{"id":124088,"date":"2026-01-19T20:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T20:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/124088\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T20:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T20:11:07","slug":"morrissey-just-canceled-his-tuesday-concert-in-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/124088\/","title":{"rendered":"Morrissey just canceled his Tuesday concert in St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"2875\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/review-at-his-st-petersburg-stop-morrissey-gives-fans-a-tour-through-his-long-back-catalog-of-hits-photos-16503729\/attachment\/morrissey_10-10-23_photos_from_sandrasonik__-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/morrissey_10-10-23_photos_from_sandrasonik__-2.webp?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"morrissey_10-10-23_photos_from_sandrasonik__-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Morrissey at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on Oct. 10,  2023. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/morrissey_10-10-23_photos_from_sandrasonik__-2.webp?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/morrissey_10-10-23_photos_from_sandrasonik__-2.webp?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768853467_551_morrissey_10-10-23_photos_from_sandrasonik__-2.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"A live concert photograph features Morrissey singing into a microphone on stage, accompanied by a guitarist in a pink shirt playing a yellow semi-hollow body electric guitar.\" class=\"wp-image-2875\"  \/>Morrissey at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on Oct. 10,  2023.  Credit: Photo by Sandra Sonik Creative \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n<p>If you must go to work tomorrow, you must not be Morrissey.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019 happened, St. Petersburg, and you won\u2019t be seeing your favorite British crooner on Tuesday after the 66-year-old canceled the show.<\/p>\n<p>An Monday afternoon email from the venue, <a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/duke-energy-center-for-the-arts-mahaffey-theater-13492133\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duke Energy Center for the Arts Mahaffey Theater<\/a>, cited \u201cartist illness\u201d as the culprit. As of last weekend, as Rolling Stone pointed out, the Moz has already <a href=\"http:\/\/rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/morrissey-canceled-tour-dates-2026-1235500792\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">canceled 19% of his planned 2026 tour dates<\/a>\u2014unsurprising since he missed half of his planned performances in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Refunds, the email added, are on the way via the original payment method.<\/p>\n<p>Fans had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/morrisseys-st-petersburg-concert-is-still-on-for-now\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">high hopes for Morrissey actually making the gig<\/a>, however, especially since the show set for Tuesday, Jan. 20 was already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/morrisseys-friday-st-pete-show-postponed-to-2026-20020323\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a makeup date from a show that was set for last May<\/a>. Morrissey even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/music\/concert-reviews\/morrissey-finally-showed-up-in-san-antonio-offering-long-awaited-answer-to-its-undying-love\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">showed up to a recent San Antonio gig<\/a>, even chiding a reporter who cheekily published a story highlighting the dodgy nature of buying a ticket to\u00a0 one of his shows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/jan-15-21-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jan. 15 \u2013 21, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morrissey at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on Oct. 10, 2023. 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