Patrick Wolf: "My Final Concert Will Be This November"

Twenty-something best new music-maker Patrick Wolf may be reconsidering this whole pop-auteur thing. Responding to his drummer-clockin' bug-out at a recent New York show, Wolf-- in a post on a Wolf fan message board apparently from the man himself-- went on to reveal that he may be quitting live music, and indeed "public communications," for good:

"I have made a decision, my final concert will be this november, a retrospective with an orchestra in London. I am not sure whether there will be anymore public communications after that, In fact 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."

Seems sudden fame's hit the poor guy hard. In arriving at his decision, Wolf had this to say: "I dont think when I was 16 and dreamt of releasing records there would ever be so much crazy speculation about the person I am and that you want me to be. I have become so tired of this behaviour, sometimes I wake up and have to do six hours of interviews before doing a show, then go straight to bed to sleep a couple of hours to fly to a new country to be cross examined in the same way.. I dont know what is left of me sometimes, some mornings i dont know how i get on the flight or even open my mouth to sing that night..."

Check out Wolf's complete post, including a detailed explanation of the drummer incident, here. Again, this could indeed be a fake-out-- we have been burned by this sort of thing before, after all-- but if it's not, howlin' cries will resound from fans of the Wolfman.

Thanks to various readers for tipping us off to this. Wolf dates-- some of his last ever?-- after the jump.

04-23 Berlin, Germany - Roter Salon
04-24 Hamburg, Germany - Mandarin Casino
04-25 Munich, Germany - Ampere
04-26 Basel, Switzerland - Das Schiff
04-27 Donau, Austria - Donau Festival
04-30 New York, NY - Virgin Records Union Square
05-02 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater *
05-03 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre *
05-05 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *
05-07 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom *
05-09 New York, NY - The Highline Ballroom *
05-12 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club *
05-13 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club *

* with Amy Winehouse