British singer Morrissey has called on Pedro Sanchez to use his political influence to end bullfighting, just days before arriving in Spain for two concerts.

The former Smiths frontman, who is due to perform in Barcelona on July 25 and Madrid on July 29, has written a letter to Sanchez urging him to help bring an end to what he described as a ‘barbaric’ practice.

‘Please use your influence to do something for the world and your people will love you: end this barbarity,’ Morrissey wrote.

In a statement released through PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the outspoken animal rights campaigner said bullfighting continues to damage Spain’s international reputation.

The intervention comes after 52 MPs reintroduced the ‘No Es Mi Cultura’ (Not My Culture) citizens’ initiative to Spain’s Congress on July 15, seeking to strip bullfighting of its protected cultural heritage status.

The proposal would remove the legal protections that currently allow public money and subsidies to be used to support the bullfighting industry.

The campaign previously failed in 2025 after Sanchez’s Socialist Party (PSOE) abstained during parliamentary proceedings.

However, supporters hope the renewed proposal will succeed after receiving backing from more than 715,000 citizens last year.

Morrissey has long been one of the world’s most vocal critics of bullfighting.

He previously appealed to the late Pope Francis to publicly condemn the practice, describing it as ‘cruelty towards animals that cannot be justified as culture.’

Throughout his career, the British musician has campaigned against all forms of entertainment involving animal suffering, including through his music.

His 2017 song ‘The Bullfighter Dies’ is an explicit condemnation of bullfighting and has become closely associated with his animal rights activism.