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Morrissey at The Boyfriends (Metro Bar, London)
posted by davidt on Sunday February 19 2006, @11:00AM

 jammystressfordpoet writes:
Tonight I went to the Metro Club on Oxford Street to witness a night of Dogbox Records' bands, including The Sweethearts, Swimmer One, Luxembourg and headliners the Boyfriends.

To the shock and awe of everyone present, Moz walks in towards the end of Swimmer One's set hangs round the back of the club for 10 minutes before walking out past the stage before Luxembourg come on. Apparently he re-appeared around the back exit. All rather strange! Presumably, he didn't get tickets for Sparks who were playing the Forum!
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Sean Hannam also writes:
Morrissey turned up at Blow Up on Saturday - he was watching a headline set by this year's 'new Smiths', The Boyfriends. I almost bumped into him as I was walking back from the bar! He was soon spotted and people were having their photos taken with him... The band, were great, too! All in all, a top night.
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Paul also writes:
Morrissey is in London and was seen at The Metro Club last night for a Boyfriends gig. He left very early during the support act probably because too many people taking an interest in him.
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Morrissey at The Boyfriends (Metro Bar, London) | Log in/Create an Account | Top | 18 comments | Search Discussion
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Wrong Link (Score:2, Informative)
Please note that the correct link to The Boyfriends web site is:
http://www.theboyfriends.com/ [theboyfriends.com]
The one listed above is wrong.
El Manzo -- Sunday February 19 2006, @01:00PM (#198888)
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 People are fragile things.
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    I was (Score:1)
    I was there also, and couldn't believe it when he walked in! Got to meet the great man at last and I was one of the sad fucks getting a picture, but I don't care! :) That and a great gig too, what a night! (Metro is a shite venue though!)

    Agent Provocateur -- Sunday February 19 2006, @02:55PM (#198906)
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     "Kiss him? Of course I didn't kiss him, he's ugly!"
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    • Re:I was by goinghome (Score:1) Sunday February 19 2006, @03:39PM
      View from the stage (Score:2, Informative)
      Hello, i'm not a regular here, but thought i'd give some facts!

      Morrissey did indeed turn up during Swimmer One's final song, and rather stole their thunder, which was the only sad by-product of his arrival.

      He did leave before we came on by the front door, but then came through the fire exit, accompanied by venue security, and someone else who may have been his own.

      He certainly caught most of our set, and most of the boyfriends also. He also took a copy of our last single, although i'm the first to admit this was thrust upon him by our daring and quick thinking merchndise girl for the night, Idit.

      so yeah, we played, Morrissey turned up, and we all managed to remember all of our songs despite his presence!

      It's all terribly exciting, even if i'm a little sad at the fact he was obviously there for the boyfriends and not us, and that his watching us will never be reported - honestly, who wouldn't be?

      never mind, i'm not bitter, and am terribly proud of The Boyfriends for scoring such high brow potential endorsement. As you can imagine, being a lifelong Smiths fan, the fact that Morrissey has a CD single featuring songs I co-wrote is enough to make me beam like an idiot for the time being.

      apologies for crashing your forum in this way, and for some appalling grammar above. It's all a bit exciting though, y'know?!

      Rob Luxembourg x
      Anonymous -- Sunday February 19 2006, @05:03PM (#198919)
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        Re:View from the stage (Score:2, Funny)
        Nice.

        I've always wondered what I would do if someone like Morrissey showed up at one of my gigs. I'd like to think that I would hit one out of the park. More likely, I would make eye contact and forget why I was holding a guitar.

               
        Anaesthesine -- Sunday February 19 2006, @09:16PM (#198938)
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         We will burn that bridge when we come to it...
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        what are you doing in london? (Score:1)
        come back to rome! NOW!
        man0lo -- Monday February 20 2006, @04:37AM (#198971)
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         www.myspace.com/shineplace (my band)
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          They are so boring.. (Score:0)
          http://www.playlouder.co.uk/news/+mozs-new-boyfrie /

          Maybe they mean it ironically but it is still pretty unoriginal.
          Anonymous -- Monday February 20 2006, @07:09AM (#198985)
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          Picture (Score:2, Informative)
          Picture (or link to, I have no idea how to post a picture in here) of Moz fending off the people at the Boyfriends gig.

          http://img45.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snewcamera 005new7vp.jpg

          Agent Provocateur -- Monday February 20 2006, @12:43PM (#199032)
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          • Re:Picture by goinghome (Score:1) Monday February 20 2006, @02:17PM
            • Re:Picture by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday February 20 2006, @02:19PM
              • Re:Picture by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday February 20 2006, @02:34PM
                • Re:Picture by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday February 20 2006, @03:13PM
                  • Re:Picture by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday February 20 2006, @03:22PM
                  • Re:Picture by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday February 20 2006, @04:47PM
                    • "And in the red corner..." by king leer (Score:1) Monday February 20 2006, @07:16PM
                      The Metro... (Score:0)
                      ...Where is he gonna be next? The Crobar? Elephant's Head? The Good Mixer?
                      I need to know!!!!

                      Anonymous -- Monday February 20 2006, @02:16PM (#199041)
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