December 11, 2006 at 16:01 · Filed under Morrissey
Set list
Panic
First Of The Gang To Die
The Youngest Was The Most Loved
You Have Killed Me
Disappointed
Ganglord
I’ll Never Be Anybody’s Hero Now
William, It Was Really Nothing
Irish Blood, English Heart
I Will See You In Far-off Places
Girlfriend In A Coma
Everyday Is Like Sunday
In The Future When All’s Well
I’ve Changed My Plea To Guilty
Let Me Kiss You
The National Front Disco
Dear God, Please Help Me
How Soon Is Now?
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Life Is A Pigsty
Encore:
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
Don’t Make Fun Of Daddy’s Voice
All photos above were taken by me from the front row at Wembley Arena on 08/12/2006.
Dan and I queued from 2pm (doors opened at 6:30) to get our places on the barrier. Bearing the cold was most definitely worth it however.
Other highlights of the day; leaving my place in the queue to get some snacks from the local shop and walking past Gary Day (Bassist with Morrissey), but, not knowing what to say and me being me, I decided to just gawp, smile and walk past him. Definitely a big regret, but, I was on my own and he’s intimidatingly tall.
See Mozblog.com, my dedicated Morrissey blog, for more pictures and videos.
Well, 15-05-06 is now in the past, but it certainly will not be forgotten.
Arrived at St Davids Hall in Cardiff at 2pm, I thought there would be a large crowd already, but, it was not to be. Only three people had gotten there before me.
Chris, Rachel and..her friend who I didn’t catch the name of.
Chris has been following the tour since Killarney in Ireland, April 13th. Very dedicated man.
Very nice people, great to chat to and pass the time with.
Decided to take the queue to the escalators at about 6:45.
Went up them..fourth person up.
Got to the doors of the auditorium..waited there for 10 minutes.
Got in..got my place at the barrier..stage centre. Could not have got a better position at all.
‘Twas very quiet, I was expecting it to fill up quickly. It didn’t.
After the support act, the crowd left the bar (which is outside the auditorium) and joined us.
The place was clearly a sell-out.
Very good crowd.
Had butterflys in my stomach before he came out.
“Hey hey, it’s Tiger Bay” was his opening comment..then went straight into First of the gang.
Very good to get the crowd going.
I held Morrissey’s hand. Twice. During Still Ill and The youngest was the most loved. I held his hand twice.
He has very soft hands.
Here’s the setlist..
1. First of the gang to die
2. Still ill
3. The youngest was the most loved
4. In the future when all’s well
5. To me you are a work of art
6. Girlfriend in a coma
7. You have killed me
8. I will see you in far off places
9. At last I am born
10. The father who must be killed
11. Ganglords
12. Let me kiss you
13. Life is a pigsty
14. Trouble loves me
15. I just want to see the boy happy
16. How soon is now?
Encore:
Irish blood, english heart
Best song hands down was Life is a pigsty.
Rain effects, Boz playing the water glasses..
During, I think it was Let me Kiss You is where he got rid of his blue shirt and threw it directly at me.
I grabbed it. Had it. But then a gang grabbed at it too from my hands..
I held on to the arm of it for dear life.
Morrissey’s personal security, the big scary guy, cut the arm off for me and I now have it.
Enshrined forever.
Whoever I showed it to after the gig asked if I was going to auction it on eBay.
No chance. It’s worth far more than money.
My plan is to frame it frame it, with my ticket stub.
I took my camera in with me.
Security didn’t say a thing. I had been talking to some of them beforehand, however, and they said they would look the other way as long as I didn’t take the piss.
I took a few photos. Not too many as to be inconsiderate, but just enough to give me fond memories of that night.
From the amazing vantage point I had, I managed to get some really, really good shots.
You can see just how close I was to him.
He looked me in the eye numerous times.
When he and the band came out to do the encore, they all linked arms and walked towards the crowd, into a bow, as he was bowing, his eyes caught mine, for more than a split second.
I was dazed.
Overall, amazing show. Not a bad thing to say at all.
Morrissey was very gratuitous with the crowd, gave quite a few hand touches during the show and seemed to enjoy salsa dancing in his cuban heels which, I must say, were very striking.
A short video is here on Youtube.
I’ve had this camera for a year now, and I did not know how good the video function on it actually was. What a dumbass. Else I would have made more/longer videos.
Nevermind.
Tomorrow is the day. THE day.
We’ve been waiting since January, at least, if not, for years, for him to come back to our fair city.
It seems like a decade since I was online at 8:30am frantically clicking at Ticketmaster to get the tickets.
Friday night’s setlist at Liverpool went as follows…
You Have Killed Me / How Soon Is Now? / First Of The Gang To Die / I Will See You In Far-off Places / On The Streets I Ran / To Me You Are A Work Of Art / Girlfriend In A Coma / The Youngest Was The Most Loved / The Father Who Must Be Killed / Let Me Kiss You / Life Is A Pigsty / At Last I Am Born / In The Future When All’s Well / Still Ill / Ganglord / I Just Want To See The Boy Happy // Irish Blood, English Heart
So, expect more of the same, apparently.
