Morrissey - February 1, 2008 - Sunderland, UK (Full Concert) LIVE

Recorded Live at Sunderland Empire, Sunderland, UK, February 1, 2008. Greatest Hits Tour - UK and France Leg. http://mozutd.tumblr.com Artwork & Information: Passionsjustlikemine.com
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Setlist:
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
First Of The Gang To Die
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
That's How People Grow Up
Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
Death Of A Disco Dancer
Sister I'm A Poet
The Loop
All You Need Is Me
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
How Soon Is Now?
Life Is A Pigsty
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself?
I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
Stretch Out And Wait
Tomorrow
Something Is Squeezing My Skull
Irish Blood, English Heart
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
/The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
This show went down quite well. Morrissey was still struggling with his voice, and there were a few problems with the microphone, but he was still generally in a good mood and had a lot of witty banter for his audience. To make it easier on his vocal cords, he skipped the high notes and had the vocal monitors turned up while the band's monitors were turned down, so he would not have to strain to hear his voice. The crowd was generally up for it, except at the very front where many seats had been reserved for staff and their families/friends, so a lot of people there were not necessarily Morrissey fans and just sat watching. There were a few attempts by fans to make it on stage during the encore.
The setlist was scrambled and in the process "Billy Budd" was replaced with "Tomorrow" and "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want".

Morrissey's first words to the audience as he took the microphone were "The wind is blowing, can you bear some poetry?" He changed a line in set opener "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" to "Friday night in Sunderland, who said I'd lie to her". Over the final few notes of the song he shouted "I'm... forever blowing bubbles!" (this is the title of a very old Broadway song from 1918 but Morrissey is very likely making a reference to the Cockney Rejects song associated with the West Ham United football team). Then before going into the next planned number he asked people in the front rows "Are you sure you're in the right place?" After "First Of The Gang To Die" he alluded to his vocal troubles by asking "Are the antibiotics wearing off? Thank God!"

After "I Just Want To See The Boy Happy" Morrissey interrupted a loud chant of his name to make an announcement: "Well... that's very touching... but it's followed by... it's followed by a warning (crowd boos)... that, as of Monday, any self-respecting butcher in Sunderland will be selling our new single (crowd cheers)... 'That's How People Grow Up'." A recently recorded version of that song for Jonathan Ross' late night programme was scheduled to air that night, so after its performance he said "If you scramble home late tonight just in time for the Jonathan Ross show (crowd cheers)... ta-da-ta-da-tadata, ta-da-ta-da-tadata, ta-da-ta-da-tadata... " Following "Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed" he said "That song is from our forthcoming cd-album-new, it's called 'Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed'... (fan loudly shouts something) Yeah you wanna say something? It's Friday night fight night!... I'm ready!"

Famous Carry On actor Sid James had died on that very stage many years before so after "Death Of A Disco Dancer" Morrissey told the audience "This is the place - I'm told - where Sid James (mimics having a heart attack/dying)... And why do you boo? How do you know? Nobody knows... A session with Barbara Windsor backstage probably... Don't kill anybody!" The latter comment had to do with the fact that Sid James was obsessed with and had an affair with actress Barbara Windsor.

In live performances of "Sister I'm A Poet" at the time Morrissey usually changed a line to "A plastic bag stranded at the traffic lights, this once was me", but on this date this was changed to "A silly fool stranded at the traffic lights, this once was me". Following that song Morrissey said "I know what I mean... Nobody else does... (something undecipherable; then someone asks for his shirt)... and you'll give me what?" Following this the fan said she would give him her love, which promped Morrissey to make a disgusted face. After "The Loop" Morrissey proceeded with the introduction of his musicians: "And then, suddenly, out of a raging black fog came Boz Boorer... playing the bassoon, Solomon Walker... drumming, Matt Walker... la-ba-da-da, la-ba-da-da, Jesse Tobias... la-ba-da-da, la-ba-da-da, Kristopher Pooley... Do you need to know more?"

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