Popular band, The Mysterines, have recently announced the cancellation of all their upcoming tour dates.
The Wirral-formed band were meant to be embarking on a lengthy tour of some of the UK’s most legendary grassroots venue, including two nights at The Wardrobe in Leeds and a headline slot at multi-venue festival Neighbourhood in Manchester.
But now the group have announced with ‘a heavy heart’ that they have cancelled ALL upcoming tour dates, all the way into 2025.
They said that to tour ‘is not the best decision for us at this time’ due to ‘recent circumstances’, but did not divulge any further information.
In a statement shared on Instagram, they wrote: “It is with a heavy heart that we must announce the cancellation of all upcoming tour dates due to recent circumstances.
“We were incredibly excited to share this tour with you, but after careful consideration, it has been decided that it’s not the best decision for us at this time.
The Mysterines have cancelled ALL upcoming shows including two Leeds gigs. Credit: Publicity picture
“We sincerely apologise to everyone who was looking forward to seeing us perform, and we are deeply sorry for the disappointment this will cause. Please know that your support means the world to us, ticket refunds are available from point of purchase. Thank you for your understanding and patience during this time.
“With love always, The Mysterines x”
Responding to a comment that suggested The Mysterines had cancelled their tour due to financial reasons, frontwoman Lia Metcalfe wrote: “Unfortunately, most bands lose money touring nowadays, no matter how many tickets you sell or how big the tour is you’re on.
“But, this has never been a reason for us to cancel shows that we have already made commitments to. Especially a whole headline tour of our own, that we were also looking forward to.
“Please appreciate this wasn’t an easy decision and suggesting that this is about money is both ill informed and insensitive to our current circumstances.”
Veteran British musician Morrissey has just announced a very limited run of tour dates across the UK, including one right here in Leeds.
He's also overlooked one very obvious location...
The iconic singer-songwriter, legendary lyricist and former Smiths frontman is a controversial one these days, but he still has a fervent following of die-hards.
With that in mind, despite some recent cancellations, Morrissey will be coming to just a handful of British cities later this year.
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Selecting just five cities to play in winter 2026, these latest live shows will be in support of his most recent record, Make-Up Is a Lie.
The 14th studio LP of his solo career, the reviews have been almost as divisive as the man himself, but his most passionate fans have praised it as one of his best.
Have you listened to it yet?
Most notably on this tour, however, the Greater Manchester-born artist has chosen to skip performing in his home city for some reason.
He did make his Co-op Live debut last June, but this time, his only Northern gigs in England are the first direct arena and a night in Liverpool.
We'd be foolish if we didn't mention that 'Moz' caused a bit of a stir by scrapping some slots earlier this year simply due to 'tiredness' - hence memes like this:
The other dates include Cardiff, Brighton and Glasgow, following his sold-out stadium show at The O2 in London this past February, with tickets going on sale next week.
If you're confident of him turning up to Yorkshire on time for his set in December, you can sign up for venue presale from next Wednesday, 20 May, with general admission going live at 9am the following Friday (22 May).
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South Yorkshire music festival cancelled after issuing stark warning to fans
Clementine Hall
An independent music festival in South Yorkshire has been forced to cancel.
It's official, music festival season is on the horizon and it's getting us very excited to be stood in a field with a pint of cider in our grasp.
But unfortunately, that won't be the case for those looking to attend Reytfest - an independent music festival 'run my music fans by music fans'.
Set to take place at the end of June, the festival announced on Tuesday 12 May that they have had to cancel the event due to 'the cost of living crisis'.
Posting the news to Instagram, Reytfest said: "We have had to make the heartbreaking decision to not go ahead with the REYT FEST event this June. This is due primarily to poor ticket sales which we can only attribute to the cost of living crisis.
"We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the festival, from the bands, vendors, stakeholders, suppliers and all other interested parties. We’d also like to thank you, our followers, liking and sharing our posts really built our fanbase, but especially to those of you who purchased tickets.
"Rest assured your ticket money will be refunded and please don’t get disheartened by this news, keep on booking live events whether its grassroots music in a local bar to big band stadium events or something completely different such as theatres, cinema, sports, etc, if people don’t buy tickets, they will disappear.
"We had a dream that unfortunately we can’t see through to fruition on this occasion, but we’ve learnt so much and we don’t want to throw all that knowledge and experience away, so when the time is right - watch this space!! Thank you - Jon (Brad), Ian, Jess and the rest of the REYT FEST Team."
Daisy Jackson -
4th September 2024 