I’ve been ill all weekend, so a lot of the pent-up excitment has dissapeared with that, but, I have the whole day off work tomorrow to build it all back up. Wish me luck..
In case you hadn’t noticed, over the past few weeks/months there has been an increasing amount of Morrissey related posts here at hintofsarcasm.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I love Morrissey, that is why there are so many posts about the guy, especially around about now, since he has just got to Number 1 with his new album, Ringleader of the Tormentors and Number 3 with ‘You have killed me‘, but HoS was meant for other things. Not just Moz news.
So, from here on in, all Morrissey/Smiths related postings will be found at ‘Mozblog.com‘, a brand new blog dedicated to the man himself and all that he may get up to.
The first posts have been added today, so, get over there!
Finally, Ringleader of the Tormentors, the long awaited new album from Morrissey has fallen onto my doormat.
Courtesy of HMV it arrived this morning, the release day, first thing.
Obviously I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet as I picked it up off the mat whilst rushing out to work, but it is being imported to my iPod as we speak.
The debut single, You have killed me, charted at #3 in the UK yesterday, which isn’t too bad, though it could have gotten to #1 if it hadn’t been for that stupid song, Crazy, or something, which got to the top of the charts on downloads alone. Quite obviously a fix.
I had already heard the first three tracks from the album, as they had been leaked, but, I abstained from listening to the others, all of which were readily available on the internet in various forms (including a full official playing on myspace), for reasons which I convinced myself were valid, sound quality, etc.
I don’t think I’ve ever been so eager to make the trip home on the bus.
The You have killed me single was released today in the UK (tomorrow, March 28 in the US), you can see my copies above.
The U.K. Mini CD single (CD I) tracklisting is:
“You Have Killed Me”
“Good Looking Man About Town”
The U.K. Maxi CD single (CD II) tracklisting is:
“You Have Killed Me”
“Human Being”
“I Knew I Was Next”
“You Have Killed Me” (video)
The U.K. 7″ vinyl single tracklisting is:
“You Have Killed Me”
“Good Looking Man About Town
Hopefully if everyone uses my method and buys all 3 copies, it will push Moz to the top of the charts this Sunday, as well as having all the collectible B-Sides too.
Moz officially kicked off his Ringleader of the Tormentors tour in Tulsa, Oklahoma on the Monday 16th.
The tour will arrive in Cardiff on 15th May and from the first show, we have some idea of what might be played on the UK leg.
You Have Killed Me
Still Ill
The Youngest Was The Most Loved
In The Future When All’s Well
Irish Blood, English Heart
My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye
Girlfriend In A Coma
I Have Forgiven Jesus
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Reader Meet Author
Life Is A Pigsty
Let Me Kiss You
Trouble Loves Me
How Soon Is Now?
First Of The Gang To Die
I Will See You In Far-off Places
Suedehead
At Last I Am Born
== Encore ==
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
Dusting off some great Smiths classics, especially “Stop me if..” & “Still Ill“, we can only hope this setlist is similar to what we will be getting.
A quick meme that I am setting for all Moz bloggers.
What would be your ideal setlist for the upcoming Ringleader of the Tormentors tour?
Heres mine:
I will see you in far off places Because it’s so well orchestrated and would get the gig off to a very powerful start
Found Found Found A good spring-board into any other song..
Life is a pigsty …haven’t heard it yet.
Dagenham Dave Carrying on the feel-good atmosphere..
Teenage dad on his estate Start to bring a more serious tone to the night..
You have killed me You’ve gotta play the single, haven’t you?
Sweet and tender hooligan If he’s gonna throw in some Smiths stuff, it this would fit the tone of the times..
Pregnant for the last time Danceble and fun…
The queen is dead 20 year anniversary and all, could he be the sentimental type?
I’ll Never Be Anybody’s Hero Now More new material..
Suedehead
The song that made Morrissey, I’m sure he’ll pay homage to it…
Never-played symphonies One of his finest compositions of the 21st century?
America is not the world
Now that he no longer lives there, I don’t think he’ll be afraid to perform this..
I’m not sorry
Another great song..
To Me You Are A Work Of Art new material
The boy racer As relevant now as it ever was…
Encore
Shoplifters of the world Recently Moz said this was one of the songs he is most proud of…
Every day is like Sunday Ideal song to end on…
And that’s my dream setlist.
I tried to be as realistic as I could, obviously he is not going to bash out National Front Disco, we all know what happened last time that happened…and also, I tried to think of what songs suit where Morrissey is now in his musical career.
He writes far more meaningful lyrics now than he did at the beginning of his solo career, I can’t imagine him playing ‘The lazy sunbathers’ for example. That’s just not where he is. In my view.
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Finally, Ringleader of the Tormentors, the long awaited new album from Morrissey has fallen onto my doormat.