Great show. Vibey and enthused crowd. Moz was way into it as well. No stage invaders, fairly tight security. Pics and video to come tomorrow.

xx

Was it worth the wait New York?

everything brought back for the tour was included..Stope Me, Billy Budd, Stretch Out, Disco Dancer, Tomorrow, Last Night I Dreamt, Jack the Ripper, London..

the Loop was incredible and my personal highlight..Only one Ringleader show played (You Have Killed Me)

What time did they let you into the venue?
and...
What time did the concert end? :)

By far the best show from the man yet. It was totally worth the wait but then agan I did travel to the Borgata this summer. His voice was strong and he was really into the vibe tonight. Great mixture of songs.

Morrissey had his longest chat of the night by saying, "In a perfect world, it would be Obama. Nice face. Nice teeth." He said some more that I forgt at the moment but then said. "If the governement truely cared about the environment they would get rid of McDonalds. You know their big marketing slogan One billion Served? It should be one billion killed!" Ahhh...who else but Moz to bring up the largest cause of global warming, mass produced meat.

To those who leave the performance to get a drink. Please don't try to return. You're obviously not a fan if you can't go 90 minutes without alcohol! Get a life and stay home.

Looking forward to someone clear headed with the setlist and tomorrow nights show. Oh and there was no "special VIP ticket" for those of us who got the 5 night pass. Just regular tickets and a warning that the posters will be handed out BEFORE (not after) Friday nights show. Kinda stupid if it gets crushed.

Viva la Moz!

He stated he likes Barack Obama and not Hillary. "If there's a good (?) American, it would be Barack Obama. Good clothes, nice face, good teeth. No other American presidents have ever had that. Jimmy Carter. I don't know about Hillary. No, not Hillary."

Typical crowd, enthusiastic. It was not sold out. I bought a scalped ticket for $15 (!) at 9 p.m. It was in mezzanine one. Mezz 1 is not a good area unless you're in the very front row. There's a low ceiling and lots of columns blocking the view.

I recorded the whole show.
Audio recording coming soon to my site.

did the people who bought the 5-day package get in first (priority on line)??

he played Last Night i Drempt that Somebody Loved Me....

i dont think he played this on tour yet, has he?

Good show, after "Stop me..." He said "Welcome to the Madison square" and thanked people for being patient, later on said "finally our donkey made to New York city", he was was emotional during "Last nigh I dreamt..." for me the highlight of the show, nice venue but many people that weren't truly fans they were there just because tickets where $20 so the audience wasn't very enthusiastic typical New York.
Let's see tomorrow...

He made some comments about finally making it to New York "after a few coughs and a few sniffles." A few minutes later someone in the crowd handed him a cough drop. Classic.
My 2nd show, it was great. The Loop was excellent. Hopefully things will be a little different for Friday, but I'm not expecting it.

I want to rave about the show -- it was the best setlist I've ever seen. Song after song of my FAVORITE songs. Morrissey was funny, the band was amazing, etc.

Was anyone else in the left (Boz) side in front of the stage? At the beginning, a drunk and violent man began to push his way through the crowd. He proceeded to HIT a small girl (literally, he just started hitting her) and everyone began to pile to him trying to grab him away. A friend of mine (who is a girl) tried to calm him down and he raised his arms at her and tried grabbing her throat.

Security would NOT throw this man out quick enough, despite everybody SCREAMING and begging and pleading for them to throw him out. They all looked dumbfounded as we screamed "HE'S HITTING WOMEN, THROW HIM OUT, PLEASE"... We were all pointing to him and yelling.

Finally someone came and threw him out.

An hour later, for some reason, this guy is backstage, and he starts to try to walk on stage. Security then grabs him and shoves him back behind a curtain.

Why was he even STILL IN THE BUILDING? How far do you have to go to get kicked out of a show, and how bad is security that they let this man get close enough that he could walk on to the stage?

