Morrissey announces huge UK and Ireland tour – and he’s coming to Leeds

British singer-songwriter Morrissey has announced a brand-new UK and Ireland tour including a major outdoor show at Leeds Millennium Square.

Morrissey will be hosting a huge outdoor concert at Millenium Square in Leeds on Wednesday 12 July 2023.

Supporting Morrissey at this huge outdoor gig will be The Slow Readers Club and The Lottery Winners.

The tour announcement follows his critically acclaimed European tour that took place last month, including a sold-out show at London’s Eventim Apollo.

The upcoming tour will kick off in Portsmouth before heading to Leeds in the middle of the tour, and finishing off in London.

Morrissey has achieved a whopping 16 albums in the UK Top Ten, plus 9 Top Ten albums with his former group The Smiths.

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In the U.S., Morrissey has had two Top Ten albums, and eight Top 20 albums. In 1991, Morrissey broke The Beatles record for selling out the Hollywood Bowl, and in 2006 Morrissey was voted the second Greatest Living British Icon as voted by viewers of BBC Television, with Sir David Attenborough first and Sir Paul McCartney third.

The full list of tour dates is as follows:

Sat 08 July 2023                Portsmouth Guildhall
Sun 9 July 2023                 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Wed 12 July 2023            Leeds Millennium Square
Sat 15 July 2023                Dublin Vicar Street
Sun 16 July 2023              Dublin Vicar Street
Tue 18 July 2023               Liverpool Empire Theatre
Sat 22 July 2023                London Troxy

Tickets go on sale Thursday 6 April 2023 at 9:30am and can be bought here.

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