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Morrissey calls off concert in Spain after local festivities deprived him of sleep
Morrissey canceled the Valencia concert due to sleep deprivation from ongoing Las Fallas festival noise, marking his seventh cancellation this year, with no reschedule or refund confirmed.
- On Thursday, British singer Morrissey cancelled his Valencia concert, his official website saying the show was impossible due to sleep deprivation that left him in a 'catatonic state'.
- Arriving late Wednesday after a two-day drive from Milan, Morrissey was kept awake by loud techno singing and megaphone announcements from Valencia's Las Fallas festival.
- Demand for the Valencia show was strong, with nearly 1,500 tickets sold and prices starting at �103, while organisers and Palau de les Arts offered no confirmed refunds or rescheduling.
- Remaining Spanish dates including Zaragoza and Seville now face uncertainty, as fans await promoter updates and refunds after Morrissey's show was withdrawn.
- As a noisy pyrotechnic event with round-the-clock street parties, the Las Fallas festival is UNESCO-listed and climaxes on March 19, while more than 12 million people in Spain face noise above 65 decibels.
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Spanish embassy mocks Morrissey for cancelling show after Las Fallas "festival noise" and "loud techno singing" caused him "sleep deprivation"
The Spanish embassy in the UK has mocked Morrissey for cancelling a show after the noise from Las Fallas festival cost him sleep.
Morrissey has a restless night in Valencia, Atze Schröder likes to get up early, and Heino wants to sing at the ballerman until his 100th birthday.
Morrissey decided to cancel the concert scheduled in Valencia on 12 March, complaining that the celebrations that are taking place in the Spanish city for Las Fallas (which takes place every year from the first to the 19th of March in honor of St. Joseph, ed.) prevented him from resting properly during the night. "The lack of rest made impossible the show planned in Valencia" is stated in a statement published this morning on the website of the …
Morrissey's concert in Valencia, Spain, which was supposed to be held on March 12, was canceled because the singer could not sleep due to the noise during the Las Fallas festival.
English musician Morrissey has cancelled a concert in Valencia at the last minute, with an unusual explanation: he couldn't sleep because of the noisy revelry in the city's streets. The noise was so unbearable, he claims, that it will take him a year to recover.
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