Watch Morrissey debut new single ‘I Am Veronica’ as he airs rarely played solo and Smiths songs
nme.comMorrissey played the first night of his 2022 US tour last night (May 10), debuting his upcoming single ‘I Am Veronica’ as well as airing some rarely played solo and Smiths tracks.
Check out footage and the setlist below.Performing at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix, the indie veteran aired a new song – which is the opening track from his long-mooted new solo album, ‘The Bonfires Of The Teenagers‘.“It’s very hard to believe in these ridiculous times, but we are about to release a new single,” Morrissey told the crowd. “We hope you like it, and if you don’t – you must die!”When someone in the crowd yelled “I hope it will be a hit”, the singer quickly replied: “It won’t be.”Dressed in a suit and bow-tie, Morrissey opened the full-bodied and bittersweet track with the line: “I am Veronica, and the game, the game I play is older than America / There’s a tiny spot allocated each of us, so why should each day be exactly the same?”Elsewhere in the set, Morrissey opened the show by performing his solo single ‘We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful’ for the first time since 1992, as well as airing ‘Disappointed’ from ‘Bona Drag’ for the first time since 2014, giving ‘Viva Hate’s ‘Little Man, What Now?’ its first airing since 2004, and giving ‘Having A Go Merchant’ its first outing since 2016.As for songs by The Smiths, he also played ‘I Know It’s Over’ for the first time since 2013 and ‘Rubber Ring’ for the first time since 2004, and closed with an encore of playing ‘Sweet And Tender Hooligan’ for the first time since 2013.“Thank you for listening to my goat-like voice,” he told the crowd before the final song. “I love you, or most of you, or some of you, and God bless you.”‘We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful’.
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