(EDIT: revised the setlist. I think it's accurate now)

A quick post tonight, because it's 3 AM and I'm dead tired. Tonight was the night. I got to see Morrissey in all his glory. Our tickets were way closer than I had thought, which meant I got to stand right in front of the stage. There was a nice opening act, Damien somebody, straight from Ireland with an accent to match. He played a solo acoustic set and reminded me of someone else named Damien. He told some good stories and joked around about meeting Morrissey.

Then, it was time. The stage drop was lifted to reveal an enormous MORRISSEY sign. The band came on and took a bow, and launched right into "How Soon Is Now?", which was a great opening move. Throughout the concert there were plenty of Smiths songs - definitely the right thing to do. Here's the setlist (thanks to morrissey-solo.com):

How Soon Is Now?
First Of The Gang To Die
November Spawned A Monster
I Like You
Bigmouth Strikes Again
How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
I'm Not Sorry
Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
Subway Train (into) Everyday Is Like Sunday
Shoplifters Of The World Unite
Irish Blood, English Heart
Let Me Kiss You
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
I Have Forgiven Jesus
The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
You Know I Couldn't Last
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (encore)

The encore consisted of the band walking on and starting "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" - at which point people started jumping on stage (I guess that is a tradition? both playing the song for an encore and the stage jumping). It got to be more than security could handle (there were only 3 or 4 security guards) at which point Morrissey quickly left the stage. Never even got to the chorus! The band wrapped the song up and the house lights came up very quickly after that. A disappointing end to the show for sure, but otherwise incredible. The highlight of course was when I handed Morrissey a copy of my demo CD, which he held up for everyone to see and then put away. Later on near the end, he looked over and said "good luck", which just about wraps this up as the best concert I've ever been to.