Recorded live at Brixton Academy, London, England, UK, December 12, 1986. The Queen is Dead Tour. https://mozutd.tumblr.com/ Artwork & Information: Passionsjustlikemine.com #thesmiths #morrissey #johnnymarr #andyrourke #mikejoyce @ILoveMorrissey Setlist: Ask Bigmouth Strikes Again London/Miserable Lie Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others The Boy With The Thorn In His Side Shoplifters Of The World Unite There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Is It Really So Strange? Cemetry Gates This Night Has Opened My Eyes Still Ill Panic /The Queen Is Dead //William, It Was Really Nothing //Hand In Glove This concert, put together as a benefit for the Artists Against Apartheid, was originally due to be held at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 November 1986 but it had to be rescheduled following Johnny's car accident. It turned out to be the last time the Smiths were on stage together, bar a few television appearances. The gig was a much more personal and lively affair than the previous Brixton Academy concert in October when the tensions behind the scenes and the exhaustion of touring could not be hidden. There was a great complicity between the members of the band, nothing hinted that within a year the Smiths would be no more. During "Still Ill", Johnny moved next to Andy and Morrissey joined them. They could be seen smiling and laughing, as if they were in on some inside joke. What makes this gig even more special is that it turned out to be the only time songs like "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others", the upcoming single "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" and the "London"/"Miserable Lie" medley were ever performed by the Smiths. "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" which hadn't been played in a long time was also done. Finally, "William, It Was Really Nothing" and the live staple "Hand In Glove" which had been dropped on the recent British leg of the "The Queen Is Dead" tour also returned. Mike teased the audience with the drum beat to "Panic" then Morrissey said hello before the band launched into "Bigmouth Strikes Again". The latter song was again extended with a slightly longer intro. The audience was surprised to find that at the end of "London", soon after the usual live change from "he really goes!" to "my God he goes!", the band moved from the song's bridge into the fast-paced outro to "Miserable Lie". As they switched from the former to the latter, Morrissey wildly whipped the microphone cord in loops. Instead of singing "I'm just a country mile behind the world", he returned to the early lyric "I'd run a hundred miles away from you". The medley was extremely well received, the crowd roared in appreciation and Morrissey thanked them by saying "You have incredibly good taste..." "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" was the only song from "The Queen Is Dead" which had never been played live before. It was therefore performed here for the first and last time ever. Morrissey added an extra verse to it, it went "On the shop floor, there's a calendar, as obvious as snow, as if we didn't know". This new verse and the song's acoustic adaptation made it one of the highlights of the evening. Morrissey replied to the loud applause that number received by growling loudly "Hello!". A few songs later, the soon to be released "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" was introduced with the announcement "This is our new single..." After the latter song Morrissey picked a letter from the floor and placed it on the drum rise. He then picked a flower, crumpled it, threw it away, and placed another one inside his jacket, hugging it next to his heart before sending it back into the crowd. As was tradition at that point in time, he didn't sing the repeated title chorus at the end of the crowd favourite "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out". The singer acknowledged the audience's unfamiliarity with the following song by following its performance with the introduction "Thank you, that song was called 'Is It Really So Strange?'." He reversed two lines at the beginning of it and sang "Oh yes you can me and you can kick me". A line was wittily inverted in "Cemetry Gates" to "We stonely read the graves". Morrissey also sang "They were born, they lived, they died" instead of the usual longer line. In "Panic" he highlighted the "hang the DJ" lyric by swinging a noose around. Returning to the stage for the first of two encores Morrissey told the audience "Thank you, we love you" then launched into a roaring version of "The Queen Is Dead". He waved a board around during the latter number, but instead of saying THE QUEEN IS DEAD like it did earlier in the year, the board now had the words TWO LIGHT ALES PLEASE on it. 🔔 Subscribe and Click the Bell to Turn On Notifications! If you like this video, like it 👍 and share it! Listen to all of this Channel's Videos:    • 🚹 He'd like to drop his trousers to t...