Can't wait! People, it's going to be *mad*.

Woop!

Morrissey? In my home town? I am stil struggling to believe it.

By the by, this is Michael, if anyone remembers me (turned up at about 12 today and didnt leave until it finished!). My face is rather new amongst the die hard fans as this is only about my 10th ever Mozzer gig and the first on this tour. I'd like to thank all the guys I met today for being a good laugh as the hours dragged on and for incorporating me so easily into some of the hardcore Moz worship. I'd particulary like to thank the guy stood next to me during the concert who physically went out of his way to get me one of Morrissey's buttons from the first shirt he ripped open (During "..kiss you", on the line "And thennn...you open your eyes and you see someone that you physically despise"...very clever) and a plectrum. Later on I also got myself number 6/20 of the signed albums and a lovely t-shirt which I'll be sporting at my next gig: The Troxy.

My verdict? Well you shouldn't listen to it because it's biased as, in my eyes, the man can do no wrong. As such, tonight, the man did no wrong. Neither did his band, the support band, anyone around me or any of the fantastic people I met today.

See you all very soon, I hope, at the Troxy and then its Brixton, Brixton, Brixton...baby?

=]

For Friday night on Seetickets NOW

As written on the set list...

Charman
Irish
B Cloud
HSIN?
All You Need Is Me
How Can?
Coma
Paris
Lemme KY
Ask
Skull
One Day Good
Why Don't You F?
Bores
Hidden
Carol
Best F on P
Sorry Doesn't (not played)
Some Grills
Loop
I'm Ok By
enc: Nearer My God To Thee Am I (First of the Gang)

Good gig...I'm off to the afterparty

I may be biased as this was my hometown, but holy christ that was a good gig. He wasnt that talkative, he mumbled something about being holed up in a room with pictures of previous hartlepool mayors which he said were a 'strange' bunch, and he said that on friday the horizon will come...

Here's a few I made earlier. A great performance and friendly atmosphere, despite all the bruises :)

Morrissey Photos [flickr.com]

Who made that rather lovely song and video in the intro loop?

Happy Birthday Sir
http://www.allmylittlewordsonline.com [allmylittl...online.com]

It was the first time I'd been to Hartlepool Borough Hall but I thought it was a great venue.
Much prefer Morrissey in smaller venues myself. Reminded me of some of the excellent Liverpool Royal Court shows I'd been to.

While I'm not a massive fan of the new album, some of the tracks came across really well. And 'Ask'? It sounded like a different song.

Like others on this site, I'd love to see some more early stuff on the set - Alsation Cousin, Little Man What Now etc and maybe a bit more off Southpaw. Maybe I'm being a bit hopeful there mind...

On the whole, a really enjoyable gig and I hope we'll see him back in Teesside soon.

there was never any tickets onsale for fridays show lastnight, it must have been a mistake but the guy on the phone just told me they have standing tickets there for saturday night

I've got tickets for friday i was just trying to get another 2 for my mate n his lady

can any anyone shed any light on how much the sighned albums are at the gigs please,thanks x

That would take some beating

lol
Unless of course he came and exited
with youll never walk alone

great yarmouths anthem is

one julie riley theres only one julie riley

fuck off

irene

Great venue, great gig, great atmosphere - what more could you want? It was my son's second, Morrissey gig as well, he got to the front and had a great time. Mine - God knows how many! However it was tarnished by one incident I'd like to share with you.
I was behind first row of people behind the barrier, I'm six feet tall, the girl in front of me just over five foot. Inevitabely my arms would rest on her or hang down in front on to the barrier - what was i supposed to do stick them up in the air or down by my side? Was I jumping up and down, trying to get her out of the road, climb over her or anything else - certainly not!!! In fact I was protecting from the usual stage divers. So why the hell did you bite my arm???!!!
I did not deserve it. if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen - i.e. get a bloody seat where there's no contact. I had the pleasure of showing my wife and three kids my arm with a lovely u shaped bruise this morning. Oh and if anyone is wondering it's the girl with 'Morrissey' tatooed on her forearm. She didn't even have the courtesy to apologise.

I was really excited about last night after seeing him at Barrowlands 2 weeks ago and having a brilliant time. This was to be about my 30th time seeing him.

It was my first time at The Borough Hall, and it had a great feel as soon as we walked in, a great venue nice and tight with the stage at a good height, and just the sort of place where Morrissey seems to thrive.

Doll and the Kicks were entertaining again, can't believe they are unsigned as yet. Spoke to them after the show and they are lovely people as well, really chatty and to coin a northern phrase, dead canny.

On to Moz. The man was brilliant (again), the band were brilliant (again), everything was played to perfection and Morrissey's voice was tops after his recent illness. A great start to the gig with This Charming Man, Irish Blood, Black Cloud and How Soon Is Now really getting the crowd going, loads of swaying and surging and sweat! Perfect. "This is going to be brilliant" I thought.

However there was a real lull to the gig around Ask which I couldn't understand, which carried on virtually to First of The Gang to Die, at one point Morrissey even asked if we were missing our beds which is why they didn't play Sorry Doesn't Help Us, in my opinion. This could just have been my luck, that I could have been surrounded by people who didn't know much of the older stuff. Even The Loop and Sol's bass rockout at the end of I'm OK By Myself didn't get these people bouncing! HOW?

Ended up behind Julia who I spoke to at the end and she was really charming and nice, you can't believe all you read.

All in all, a great show from Morrissey and the band's point of view but I did find the crowd to be a little staid.

Still loved it, still ove Morrissey and think the band are class at the minute. More power to their elbows I say!

I meant to say that we saw 'Boro legend' Bernie Slaven at last night's gig. He was sporting a Moz quiff.No sign of Gareth Southgate mind.

Interesting as I understand Liverpool's Xabi Alonso was at the Liverpool gig...

Anyone know what time Moz came on stage and what time it finished? Trying to arrange train back from Manchester on Friday night....

Could it be related to this little story? (from th Guardian seven deadly sins of football series)

Town goes bananas – Hartlepool, 2002

The denizens of Hartlepool, who, it is said, once infamously hanged a monkey during the Napoleonic wars because they thought it was a Frenchman, went one better in 2002: they elected the Hartlepool United mascot as the town's mayor. H'Angus the Monkey - a nod to the town's Napolenoic shame - promised "free bananas for schoolchildren".
Stuart Drummond, the man behind the mask, ensured the kids did indeed get fresh fruit - and was re-elected in 2005. SM

I wasn't there by the way.... but I will be tomorrow. COME ON MOZ GIVE US A SONG