my apologies for my cynical comment about the setlist yesterday

you lucky Americans, lot in Europe eat there hearts
out, he toured ROTT twice, but with somehow the same setlist over and over again

well enjoy the shows, and hope he throw some new
songs in HIS set too

The best Morrissey concert I've ever seen.
He shook my hand... and I forgot to write down the set list for you guys.

The sound was incredible. The venue was incredible. Morrissey was incredible.
I still can't believe it.

How was security at Sparks? I'm going to the Sunday show and wanted to sneak in my camera. Any suggestions?

The show was amazing. The Nugget is by far the best sounding venue I've ever been to. I've been to over 200 concerts and this is my 4th at the Nugget. I don't know if it can get any better then FINALLY hearing Moz sing "There is a Light That Never Goes Out". Opening with "The Queen is Dead" was brilliant too.

Set List:
The Queen Is Dead
The Youngest Was the Most Loved
You Have Killed Me
Disappointed
There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Lucky Lisp
In the Future When All's Well
Ganglord
The National Front Disco
The Boy With The Thorn in His Side
Everyday is like Sunday
I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
I Will See You in Far Off Places
Life is a Pigsty
How Soon Is Now
Let Me Kiss You
I Just Want to See the Boy Happy
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Encore

You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side
Irish Blood, English Heart

I will be reviewing the show for Staticmultimedia.com but was unable to take pics since my camera was broken a month ago and have been too poor to get a new one. I need to someone to "donate" a photo of his Saturday show. You will get a photo credit. Please email me the pic at tight_bro@yahoo.com

thanks

Ok folks... here is my contribution for today:

www.flaviosantanna.com/Moz_Sparks_apr28.zip

Flavio Sant' Anna

a most excellent show the band was extremely tight and very fast nice to boz back the first half was like the tour a couple yrs back the second half was different in good way moz seemed very relaxed and was really working with band with his dance moves i think every body will be please with this tour

I just got back from work this morning (Vauxhall blasting in the car) wondering how Sparks turned out.

You all seem very happy.

Morrissey seems very happy.

Flax's photos make me very happy (1210 is a killer).

I'm never gonna make it to June 29, never.

just like in '06?

People seem to have liked the photos... so here goes a video from last night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFz3G77VxPk

The Queen is Dead AND There is a light?!! I hope to christ Moz keeps this setlist consistant all the way to Alabama and Georgia! We love you Moz!! GIVE US ALL THE QUEEN IS DEAD!

Ok folks... thanks for appreciating my video and photos.

Here is another video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVZIjyNbZ4o

So, if you'd like to make Flax happy, you could make a donation via PayPal to me at: flavio@flaviosantanna.com

That would help me afford more Morrissey concerts! :)

For those of you who have gone to both shows, what show was better?

Is anyone going to say if AYNIM is a decent song, or tell us anything about it. I guess if it were show stopping some one would have mentioned that.

This was my second Morrissey concert, the first taking place in Denver in 2002 at the Fillmore. This one was tremendous!

I was a bit nervous about the man's mood, seeing as how this concert was taking place in a casino, in a two-horse town whose population is not much more than that of Madison Square Garden. No worries! The banter and energy for the entire evening was unbeatable. At one point early in the set, Moz touched his finger to his cheek and made a hissing sound, as though he were sizzling (I don't know if much of the audience caught this one.) Other banter highlights included several instances of audience participation: he handed the mic to a girl up front early in the set and asked "Do you want to ask me something? Were am I?" She replied, "Sparks, Nevada. How are you?" "I'm passable," said Morrissey, to eruptive applause.

The above comments regarding the acoustics are spot-on, and I would add a remark or two about his voice. He is in fine form! I watched/listened to the recent Kimmel show clip in horror, and can happily say that his voice last night bore no resemblence to that youtube segment. All of the vocal flourishes in "Boy with a Thorn," "Youngest Was the Most Loved" and others were on-key and as effusive as ever.

I think anyone at the show who has followed Moz's career must have had at least some anxiety about his mood for a concert at this type of locale. He was chatty and almost, um, happy. My shirt count was four (I think--the end of the show was a blur of remarkable performances) and toward the end of the concert (I cannot recall which song) Morrissey stood shirtless for a minute or so...to more rapturous cheering.

Watching a Morrissey show in the company of Reno coctail waitresses is an experience I shall never forget. None of the girls I talked to before the show seemed to know who he was, and by the end of night all of them were standing out in the audience, trays put away, mouths agape at what was going on here (huge crowd noise, at least 5 or 6 stage invaders.) It was my first glimpse, 25+ years into this man's career, at the impact he can have on the uninitiated. Morrissey has not lost a step.

Finally, a kind word to our table of strangers at 285! Three of us spent the entire show dancing, and a fourth ended up (briefly) on stage (nice head fake to the security guard, dude.)

Dear God, please send him back to us. I shall keep asking you.

how/where do you link to the pic's from sparks thanks

they are together in section 152, lower section, 20 feet from the stage. I'll be in the bar section at a table close to the box office/front door of the Celebrity Showroom if anyone wants to buy them! I bought to many tickets :-) so come and get them.

mozzie....get to canada....pronto...or more baby seals will DIE!!!!

no 'first of the gang to die'?

Just Curious as to how people are getting such great photos? are they through phone cameras or did they sneak cameras in?

i thought they weren't allowed, but im going to his upcomming show soon and i;d like to know. thanks.

see my review of the show with some pictures and video downloads at the general discussion forum link. http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?p= 537005#post537005

Sparks Saturday, April 28
The most incredible concert and viewing of Moz ever. I brought my California car plate "MOZ CAT" and held it high for him to see. He grabbed my hand and held on for 5 seconds. All this while Stuart was slicing his sweaty shirt that Moz threw to the front rowers and 10 men fighting over it and pulling it for over 10 minutes. Pieces of his dark green shirt were shared amongst 10 or more people.
I've never been to a show where afterwards, strangers were hugging each other because of the incredible energy and awe that we all felt, forever lasting.

You're so lucky he played "There is a light that never goes out." It seems he only played it a few times this tour, I'm not sure he has since this show. I honestly hope he does for the June 3RD show since i'm going.