Claiming that he was suffering from back spasms and a migraine, gloomy crooner Morrissey [ tickets ] postponed a Thursday (2/17) performance at the A.J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh shortly before he was scheduled to take the stage. Morrissey's camp hopes to reschedule the appearance.

The ex-Smith's frontman was expected to take the stage tomorrow (2/19) in Boston for the first show of a two-night stand.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Morrissey also cancelled a Pittsburgh concert on the night of the show in the early 1990s, the last time he was to appear in the city. That show wasn't rescheduled, according to the newspaper.