The World of The Smiths and Morrissey by Angie J Cooke nee Lewis

MORRISSEY – MILLENNIUM SQUARE, LEEDS WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023   Vocals:  MORRISSEY Guitars:  JESSE TOBIAS Guitars:  CARMEN VANDENBERG Bass:  JUAN GALEANO Drums:  BRENDAN BUCKLEY Keyboards:  CAMILA GREY   Support:  THE SLOW READERS CLUB THE LOTTERY WINNERS Morrissey Live In Concert 2023 Millennium Square Leeds Poster This would be only my 14th Morrissey show in total since I attended my very first one in 1991 at Wembley Arena, London (I know, I don’t get out that much!), and the first time I'd seen Moz at an outdoor venue since the infamous Madstock shindig in Finsbury Park, London way back in 1992 (two days before I turned 20!).  Boy, was THAT an eventful day!  Of course, I was due to attend the Manchester Castlefield Bowl gigs in 2018 but because of the shenanigans of Dickhead Dave Hasbeen, these were sadly called off and cancelled.  Boo! The tickets for  Millennium Square  were originally supp...

MORRISSEY – FIRST DIRECT ARENA, LEEDS FRIDAY, 06 MARCH 2020 Vocals:  MORRISSEY Guitars:  BOZ BOORER Guitars:  JESSE TOBIAS Bass:  MANDO LOPEZ Drums:  MATT WALKER Keyboards:  GUSTAVO MANZUR Support:  None Moz Tour Poster 2020: All four European Dates.  Sadly, Paris was called off due to the Corona virus (aka  Miley Cyrus) Before I begin, if I may, I’d like to go back in the mists of time now to two years ago.  After the European tour was pulled in the summer of 2018, I really thought that Moz would never play in Blighty again. I had tickets for both of the Manchester Castlefield Bowl dates, as did some of my friends who had travelled all the way from the US and Canada, and we were all devastated to say the very least. Please do forgive my rant now, but a certain so-called “Superstar” DJ who held his pathetic little anti-Morrissey event on the same night as the ill-fated first Castlefield date, who wa...