I found this Dutch newspaper article today which is already rather old (28 October) but I posted it in the Tilburg - messageboard because it's really nice. I thought you would like to know that www.morrissey-solo.com is mentioned in it. I'll try to translate the part about this site in English (see below).

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First the article cites the reviews of the Dutch newspapers on the Morrissey concert of 22 October in Tilburg. They are all rather negative but "differ in their forgivingness" (one journalist writes: Someone who writes lyrics like "Last night I dreamt somebody loved me. No hope, no harm, just another false alarm." deserves lifelong respect)

Then the author starts to talk about the fans on www.morrissey-solo.com:

"But how do the fans judge the concert of their 'Moz'? On www.morrissey-solo.com, one of the many websites that are dedicated to this Britpop-idol are reviews such as these:

Gerry: "The Tilburg MOZ gig was a real happening for me. I stood on the second row in front of the stage and I was heavenly happy. I nearly NEARLY N-E-A-R-L-Y!! touched his hand.' Her friend, who touched Moz' hand twice (she did!) helped Gerry to reach out, 'but my arm was 5 cm too short...'

Nonetheless: 'Oh GREAT!!! Moz, thanks a billion!'

German Michaël thought the concert was disappointing, but for very different reasons than the pop journalists. He wondered where the real fans were, who created atmosphere in Cologne and Bremen. 'In Tilburg war ja gar nichts los. Kaum einer trug ein Moz-shirt und die Leute gingen bei den Liedern kaum mit. Gibt's denn in den Niederlanden keine Fan-Gemeinde mehr?'

The fans do read the newspapers, but they don't let them change their minds. Hanneke: 'Compared with the articles in Telegraaf and Trouw the Volkskrant article was quite nice indeed. The Telegraaf wrote that such a short gig showed that Morrissey doesn't care about his audience (in Dutch: hij minacht zijn publiek, I don't know the English word) and Trouw wrote that he's too old to perform and sing more than one hour! For me the concert was great even though it was short.'"

The article concludes by saying that it doesn't matter that according to the pop journalists "Morrissey is a has-been", because he will remain popular with his fans.

MORRISEY: PARTLY LOST IT
September 22 1999, 013, Tilburg, Holland

Morrisey on tour. I was really delighted when I heard the news. Now I could see him, one of my all-time heroes, for the first time. I had a great time at the concert and so did everyone else but it still was just a standard concert. Too bad he also plays the same set of songs the whole tour. It wasn't bad, but the magic of the Smiths is long gone. There where some highlights like 'November spawned a monster', 'Alma matters' but most of the songs like 'Lost' and 'Last night I dreamed somebody loved me' were performed without any passion and ended 'unfinished'. Partly you can blame his band who played like statues, on the other hand Morrisey can do a lot better. And if he cannot, he shouldn't perform and keep the nostalgia and the memories of the Smiths alive. I have to mention that there was a great after-party. Four-and-a-halve hours Smiths/Morrisey music. At the start the idea seems a bit boring but after a few beers more it was a hell of a after-party. (by barry)
Check out Morrissey's website @ www.morrissey-solo.com
26.Oct.1999