Just for everyone to arrive back in reality ... It's a human being we talk about, not some fairy tale character.
You have to see such things in context. He hadn't been to South America in a while, in 2009 he gave very bad concerts, in 2010 he took a year off to write Autobiography and was in the media for that subspecies comment inspired by a threat here on this website, in 2011 he was put on stage at Glastonbury for no obvious reason other than he is "Morrissey", because it can barely be because of his "achievements" during the preceeding years, he opted for small concerts in the UK, threw David out a concert in Scandinavia, claimed to have a vigana and other nonsense. He could do with positive media. So he went to South America where people were actually waiting for him because they hadn't seen him for a while. It is no secret that it a takes a while to grasp what's in front of you. And the positive posts also on this website are mainly coming from peope who haven't yet seen him or only once or twice. People change their attitude with the fifth concert the latest unless they are part of that front row clique, which only sees themselves and the stage, while other people's view is pretty much disturbed by them in between. As you know, the hotel set up barriers outside and it gave Morrissey that rock star feeling that he loves so much. People had waiting for a long time however, he didn't just come outside there either, but people were naive enough about him and what he is about. Just recently I met two French native speakers who were horrified from their very bad experience with Morrissey that afternoon. They had somehow bought into these images created at places like South America, seemed to be relatively knew to the whole thing, but I could be wrong. From our conversation I gather that they thought that Morrissey is more about what I initially thought myself than what he is really about. I told them that that others experienced the same. They did? Yes. But that it was strange that it happened to them now, because of the bad book reviews. If Morrissey has bad press, he goes for the fan images, meets fans, has their picture taken, signs their arm, etc. The people whom he does this with are pretty much exchangeable even though those to whom it happens choose to feel very special. That's for me the most interesting part. Because there are so incredibly many people who are barely of the neglected type or suffer from depression, because such people are pretty bad in marketing themselves and they don't push themselves this much in the forefront either. But anyway, what I didn't consider when I spoke to the French native speakers that day was that he had the appearance on British television lined up as well as the announcement of that festival in South America where he'll no doubt get his beloved rock star treatment again and these American tour dates around the turn of the year. Enough to show his status off. I understood that when I went inside the venue for 10 Euros, the people who sold it to me almost didn't, because I declared that I wasn't willing to pay more. I am thankful that they gave it to me for this little however, because it was good for me to get to see the whole thing with the emotional distance that I surprisingly had as I was there. I never intended to actually go inside. I admire the two guys who sold off their tickets as quickly as they did. I hope I helped them a little with the things I told them about Morrissey, to understand what they had just experienced that day. I wish I had met somebody like this years ago, when I was similarly disappointed. When the overly positive reviews of that concert poured in, I hoped they didn't think they missed anything. In fact the guy who came on stage was the same arrogant guy whom they had had their experience with that afternoon. I wondered about that and thought that when he reads the bad book reviews he more likely than not only reads "greatest lyricist" or "great cultural influence" and he and his friends have experienced for thirty years now that whatever shit Morrissey comes up with, the show goes on. Like he is put on the stage at Glastobury, put in front of a camera and whatnot else. He is like a bad politician that never goes away, because of the support he gets from his political party. And like the bad politicians who hand out goodies just before elections, Morrissey hands out candies to people who then choose to feel special. It works, because then people like you can post such images of people who have been treated oh so wunderfully by these people and you love him so much for what he has done to you personally, quite frankly giving quite a shit what he does to others, who cares, as long as you are well off and enjoying yourself.
yes ! .. touching. Moments like that that make up life for people like us. Unfortunately so few will EVER KNOW. blessed? ... WE ARE BLESSED. 
