After seeing a rather dissappointing Morrissey gig at Alexandra Palace at the start of the month, and reading the bad reviews of the first show at the Palladium, I was ready to palm off my Morrissey tickets for last nights gig at the Palladium. That would have been a mistake.
I had fourth row Upper Circle tickets which, in spite of my fears of getting nosebleeds from being up so high, proved to be a pretty good vantage point. Morrissey came on at nine and opened with Panic. Yep, thats right Panic. Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ ..... Awesome stuff. The rest of the playlist virtually followed that of the Alexandra Palace gig (and, well, the rest of the gigs on the tour apparently). But even with virtually the same playlist - it was sooooo much better. The sound was great. The crowd was great. Everyone was really into it and there were no people constantly pushing passed fruitlessly trying to get to the front. Morrissey was in fine form. Our seats gave us a great view of the stage and the numerous stage invasions who Morrissey always tried to shake hands with before they got carted off by security.
The third to last song was How Soon Is Now, followed by the *second* to last song - Irish Blood, English Heart. Yep. *Second* to last song. As far as I know IBEH had been the encore nearly every night of the tour, so I was looking forward to see what he was going to come out with. "Stop me, oh, stop me ...." Yep - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before. The crowd loved it. A brilliant encore.
This time I left with a smile on my face. Mozz you redeemed yourself ....
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