Morrissey Maps Massive 2026 US Tour Behind 'Make-Up Is a Lie,' Announces Deluxe Notre-Dame EP

Morrissey has announced a sprawling 2026 US tour in support of Make-Up Is a Lie, his latest album and return to Warner imprint Sire Records. The run kicks off with a four-night residency at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas in mid-August before stretching across the Eastern Seaboard, the South, and the Southwest through November. He’ll also headline Brooklyn’s CBGB Festival on September 26 alongside Patti Smith and Interpol, and close out the North American stretch at the Darker Waves Festival in Huntington Beach on November 14.

The US dates follow a European leg running through June and July that touches Norway, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. The whole operation wraps with late-December shows in Paris, Tilburg, and a New Year’s Eve gig at Forest National in Brussels. It’s an ambitious itinerary for any touring act, and for Morrissey specifically, it’s a notable statement of intent given his well-documented history of canceled dates.

About that: Consequence reports that Morrissey has canceled or postponed more than 200 concerts since 2012. Earlier this year, he pulled a show in Valencia, Spain, citing sleep deprivation from the noise of the city’s Las Fallas festival and claiming on Morrissey Central that he’d need “one year to recover from the indescribable hell.” Evidently the recovery timeline was optimistic. The tour announcement landed less than two months later.

Make-Up Is a Lie marked Morrissey's return to Sire Records, where he released his early solo work in the '80s and early '90s after The Smiths dissolved. The album arrived March 6 to typically polarized reception. Now he's also announced the Deluxe Notre-Dame EP, due June 19, which includes two new songs, "Hello Hell" and "Happy New Tears," plus an orchestral version of the album track "Notre-Dame."

The CBGB Festival slot is the marquee draw on the US leg. Sharing a bill with Patti Smith and Interpol in Brooklyn is the kind of post-punk summit that sells itself, and it’s hard to imagine a more fitting lineup for the brand. The Darker Waves Festival appearance in November provides a strong California closer, and the four-night Vegas residency at the Wynn suggests Morrissey’s camp sees demand for extended runs in theater-style venues.

Whether the full 30-plus-date 2026 itinerary actually happens is, as always with Morrissey, a genuine question. But the ambition of the routing and the Sire backing suggest this cycle has more institutional support behind it than his recent efforts. If you're going, buy refundable tickets.