Heaven knows he’s miserable now.

Morrissey has pulled the plug on a scheduled show in Valencia after claiming the city’s relentless festival noise has left him too sleep-deprived to perform.

The 66-year-old singer, forever associated with The Smiths, was meant to take the stage Thursday night (12 March). Instead, he announced the performance would not go ahead, citing a sleepless night caused by what he described as “festival noise, loud techno singing and megaphone announcements.”

Posting on his blog Morrissey Central, the singer explained that the show had effectively become impossible. “Tonight’s scheduled show in Valencia has been rendered impossible due to sleep deprivation,” he wrote, adding that after driving from Milan to Valencia he had been unable to rest because of the constant noise outside his hotel.

The complaints didn’t stop there. In a series of follow-ups, Morrissey described the experience as “indescribable hell,” insisting the concert wasn’t technically cancelled, just impossible under the circumstances. In typical dramatic fashion, he added that recovery might take “one year,” a line he insisted was “not an understatement.”

Unfortunately for the singer, his arrival in Valencia coincides with Las Fallas, a week-long explosion of fireworks, street celebrations and towering satirical sculptures that transforms the city into one of Spain’s loudest parties. Morrissey is reportedly staying near Plaza de Manises in the historic Ciutat Vella district, right in the thick of the festivities.

Of course, this isn’t the first time a Morrissey tour date has collapsed under unusual circumstances. Over the years, the singer has developed a reputation for abrupt cancellations, from exhaustion to what he once described as “toxic food poisoning” after eating a bowl of pasta.

According to fan site Morrissey-Solo, the singer has cancelled 111 shows and postponed another 100 since 2012. The Valencia gig marks his sixth cancelled date of 2026, following earlier scrapped performances in St. Petersburg, Rancho Mirage, San Diego, St. Louis and Atlanta.

The disrupted tour arrives just after the release of his new album, Make-Up Is a Lie, his first full-length since I Am Not a Dog on a Chain.

The record features contributions from longtime collaborators including Jesse Tobias, Camila Grey, Carmen Vandenberg and Alain Whyte.

Among its tracks is a cover of Roxy Music’s 1973 song Amazona, alongside the politically tinged track Notre-Dame. The latter references the devastating Notre-Dame Cathedral Fire, weaving in lyrics that suggest the blaze may not have been accidental, echoing conspiracy theories that circulated online in the aftermath of the disaster.

Whether the show eventually returns to the city remains to be seen, but for now Valencia keeps celebrating, the fireworks keep cracking, and somewhere behind closed curtains Morrissey is trying, perhaps unsuccessfully, to get a little peace and quiet.