Morrissey No Longer Sick, No Longer Playing MSG

Remember how Morrissey was supposed to play Madison Square Garden back in June? Well, Moz got sick and ended up canceling that show and several others. I've heard nothing to dispel the story that he was, in fact, ill, but there were also reports that Moz had sold only about 7,000 tickets out of more than 18,000 seats at MSG. So it's a good guess that that figured into the deal too.

Well, both issues seem to be resolved now - Moz seems to be back and healthy, and he's ditched the idea of playing MSG. Instead, he's scheduled five nights at Hammerstein Ballroom. While five nights at Hammerstein does, in fact, bring him to just under 18,000 available seats (Hammerstein holds about 3,500), it also allows him to fill many of those seats with repeat ticket buyers. While he may not be able to find 18,000 who will spend money to see him live, he can certainly find several thousand who will buy tickets for multiple nights. And I'm sure they'll bring him flowers too.

Anyway, I'm not sure which of these are rescheduled dates and which aren't, but here's Moz's tour dates for October (source):

October 1 LOS ANGELES, CA : Palladium
October 2 LOS ANGELES, CA : Palladium
October 4 LOS ANGELES, CA : Palladium
October 5 LOS ANGELES, CA : Palladium
October 6 LOS ANGELES, CA : Palladium
October 8 LOS ANGELES, CA : Palladium
October 9 LOS ANGELES, CA : Palladium
October 11 LOS ANGELES, CA : Palladium
October 12 LOS ANGELES, CA : Palladium
October 13 LOS ANGELES, CA : Palladium
October 15 SALT LAKE CITY, UT : Thanksgiving Point
October 17 WAUKEGAN, IL : Genesee Theatre
October 19 ROYAL OAK, MI : Royal Oak Music Theatre
October 20 MERRILLVILLE, IN : Star Plaza
October 22 NEW YORK, NY : Hammerstein Ballroom
October 23 NEW YORK, NY : Hammerstein Ballroom
October 26 NEW YORK, NY : Hammerstein Ballroom
October 27 NEW YORK, NY : Hammerstein Ballroom
October 28 NEW YORK, NY : Hammerstein Ballroom
October 30 BOSTON, MA : Orpheum
October 31 BALTIMORE, MD : Rams Head
November 2 WASHINGTON, DC : Constitution Hall

I'm not a particularly big fan, but I might consider hitting the Constitution Hall show for shits and giggles.