Washington, DC - The Anthem (Oct. 18, 2023) post-show

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Setlist:

We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful / Our Frank / Suedehead / Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before / Alma Matters / Half A Person / I Wish You Lonely / Let Me Kiss You / How Soon Is Now? / Girlfriend In A Coma / Darling, I Hug A Pillow / The Loop / Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? / Sure Enough, The Telephone Rings / Irish Blood, English Heart / Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want / Everyday Is Like Sunday / Jack The Ripper // Speedway

Setlist courtesy of "Right in the Head".

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• Photo: ddrobjr / Instagram. Link posted by Famous when dead.
  
  

 

[Light Housework]

Another camera angle of We Hate it When

 

[Light Housework]

 

[baltimoz]

He seemed healthy enough tonight to finish the North American leg strong. Who’s going to NYC shows? I hope there will be some sort of pre-gaming. I’m in Orchestra Left DD for the last two shows (Tuesday and Wednesday). I hope to see you there!

 

[baltimoz]

Moz was absolutely encouraging stage invasions. I don’t think “Speedway” was cut short because of this. It’s supposed to end like that. But I was up top, so maybe I missed some drama at the rail.

Oh, and here are said shitty pics.

100% he was. He even had a lengthy conversation mid-song with a security guard early in the evening about it.

 

[Mozzypaws]

He seemed healthy enough tonight to finish the North American leg strong. Who’s going to NYC shows? I hope there will be some sort of pre-gaming. I’m in Orchestra Left DD for the last two shows (Tuesday and Wednesday). I hope to see you there!

I will be there Wednesday, looking forward to it, hoping he will debut a new song but with the set list remaining pretty much the same I doubt it

 

[hand in glove]

*fin*

What was that outro music after the musicians left the stage?

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!! No one ever remembers to add the banter. Looks like it was an amazing show!

 

[Light Housework]

Judging from the video clips I’ve watched, it was a lovely concert, and Morrissey is in a very hopeful mood.

 

[bored]

This is wrong.

Speedway ended on time with the drum only outro as planned.


Morrissey was yelling at a security guard the he wasn't needed but didn't leave the stage early at all.

 

[bored]

Judging from the video clips I’ve watched, it was a lovely concert, and Morrissey is in a very hopeful mood.

It was very good. Morrissey was very chatty all night and the band sounded very good but not perfect. I'm really glad I traveled to see it.

 

[bored]

Thoughts for NYC shows after Saturday...

Morrissey complimented Carmen on playing so well despite being sick.

I feel like this might be the beginning of canceling NYC shows after Saturday. That show is sold out. The rest are very poorly sold.

I hope I'm wrong.

 

[Malarkey]

This is wrong.

Speedway ended on time with the drum only outro as planned.


Morrissey was yelling at a security guard the he wasn't needed but didn't leave the stage early at all.

The guy's a journalist - so hopefully he'll information gather if he's going to write about it.

 

[baltimoz]

It was very good. Morrissey was very chatty all night and the band sounded very good but not perfect. I'm really glad I traveled to see it.

I just set a Facebook friend straight on that.

Thoughts for NYC shows after Saturday...

Morrissey complimented Carmen on playing so well despite being sick.

I feel like this might be the beginning of canceling NYC shows after Saturday. That show is sold out. The rest are very poorly sold.

I hope I'm wrong.

Just Stop. I don’t think Hank done it that way.

 

[baltimoz]

This is wrong.

Speedway ended on time with the drum only outro as planned.


Morrissey was yelling at a security guard the he wasn't needed but didn't leave the stage early at all.

Total crap. Didn’t happen. Moz was pissed the security was being so rough if anything.

 

[Light Housework]

 

[Malarkey]

I like that his voice is getting softer again. There was a defensive hardness in it for a while.

 

[Light Housework]

I like that his voice is getting softer again. There was a defensive hardness in it for a while.

I hear it too, and like it very much. So gentle and soothing.

 

[Light Housework]

 

[Light Housework]

 

[Anonymous]

I got about half of the pre show vids on setlist. Phone ate a bunch. Was going to fix when I got home but someone beat me to it. There was also a David Bowie vid, but I wasn’t familiar with the song (Ziggy era)

 

[slick]

I was there. My god such a weird show (or not??).

There's a few things I found interesting. Mind you this was my first Morrissey show so I'm not actually sure what's considered normal.

There were a few really interesting picks for the setlist. It had, "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful", "The Loop", "Jack The Ripper", "Speedway" and a country cover; I'm not sure which though. Also, "How Soon Is Now" was not played at the beginning, but rather the 3rd or 4th song. He was also about 45 mins late (The show was supposed to start at 8:00).

Some people I met there said he's pretty much always this late for his shows. He got on stage but after a while he became visibly annoyed at something and walked over to the guy operating the fog machines. He whispered something to him and they nodded at each other. The show went on and things became pretty odd. He made sure to point out how big the gap was between the audience and the stage. Someone tried to run on stage (which I know is common at his shows) but weirdly enough he seemed pretty pissed off about it. Another one jumped the security gate and when security walked off he went "Oh c'mon" and walked away.

The later in the show it was the more pissed he seemed to be. He was on the other side of the stage from where i was and he started yelling, "no! no! no!" and asked for security while pointing at someone, He left the stage with the band after like 5 songs and came back a few minutes later in a suit. A song into the encore he began yelling at someone on the other side of where I was and saying "leave!" over and over until security got someone, then abruptly stormed off stage.

Very odd experience but I'm glad I got to witness something like this in person lol. I know he's known for this stuff but this show just seemed like there was tension between him and the anthem or the security guards.