Kewpie sends the link (via Morrissey reddit), originally posted by miss_bunbury in the forums (original post):

'My phone got wet' and other terrible excuses - The Guardian Music blog
Empire of the Sun's Nick Littlemore wins the award for Biggest Cop-Out Ever with his explanation for 'disappearing'. But what other lame reasons have pop stars given for failing to deliver?

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3) Morrissey's "wrong type of snow"
We could fill an entire blog with excuses for gig cancellations. Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty are regular offenders – we wouldn't possibly like to speculate why. But the king of the bizarre excuse is serial canceller Mozzer. The former Smiths singer has called off so many shows citing illness and voice issues that his more unusual excuses stand out. At various times, he has pulled shows claiming problems with the water mains, central heating and having discovered the venue was a former abattoir (which would rule out Meat Is Murder). Our favourite is (we can still barely believe anyone fell for this one) ... snow on the venue roof.