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Dear Morrissey,

Allow me to introduce myself to you: my name is Antonella, I am a mere 23 years old, but I am a devoted fan of yours, and have been since I was 13, maybe 12.

So, a decade isn’t that long considering you’ve been making music since before I was conceived, but it’s a long time once you consider my age.

My issue, on this beautiful March day is that you’ve announced your “North American” tour with no plans to venture over the border. Why, how now, Dear Morrissey? I am puzzled as to the reason why you insist on ignoring the needs of your loving Canadian fans. Is this because of Canada’s shame? I’m speaking of our annual seal hunt of course, which you should know, many Canadians do not support. In fact, I can safely say the majority of your fans do not support the hunt. We recognize its cruelty, and I’m sure much like myself, many have signed petitions calling for its end. We’ve all seen the horrific footage of a family of seals beaten to their end by the greedy east coaster. And once again, many of us no not support this.

So, you’re taking a stance against the government. Fine. But why are your fans the ones who suffer because of the decisions our government made? Do you think any of our MP’s are Morrissey fans? Certainly Harper
isn’t one. Yet, those of us who have little to no control over the hunt are the ones left out in the cold. This doesn’t really make sense to me.

The very fact that you have spoken out against it is powerful. But then you went on to say that you would not be coming to Canada during your promo tour for Ringleader for the Tormentor. But now, months later your policy is still in place and quite frankly I think it’s gone too far. You’re seriously pissing me off.

I’ve only had the pleasure of seeing you once live, and believe me when I say that it was one of the best night’s of my life. You opened with Big Mouth Strikes Again and left with a piece of my heart, forever yours. Did you know our government had decided to start the hunt years ago, yet you were never against visiting this great nation of ours before?

And let’s make one thing clear: you’re going to stop playing shows here because of our seal hunt, yet play numerous shows in the States when they have been at war with Iraq, something you also do not support? Morrissey, baby, choose your battles wisely.

Write a letter to Harper and get yourself over here to enrich our lives one more time. But as it stands, you have failed me.

Sincerely yours,

Antonella Lombardi

Posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 10:44 am by Unknown and is filed under The NewMusic.

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