In a post on a Patrick Wolf message board, Patrick seemed very distraught -- tired of the pressure, of fame, of having to craft a personae. As such, he has announced his last show will be in November of this year, citing a need to do something else.
The singer seems to have happened upon the board, and the content of it made him quite uncomfortable. It seems safe to assume these feelings have been brewing within the singer for quite some time,
Part of the extremely long post from the singer included:
I dont want to have to share this information with you but so many seem so interested... I have made a decision, my final concert will be this november, a retrospective with an orchestra in London. I am not sure wether there will be anymore public communications after that, Infact I am pretty sure there will be none.
Of course, this has nothing to do with my drummer.. but a creative clock is ticking and I have many many projects to be creating with my time left on this earth. I hope to share my last shows with you this year. I have enjoyed making and performing music for you all, I have enjoyed trying to give a little hope and inspiration to the world. But I feel, especially when I read all this and I go about my days that I have failed. Im not seeking sympathy or empathy, god, I have to go find something I love and am inspired by in this world again.
Many of you will never know the amount of work and emotion that goes on behind the scenes for me and many of your other favourite artists or musicians and why should you? I wanted to give you disneyland.. I wanted to give you a world at the back of your wardrobe, now im just feel a fool for bothering. I am in berlin today, i know I should never have read this, I dont know who any of you are, just strangers talking amongst themselves, and I wish I was stronger minded today, but i have to take enough bullshit from other parts of the world for what I do and who I am without getting it from here."
As the singer's acclaim is growing worldwide -- with shows in the US on his radar -- it seems strange that he would come to this conclusion. Perhaps he was just having a bad day, and will reconsider all of this.
Honestly -- raise your hand if you haven't ever made an Internet post you regretted. This could be the case here, but it could also be a true announcement of the end.
You can read the entire post here.
