28 June 1985
Palladium Theater, Los Angeles, USA
Meat Is Murder
Hand In Glove
I Want The One I Can't Have
Nowhere Fast
Shakespeare's Sister
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Stretch Out And Wait
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
What She Said
Still Ill
How Soon Is Now?
/Jeane
/The Headmaster Ritual
/Reel Around The Fountain
//William, It Was Really Nothing
//This Charming Man
//Miserable Lie
This was the second consecutive night at the same venue, and it was as much a success as the first. The setlist was resequenced and "Rusholme Ruffians" and "Barbarism Begins At Home" were replaced by "Reel Around The Fountain".

Because this was the second date at the same venue, Morrissey greeted the audience with "Hello again!" before going into the opening number. When he thanked the fans after "Hand In Glove", he added "we missed you..." His only other banter before the break preceding the encore was the introduction of "Stretch Out And Wait". After "Jeane" Morrissey exclaimed "So there!" When the Smiths returned to the stage to perform the second encore, Morrissey thanked the audience by saying "You've been very courageous..."

 


A fair quality audience recording of this concert is available from certain bootleg traders, and a few transfers from different generation tapes are found on the internet, including a first generation transfer.

 

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