-Jordan

excellent show. i'll write more about it on my site tomorrow, but in general it seemed to take two songs for Morrissey and the band to kick things into gear... the crowd wasn't very fanatic for sure... um, standouts for me were The Loop, Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself?, Death Of A Disco Dancer, and the three new songs I hadn't yet heard in person. i'm hoping he'll change up this setlist a bit for each of the remaining 4 shows. we shall see.

already can't wait for tomorrow night.

setlist:

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
Tomorrow
Sister I'm A Poet
London
The Loop
That's How People Grow Up
Jack The Ripper
I Like You
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself?
Stretch Out And Wait
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Billy Budd
All You Need Is Me
Death Of A Disco Dancer
Irish Blood, English Heart
Shoplifters Of The World Unite
One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
You Have Killed Me
How Soon Is Now?
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First of the Gang to Die

Can someone please post at what time Morrissey took to the stage? Hoping to get there tmow right before he comes on

Thanks very much

WTF was up with the barricade? It was like 7' away! I'm definitely going to try to get onstage (maybe Sunday), but it's going to be tough, I know. Hopefully Moz's personal guard can help me...

Songs sounded good overall, the band's obviously very tight after playing for so long together. The Loop was fantastic! Sister I'm a Poet had a bizarre Rock n Roll Part II vibe that I did not expect in the slightest.

BTW, the way the "Maximum Morrissey" deal worked was that if you had a ticket with N-TYPE printed on it (the space that normally says ADULT), you could get in early. No special pass that you got from the box office. I know at least two people got in with M-TYPE tickets as well, so try your best if you've got one of those other tickets.

Looking forward to tomorrow...

What a great night. I've seen more spectacular "performances" from The Man, and I've been in more enthusiastic crowds, but there was a great vibe last night. First of all, everyone I met was even friendlier and more interesting than usual. Even though I did not have a five-day pass, I still got front-and-center, with the best view all night long. Everyone even smelled good - like fresh laundry - well done!

The crowd around me knew all the words to all the songs, old and new, and were very, very into it without being pushy or obnoxious. Most people danced all night, but we all had our space. Morrissey was warm, charming, chatty and gave 110%. His tamborine work was top-notch, and he was really gyrating very nicely during London. His vocals were perfect.

He looked divine in that first blue shirt with (almost) matching trousers. It took him quite a while to throw a shirt out, but he really worked it - very sexy. Returned in a black shirt, and then on to a "Je Suis Morrissey" T - I almost got a piece of that one.

He played almost everything that I wanted to hear, but "Last Night I Dreamt" was spectacular - he did indeed look as if he were going to break down in tears - I nearly lost it. The band were very tight and really punched it.

Even Kristeen Young wasn't too bad, and I LOVED her bleeding heart dress - bravo.

A few troublemakers, as noted, but overall just a spectacularly warm and intimate evening. I have never loved Morrissey more than I did last night.

Just as the subject says. Incredible songs, fantastic crowd, amazing voice and amazing Moz. I even met some fantastically nice people in line. Carmella Krista and Andrew if you're reading!

hope to see you all again this week.

pictures and 2 short videos coming soon (probably wednesday)

Morrissey and the band were great tonight. Moz said something about "being like Kid Rock", does anyone remember what that quote was? Thanks to the guy who gave me the threads of the black shirt, it was better then nothing. Also, I found a pic on the ground, it was a brown heavy pic, anyone know whose it was, I assume Solomon's... See you guys tomorrow night!

Viva Boz

I'm very scared about tonight. It seems like last night was my ultimate setlist, tonight he'll probably change it up and play the whole ROTT album and end with that dreadful Drive In Saturday

The Flibster

If you didn't have a good time at this show, it was you're own damn fault. Moz and the lads gave it their all!

Respectable turnout for a Monday night. Like many people, I changed into my Liza Minnelli outfit from work and hopped on the Blue line to get to the venue. The Hammerstein is old and hollow with hard cement floors, but you can tell that at one time, it must have been a beautiful place.

Kristeen Young received some polite applause. Took awhile for the crowd to warm up to her. It's as almost as if they took some perverse pleasure in watching her frustration. I get a kick out of her outfits. She wore a paper doll dress with huge tabs sticking out of the sides.

