Royal Oak, MI - Music Theatre (Dec. 18, 2011) post-show

Will try to do justice to song order:

I Want the One I can't Have
First of the Gang To Die
When Last I Spoke to Carol
You're the One for me Fatty
There is a Light that Never Goes out
Black Cloud
Everyday is Like Sunday
Satellite of Love
People are the same Everywhere
Maladjusted
You Have Killed Me
Speedway
All the Lazy Dykes
Meat is Murder
Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Scandanavia
I Know It's Over
One day Goodbye will be Farewell

Encore:
Still Ill

Bizarrely, Royal Oak decided to split the line up in two, so despite the fact that we were freezing our tails off for hours and one of the first to arrive, anyone who had digital tickets got into the venue before anyone with an actual ticket. By the time I got into the club, naturally the whole front row and then some was filled up. Ridiculous.

Really loud, raucous crowd. A strange mix at times, particularly the group of boors who drank the night away, jeering at Kristeen Young screaming, "Kate Bush!" and "Yeah we love you! You're so pretentious!" Kristeen made a remark about "People not having better things to do in life, such as drinking in the lobby" and I really felt for her. It took a lot to do an opening act on her own, and to have the final show seemingly spoiled by a few drunkards was horrible. It never ceases to amaze me that people seem to think that the world wants to be enlightened by their knowing tastes and by that same token, that they are qualified to treat someone with such disrespect. The same group of people butchered every chorus they happened to know, screaming at intervals, "I love you morrissey!" and "Yeah Beef!" when Meat is Murder was playing, and said things like "Oh, look at these Morrissey fans over there." I'm sorry, what?

Morrissey seemed to butt heads with certain audience members. After introducing the group, Morrissey asked "What is your name?" Someone screamed "Morrissey!" and he gave a reproving "I haven't heard that one before" look. Morrissey said hi to Julia, mentioned again American presidents' "residencies," remarking that he wished that on ballots, you could simply check off "none of the above" or something along those lines.

During the abrupt stop in Speedway when the lights went out, one person tried to make in on stage. Morrissey said, "Very funny. Very funny. Too bad I'm not laughing."

Security went overboard during the encore, so much so that I saw Boz kicking and chastising the security. Morrissey calmly asked that the security "steady on. steady on" before he gave up, told the band to stop "still ill" abruptly, and walk off. They got through the verses and choruses, but not the final musical outro. His final words were, "We'd like to thank Royal Oak Security. Bleh!"

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