Moz fans still the whackiest

KROQ to face $50 million lawsuit?
by Julian Wass | 09.20.2004

An anonymous posting on morrissey-solo.com reported today that a $50M dollar class-action lawsuit will be filed against Los Angeles radio station KROQ. The lawsuit reportedly claims that KROQ "defrauded fans" by waiting 7 hours into this weekend's Inland Invasion concert to announce that Morrissey would not be able to perform; the singer was suffering from a high fever and sinusitis. Also reported to be in the petition is a claim that KROQ made $14M in food and beer sales during that 7 hour period.

According to NME.com, Morrissey was diagnosed with sinusitis at 11AM on Saturday, with a doctor's warning to avoid speaking for two full days. Still, the announcement was not made until much later in the day, as ex-Stone Roses singer Ian Brown told the 60,000+ crowd the disappointing news during his set. Fans were instructed to keep their ticket stubs, in anticipation of a replacement show. Whether or not the replacement show will affect the alleged lawsuit is yet to be determined.

Moz crew response:

STATEMENT ON KROQ & ALICE SHOW'S
September 21, 2004 Thank you to everyone for your kind letters of support and concern about Morrisseyâ??s well being. He sends his very best wishes and looks forward to seeing you all on tour over the next few months starting in Washington next week. What should have been a wonderful triumphant weekend playing to 35,000 of you in LA and 10,000 or you in San Francisco ended on Saturday morning with sinusitis, acute laryngitis and a high fever with orders from Dr Joseph Sugarman to get to bed and not speak for the next 48 hours at a minimum. Sadly we not only had to postpone the shows but also cancel (at great expense!) the video shoot for Let Me Kiss You which was due for Tuesday. The most important thing of course is Morrisseyâ??s health and we are happy to report that with the prescribed rest he will be ready to go next week and we will make an announcement later this week on a special event to make up for the KROQ show that all 35,000 of you who were there on Saturday will get to see and the same for the ALICE show in San Francisco. On a final note we understand that there are those in the Morrissey community on morrissey-solo.com spreading erroneous rumours about lawsuits and questioning whether KROQ did everything possible to bring you the information in a timely fashion. I can assure you that the rumours are false and the integrity of KROQ cannot be questioned. They handled a very difficult situation impeccably and you should treat anything you are told to the contrary as rubbish.
Best wishes,
Merck Mercuriadis
The Sanctuary Group


Anyone know if there are any openers for the DAR show next week? It doesn't appear so, I was just curious.

I just find it funny that hardcore Morrissey fans would deem the whole day a collosal and complete loss for which they must be compensated. Meanwhile, that "seven hours before an announcement was made" included performances by X, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Muse, Death Cab for Cutie and The Walkmen.

There is an opener but I can't remember his name. Some Irish singer-songwriter.

Merck is Morrissey's manager, huh? I think he managed the Pet Shop Boys at one point too, as well as Catherine Wheel. Not the warmest guy on the planet.

Originally posted by bunnyman:
Merck is Morrissey's manager, huh? I think he managed the Pet Shop Boys at one point too, as well as Catherine Wheel. Not the warmest guy on the planet.

I just read about Merck the other night on the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex's website. Rob Dickinsin of Catherine Wheel is in the band, which was why I even bothered. (I'm not a Smashing Pumpkins fan at all.)

Originally posted by Bags:
Also reported to be in the petition is a claim that KROQ made $14M in food and beer sales during that 7 hour period.

Jesus Christ!!!

And we all thought the food and beer in DC is overpriced!!!

The support act for Morrissey is Damien Dempsey.

Dr. Joseph Sugarman? Yeah, right.

Originally posted by soundguyo:
The support act for Morrissey is Damien Dempsey.

Thanks!

So talk on the Morrissey web site forum that he was on KROQ today announcing the make up date for the missed show out there….and he souned like ASS and said he was still feeling horrible. Hope this doesn't cancel tomorrow's show!!!

Speaking of tomorrow's show, there are 3rd & 4th row seats available at TM. Be warned - they're WAAAAAY off to the right. Possibly obstructed.

Well if he cancels then everyone can just go to Supergrass instead :)