Hi Paul
I'm 50 and currently live in Toronto, Canada.
I was raised in the countryside, a couple hours north of the city (Toronto), and exposure to any alternative music wasn't easy.
There were a few of us "freaks" in high school that were getting turned on by the new British Invasion of the mid-eighties.
My first cassette was The Smiths (1984) and on June 9th, 1985 I went to Canada's Wonderland with two friends from school to see The Smiths in concert.
Tickets were $5 CAD with park admission.
Canada's Wonderland is our version of Six Flags, or Disneyland, etc.
My musical appreciation expanded when I reached the college years, and I was more into following The Grateful Dead and the jamband sound.
I finally went to see Morrissey this time (first time) in Australia, October 2016.
I went to both the Melbourne & Adelaide shows, and was up front centre at the Festival Hall show.
https://www.morrissey-solo.com/thre...a-festival-hall-oct-22-2016-post-show.138394/
Next was Morrissey in Portland, Oregon on Halloween 2017
https://www.morrissey-solo.com/thre...er-concert-hall-oct-31-2017-post-show.141060/
I'm pretty pumped that Morrissey has decided to come back to Canada this month.
I have tix for both Toronto shows.
Having gone to two shows in a row in Australia, I doubt he will mix up the setlist (but for a song or two).
But I'm good with two nights of the same songs.
I love everything he puts out there.
A lot of people on here are critical of his recent albums.
But, I for one love the last two.
I have (and listen) to every album he has released, and have pre-ordered California Son.
Morning Starship & It's Over are brilliant, and I really hope he sings them both in Toronto.
Scott
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada 1985-06-09 (The Smiths concert)
Ticket Stub
The Smiths Live Concert
Tour
Meat_Is_Murder_Tour
Date 9 June, 1985
Venue
Kingswood Music Theatre
Location Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Opening Act
Set List [1]
- William, It Was Really Nothing
- Nowhere Fast
- I Want The One I Can't Have
- What She Said
- Handsome Devil
- How Soon Is Now?
- That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
- Stretch Out And Wait
- Shakespeare's Sister
- Rusholme Ruffians
- The Headmaster Ritual
- Hand In Glove
- Still Ill
- Meat Is Murder
Encore 1
- Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
- This Charming Man
Encore 2
- Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
- Miserable Lie