Stronger than the Storm, despite "the Despair, the Doom, the Drudgery": Morrissey shines in Barcelona
- veradapozzo8
- Jul 26
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 29
[I will write the whole article when I am back to Italy. What follows is just the incipit.]
Like last year, after the beautiful in my beloved Sicily, I feel happy and sad at the same time: happy, because I have attended a great gig and - of course - I am always happy to see Morrissey live; sad, because it was my last concert of the tour, which is not over yet.
Four months is a long time...
Vera da Pozzo
Barcelona, 26th July 2026
Below: screenshots from my (unfortunately incomplete) video of Morrissey's concert at BARTS Festival last night.
"And in the absence of human touch..." (Morrissey, I'm throwing my Arms around Paris, music by Boz Boorer)
"And if you are so very good-looking..."
"then, why are you on your own tonight?" (Morrissey - The Smiths, I know It's over)
It was the first time I have heard this verse live: at every gig I attended before, during three tours in 2025/2026, Morrissey has always skipped this part of the song.
Below, Moreissey singing First of the Gang to Die. The backdrop is a tribute to New York Dolls and its association to this song, instead of Shoplifters of the World... is a special, loving hint and homage to the first of the band to die: the guitarist John Anthony Genzale, AKA Johnny Thunders, whom Morrissey remembered ten days ago, on his birthday date.
Meanwhile, Morrissey has posted on Central a nice pic of guitarist Carmen Vandenberg, bassist Juan Galeano and the tiny teddy bear who is the sixth member of Morrissey's band. Carmen and Juan speak 21 languages in whole; how many languages does the teddy bear speak? Less than Morrissey, who is not as lazy as he pretends to be.
In another post, two pictures of the concert taken by the Barts Festival's photographer.
(C) Vera da Pozzo
(C) Italy is Mine
(C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living
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