Concert memorabilia
collectors appendix

For a list of tour merchandise, go to the live history page, choose a tour/leg and scroll down to 'Merchandise'.

Unless there is significant demand for it, the following live-related memorabilia will not be covered in this page: concert tickets, setlists, posters advertising concerts, bills and flyers, ads for concerts, items thrown into the crowd by Morrissey or his staff.

 

Passes (backstage, crew, photo, etc.)

7 August 1983, London Lyceum
Backstage pass. Early in their career, backstage passes were not designed by Morrissey, they featured generic art from the promoter or venue.
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20 March 1984, Tower Ballroom, Birmingham
The backstage pass for this concert seems to have consisted of a ticket with 'pass' written over it. The "9 Feb" date on the 'ticket' is the show's original date before it was postponed to 20 March.
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Glastonbury 1984
This stage pass was used at the time of the Smiths' appearance at the 1984 edition of the Glastonbury Festival.
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Glastonbury 1984
This guest pass was used at the time of the Smiths' appearance at the 1984 edition of the Glastonbury Festival.
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Meat Is Murder tour 1985, UK leg
This 'Access All Areas' pass was used for the Northampton show on 29 March 1985.
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Meat Is Murder tour 1985, UK leg
This 'Access All Areas' pass was used for the Manchester show on 31 March 1985.
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Meat Is Murder tour 1985, UK leg
This photo pass was used for the Manchester show on 31 March 1985.
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Meat Is Murder tour 1985, UK leg
A guest pass used for the Sheffield show on 22 March 1985 looks just like the above two, but it is blue and states 'Guest pass' in the middle at the top (image needed).

Meat Is Murder tour 1985
This pass for the June 1985 Toronto show is a FAKE. There are so many copies of this item in circulation that if it was not a fake, there would have been more people backstage than the total capacity of the venue.
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Meat Is Murder tour 1985
This roadie pass is a FAKE.
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(Scottish tour?) 1985
Because it shows a variation on the artwork for the single "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side", it can be speculated that this 'Access All Areas' pass may have served on the Scottish tour of September 1985.
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Festival Of The Tenth Summer 19 July 1986
This is the staff pass for the Festival Of The Tenth Summer which included the Smiths on its bill.
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The Queen Is Dead tour 1986, American leg
This pass (of unknown purpose) served at some point on the American leg of the Queen Is Dead tour.
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The Queen Is Dead tour 1986, American leg
This pass (of unknown purpose) served on the 23 August 1986 show in Berkeley.
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The Queen Is Dead tour 1986, American leg
This photo pass served on the 28 August 1986 show in Irvine Meadows.
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The Queen Is Dead tour 1986, British leg
This guest pass was used on the 23 October 1986 show in Kilburn, England.
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The Queen Is Dead tour 1986, British leg
This guest pass was used on the 26 October 1986 show at the London Palladium, England.
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Tour itineraries

No tour itinerary has ever been reported or seen for sale.

 

Crew shirts

A white polo crew shirt alleged to have been worn by tour staff on the Irish dates of the tour promoting the Smiths' debut album has made it on the collectors market. It shows on the front the name of the band in the same font as on the debut album, next to a green shamrock.

A black polo crew shirt alleged to have been worn by tour staff on the US leg of the Queen Is Dead tour has made it on the collectors market. It has the words "The Smiths / 1986 US Tour" in pink" over the left breast. Authenticity needs to be confirmed.

 

Other

The backdrop of Alain Delon used during the Queen Is Dead tour surfaced on the collectors market in 2011.

A Copymasters cassette featuring background sound effects to be heard during performances of "Meat Is Murder" on the second UK leg of the 1986 Queen Is Dead tour has made it on the collectors market in 2014. The cassette is a commercial Maxell UDII-46 of the type sold for personal use. A Copymasters sticker label was applied at the top of it with the information "The Smiths B/Track Meat Is Murder" printed onto it. The insert is a generic Copymasters one featuring information such as label, band name, date (22/8/86) and track listing (Cows & Machines, Lamb, Swarm).