Mike gave me his setlist, what a guy!
I also got to touch Morrissey's hand... what they say about it being soft is SO true!
Moz also said he forgives Wales for the Stereocronics, hehe.
If Sarah, Jess [the mute one] or Sian read this (the lovely girls at the front)... I'm Adam, gimme an email! :)

Setlist:
1st UV
STILL ILL
KILLED
YOUNGEST
BOY APPY
READAH
STREETS
MY LIFE IS A
COMA
LEMME
BORN
WORK OF ARTURO
FAR-OFF
FLOORBOARDS
PIGGY
HSIN ?
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OIRISH

Which translates to:
First of the Gang To Die
Still Ill
You Have Killed Me
The Youngest Was The Most Loved
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Reader Meet Author
On The Streets I Ran
My Life is an Endless Succession of People Saying Goodbye
Girlfriend in a Coma
Let Me Kiss You
At Last I Am Born
To Me You Are a Work of Art
I Will See You In Far Off Places
Life is a Pigsty
How Soon Is Now?
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Encore: Irish Blood, English Heart

Fantastic gig, Pigsty went down well as did How Soon Is Now. My Life was good too. Still Ill was the real kickoff.

Sons & Daughters were okay.

Take care,

Adam
mason7@gmail.com

Yet again, what a strange setlist. No 'Dear God', no 'In the Future', no 'Father who Must Be Killed', no 'I'll Never Be' and not a single song from his early solo career - only one from Southpaw in 1995, that's almost a decade of (great) songs that are neglected. Can't wait to hear 'Girlfriend' though. Glad he's dropped 'Last Night'. Great song but he's done it to death.

nobody, and I mean NOBODY, looks good in a banana yellow shirt.

It was an amazingly nice day beforehand, beautifull weather and the sea was lovely and flat - Llandudno is really pretty and the town was practically empty, before the gig we saw the whole band except Boz strolling along the prom in their smart suits looking like something from Resevoir Dogs, and afterwards we found the pier deserted but unlocked with all the lights on and spent about an hour strolling about - it was weird, like 28 days later.

Duff venue - but very polite staff and security, but the now traditional tearing up of the shirt at the end got quite rowdy - I'm told!

Rich

Fantastic! I remember hearing that he went to see them once and thinking 'what the hell are you doing?'! Think he walked out half way through their set.
Having said that, Dakota was a brilliant song and deserved to be number one. 7.2 billion times better than their usual hoary, charmless, naff rock. Really wish one of Moz's songwriters could write a piece of music as powerful, uplifting and melodic as that...
Maurice

At Last I Am Born................... 15
First Of The Gang To Die............ 15
Girlfriend In A Coma................ 15
How Soon Is Now?.................... 15
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy.... 15
I Will See You In Far-off Places.... 15
Irish Blood, English Heart.......... 15
Let Me Kiss You..................... 15
Life Is A Pigsty.................... 15
My Life Is a Succession Of People... 15
Still Ill........................... 15
The Youngest Was The Most Loved..... 15
You Have Killed Me.................. 15
Reader Meet Author.................. 14
Trouble Loves Me.................... 13
Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved.. 10
A Song From Under The Floor Boards.. 8
I Have Forgiven Jesus............... 6
To Me You Are A Work Of Art......... 7
In The Future When All's Well....... 3
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard... 2
Suedehead........................... 2
I Like You.......................... 1
On the streets I ran. . . . . . . . .1

Openers:
First of the Gang to Die............ 14
You Have Killed Me.................. 1

Encores:
Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved.. 10
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard... 2
Irish Blood, English Heart.......... 3

...I am sick and tired of being surrounded by idiots who seem to think that attending a gig is nothing more than an opportunity to get drunk and chat loudly to their equally moronic mates throughout the show.

Having got that off my chest, I have to say that I preferred last night's show to the previous night's. No Trouble Loves Me, but On the Streets I Ran was a nice surprise.

I for one was delighted that the show was in the (all standing) Conference Centre rather than the Theatre. First UK all standing gig since Blackpool in 2004 if I'm not mistaken?

Great venue - the smallest I've seen him in. Great crowd down at the front who were totally into the songs and bouncing along to every one.

I preferred this to the Lowry only because I prefer standing venues. Thanks for those around me who made the night so good apart from the oaf and his troll-like girlfriend who complained that I stood in front of them! Hopefully they got trampled underfoot.

Moz sang beautifully - you're in for a treat if you haven't seen him yet - but was less involed with banter than last night. I nearly, so nearly touched him!

Roll on The Apollo.

WARNING! I have seen Morrissey more times than i care to mention; last night he was as good as ever. Standing in front row with friends right up close to the great man... Talking to people who have followed him for as long as I have...And then the show ended and i realised someone had thieved my wallet from my jeans pocket. If you are in possession of it I would like it back. Shame on you.

I keep forgetting to say - on At Last I Am Born - he changes the lyric to 'Vegetarians note...'

It's the little details that count!

