did it suck?

Compliments of bysshe :) who texted me each song.

This Charming Man
Something is Squeezing My Skull
Black Cloud
Billy Budd
How Soon Is Now
Throwing My Arms Around Paris
Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed
Ask
That's How People Grow Up
Let Me Kiss you *shirt off*
Seasick *shirt off*
The Loop
Best Friend on The Payroll
One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
I Keep Mine Hidden
The World is Full of Crashing Bores
Life Is a Pigsty
I'm OK By Myself *shirt off*
Irish Blood, English Heart

She said he sounded great and that there were a lot of stage invasions and also that security was *gulp* NICE!

What kinda shirts do they have for the tour..is there a tour shirt with the dates...they may want to modify that one!

Irish Blood? Really? I'll take anything I can get, but I would have expected something a little more exciting, no?

Best show Ive ever seen...15th time seeing him.

Set list posted is accurate and his voice is better than SC and he was like a new man...

Some notes:

Came out with:
I live to give....

Others:
We have a Durham too. But this one is much nicer
I left something in Myrtle Beach (before LMKY) and I've told you myself..so there
That was a song, I Keep Mine Hidden...from 11 centuries ago. Then went on to recite the first three lines for the crowd slowly.
He mentioned that... These are still years of refusal...
He said...Now that you have such a nice new president there is nothing to complain about....yet!
He called Boz a man of many selves....
He mentioned that writing the new songs is good because it keeps a fire in the belly rather than one upstairs in the elevator on the 22nd floor (I guess he meant the head???)
and it is better to write songs than to work at (he pronounced) MACDonalds...
Very energetic...

You must hear I am OK By Myself live....it's a new greatest hit.

He snuck out around the back and left people standing by the buses for over an hour....oh well

Nice to meet some new Moz friends...B and B...you were very nice, very nice....

or am i just not very psyched about the song selection? i really love the new album, and am excited to hear those songs live. but there are so many better smiths/solo songs from his back catalogue. and i'm not talking about just the hits!

if possible.

Wow. I am so happy I can hardly think or type. What an incredible, wonderful night. :)

Will type more tomorrow. Everything was so wonderful, beautiful - Moz, the setlist, the end, everything. Wow.

Thank you Mozzer. I am still speechless. What beauty. It could never fade. :)

Surprised he's not playing "It's Not Your Birthday Anymore." It's the strongest song on the new record.

I heard it was a great show! Coachella, here I come!

Tonights show was incredible! I only wish I could be with you at every one of them. Get ready to be blown away! :)

The entrance music tonight, as in Murder Beach, was a stirring piano version of “You'll Never Walk Alone” (because you can't even stand up unassisted, you sad drunk).

Below is what is on the actual setlist document:

See http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8561/charmansetlist.jpg [imageshack.us]
for actual photographic documentation. The knuckleduster and drumstick (from Matt Walker) come courtesy of my homo transcriptionist and merkin restorer.

DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER – DURHAM, NC
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009

1/ CHARMAN
2/ SKULL
3/ BLACK CLOUD
4/ B BUDD
5/ HSIN?
6/ PARIS
7/ MAMA
8/ ASK
9/ THATS HOW
10/ HOW CAN?
11/ LET ME KISS
12/ SEASICK, YET
13/ LOOP
14/ BEST FRIEND
15/ ONE DAY GOOD
16/ WHY DON'T YOU?
17/ HIDDEN
18/ BORES
19/ PIGSTY
20/ I'M OK

enc: IRISH / ALL YOU NEED (not played)

I don't have much to post because my head is spinning right now. My homo transcriptionist is having a difficult time making out the letters haphazardly typed on my Smith Selectric. All I can remember is that I was amazed that Morrissey did not cancel! Did it really happen, or will I later wake up in a puddle of my own sick and think, “What a wild dream!”?

The sound was EXCELLENT. Moz threw out two shirts – first one pink, 2nd black. Some kids got onstage and hugged Morrissey – best was near the beginning during PARIS. M wore the same denims with the frayed front pockets (right hip) as he had in Murder Beach.

After the Loop, Morrissey said to me, “Surely you have something shocking to say...” and started to hand me the mic. Oh, not so fast! He was back to his old games and snatching the mic back when I reached for it. I became surly, folded my arms, and refused to gratify him. So he said, “Be nice.” I retorted, “No, YOU be nice!” And harking back to a wicked reference from Myrtle Beach 2007, he asked, “Why should I?” But then he surrendered the mic and I got to say what was so shocking: “We're so glad you're HERE!”(that the concert wasn't canceled) I screeched into the mic like a giddy schoolgirl. Meanwhile, I gave him the 2009 Goodlooking Man About Town calendar. He pulled a wry face when he caught sight of the inverted YOUR ARSE'NALL piccy, and I yelled to him, “It's your best side.”

Speaking of shocking, during Crashing Bores, Morrissey gave the middle finger right in the face of someone who was on stage left (house right). He didn't look like he was joking. Also quite embarrassing, Moz pulled his squinchy face at me (on house left) and growled at the beginning of Crashing Whores; I returned the favour. He sang, “You must be wondering how / The boy next door turned out” and pointed at me. I had Morrissey's Greatest Tits out, so I finished the verse with “He grew tits!” And then he still kept pointing at me while singing, “But don't stare, SHE's still there.” I planted my face into my hands to hide.

Morrissey said that maybe tonight was just a normal night in Durham for the locals, but for him, the concert was the closest thing to S-E-X. I yelled, “We can help get you closer,” causing concert mates to giggle.

