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Sep 20 - Tijuana (Mexico), El Foro
Sep 21 - Las Vegas (NV), Pearl Concert Theater
Sep 23 - San Francisco (CA), The Fillmore
Sep 24 - San Francisco (CA), The Fillmore
Sep 26 - San Francisco (CA), The Fillmore
Sep 27 - San Francisco (CA), The Fillmore
Sep 29 - Santa Barbara (CA), Santa Barbara Bowl
Oct 1 - Los Angeles (CA), Hollywood Palladium
Oct 2 - Los Angeles (CA), Hollywood Palladium
Oct 4 - Los Angeles (CA), Hollywood Palladium
Oct 5 - Los Angeles (CA), Hollywood Palladium
Oct 6 - Los Angeles (CA), Hollywood Palladium
Oct 8 - Los Angeles (CA), Hollywood Palladium
Oct 9 - Los Angeles (CA), Hollywood Palladium
Oct 11 - Los Angeles (CA), Hollywood Palladium
Oct 12 - Los Angeles (CA), Hollywood Palladium
Oct 13 - Los Angeles (CA), Hollywood Palladium
Oct 15 - Salt Lake City (UT), Thanksgiving Point
Oct 17 - Waukegan (IL), Genesee Theatre
Oct 19 - Royal Oak (MI), Royal Oak Music Theatre
Oct 20 - Merrillville (IN), Star Plaza Theatre
Oct 22 - New York (NY), Hammerstein Ballroom
Oct 23 - New York (NY), Hammerstein Ballroom
Oct 26 - New York (NY), Hammerstein Ballroom
Oct 27 - New York (NY), Hammerstein Ballroom
Oct 28 - New York (NY), Hammerstein Ballroom
Oct 30 - Boston (MA), Orpheum Theater
Oct 31 - Baltimore (MD), Rams Head
Nov 2 - Washington (DC), DAR Constitution Hall
Nov 4 - Greenville (SC), The Peace Center
Nov 5 - Atlanta (GA), The Tabernacle
Nov 7 - Melbourne (FL), King Center For The Performing Arts
Nov 8 - Miami (FL), The Fillmore

After a break of two months Morrissey added a third American leg to his Greatest Hits tour. This one was built around 3 residencies: a 4-day one at the Fillmore in San Francisco, a 10-day one at the Hollywood Palladium and a 5-day one at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. The second and third dates at the Hollywood Palladium were cancelled because of a ruptured water main. It must be said that Morrissey was the last artist to play that venue, which was to be closed after these dates.

The tour wasn't officially announced as a Greatest Hits tour in the media, but that's how it was named on the merchandise. The fans were not aware of it at the time of this tour's first two legs, but by the time this leg took place Morrissey had finally announced for early 2008 the release of a new Greatest Hits package. 'Greatest Hits' seems to have been taken here in a much broader sense as Morrissey revisited other aspect of his career besides the obvious musical ones. One of the Greatest Hits t-shirts showed a pair of boxing gloves, a likely reference to his 1995 single "Boxers". On the first two legs of the tour the bass drum had the words ART SUFFER ENGLAND HATRED on it. That phrase had already been used by Morrissey in 1991 in advertisements for his "Kill Uncle" album. Morrissey also took the stage at the end of various walk-on pieces from the past. He alternated between Klaus Nomi's "Wayward Sisters", the William Blake poem "Jerusalem" sung by the Borstal inmates in "The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner" film or John Betjeman's poem "A Child Ill". These intros had previously been used in 1991-1992, on the 1995 Boxers tour and the 2002 tour respectively.

The line ART SUFFER ENGLAND HATRED on the bass drum's skin was replaced with a different but equally cryptic one: SOME OF US IS TURNING NASTY.

Personnel: Boz Boorer - guitar, clarinet; Jesse Tobias - guitar and occasional cymbals; Solomon Walker - bass, stand up bass; Michael Farrell - keyboards, occasional guitar, accordeon, trombone, trumpet; Matt Walker - drums.

Kristeen Young up to 23 October. On the latter date Kristeen said something to the audience which Morrissey didn't appreciate and she was subsequently kicked off the tour. Girl In A Coma assumed support duties from October 26 to the end of this leg of the tour.