What a brilliantly idiosyncratic choice of venue! Hats off to M who could sell out anywhere, but chose instead to play this characterless conference room in Llandudno; it was like someone had booked him for their school disco! It was all standing, the view was great from pretty much everywhere, the staff were friendly, the setlist was well chosen (particularly pleased to hear 'My Life is a Succession of People Saying Goodbye') and M's vocal performance exquisite throughout. A wonderful night. Big thanks to M for spoiling us with songs and shows to treasure forever. xxx

already questionable setlist even less palatable.

Good nite although I lost my 300 quid specs only to be found rite at the end of the gig.SMASHED TO A PULP.
Nevermind I got the setlist and a dirty towel from a nice bouncer for my misfortune.
Too many slow songs for my liking but a good small venue,it will be better soon when they have finished the work.
good crowd though still a bit deaf as I am writing this.

how many were there???
Some chap ( local crew ) actually tried to sell me one at the end when the lights had just gone up, enterprising maybee - but did I look that desperate??

At Last I Am Born................... 15
First Of The Gang To Die............ 15
Girlfriend In A Coma................ 15
How Soon Is Now?.................... 15
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy.... 15
I Will See You In Far-off Places.... 15
Irish Blood, English Heart.......... 15
Let Me Kiss You..................... 15
Life Is A Pigsty.................... 15
My Life Is a Succession Of People... 15
Still Ill........................... 15
The Youngest Was The Most Loved..... 15
You Have Killed Me.................. 15
Reader Meet Author.................. 14
Trouble Loves Me.................... 13
Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved.. 10
A Song From Under The Floor Boards.. 8
I Have Forgiven Jesus............... 6
To Me You Are A Work Of Art......... 7
In The Future When All's Well....... 3
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard... 2
Suedehead........................... 2
I Like You.......................... 1
On The Streets I Ran................ 1
 
Openers:
First of the Gang to Die............ 14
You Have Killed Me.................. 1
 
Encores:
Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved.. 10
Irish Blood, English Heart.......... 3
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard... 2

made me laugh when he came on stage with fag in his mouth and then had it behind his ear for 1st three songs
didnt really suit his image -has this happened at
previous gigs

Wow, I thoroughly enjoyed last night. Well worth the 9 hour round journey. No really. Saw parts of Wales I never knew existed! And plenty of sheep with lambs.Aaah. Do you know theres 11 million sheep to 3 million humans in Wales (approx) So thats a 3 and 2/3 sheep each per head. And I've only done 1 and 1/2!

Llandudno is a lot prettier than I anticipated and the promenade had a certain grandeur. The venue didn't, in my opinion it looked like an Art Deco building made out of curly-wurlys from the outside!

Anyway the venue itself was fantastic. It was like a school disco, complete with all the remnants of society including me and my 2 mates!

Highlights:

Moz coming on with fag behind ear.... v.Kill Uncle tour.
On The Streets I Ran! FUCKING YES!!!
Moz mock punching his jaw during Blah Blah Blah
"If you apologise for the Stereochronics, we'll apologise for everything else"
Shouts for Boz and Gary Day! Boz's glass playing in Life Is A Pigsty
Life Is A Pigsty!
"The U....S.....A doesn't bomb you" line delivered with a contemptuous panache. (ooh hark at him!)
Being so close to the maestro.
Good crowd.
Launching into Magazine cover when saying stuff about the past. Members of the crowd shouting out for various Smiths songs, it bamboozled a few!
Introducing the band. Julia got a mention too.
IBEH as the encore. Inspired choice. Place went mental! (and I've been a "fan" since 1990- 14th gig.)

Oh and lots of other stuff which will come back to me one day when I'm least suspecting it.

OH YEH- parents there with their kids. There was one bloke with a proper quiff and all that with his nipper. Fantastic stuff.
An oafish loaf realising he cpuldn't barge past anymore people and singing his oafish heart out.

Lowlights:

Moz's yellow shirt. YELLOW. I mean......
Bloke losing his £300 glasses, felt slightly culpable. Don't worry my mate's (who didn't make Amsterdam due to his passport expiring at check-in see Amsterdam thread) mobile went missing in action, presumed dead. At least you have the remnants! (COME ON NASH BRING IT ON! I know you're reading......)
Having a touch of the flu
Broadway Boulevard ALL OF IT.
Not going to Leeds! Hope it was good.

Oh well onto the 6th May....the Apollo! I think this one is going be a bit doolalley so I'm going down the gym! I was aching a tad this morning I can tell you.

BLUEBIRDS

Did my War& Piece review get taken down?

BRILLIANT!!!

Bluebirds.

P.S. Moz's yellow shirt. A fashion faux pas

Llandudno= better than expected

At LAst I Am Born

Didn't realise we were presenting transcripts to Penguin. Next time I'll make sure you have 8 drafts! And I'd still be the girl least likely to...

Why would any one want to play in this anal cavity?

Six of us stood opposite the stage door after the gig, behind a barrier and a few security folk. We shouted him to come over and so he did, posing for photos and shaking hands before heading to his bus and waving to the people who were the other side of the bus to us. He said nothing, but smiled and did the Moz shrug. Magic. A lovely fella with the bluest eyes in the world.