Morrissey announces live plans, talks social media and takes dig at record label

Every statement from Morrissey warrants some kind of an event, and this time’s no exception. In a post on his True To You fan site, he manages to equate meat consumption with the missing Malaysia airlines flight, as well as providing quips on social media and the shortcomings of his record label.

Arriving on the back of new album ‘World Peace Is None Of Your Business’, he expressed shock at not being invited on television for any interviews or performances, and he confirmed news of plans to take the record on the road.

A show in Lisbon is booked for October 6th, which may prompt further European dates.

He begins by claiming his record wasn’t successfully promoted, and then he sort of rattles on and on, but it’s no less entertaining than his usual rants. See the whole thing below.

“I am indebted to three sources that have placed their own well-crafted videos on You Tube for the songWorld peace is none of your business. The three individual sources are named as Sharon Jheeta, Héctor González and wpeace123456. These videos fully understand the intent of the song, and I am relieved that these films exist. Yes, a similar document ought to have been harvested by the record label, but please understand that the pop or rock industry can be as dedicated to perpetuating public deception as the world of politics itself. God bless social media!

Liberty, equality and fraternity are the essence of the song; no monarchic rule, no political hierarchies, no bought-and-paid-for government thugs, security forces no longer beyond prosecution, and an end to megalomania, repression and corruption. Meat consumption is climate change, and if ever there were a self-evident lost cause it is the British so-called “royal family”. Societies have never been so nervous; Pan Am Flight 103 differs not a jot from Malaysian Flight 17. The United Nations failure to imprison Tony Blair and George W. Bush for war crimes against Iraq has told us all that there can never be enough bloodshed, and the world is suffering its worst nervous breakdown. Do not feel powerless!

Many apparently powerless causes have succeeded in shifting political stupidity and greed. You areintellectual sanity. It is possible for nonviolent change; there are more people than there are aging despots; there are more people than there are world leaders. In truth, the world is leaderless. Please stop watching Fox News; anti-monarchial Britain has given up on the BBC — we know that every slot is paid for. We know that the number 1 position on the pop charts is “bought”; this is not 1955.

Thank you to all of my friends in Israel, Chile, Sweden, Poland, Argentina, Hungary, Romania, Finland and Italy who bought World peace is none of your business. It is 30 years on since The Smiths album entered the UK chart at number 2 with zero airplay and zero promotion, and the struggle for the airwaves remains difficult. Yet, I am writing this to you now, and you are reading it.

In answer to many people who have asked, I should like to finally make it clear that I have not receivedany television invitations – worldwide! – to either discussWorld peace is none of your business, or even to sing any songs from the album.

Thank you for reading this. We have our first World peace is none of your businessconcert booked in Lisbon (Portugal) on October 6th.

All we have is each other.

for the animals, for intellectual sanity …

MORRISSEY

5 August 2014”