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Possibly proving the truth of his 1994 hit song The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get, Morrissey — the British singer as famous for his dark emotional state and animal activism as he is for his music — is breaking a 15-year-long vow not to perform in Canada until the seal hunt is banned.

On Monday, he announced eight Canadian concert dates.

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The announcement comes after years of biting criticism of the seal hunt, calling it “Canada’s carnival of death” and comparing it to the Holocaust during a war of words with Canadian politicians that stretched over a decade.

Instead, he said, he will donate partial proceeds from his Canadian concerts to animal welfare charities in Canada.

Steven Patrick Morrissey, who goes by just his last name, was lead singer for the popular 1980s band The Smiths before embarking on a prolific solo career that explored his maudlin outlook, sharp-left politics and stories of everyday life.