They might have split 24 years ago, but the Smiths remain as popular as ever, and not just among those who remember them first time around. Here, Jon Savage and some of their fans explain their enduring appeal
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Report posted by Dave2006:
Top night last night - Johnny is one cool, cool bloke. Well, last night he was sweating buckets because it was so hot in there.
At one stage he stood in front of the monitors playing to the crowd, people were patting him on the head and ruffling his hair, one guy in the front row was obviously saying something to Johnny and it looked like Johnny kissed the top of his head - it was a surreal, beautiful moment.
A mate lifted the set list from the guitarist at the end and gave it to me -
There is a Light was lined up as a potential final encore (there is a question mark at the end of the title, but it's not too clear on the photo) but after 'It's My Life' (was this a cover - it sounded vaguely familiar?) he left the stage not to return...
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