Morrissey cancels Valencia show after 'catatonic state' from festival noise

British singer Morrissey cancelled a concert in Valencia after being left sleep-deprived during the city’s Las Fallas festival. A statement on his website said: “Having travelled for two days by road, Morrissey reached the hotel in Valencia late on Wednesday. Any form of sleep or rest throughout the night was impossible due to festival noise/loud techno singing/megaphone announcements.” The statement went on to say that “this experience has left Morrissey in a catatonic state”, and that he would not be performing.

Morrissey is due to perform in Zaragoza and Seville on 14 and 16 March respectively. His team said the Valencia concert hadn’t been cancelled but that “circumstances made it impossible to perform”, and the singer produced recordings of the noise to justify the decision.

The cheapest tickets for the scheduled show at Valencia’s Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia cost €103 (£88). In a later communique, Morrissey described his hotel as an “indescribable hell. It will take me one year to recover.

Spain, Valencia

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