Morrissey - February 29, 2000 - New York, NY, USA (Full Concert) LIVE

Recorded Live at Beacon Theater, New York, NY, United States - February 29, 2000. Oye Esteban Tour - North American Leg.   / mozutd   Artwork & Information: Passionsjustlikemine.com
Setlist:
You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side
Alma Matters
A Swallow On My Neck
Is It Really So Strange?
Hairdresser On Fire
Lost
I Am Hated For Loving
Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Now My Heart Is Full
November Spawned A Monster
Boxers
The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
I Can Have Both
Half A Person
Tomorrow
Meat Is Murder
/Drive-In Saturday
This concert wasn't the best of the tour. The venue was a seated one and security was very tight. They forced fans to stay in their seats and this had a negative impact on the crowd's enthusiasm. Not to help things, the sound wasn't the best. Morrissey still gave an excellent performance.
Many changes were made to the setlist. "Billy Budd", "The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils", "Break Up The Family", "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" and "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" were replaced with "You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side", "Alma Matters", "Now My Heart Is Full", "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" and an unexpected surprise, a cover of David Bowie's "Drive-In Saturday". Morrissey had never done the song before, and he would not do it again for another seven years.

However the show was still a memorable one, for a different reason: the live introduction of Morrissey's cover of David Bowie's "Drive-In Saturday". For many years after this it looked like this would be a one-time only event, until 2007 when the song was performed another handful of times. Besides this there were many changes brought to the setlist, in sequence and content. Part-timers "You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side", "Alma Matters", "Now My Heart Is Full" and "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" returned while "Billy Budd", "The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils", "Break Up The Family", "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" and "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" were temporarily dropped.

Morrissey's opening line as he picked up the microphone was "Senors, senoras it's karaoke night!". After set opener "You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side" he greeted his fans again and introduced himself and the band as members of the New York Dolls: "Welcome to the Oscar Wilde Room in the Mercer Arts Center. My name is David, (pointing at his musicians one by one) this is Johnny, this is Sylvain, Arthur and Jerry... No really!... Fooled you!" Before going into "A Swallow On My Neck" he said "I think we're ready for the first... yeah..."

"Is It Really So Strange?" was introduced with the line "As some of you may know, I used to be the drummer in the Smiths, and... I think it was 16 years ago, we actually played in this building... this doesn't really mean much, except to say that... this was one of the songs that we probably didn't play..." After the song Morrissey told another story about the Smiths in New York. This time he talked about the band's American debut concert: "Another incredibly trivial story is that, the year previous to '84... the Smiths played in New York for the first time and of course, none of you were there, so you won't remember the fact that I walked down to the stage and I didn't have contact lenses in, and I kept walking, and I fell off the front of the stage before I'd even said hello! So what does that mean? Nothing really, except that I'm the only person who must have made their stage debut falling off the front of the stage without even ever saying hello! And I haven't looked back since! All forwards..." #morrissey