Morrissey once famously canceled his headline gig at Fuji Rock festival, 3 days before the event, on the day he was supposed to fly out. It was early 00's and he was worried about catching SARS (remember that, kids?). The fact there were no reported cases of SARS in Japan at the time, but in his eyes (possibly), it's all China isn't it, didn't stop him. Everyone who had tickets, me included, wondered who would fill in as the headliner on the last night, Sunday. This is the big slot for Fuji Rock as the other stages used to close down before and this would be the last goodbye until the following year. Meaning you'd easily get 20,000 people to this stage for the last show. Anyway the promoter gets on the mic in front of a massive crowd, and explains, Morrissey had stitched them up and would not be appearing, he was worried about SARS, so with only 72 hours to work with, they had booked the next best thing, considering, so ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for...
And they were ace man!
