{"id":658602,"date":"2026-06-26T02:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/658602\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T02:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:55:10","slug":"tom-morello-cancels-further-european-dates-after-102-year-old-mother-re-admitted-to-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/658602\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Morello cancels further European dates after 102-year-old mother re-admitted to hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Morello<\/a> has cancelled further European dates after sharing that his 102-year-old mother Mary is back in hospital.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Rage Against\u00a0The\u00a0Machine<\/a>\u00a0guitarist\u00a0had\u00a0been due to continue his current UK and European solo run this\u00a0week, but\u00a0has now confirmed that he is heading home to help look after his mother.<\/p>\n

The announcement means Morello will no longer appear at Tons\u00a0Of\u00a0Rock Festival in Oslo tomorrow (June 26) or BBK Music Legends Festival in Bilbao on Saturday (June 27). Refunds for his\u00a0rearranged\u00a0headline London and Paris shows will also be available at point of purchase.<\/p>\n

In a statement shared on Instagram tonight (June 25), Morello wrote: \u201cDear friends, fans and comrades, my dear mom, Mary Morello is back in the hospital and I\u2019m headed home to help look after her. Rocking the UK & Europe with you all this summer has been incredible and I can\u2019t wait to be back with you and continue this movement that we started. With much love, unity and power.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tons Of Rock has since confirmed that The Hellacopters will replace Morello at the Norwegian festival, while BBK Music Legends has announced that Beat \u2013 the project featuring Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai and Danny Carey \u2013 will extend their Saturday set to a full 120-minute performance.<\/p>\n

The latest update comes after\u00a0Morello previously postponed shows in London\u2019s Electric Brixton\u00a0and Paris\u2019 Bataclan\u00a0due to\u00a0his mother\u2019s ill health<\/a>.\u00a0Those shows had been originally rearranged for June 29 and 30, but refunds for both are now being made available following the latest update.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am sorry I\u00a0had to miss\u00a0a few shows due to my mom\u2019s health,\u201d he wrote last week.\u00a0\u201cThe incredibly resilient, indefatigable Mary Morello at 102 is now feeling\u00a0somewhat better\u00a0and has ordered me back into the fray, charging me\u00a0with\u00a0rocking you and fighting fascism six strings at a time.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0on my way and will perform at Pink Pop, and God willing, beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morello did return to the stage for Pinkpop <\/a>in the Netherlands last weekend, and continued with a date in Nijmegen and an appearance at Copenhell in Denmark before the latest cancellation.<\/p>\n

Morello\u2019s recent run included an appearance at Download Festival 2026<\/a>,\u00a0where\u00a0he used his set to send a message to Tommy Robinson<\/a>, displaying the words \u201cFUCK TOMMY ROBINSON\u201d on the back of his guitar.<\/p>\n

The guitarist also recently\u00a0teamed up with Serj Tankian and his Roman on a powerful new single titled \u2018Adjourn It\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Morello\u00a0has also\u00a0announced\u00a0his new Power To The People festival<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the line-up for which boasts Tankian, along with the likes of\u00a0Bruce Springsteen<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Foo Fighters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Morello toured with Springsteen on the legendary artist\u2019s \u2018Land Of Hope And Dreams\u2019 US tour<\/a>\u00a0this\u00a0year. The Boss released\u00a0a live video of his cover of\u00a0Prince\u2018s \u2018Purple Rain\u2019 featuring Morello<\/a>, filmed at\u00a0a gig in Minneapolis<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Morello has cancelled further European dates after sharing that his 102-year-old mother Mary is back in hospital.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,7632,128,20322,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-658602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-live-music-news","tag-music","tag-punk","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}