"On bended knee I kneel to you, New York…" The lads and The Man himself takes the stage and wastes no time. He was struttin' and posing and talking some trash! He took a wrapped gift from a little boy and got a big cheer from the Boz side of the stage. "I love presents…"

Great setlist. Boz and Walker took turns front stage and gave us all a cheap thrill. Moz mentioned an oncoming cold, but otherwise sounded great. When Morrissey starts talking nonsense, you know he is feeling his cherrios.

Other notable quips:

"I know what I know… I know more than I even know…"

"Why am I talking in a Liverpudlian accent when I'm from Yorkshire…" (At that point, a huge thought bubble descended from the crowd and floated up into the rafters)

Highlights for me were "Crashing Bores" which surprisingly turned into a sing-a-long from the Boz side of the stage. The crowd sounded a little like the Harlem Boys Choir with one too many sips of the communion wine. Great to hear "The Loop" complete with standup bass. I started into my Mozmic Dancing and young men around me followed suit. Had a nice yelling contest with the young man next to me. He let me win.

The show ended sometime around 10:40. I loitered around the stage hoping I could find someone who looked like he was collecting presents. I had a little something for The Man. No luck finding anyone.

I wish all the folks with Maximum Morrissey passes a good time. What a treat to see him in New York. It's like having my two great loves together in the same room.

I walked by Hammerstein on the way to work. I hope they didn't spend last night there.

Oh, everyone please stop whining about the crowd, or about people going to get a drink. You're there to see music, aren't you? Oh, I'm so upset that there was a barricade that prevented you from ruining the show by jumping on stage. Oh, I wish you could get on stage so maybe Morrissey would leave earlier than usual. Don't be so self-absorbed...go to the show and enjoy the music, for pete's sake, and don't ruin MY time, please!
(This of course doesn't pertain to the guy hitting women...that's a little absurd of course)
Peace, love and Moz.

Last night was the first time in 12 years seeing Morrissey. It was very fun and I was entertained. However, what was with the boffo drum solo on the big Timpany drum and the goofy gong smashes at the end of a lot of songs? It was really silly and almost embarrassing. I'd expect to see that at Van Halen but not at Morrissey.

Me and dah boys had a great time! One ting Mozza: Don't fuh-get yah friends...what? Yah couldn't buy me a drink? Yah good ol' friend Frankie? Foist dey look at me funny when I orduh my usual Sal-Is-Bury Steak, next, dah bah-tendah expects me tah pay fuh my Long Island!

I've had bettah drinks from dah New Yawk Rivah!

Hi all,

Great show and the crowd where I was standing was pretty well behaved. Awesome setlist...but I'm still hoping Moz surprises us with "Suedehead" or something like that...(Does he ever play "Alma Matters" ever??)

I've been reading this site for years...finally posting. Met some nice folks last night (kevster, marjorie, susan...hope to see you again!) and hoping to say hi to more folks on here.

If you see a tall Asian dude in a The Queen is Dead shirt tonight...most likely me.

Oh...if you are getting your Maximum Morrissey poster on Friday...bring a poster tube! (thanks for the advice K, M, S!)

-Abe

Sounds like it was a great show, I'm so jealous of everyone with 5 day passes. Fortunately I will be there Saturday (it will only be my 3rd Moz show) and I hope he repeats some of this awesome setlist. The only bad part is that Saturday is the only one that's completely sold out - my friend wants to come and I need an extra ticket. If anyone has an extra GA Floor ticket I will gladly buy it. Please help me out!

I grew up her in NYC and in HS an my early college years I was a MOZ nut, always sleeping out for tix, trying to get on stage, saw 15 shows from 91-97 etc.

Last night was the first time I saw him in 10 years, took my wife to her first Moz show... and all I can say is.... Thank You So Much Moz. That was the best show I could have seen after ten years and I am going back Sunday night for more... The sound was amazing, Moz was flawless... just great all over. And as much as I would have loved to hear some classics, as long as I hear "Sister" I am fine, I love all the new material...

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