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The Smiths: Newcastle Mayfair

Len Brown, NME, 2 August 1986

WE'RE HUDDLED together (2000 of us) in the home of heavy metal, witnessing the early disturbed sound of 'Bigmouth'. But thankfully they're just warming up; with Morrissey revealed as a shy thin man eternally trying to capture his shirt-tails.

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