Regent Theatre, Ipswich
Billy BuddThis was a good show even though Morrissey looked tired from the flu. The crowd was generally very receptive and appreciative. There was a huge pit between the stage and the crowd, with beams going through it, but it still didn't stop some fans from reaching Morrissey.
Have-A-Go Merchant
Spring-Heeled Jim
London
You're The One For Me, Fatty
The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
We'll Let You Know
Jack The Ripper
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
The National Front Disco
Moonriver
Whatever Happens, I Love You
Boxers
Now My Heart Is Full
Speedway
/Shoplifters Of The World Unite
The recently introduced "London" was kept on the setlist, but it moved up a bit. "Whatever Happens, I Love You" was reinstated in the place of "Hold On To Your Friends", which was dropped for the rest of the tour.
To the usual fake scars and bruises, Morrissey had added a fake love bite on his neck. So following "Have A Go Merchant" someone shouted "How d'you get the love bite?" and Morrissey replied "I'll tell you later..." He ended "We'll Let You Know" with the words "That you couldn't stand to know, and so..." instead of the usual live change "that you wouldn't want to know" or the studio version's "you will ever know".
As the band was about to launch into "Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself", someone in the crowd (who was probably familiar with the setlist) shouted "Can we find out for ourselves, Morrissey?". The singer replied "That's not the title... you got it wrong...", giggling. A few songs later he said "As you might know, I got the flu in Hull... and I can't shift it, but... doesn't really matter... this song is called 'Golden Lights'..." Of course he was kidding and the band went into the planned "Whatever Happens, I Love You". Morrissey changed a line in the latter number to "We wore each other's clothes". He would sing it that way for the rest of the tour.
The tambourine thrown into the audience on this date had the word 'SHAG' on it.
There are two different audience recordings of the complete show to be found on physical and digital bootlegs. The best one sounds quite good and captured very well the energy from the audience. The other one sounds poorly and may be the audio from a video recording.
Bootleg collectors may also be interested in a recording of the soundcheck. The whole thing is traded on compact discs, but collectors of digital files will have to settle for the only three songs that have made it on the internet: "Billy Budd", "Used To Be A Sweetboy" and "You're The One For Me, Fatty".
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