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on Sunday May 10 2009, @03:00PM
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Morrissey (Score:0)
The Beast met Morrissey (Score:1)
"I don't, thank you". I was so near yet so far away. please load the pictures as Morrissey look beautiful.
As for the concert,wow!!!!brilliant,I'm sorry he refused to play something is squeezing my skull and that he was upset by the fact the barrier was soooo far from the stage.what happened at the end with the bouncher running for Morrissey?
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oh dear.... (Score:0)
Let's hazard a guess at which shows he'll be cancelling then...
Oh what an atmosphere (Score:1)
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Were you in Row B? (Score:1)
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Moz on the Mersey (Score:0)
High points included a moving Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself and an absolutely sensational rock-out version of The Loop. For me though the show's centrepiece was Seasick Yet Still Docked, stunning and heart-rending. The people complaining about the current band's playing on recent gigs want their ears testing. Okay, some of the Smiths tracks are a little thin, but SYSD and many others really brought out their myriad strengths.
Shirt off during LeMeKissU brought immense cheers, as did the several near-but-not-quite successful stage climbers at the encore.
All-in-all, while Moz may not have enjoyed himself that much, most others clearly did, me included.
-Ben G
Empire in '91 (Score:0)
Round the backdoor (Score:0)
-Dale
Only 70 Minutes (Score:1)
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First gig (Score:0)
Started the set with 'This Charming Man', and he looked very suave in a nice shirt and jacket combo. Was quite surprised to hear 'I Keep Mine Hidden' and I would have liked more Smiths songs to have been played, but an enjoyable night nonetheless. 7/10.
Xabi Alonso at Empire (Score:1)
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Great gig, shame about the venue (Score:0)
Great Day all round (Score:1)
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Liverpool (Score:0)
Bad news from Ticketmaster (Score:1)
Could anyone please verify?
Thanks.
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ReScheduling (Score:1)
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liverpool Empire (Score:1)
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liverpool empire (Score:0)
tonights gig cancelled! (Score:1)
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The Empire Strikes Back (Score:1, Insightful)
1 - Every tour he ends up cancelling dates due to ill health - larger venues=fewer dates=less chance of cancellations.
2 - Fewer instant sell-outs, forcing fewer dedicated fans into the greedy arms of the professional touts.
3 - Most large venues (such as the Liverpool Echo Arena) can at least have a standing area, such as The Bunnymen and Oasis last year, which at least gave an option of standing at the front, even if the poor souls seated at the back are bound to feel left out. Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield etc have the same facility at their arenas.
This is the last gig I was ever see (Score:2, Interesting)
My biggest gripe is that he seemed to portray this "be grateful for small things" attitude from the start yet having paid for my ticket 6 months ago the least he could do is put up or shut up for 90 minutes.
His voice seemed fine to me; a little more nasal than usual but pretty spot on so I think he skipped 2 songs just so he could get to bed earlier.
And like someone else said, where we were "seated" probably didn't help make the atmosphere any better.
Oh, and on that, he complained about the atmosphere then make a cutting his throat gesture to tell us to stop singing his name....which do you want Moz? The vocal support of your audience or the passive spectators you moaned about?
This will be my final Morrissey gig.
The last couple have left me with feelings of disappointment and it's clear to me that he saturated himself to the point there's nothing left to either give us or for me to take out of his performance.
I'll have to revert to watching Live In Dallas to remember Moz in the days when he really wanted to connect rather than thinking about the ££££.
I'll always love him and it's for that reason I'm avoiding any future feelings of anti-climax.
BTW - The Loop was amazing whereas his complete walk and talk through the encore showed a lack of respect for us in my opinion.
Cheers, Mjp
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Songs played (Score:0)
This Charming Man
Billy Budd
Black Cloud
How Soon Is Now?
Irish Blood, English Heart
When Last I Spoke To Carol
Ask
Let Me Kiss You
I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Best Friend On The Payroll
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
Seasick, Yet Still Docked
One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
I Keep Mine Hidden
The Loop
I'm OK By Myself
First Of The Gang To Die
Cancelled Royal Albert Hall (Score:1)
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albert hall (Score:1)
i don't think i'll be at Brum gig now
hope he recovers
but i don't mind the reshedule if it means he sings better, rather than turn up and hes shite
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get to london at 2 15... (Score:1)
me an the lady wouldnt have got on the train if we had known but as for checking online it only popped up at 11:20 so we was fuckt anyway coz our train was at 10am
my fuck i feel pissed off but i suppose its not his fault he's ill nothing we can do about that...
though i have spent 100 bucks now hostel money an my prebooked train tickets
i'm going for a beer now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Albert Hall (Score:1)
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Liverpool Empire 10.5.09 - Liverpool Echo Review (Score:2, Interesting)
Liverpool Echo (May 11 2009)
You’d have been hard pushed to pick Stephen Patrick Morrissey out of a line up of the crowd at the Empire last night.
Packed into the theatre were a thousand identikit versions of the Mancunian icon, quiffs a-quivering with delight.
Sauntering on to You’ll Never Walk Alone played starkly on a piano, shouting “Are you in the mood? Then prove it” their hero launched into the familiar bouncy refrain of This Charming Man.
Perfect.
So many artists refuse to play their old hits, particularly those from another band, one that broke up more than two decades ago.
But Morrissey gamely obliged, delighting fans with jaunty versions of Smiths’ classics Some Girls are Bigger Than Others, I Keep Mine Hidden, Ask (with alternate lyrics “If it’s not love then it’s macho military might that will bring us together”), Girlfriend in a Coma (in superb pub singer style) and the heavenly How Soon is Now, with the lyrics changed to “I’ve already waited too long, and most of my life has gone”. Let’s hope not. He’s only 49.
In a 20-song set he also played the solo stuff, rattling off storming versions of recent hits Throwing my Arms Around Paris and Irish Blood, English Heart, with How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel? from 2004 album You Are The Quarry a particular highlight.
But his most recent single, Something Is Squeezing My Skull, was nowhere to be seen, as he pointed out somewhat peevishly: “You have to be an archaeologist to find my new single, so I won’t play it”.
As the night wore on, he seemed increasingly irritable.
“Such an Empirical venue – with no atmosphere,” he quipped at one point. Where were you looking Mr Morrissey? The place was packed with devotees who’d kill and die for you. They whooped like schoolgirls when you whipped off your shirt.
But it wasn’t enough, and after just one encore song, First of the Gang to Die, and an hour and a quarter on stage, he made his exit.
Morrissey had left the building. Or maybe he’d just slipped into the crowd. Who would ever have been able to tell?
This Charming Man 9/10"
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Now you know how we felt in the U.S.A (Score:0)
Liverpool so upset totally lacklustre (Score:0)
stick to the smiths mate or your early stuff
we have never ever bought the emperors new clothes
irene liverpool
Morrissey Liverpool Empire 10th may 2009 (Score:1)
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setlist (Score:0)
Confirmed Set List Anyone ? (Score:1)
Thanks in advance
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