appreciate a certain bit of recent satire directed at him, apparently.<\/p>\n

The Smiths singer\u2019s team is said to have requested a post on Instagram by Morrissey-meme maker MozPosting be taken down, according to reporting by Stereogum<\/a>. Morrissey\u2019s team apparently sent the request saying the post constituted \u201ccopyright infringement and impersonation,\u201d MozPosting relayed in an Instagram story after fulfilling the takedown request.<\/p>\n

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The post by MozPosting mimicked the look of a post on Morrissey\u2019s official website and listed the singer\u2019s supposed enemies under the title \u201cThe Malefactors.\u201d<\/a> The joke was that list contained a meandering and extensive series of absurd names, including Edward Cullen, the vampire of the Twilight series, Ulfric Stormcloak, a character in the Skyrim video game, and Popeye among other real but equality outlandish prospects such as 50 Cent, Meryl Streep, and Gordon Ramsey, who likely are nowhere near enemies of Morrissey. The list also named Johnny Marr three times. Get it? Morrissey really doesn\u2019t like The Smiths guitarist. Readers will have to decide if that\u2019s a joke or not.<\/p>\n

MozPosting uploaded a series of stories on Instagram saying Morrissey\u2019s team had demanded the post be removed, Stereogum reported. \u201cThis account is and has always been intended as satire, and the post was a parody, but I don\u2019t want to create any unnecessary issues,\u201d MozPosting said. \u201cThank you to everyone who enjoyed the joke while it lasted,\u201d and added \u201cTo everyone messaging asking if my previous story is a joke\u2026.. unfortunately, it isn\u2019t. I\u2019m genuinely devastated. I\u2019m a huge fan of the man\u2019s music, and this whole situation has been incredibly disheartening.\u201d<\/p>\n

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MozPosting explained \u201cI created this page out of appreciation and to share a few laughs in difficult times, because goodness knows we could all use them. It was never intended to cause harm.\u201d<\/p>\n

The takedown request came a couple days after Morrissey\u2019s team said on his website that they discovered nine online impersonators<\/a> with political agendas, including one that was connected to a site in the U.S. that is \u201cgenerally unsupportive\u201d of the singer. One of the impersonators was connected to a former band member of The Smiths, according to Morrissey\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

In other news, Morrissey has scheduled a June 19th release of Deluxe Notre-Dame EP.\u00a0It is available for pre-order here<\/a>. Morrissey will start a tour in Europe later in June before coming to the US this summer and fall to support his latest album, Make-Up Is a Lie,<\/a> which came out in March. Fans can get tour tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See where Morrissey ranks in Consequence\u2019s\u00a0100 list of The 100 Best Vocalists of All Time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Morrissey 2026 Tour Dates:
06\/27 \u2013 Lillestr\u00f8m, NO @ Nova Spektrum
07\/01 \u2013 R\u00e4ttvik, SE @ Dalhalla
07\/04 \u2013 Gothenburg, SE @ Partille Arena
07\/07 \u2013 Berlin, DE @ Zitadelle Spandau
07\/09 \u2013 Warsaw, PL @ Letnia Scena Progresji
07\/12 \u2013 Budapest, HU @ Barba Negra Red Stage
07\/15 \u2013 Ljubljana, SI @ Kri\u017eanke
07\/19 \u2013 Lake Como, IT @ Lake Sound Park
07\/21 \u2013 Asti, IT @ Asti Musica
07\/25 \u2013 Barcelona, ES @ Poble Espanyol
07\/29 \u2013 Madrid, ES @ Movistar Arena
08\/01 \u2013 Porto, PT @ Super Bock Arena
08\/14 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV @ Wynn Las Vegas \/ Encore Theater
08\/15 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV @ Wynn Las Vegas \/ Encore Theater
08\/18 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV @ Wynn Las Vegas \/ Encore Theater
08\/19 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV @ Wynn Las Vegas \/ Encore Theater
09\/22 \u2013 Buffalo, NY @ Shea\u2019s Performing Arts Center
09\/26 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ CBGB Festival
09\/30 \u2013 Lowell, MA @ Lowell Memorial Auditorium
10\/15 \u2013 Washington, DC @ The Anthem
10\/18 \u2013 Greensboro, NC @ Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts
10\/21 \u2013 Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace
10\/25 \u2013 Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle
10\/29 \u2013 Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
11\/01 \u2013 Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
11\/06 \u2013 El Paso, TX @ Don Haskins Center
11\/10 \u2013 Tempe, AZ @ Mullett Arena at Arizona State University
11\/14 \u2013 Huntington Beach, CA @ Darker Waves Festival
12\/31 \u2013 Brussels, BE @ Forest National<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morrissey didn\u2019t appreciate a certain bit of recent satire directed at him, apparently. The Smiths singer\u2019s team is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-499854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}