Music
Morrissey celebrates 50th birthday with show
Published Sunday, May 24 2009, 08:56 BST | By Marcell Minaya
Rex Features
The legendary singer-songwriter stood before a sell-out audience on the Manchester Apollo stage to a roaring standing ovation, reports NME.
Morrissey announced "50 gruesome years", then kick-started the show with The Smiths classic 'This Charming Man'.
The set included singles from Morrissey's solo career and a montage of Smiths hits.
While introducing 'The World is Full of Crashing Bores', the singer said: "I've been waiting for a time when someone says no to a Brit Award, says no to the phoney Mercury Music Prize and until that day the world is full of crashing bores."
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