Angsters unite: Morrissey to play DPAC on Mar. 11 (N&O)

We're not sure quite why British pop-rock star Morrissey chose the Durham Performing Arts Center for what the N&O's David Menconi notes is his first Triangle appearance in a decade -- perhaps he found the rest of the Triangle is just full of crashing bores?

(Or perhaps the light saber will make him feel right at home, being a fixture of a couple of installations back in the U.K., after all.)

But it's true -- the tour bus will be taking the former lead singer of The Smiths here to the Bull City before he heads back to dear old Blighty. Tickets for Morrissey's show at the DPAC go on sale on Friday, according to the N&O's blog.

Our question: with musicians' tour buses parking on busy Mangum St. during DPAC shows, and the proclivity of Morrissey fans to swarm said bus to catch a momentary touch of the hand of the singer -- will it actually give an opportunity to observe, say, a ten-ton truck crashing into us?

Comments

[KeepDurhamDifferent!]

You're forgetting that Morrissey has a huge Hispanic following. If Charlotte is NC's London, then surely Durham is NC's Manchester.

"Ohhh, Manchester, so much to answer for...."

Remember, kids -- meat is murder.

[Andrew Edmonds]

Tsk tsk, Kevin. To quote that particular Smiths song and to leave out the most relevant lyrics is unconscionable -- or maybe you thinks it's too obvious:

"Take me out tonight
Where there's music and there's people
And they're young and alive."

From a song called "There is a Light that Never Goes Out" for Pete's sake. Seems almost predestined for the Moaning Man to pay a visit to the DPAC.

And later in the song, "And in the darkened underpass I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last" -- clearly a reference to either nearby Roxboro Street or West Chapel Hill.

I hate to paint a vulgar picture, so stop me if you've heard this one before.

[KeepDurhamDifferent!]

Touché. Bigmouth Strikes Again.

[Hated For hating Moz]

KS at a Morrissey concert? What a surpise! I am holding out for the Drive-By Truckers instead.

[Larry]

I'll be there - row F, seats 202-205. Be sure to RSVP on the official Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106121985470

[Bull City Rising]

@Larry: Grand Tier, Row C for me and "Hated for hating Moz," who despite his caustic reply bought his butt a plane ticket and is coming down from New "We Love Ice Storms" Hampshire for the show.

@Andrew: I just spit coffee out my nose. Somehow I missed that comment the first time through. Yes -- I don't know how I missed _that_ connection!