After years of cancellations and postponed tours, fans must be overjoyed — a little too overjoyed — to see the singer. During the ex-Smiths singer’s tour opener on Wednesday in San Jose a few fans rushed the stage to hug the performer and ended up tackling him to the ground and chased him off stage,
The band abruptly stopped playing and did not return to the stage.
“It just created a melee,” said James Fleishman told NBC Bay Area. “He ended up hitting the floor and the lights came on within seconds. It was a very abrupt ending. I hope he’s OK.”
In its review of the concert, the disappointing incident:
“There was only one real downer on the evening — and it definitely wasn’t Morrissey’s fault. It came during the encore when some selfish fans decided to ruin things for the rest of us and stormed the stage, chasing Morrissey off mid-song.”
Before the incident, Morrissey revealed a number of new songs from his long-awaited upcoming album appropriately titled “World Peace is None of Your Business.” He revealed the title track, “Earth is the Loneliest Planet” and “Bullfighter Dies,” among other Smiths and solo material. The album is due out in July via Harvest/Capitol Music Group.
It is unreported whether the singer is injured, and there is no word on what this event means for the rest of the tour. Morrissey has a record of canceling shows on a whim (see the entire year of 2013). So hopefully he’ll make it to
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