New additions:
-Black shirt with 'Je Suis Morrissey' on the front, 'It's Morrissey's town we just live in it' on the back, 35$, view.
-Red 'Morrissey Lads Club' shirt, 35$, view.
-Green 'Morrissey 101' highway sign shirt, 35$, view.
-Light blue Westham-style 'Morrissey Boys Club" t-shirt, 35$, view.
-Black shirt showing a lion and a unicorn holding the Morrissey 'M' logo, coat-of-arms style, with tour dates on the back, 35$, view.

Earlier Greatest Hits tour shirts:
-Blue "Moz Posse" t-shirt, 35$, view.
-White t-shirt with Greatest Hits artwork image on front and "America 2007", 35$, view.
-Brown t-shirt with Greatest Hits artwork image on front and "America 2007" on back, 35$, view.
-Charcoal coloured t-shirt with Greatest Hits artwork image on front and "America 2007" in back, 35$, view.
-Blue "Greatest Hits / Touring The United States" boxing gloves t-shirt, 35$, view.
-White "Greatest Hits / Touring The United States" boxing gloves tank-top, 35$, view.

Older shirts:
- Black t-shirt with picture from "Ringleader Of The Tormentors" album cover on front, "M" logo on back; 35$; view

Music, before Kristeen Young / Girl In A Coma:
Complete information needed. The following songs are confirmed.
Ramones - "Cretin Hop"
Jobriath - "Dietrich/Fondyke"
Iggy Pop and The Stooges - "Search and Destroy"
Ludus - "Breaking The Rules"
Patti Smith - "Redondo Beach"
Diana Dors - "So Little Time"

Videos, between Kristeen Young and Morrissey's sets:
Order is approximate:
-Sacha Distel - "Où ça où ça"
-New York Dolls - "Looking For A Kiss" (live Musik Laden)
-Anthony Newley - "I'm The Boy You Should Yes To"
-Lypsinka - "The Telephone Routine" (first few dates only)
-Clip from the film "The Caretaker" showing three men fighting over luggage (except on the first few dates; re-added after the Lypsinka clip was removed)
-James Dean and Richard Davalos screen test for the movie East Of Eden
-Brigitte Bardot - "Bubble Gum" (featuring Claude Brasseur)
-Clip from the TV series "The Untouchables" showing gangsters and FBI people disussing a 'Morrissey' character who is "to be taken care of".
-Vince Taylor - "Twist It"
-David Johansen (from the New York Dolls) - short interview in a tub (edited from earlier shows, without mention of marijuana cigarette)
After the latter footage the curtain/screen dropped and Morrissey's walk-on music started. On the first two dates Morrissey walked on stage following the William Blake poem "Jerusalem" sung by the Borstal inmates in "The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner" film. This had previously been used as intro music on the 1995 Boxers tour. In San Francisco on 23 September he walked on stage following Klaus Nomi's "Wayward Sisters", the standard intro in 1991. The next night it was after John Betjeman's poem "A Child Ill", which was the standard intro music on the 2002 tour. However, on the latter tour the poem was followed with the sound of church bells, but it wasn't so in 2007.

After the show the fans exited the venue to Frank Sinatra's "That's Life".

Richard Burton, repeated three times. The image is assumed to have been taken from the film "Look Back In Anger". In some places, the image was only displayed once (Tijuana and Las Vegas) or twice (San Francisco). View in situ. (original image needed)

The setlists from this leg of the Greatest Hits tour were without doubt the most diverse ones since Morrissey had started playing live in 1982. Not only were the sets the longest ever (21-22 songs each night), but the content was often changed significantly. A record total of 44 different songs were done throughout this leg of the tour.

Of course the most exciting addition to the setlist was the introduction of new composition "One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell". The song was debuted on the first date and performed at about three quarters of the shows from this leg. The recent live introduction "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" was played almost every night. Both these titles would remain unreleased for another 18 months, until Morrissey's early 2009 album "Years Of Refusal" came out. There were two more unreleased songs in the set, but these would come out within six months of these dates, on Morrissey's "Greatest Hits" album. "All You Need Is Me" was played regularly while "That's How People Grow Up" was done approximately two shows out of every three.

