12 December 1986 - Brixton Academy - London, UK
This concert, put together as a benefit for the Artists Against Apartheid, was rescheduled following Johnny's car accident from one originally due to be held at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 November 1986. It turned out to be the last time the Smiths were on stage together, bar a few television appearances. The gig was a much more personal and lively affair than the previous Brixton Academy concert in October when the tensions behind the scenes and the exhaustion of touring could not be hidden. There seemed to be a great complicity between the members of the band, nothing hinted that within a year the Smiths would be no more. During "Still Ill", Johnny moved next to Andy and Morrissey joined them. They could be seen smiling and laughing, as if they were in on some inside joke. What makes this gig even more special is that it turned out to be the only time songs like "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others", the upcoming single "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" and the "London"/"Miserable Lie" medley were ever performed by the Smiths. "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" which hadn't been played in a long time was also performed. Finally, "William, It Was Really Nothing" and the live staple "Hand In Glove" which had been dropped on the recent British leg of the "The Queen Is Dead" tour also returned. Mike teased the audience with the drum beat to "Panic" before "Bigmouth Strikes Again". The latter song was again extended with a slightly longer intro. The audience was surprised to find that at the end of "London", soon after the usual live change "my God he goes!" instead of "he really goes!", the band moved from the song's bridge into the fast-paced outro to "Miserable Lie". As they switched from the former to the latter, Morrissey wildly whipped the microphone cord in loops. Instead of singing "I'm just a country mile behind the world", he switched to the early lyric "I'd run a hundred miles away from you". The medley was extremely well received, the crowd roared in appreciation and Morrissey thanked them with the declaration "You've got incredibly good taste". "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" was the only song from "The Queen Is Dead" which had never been played live before. It was therefore performed here for the first and last time ever. In it Morrissey added an extra verse that went "On the shop floor, there's a calendar, as obvious as snow, as if we didn't know". This new verse and the song's acoustic adaptation made it one of the highlights of the evening. Morrissey replied to the loud applause that number received by growling loudly "Hello!". A few songs later, the soon to be released "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" was introduced with "This is our new single..." After the latter song Morrissey picked up a letter on the floor and placed it on the drum rise. He then picked a flower, crumpled it and threw it away, and placed another one inside his jacket, hugging it next to his heart before sending it back into the crowd. In the crowd favourite "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out", as was tradition at that point in time, Morrissey didn't sing the repeated title chorus at the end as he does on the "The Queen Is Dead" album. The man acknowledged the audience's unfamiliarity with the next song by following its performance with the introduction "Thank you, that song was called 'Is It Really So Strange?'." At the beginning of it he reversed two lines and sang "Oh yes you can me and you can kick me". In "Cemetry Gates" a line was wittily inverted to "We stonely read the graves". Morrissey also sang "They were born, they lived, they died" instead of the usual longer line. In "Panic" the singer swung a noose around to highlight the "hang the DJ" lyric. Returning to the stage for the first of two encores Morrissey said "Thank you we love you" then launched into a roaring version of "The Queen Is Dead". This is when fans started to climb on stage. There would be about a dozen of them making it up there throughout the two encores. Morrissey waved a board around during that song, but instead of saying THE QUEEN IS DEAD like it did earlier in the year, the board now had the words TWO LIGHT ALES PLEASE on it. The man also made a slight lyric change in that number when he sang "hemmed in like a boar between arches" instead of "stuck like a boar between arches". After the song he threw his shirt into the crowd before the band left stage again. The Smiths then returned for a final two-song encore. The last of these was "Hand In Glove". It ended with Morrissey wailing in a high pitched voice for about 20 seconds. The Smiths didn't know it at the time, but with its final line "I'll probably never see you again", "Hand In Glove", the band's first ever release, couldn't have been a better way of saying goodbye to their audience. Tickets were £8, £7, £6 and £5.
01-Ask
02- Bigmouth strikes again
03- Miserable lie
04- Some girls are bigger than others
05- The boy with the thorn in his side
06- Shoplifters of the world unite
07- There is a light that never goes out
08- Is it really so strange
09- Cemetry gates
10- This night has opened my eyes
11- Still ill
12- Panic
13- The Queen is dead
14- William it was really nothing
15- Hand in glove
16- Sweet & tender hooligan
17- Half a person
18- Is it really so strange?
19- London
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