17 October 1986
St. Austell's Coliseum, Cornwall
The Queen Is Dead
Panic
I Want The One I Can't Have
Vicar In A Tutu
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Ask
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians
Frankly, Mr. Shankly
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
What She Said (with Rubber Ring intro and outro)
Is It Really So Strange?
Never Had No One Ever
Cemetry Gates
London
Meat Is Murder
I Know It's Over
/The Draize Train
/How Soon Is Now?
//Still Ill
//Bigmouth Strikes Again
There was no surprise in the setlist which was the same here as for the past few shows. Morrissey gave a very intense performance of "I Want The One I Can't Have", to the point where he growled the words for a few lines. He actually growled and rolled his 'R's more than usual throughout this concert, in many other songs. After "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" he asked "If I may ask just one thing... if the person next to you spits, or throws anything, please, bottle them!" After "Rusholme Ruffians", he just shouted "Shut up!". After "What She Said", he said "Thank you, you're incredibly kind..."

The new song "London" which had yet to be released, was introduced with "This is a new song, which we hope you'll like... nobody else does... it's called... 'London'." After the song Morrissey replied to someone in the audience "We don't do 'Hand In Glove' anymore..." James Maker, who danced on stage with the Smiths for their first two gigs, joined Morrissey on stage to sing a few lines of "Bigmouth Strikes Again". His new band Raymonde were starting to get attention and they opened for the Smiths on most dates of this tour.

Tickets were £6.50.

 


A good sounding audience recording of this concert is circulated under the title "Please Bottle Them" (recorder: Soundsville International Paul). Digital files have also made it onto file sharing networks. An alternate audience recording is also available from bootleg traders, but this one is not distributed on the internet yet.

 

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