I Want The One I Can't Have
Suedehead
Hairdresser On Fire
First Of The Gang To Die
Jack The Ripper
Late Night, Maudlin Street
I Like You
Mexico
Sister I'm A Poet
Alsatian Cousin
Little Man, What Now?
Everyday Is Like Sunday
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
Meat Is Murder
Speedway
November Spawned A Monster
/There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

As was tradition Morrissey walked on stage to the sound of church bells. His first words as he picked up his microphone were "Good evening roses... Hello Portland! Will those bells ever stop? (the bells stop) Yes they will..." Already after the opening number "I Want The One I Can't Have" Morrissey felt he needed to comment on the audience's appreciation: "Thank you we're very overwhelmed... are you sure you came to the right place?" After one more song he repeated the question: "Are you sure you're in the right place? You didn't mean to go to see Merle Haggard or something did you? Or maybe you came to play golf, I don't know... shit..."

As was becoming tradition Morrissey jokingly introduced "First Of The Gang To Die" by saying it had been written earlier in the day: "Thank you this is a new song, I wrote the words today while sitting on the bidet, it's called 'First Of The Gang To Die'." After the song he said "I threw the roses in because they've been de-pricked... so you're safe..." Then, probably in reply to someone shouting for "Sing Your Life", he said "Believe me I'm singing it..." After "Jack The Ripper" he apologised "I'm sorry that the venue couldn't be better and nicer and cleaner, but... as I'm sure you're aware, we're not really that popular... We're not good enough for the American charts... we're not good enough for the American cross..."

New composition "I Like You" was introduced with "This song was written about me, and it's called 'I Like You'... Joke!... Very bad joke..." After "Mexico" he told the fans, particularly the ones who were crushed in the front rows: "I hope you're not feeling too shackled. We had a really nice time in Eugene... We played some golf..." Before "Alsatian Cousin" which featured a sound sample of dogs barking, Morrissey said "Apparently there's a dog running loose in the venue so if you see it, tell Boz..." During the song's bridge, when the sample could be heard, Morrissey said "There's that dog!" or "Where's that dog?".

Besides the usual live change to "back to the mean melancholy streets that you came from" in "Little Man, What Now?" Morrissey also changed another line to "Friday nights 1979, NBC you murdered every line". After the song he apologised "I'd like to reassure you that once upon a time I could sing that song in the right key... but those days are over and it's too bad really... Boz? Boz..." Further down the setlist Morrissey jokingly introduced "The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores" with "I'd like you to know I have no stylist, I make up all my own choreography... and this song - I hate to state the obvious - but the world is full of crashing bores..."

After the extremely well received "Speedway" Morrissey said "Thank you, you've been incredibly nice... Julia, they're very nice, they're very nice..." There were serious attempts at getting on stage during "November Spawned A Monster" and this distracted Morrissey from singing for some time. He kept an eye on the situation and asked "Steady boys..." or congratulated failed attempts with "God bless you..."

A subpar audience recording of the complete concert minus the second half of "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" is circulated on physical and digital bootlegs. The sound isn't the best, but on the good side, the recording captured quite well the energy from the audience.

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