Canadian authorities have charged a 26-year-old Ottawa man whom they accuse of posting demise threats in opposition to Morrissey on-line, the Ottawa Citizen stories. The person, Noah Castellano, is being charged with uttering threats to trigger demise or bodily hurt, and he was launched from custody on $5,000 bail, based on the report.
Based on courtroom paperwork obtained by the Ottawa Citizen, investigators imagine that Castellano is behind a Bluesky post from September 4 that reads: “Steven Patrick Morrissey whenever you carry out at TD Place right here in Ottawa subsequent week on the night of September twelfth, 2025 at about 9pm, I will probably be current on the venue within the viewers and I’ll try to shoot you a lot occasions and kill you with a really giant gun that I personal illegally.”
Morrissey toured the United States, the UK, and Europe earlier this 12 months, and he started his latest North America tour in Montreal on September 10. He played his September 12 present in Ottawa with out incident, and continued his tour in Toronto and New York. Nonetheless, he has canceled tonight’s present, in Mashantucket, Connecticut, and tomorrow night time’s, in Boston, citing “current occasions and out of an abundance of warning for the security of each the artist and band.”