Morrissey made some minor slips (vocally and bodily) or near misses with some lyrics, but he was in much better form tonight. He is back!

Does anyone have any video, especially toward the end? It would be soooo awesome!!! ANY amount, ANY quality, would be so incredibly wonderful! What a special time. :)

I can't believe he sang my 3 favorite songs--"Seasick," "Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself?," and "Pigsty." I am beyond giddy with excitement for my upcoming show this Saturday!! I'm really hoping for "Seasick!!!!"

How long is the opening set, and what time does Morrissey take the stage?

He also played "How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel" after "Grow Up."

All in all a really good show. His voice was strong. About 12 people made it onto the stage, which was very low and had a small "step" about halfway up it.

Red Cortez was quite good -- one of the better opening bands for Moz in a long time.

"Now it's 30 years on"!

Anybody with a photo or video of the encore? I got my 40 year old butt on stage but didn't get to touch the Mozzer. I was in a blue jacket. If you have any image of me on stage, please pm me or just post it. Thanks!

I've been a fan since my college days (his Smiths days) but this is the first time I saw him in concert. I enjoyed it thoroughly although he left out some songs I hoped to hear. 'How Soon is Now' was the highlight for me.

I was the nutty English guy that managed to haul his old arse up and "grapple" moz.

Anyone got any evidence in the guise of video/pics -- Id be forever grateful.

And a great big "Bollocks to you" goes to the two wankers by front of stage who tried to stop me climbing up.

Aside from said wankers, concert was brilliant.

Any youtube links would be great. I live on them way over here.

And more details on Morrissey's vocals, the band's playing etc. would be great.

Not demanding much, am I?

Come on people, let's have some videos on youtube! I can't wait much longer.

When people actually make it onto the stage, what happens to them, do they just get sent to the back of the audience or do they get chucked out altogether, i've always wondered?

great setlist

moer variation

when he toured ROTT, he played 3/4 of the album,
though a few more from YOR weould'nt make it worse

hope he ups the amount off song, 2 more, if he feels really OK

goog to read Morrissey is back on the road to Europe

There was some awesome 60's video of a female-led (English?) band being broadcast on stage before Moz got on. Was that Marianne Faithfull? Only caught the last minute--was mesmorized. Forgive my ignorance !!

It was my first show being a recent fan, so I guess I can't complain about a set list, though I do wish there were more older songs. I was worried, given the reports from Myrtle Beach, about the quality of the show, but he was in great spirits and in exceptional voice in my opinion. Most of the new tunes sound great live, especially I'm OK By Myself. Particularly, I think the Irish Blood in the encore was a fantastic performance. About the stage invaders, not to rain on your parades since I'm sure it was fun to do so, but I think that caused him to cut the encores early judging by the roadies' reactions who signaled to cut the show and flip the lights. I could be wrong, though, but that's my guess as to why it was only one encore. I would venture to say he would've played All You Need Is Me had he extended it, I was surprised there were only 7 songs from the new album played. Great show, though, and hopefully he enjoyed the crowd (was pretty full in there) and the acoustics and atmosphere and will come back to DPAC.

Is Mel stealing Julia's crown as the Number 1 obsessive? Any sightings of Julia?

Wow! What a set list. Amazing.

But - as always - there will be people complaining....he should've played more Smiths, less Smiths, more from the new album, less from the new album, etc.

This set list is about the most diverse it can get. Just enjoy the great man & performer while you can!

One day Goodbye Will Be Farewell.

Seeing him in Richmond tomorrow night. Wondering who the opening act was, and about what time Moz took the stage? Thanks in advance.

How dare you pass up cleveland !!!!

hadn't seen the man in many years and after all the illness issues I was very pleasantly surprised. His band sounded great and he seemed to be enthusiastic for the most part. thought his voice was better than expected, especially given the horror that was myrtle beach. The set was great , there's always room for more solo or Smiths songs but thats just a tribute to a great catalog the man has. one general question - if you catch his shirt, what the hell do you do with it - other than contract the flu?

It's a great relief to hear that things are back on track with Morrissey.

It was nice to see Saturday's show headlined on Wonkette - the only site snarkier than this one.

Terribly unresponsive crowd; I don't expect to see him back at DPAC.

Surely someone must have taken their mobiles with them and recorded a bit of the show,let's have a look!

C'mon Man, Do Something New.

Its the same old songs from the last tour, minus Best Friend & Seasick.

The same-old-same-old from YATQ AGAIN????? Either play more YOR or dust off a couple more interesting songs from your nearly THIRTY YEAR Body of Work.

In Moz's career..I may sell both sets of tix I have for upcoming shows. Horrible. Whoever says this is a great setlist is off their rocker.

Looks pretty much exactly the same as it did less than a year ago :-(

I know I'll be acussed of being greedy blah blah blah, but that setlist looks kinda boring to me.

I'm gonna avoid looking at any more post-show reports until I see him in May. But if the setlist stays the same then expect a few of my tickets to go up for sale.

How soon now, Irish blood, pigsty...please add Headmaster Ritual...Roy's Keane...Southpaw...Jeane...

See following forum:

Morrissey-solo Forums > Downloads / Bootlegs

STFU please.

Ever since Myrtle Beach it is customary for everyone in the pit to let a big stinking fart rip as they sing , Black Cloud , Black Cloud , Black Cloud ....

don't worry i'm sure she is hacking it out on her old school underwood typewriter right now

Whatever..I'll read a 1000 page review anyday!!