MORRISSEY in 4K - THE WIZARDRY OF MOZ✨- FULL CONCERT - OLG STAGE, NIAGARA FALLS CANADA - NOV 19 2024

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Indoor Venue: OLG STAGE AT FALLSVIEW CASINO, NIAGARA FALLS (capacity 5000)

SETLIST:
00:00 stage entrance
00:31 You're the One for Me, Fatty
03:43 Alma Matters
08:20 Shoplifters of the World Unite (The Smiths)
12:00 I Wish You Lonely
15:15 Rebels Without Applause
18:42 How Soon Is Now? (The Smiths)
24:43 I Am Veronica
29:11 Sure Enough, the Telephone Rings
31:52 First of the Gang to Die
35:43 Life Is a Pigsty
43:42 Everyday Is Like Sunday (w/piano intro)
50:25 band intros
52:10 I Ex-Love You
56:00 Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths)
58:48 Darling, I Hug a Pillow
1:03:28 The Loop
1:06:41 Jack the Ripper
1:10:56 Dear God Please Help Me
1:16:43 I Will See You in Far-Off Places
1:20:48 band thanks
1:21:37 Speedway

BIOGRAPHY (excerpts courtesy of Steve Huey at allmusic.com https://www.allmusic.com/artist/morri...

As the lead singer of the Smiths, arguably the most important indie band in Britain during the '80s, Morrissey's theatrical crooning and literate, poetic lyrics -- filled with romantic angst, social alienation, and cutting wit -- connected powerfully with a legion of similarly sensitive, disaffected youth. These fans turned the Smiths into stars in Britain, exerting tremendous pull over much of the country's guitar-based music for many years after their breakup. Even if the group remained underground cult artists in the States, they had a fan base that slowly, steadily grew larger over the years. Indeed, Morrissey launched a solo career with 1988's artful Viva Hate and brought together his love of rockabilly and glam rock on 1991's Kill Uncle and 1992's Your Arsenal, the latter of which was produced by David Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson. By the time of 1994's Vauxhall and I, his American cult had grown to the point where he was regularly reaching the Top 40 of the Billboard 200. After a quiet period around the turn of the millennium, Morrissey launched a comeback in 2004 with You Are the Quarry, an album whose success proved that he was still one of the most intriguing figures in alternative rock. He has remained a vital presence, collaborating with legendary producer Tony Visconti on 2006's Ringleader of the Tormentors and releasing albums like Years of Refusal, World Peace Is None of Your Business, and Low in High School, all of which have found him exploring a variety of sonic avenues. He paid homage to some of his influences with the 2019 covers album California Son before returning to his distinctive original work with 2020's I Am Not a Dog on a Chain and Bonfire of Teenagers.

Stephen Patrick Morrissey was born May 22, 1959, in Manchester, England; not surprisingly a shy, awkward youth, he became obsessed with music and film as a teenager and devoted his writing talents to penning a New York Dolls fanzine (he was the president of their U.K. fan club), as well as a tribute to James Dean and numerous opinionated letters to the weekly music paper Melody Maker. During the explosion of punk in the late '70s, Morrissey unsuccessfully auditioned for Slaughter & the Dogs and sang for a brief period with a band called the Nosebleeds. He met guitarist Johnny Marr in 1982 and the two began writing songs together, forging one of the most productive partnerships British pop had seen in quite some time. The Smiths' 1983 debut single, "Hand in Glove," a love song filled with oblique references to homosexuality, made them an underground sensation in the U.K. and as Morrissey attracted more attention, he demonstrated a flair for manipulating the media. His interviews were filled with blunt, unpredictable opinions and intentionally outrageous statements, and his notoriety wasn't hurt by his stage presence (he performed wearing a hearing aid with flowers sticking out of his back pockets) or his self-proclaimed celibacy in the wake of much speculation about his sexuality.

Possessed of a darkly cynical bent as a lyricist, he was often misinterpreted as advocating some of the more disturbing things he sang about, which only added to the furor surrounding the band. The Smiths' eponymous 1984 debut was a smash in the U.K., and in its wake, Morrissey began promoting his political views, heavily criticizing Margaret Thatcher, and advocating vegetarianism (hence the title of the follow-up LP, Meat Is Murder). The Queen Is Dead (1986) was acclaimed as a masterpiece, but friction between Morrissey and Marr was growing. Marr departed after 1987's Strangeways, Here We Come and Morrissey broke up the rest of the band to begin a solo career.