Morrissey!

We started out the night with an awesome dinner at a a new-ish Indian restaurant near the Aragon. The samosas were spicy and drinks were potent - a perfect lead-in to a hot night with Morrissey!

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After a short opening by The Corteeners (never heard of them before last night), it was finally time for Morrissey!

Yes, he's older and yes, he's less theatrical than he was back in the '90s, but he still puts on a damn good show! The only disappointment of the night (other than the annoying drunk couple in front of us) was that he didn't play my favorite song off his new album. Bummer.



As you can imagine, the crowd went crazy when he ripped off his shirt at the end of "Let Me Kiss You."


Of course, he ended the show with his trademark gladiolas.

After all these years, I still love a sexually ambiguous, defiant, hot British man (although my older & wiser self now knows to stay far away from any romantic entanglements with them!). :)

Set list:
1. "This Charming Man"
2. "Something is Squeezing My Skull"
3. "Billy Budd"
4. "Black Cloud"
5 "How Soon is Now"
6. "Irish Blood, English Heart"
7. "How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel"
8. "Ask"
9. "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris"
10. "The World is Full of Crashing Bores"
11. "Death of a Disco Dancer"
12. “The Loop”
13. "I Keep Mine Hidden"
14. “One Day Goodbye Will be Farewell”
15. "Seasick, Yet Still Docked"
16. "Best Friend on the Payroll"
17. "Let Me Kiss You”
18. "Sorry Doesn't Help"
19. “When Last I Spoke to Carol”
20. "I'm OK by Myself"
Encore
21. "First of the Gang to Die"