Jason Farrow writes:

Another postive review. Transcribed from Teletext Reviews, page 454 on Channel 4 Teletext:

MORRISSEY – London Royal Albert Hall by John Earls

It’s rumoured that, when a record label recently asked Moz to hear some demos, he replied: “Go to Tower Records. I believe they have 14 of them.”

He could equally have pointed them to tonight, where four of the five new songs should have had A & R men offering him a lifetime of gladioli to sign him.

I Like You (about “me, me, me and me”) and Irish Blood gave an adrenaline rush that made you demand to hear their studio versions now, now, now and now.

Knowing that he had splendid new songs, this was an infinitely more invigorating Morrissey than the weary milquetoast who last ventured on stage in 1999.

Of course, nostalgia had to be faced and was done so with never-better romps of Suedehead and Speedway. Displaying a well-honed physique, his languid drama hasn’t worn off just yet, as he lay bereft on stage for Meat Is Murder.

To paraphrase the encore, in Moz there is a fight that never goes out.

8 out of 10.