Morrissey for the tour in America recovers Smiths songs
The former Smiths frontman Morrissey On Saturday 26 April he kicked off his North American tour with a concert at the Grand Theater of the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno (Nevada) surprising the fans with a handful of rarity e Songs of the Smithsmany of which were played for the first time after years.
Beyond “Best Friend On The Payroll“(from his solo album of 1995) and”Scandinavia“(2014) included Smiths songs. Regarding the Manchester Morrissey group last autumn said he accepted a” lucrative “Smiths tour in 2025, an offer that, according to the singer the former” partner ” Johnny Marr He would have “ignored” later, a representative of the guitarist management of the guitarist defined, in an “incorrect” Morrissey commentary on social media “I did not ignore the offer, I said no,” said Marr in the message. So the hypothesis of seeing them on stage was wrecked.
Fans on Reddit noticed that after playing “Hand in Glove“, taken from the 1984 Smiths debut album, he immediately started talking about enemies”. In a video shared by fans on Instagram, you can see Morrissey launching into a Philipphic about having enemies that describes as “extremely weak”. “A very normal aspect of the human being is to have enemies”, he says in the clip. “And I have enemies. And they are extremely busy. Decade, after decade, after decade. I’m still there, they have nothing else to do. ”
Many online testimonies of the first American live
This is the ladder with which Morrissey opened its overseas tour
‘You’re The One For Me, Fatty’
‘All you need is me’
‘One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell’
‘Shoplifters of the World Unite’ (Smiths cover)
‘I Wish You Lonely’
‘Best Friend on the Payroll’ (first execution since 2009)
‘Hand in Glove’ (Smiths cover first execution since 2014)
‘Rebels with applause’
‘Sure enough, The Telephone Rings’
‘Istanbul’
‘Black Cloud’
‘Life is a pigsty’
‘Everyday is like Sunday’
‘The Loop’
‘Speedway’
‘Scandinavia’ (First Time Since 2019)
‘I Know It’s Over’ (Smiths cover)
‘Jack the ripper’
‘I will see you in Far-Off Places’
Encore:
‘Last Night i Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me’ (Smiths cover first execution since 2017)
At the beginning of the month, Morrissey told the details of his cause for defamation against an online troll, accusing him of alleged actions against him as “evil” attempts of manipulation. He also explained that there were some of his “imitations” on social media, which proposed “false narratives designed to destroy his career”.
In the intervention he again stressed that his album “Bonfire of Teenagers”, which we have been talking about for some time, has not yet been published.
In addition to the news of the cause in recent years, the iconic Smiths frontman made it talk about himself by dividing fans with his comments with a political background (from which Johnny Marr, guitarist of the band, has distanced himself). Among these, his support for the controversial political party of the far-right and anti-Islam for Britain, of which he had already worn a distinctive during a 2019 television appearance.
In the past he also described the Chinese people as a “subspecies”, he called Hitler “left” and said that the mayor of London Sadiq Khan “cannot speak correctly”. After being criticized for supporting the founder of the English Defense League Tommy Robinson, he released a declaration in which he said he “despised racism and fascism” and expressed his support for Muslims.
As for other artist’s music, Morrissey told him that he was prevented from publishing new music due to a war on “freedom of speech” and claimed that “we cannot speak freely in England” otherwise “is sent to prison”.
Morrissey is expected in Italy this summer where he will perform with this calendar
July 23 Gardone Riviera
July 26 Lucca Summer Festival
July 28th Rome
July 31 Catania
03 August Ostuni
