Andy Rourke

This in-depth retrospective surveys the history and music of the Smiths via interviews with the band, expert commentary and insights from insiders, including producer Stephen Street. Performance footage and TV clips round out the program.

The Smiths live in concert at Rockpalast, Hamburg May 6th, 1984

Live at Paseo De Camoens in Madrid, Spain on the 18th of May, 1985. Set list: 1) William It Was Really Nothing 2) Nowhere Fast 3) I Want The One That I Can't Have 4) What She Said 5) How Soon Is Now? 6) Handsome Devil 7 ) That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore 8) Shakespeare's Sister 9) Rusholme Ruffians 10) The Headmaster Ritual 11) Hand In Glove 12) Still Ill 13) Meat Is Murder 14) Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 15) Miserable Lie 16) Barbarism Begins At Home 17) This Charming Man 18) You've Got Everything Now

A film intended as a tour souvenir for the band, roadies and tour staff was put together in 1984 by sound engineer Grant Showbiz with Jonathan Barnett and Hetty Church using stage, soundcheck and backstage footage filmed on this date.

This was the first hometown gig where the Smiths were headliners. As the band came on stage Morrissey greeted the fans "Hello you little charmers... we're the Smiths, how d'you do?" then launched into "You've Got Everything Now". Throughout the show, in one song out of two (faster numbers), Morrissey - who still looked ill at ease on stage at the time - had something to shake in his right hand while with the left one he held the microphone.

Live at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, England on the 6th of December, 1983. Setlist: 1) Handsome Devil 2) Still Ill 3) This Charming Man 4) Pretty Girls Make Graves 5) Reel Around The Fountain 6) What Difference Does It Make? 7) Miserable Lie 8) This Night Has Opened My Eyes 9) Hand In Glove 10) You've Got Everything Now 11) Back to the Old House 12) These Things Take Time 13) Accept Yourself 14) This Charming Man II

Live at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England on the 22nd of December, 1988. Setlist: 1) Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before [The Smiths] 2) Disappointed 3) Interesting Drug 4) Suedehead 5) The Last of the Famous International Playboys 6) Sister I'm a Poet 7) Death at One's Elbow [The Smiths] 8) Sweet and Tender Hooligan [The Smiths] *This first solo Morrissey show was unofficially meant as a farewell The Smiths concert. Admission was free to anyone wearing a The Smiths or Morrissey shirt.

Live at the Brixton Academy in London, England on the 12th of December, 1986. Setlist: 1) Ask 2) Bigmouth Strikes Again [with "Panic" drum tease intro] 3) London 4) Miserable Lie 5) Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others 6) The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 7) Shoplifters Of The World Unite 8) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 9) Is It Really So Strange 10) Cemetry Gates 11) This Night Has Opened My Eyes 12) Still Ill 13) Panic 14) The Queen Is Dead 15) William It Was Really Nothing 16) Hand In Glove *This concert, put together as a benefit for the Artists Against Apartheid, was originally due to be held at the Royal Albert Hall on the 14th of November but it had to be rescheduled following Johnny’s car accident. It turned out to be the last time the Smiths were on stage together, bar a few TV appearances. This was the only time “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others”, “Shoplifters Of The World Unite” and the “London”/”Miserable Lie” medley were ever performed by them.