Last week, Morrissey was one of the headlining performers at CityFolk festival in Ottawa, Canada. A couple days ago, Ottawa Citizen reported that there was an alleged threat made against the artist. Although the show went on despite the scare, 26-year-old Noah Castellano was arrested for the incident. Court documents allege that Castellano posted the threat via Bluesky on Sept. 4.
A post made under the account name “guy who gets shot in the head one hundred thousand times a day” matches the description of the post in the documents. It reads: “Steven Patrick Morrissey when you perform at TD Place here in Ottawa next week on the evening of September 12th, 2025 at about 9pm, I will be present at the venue in the audience and I will attempt to shoot you many times and kill you with a very large gun that I own illegally.”
Castellano was released on $5,000 bail and declined to elaborate on the charge, telling Ottawa Citizen: “I’m not interested.”…