The Smiths - Live In Rome

14 May 1985 - Tendastrisce - Rome, Italy

For the Smiths' first visit to Italy, the setlist was slightly modified. "This Charming Man" which had more or less been dropped in 1985 was reintroduced but regular "Barbarism Begins At Home" was skipped. The rarely played "You've Got Everything Now" was also given to the Italians. The Tendastrisce was a big circus-like circular tent striped in red and white. The Smiths were not playing with their instruments in Italy, which would explain the slightly different performances of certain of the songs. They were still extremely well received. The Italians cheered profusely and sang along many songs. This much to Morrissey's surprise it seems, as he said, while the crowd were cheering after "How Soon Is Now?", "I didn't really expect this, so thank you... Do you understand?". The ending of "Still Ill" and the beginning of "Handsome Devil" were voxless, probably because Morrissey was struggling with fans on stage. Morrissey wasn't overall very talkative, he seemed to be under the impression no one could understand him. He commented "I hope you understand us, I truly don't." Besides those comments and the occasional thank you, he only announced two songs, with lines such as "This is our single, 'Shakespeare's Sister'" and "This is our first record, 'Hand In Glove'." He did fewer lyric changes, probably because he expected them to be lost on the Italian audience.

01- William, It Was Really Nothing
02- Nowhere Fast
03- I Want The One I Can't Have
04- What She Said
05- How Soon Is Now
06- Stretch Out And Wait
07- That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
08- Shakespeare's Sister
09- Rusholme Ruffians
10- The Headmaster Ritual
11- Hand In Glove
12- Still Ill
13- Meat Is Murder
14- Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now / Handsome Devil
15- This Charming Man
16- Miserable Lie
17- You've Got Everything Now

Credit HERE And HERE

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