Morrissey's most recent album "Ringleader Of The Tormentors" was still well represented, but none of its songs were regulars at this point. The most played title from the album was "You Have Killed Me", and it was done about two thirds of the time. The single "I Just Want To See The Boy Happy" was done about half the time, just like "Dear God Please Help Me" which had only been played once so far on this tour. The epic "Life Is A Pigsty" and the single "In The Future When All's Well" were each played once out of every three shows, while "At Last I Am Born", "The Youngest Was The Most Loved" and "I Will See You In Far Off Places" were barely played anymore. The era's b-side "Human Being" made an unexpected return to the setlist, it was played five times. But more interesting is "Good Looking Man About Town", another b-side from the era. It had never been done before, was played here four times, and hasn't ever been performed since.

The previous album, 2004's "You Are The Quarry", was still heavily represented by its first two singles "Irish Blood, English Heart" and "First Of The Gang To Die", both having by then achieved some sort of classic status. "Let Me Kiss You" had been played regularly earlier in the year, but it was now downgraded to being a part-timer. Meanwhile two songs from the album returned for the first time on this tour: "I Like You" and "The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores". Each of these was played about two thirds of the time. The era's b-side "Ganglord" was played here and there when variety was needed.

Earlier on this tour fans had complained that Morrissey was neglecting "Vauxhall & I", one of his most loved albums. He made up for it here by re-introducing two numbers from it, "Billy Budd" and "Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself". Neither had been done in many years, and were now performed every night, or almost. Overall the setlists were geared more towards Morrissey's back catalogue than they had ever been (well at least since the back catalogue was in fact the 'current' catalogue!). Old favourites "Tomorrow", "The Loop" and "Sister I'm A Poet" all returned for the first time in many many years, and were played almost every night. The fan favourite "Jack The Ripper" was also heard again, but only about two nights out of three. Finally "Interesting Drug" was reintroduced towards the end of this leg, but it was only played three times. Besides the above Morrissey's solo back catalogue was also represented by the following songs, all regulars at various points over the previous year, but now only played sporadically: "The Last Of The Famous International Playboys" (9 times), "The National Front Disco" (8 times), "Everyday Is Like Sunday" (6 times), "Disappointed" (5 times), "Whatever Happens, I Love You" (once), "You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side" (once) and "Lucky Lisp" (once).

Morrissey's older back catalogue, the one from the Smiths days, was also very well represented. A record number of 10 songs from the Smiths years were played throughout these dates. It must be said however they were never all performed every night. Still, some cities were treated to 6 or 7 Smiths songs in the same show. The most noticed songs from this era were the debuting "Stretch Out And Wait" and "Death Of A Disco Dancer". Morrissey had never played either before, and the latter had never even been performed during the Smiths days. Both were regulars on this leg, just like the classic "How Soon Is Now?" and the returning "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before". Another noticed reintroduction was "London" which hadn't been performed in many years. It was semi-regular on this leg, just like "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want", "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" and the returning "Shoplifters Of The World Unite". "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" was also played here for the first time on this tour, about one third of the shows were treated to it. Finally the ex-regular "Girlfriend In A Coma" was now done only four times.

Here is the number of times each song was performed on this leg, in descending order of frequency. This is based on 30 concerts.

How Soon Is Now? - 30
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself - 30
First Of The Gang To Die - 29
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before - 29
Stretch Out And Wait - 29
I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris - 27
All You Need Is Me - 26
Billy Budd - 26
Sister I'm A Poet - 26
Death Of A Disco Dancer - 25
Tomorrow - 25
Irish Blood, English Heart - 24
The Loop - 24
One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell - 23
I Like You - 19
Jack The Ripper - 18
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores - 18
You Have Killed Me - 18
That's How People Grow Up - 17
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want - 15
London - 14
Dear God Please Help Me - 13
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy - 13
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side - 13
Shoplifters Of The World Unite - 12
Life Is A Pigsty - 11
In The Future When All's Well - 9
The Last Of The Famous International Playboys - 9
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - 8
Let Me Kiss You - 8
The National Front Disco - 8
Everyday Is Like Sunday - 6
Disappointed - 5
Ganglord - 5
Human Being - 5
Girlfriend In A Coma - 4
Good Looking Man About Town - 4
I Will See You In Far Off Places - 3
Interesting Drug - 3
At Last I Am Born - 1
Lucky Lisp - 1
The Youngest Was The Most Loved - 1
Whatever Happens, I Love You - 1
You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side - 1

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A recording of "Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself" from Salt Lake City, 15 October and a recording of "The Last Of The Famous International Playboys" from New York, 27 October were released in early 2008 as b-sides to the "That's How People Grow Up" single.

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