Morrissey came back Saturday with a vengeance. His cancelled June 26th concert at the Bank of America Pavilion when he sang seven songs then walked off stage was a major disappointment. Saturday night, in a fit of déjà vu, he took off his sweaty shirt, threw it into the audience, walked stage left and returned as his band finished up the song. “He went, he returns,” Morrissey quipped, and the fans roared.
Speaking of the band. Morrissey has that awesome voice, but he is touring with a truly amazing bunch of musicians. I’m not a long-time fan of Morrissey, having only been introduced to The Smiths and to him, so I wasn’t one of what seemed like a lot of people who wished he has sang more tunes from The Smiths. I was happy to just listen and learn. But you can help but wonder what goes on with his band, backing a frontman who is the show, who obviously has a huge ego (the set consisted of three blowups of the same image of Morrissey.) The band was hot from the get-go, but there were a couple of times where it seemed the band just looked at each other and said, let’s give this joker a run for his money, and just kicked into high gear.
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