So far, San Antonio is one of only 2 shows Morrissey hasn't canceled this year

Morrissey performs at San Antonio’s Boeing Center earlier this month. Credit: Jaime Monzon

Singer Morrissey has canceled every tour date so far this year except San Antonio and Oklahoma City.

This special treatment comes after the former Smiths singer postponed or canceled four Alamo City dates prior to his Jan. 10 show at Boeing Center at Tech Port — 6 years of repeated snubs.

Indeed, the British crooner’s seeming aversion to San Antonio was such an inside joke locally that there was even fan-made joke merchandise designed around it, saying “Morrissey San Antonio Cancellation.”

The only other date Morrissey has thus far honored in the new year was the show following San Antonio in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, January 13.

Notorious for canceling tour dates in general, Morrissey has thus far scrapped or postponed dates in San Diego, St. Louis, Atlanta, the Dominican Republic and Rancho Mirage, California. And on Monday, Morrissey announced he’s also canceling Tuesday’s scheduled performance in St. Petersburg, Florida.

That’s a total of six cancelations out of 21 scheduled dates for the year — meaning he has already racked up a 29% cancel rate within the first month of 2026.

Rancho Mirage was canceled due to an adverse reaction to medication, according to an official communication from the venue.

Morrissey’s last cancelation, which was scheduled for Atlanta on Saturday, came the day before the show. The Fox Theatre posted an announcement to Instagram, citing “artist illness” as the reason. The venue offered no information on the nature of the illness, but said the cancelation was based “on medical advice” and “in the interest of the artist’s wellbeing.”

Duke Energy Center for the Arts in St. Petersburg also cited “artist illness,” according to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.

Last year, according to an online Morrissey cancelation tracker, the artist averaged a 50% cancelation rate, which included abandoning the entire South American leg of the tour in late 2025 due to “extreme exhaustion.”

Morrissey’s latest album, Make-Up Is a Lie, which features 11 originals and a cover of Roxy Music’s “Amazona,” will come out March 6. The title track is available for streaming now. Morrissey has performed the title track twice, but opted against playing new music at the San Antonio show, saying the band “needed to learn it first.”

For a man who constantly complains about being blacklisted by the music industry and who — against all odds — is about to release an album, he sure isn’t acting like he has something to promote.

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So far, San Antonio is one of only 2 shows Morrissey hasn’t canceled this year

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