28 September 1985

Clickimin Centre, Lerwick, Shetland Isles

Shakespeare's Sister

I Want The One I Can't Have

What She Said

Nowhere Fast

What's The World

The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

Stretch Out And Wait

Frankly, Mr Shankly

Bigmouth Strikes Again

Still Ill

(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

Meat Is Murder

/This Charming Man

/Hand In Glove

/Miserable Lie

When the Smiths came on, the mood was antagonistic. Entering stage, Morrissey greeted the audience "Hello good evening... we are the Smiths" before launching into "Shakespeare's Sister". After the next song, he said, sounding sarcastic "Thank you you're very kind hee hee hee hee ha ha ha ha!" He introduced "Nowhere Fast" with "This song is dedicated to Prince William (retching noise), it's called 'Nowhere Fast'." For some unknown reason, after "What's The World", Morrissey said "Thank you... good man, good boy." The newest single, "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side", was introduced with "This is our new single which you can buy in Aberdeen if you fancy a swim... it's called 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side'."

"Stretch Out And Wait" was dedicated to "... all you really macho heavy metal fans". For the first time, Morrissey sang the alternate first verse almost as it appears on the "The World Won't Listen" compilation: "All the lies that you say, what's at the back of your mind... Ah your face I can see and it's desperately kind, what's at the back of your mind". After "Frankly Mr Shankly" Morrissey announced "That was a new song called 'Frankly Mr Shankly'... this is another... hmmm yes true... this is a new song called 'Bigmouth Strikes Again'."

Before "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", Morrissey said "This is for all the people who really care, and not just the stragglers". After "Meat Is Murder", he asked the heavy metal guys "Do you have anything to say? Would you leave please... because you're very boring and you're very old fashioned". This alternate line in "This Charming Man" might also have been intended for the same people: "This man said you're ugly, and we don't care!" Before "Miserable Lie" Morrissey said "We know somebody out there likes us, so... there's a lot of strange people around..." and then right before the first notes of the song he shouted sarcastically "Barbara Dickson yeaaahhh!"



A rather good quality recording of the whole concert is available on fanmade bootleg cds and on the internet (recorder: Soundsville's Steve). Quite a few inferior transfers via unknown generation tapes have also made it on bootlegs, occasionally under the titles "Clickerman" or "Send Only 5". These are also found on the internet. The best version of this recording is the one mastered by the original bootlegger (Soundsville), but this also happens to be the more scarcely circulated version at this point in time.

"What's The World" alone can be found on a bootleg 7" simply titled "The Smiths". It is paired with other rare recordings "What Do You See In Him?" and "Jeane" from 4 February 1983.