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Morrissey Slams Kylie Minogue, George Bush & Meat At Wireless

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  • by Jason Gregory
  • Saturday, July 05, 2008
  • Photo by: Shirlaine Forrest
  • filed in: Indie
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Morrissey used his appearance at the Wireless Festival in London last night (July 4th) to mock the recent OBE of Kylie Minogue.

The former Smiths singer, who was headlining the second day of the festival in Hyde Park, sarcastically told the crowd that he was “absolutely thrilled to death” to see Minogue honoured for her services to music.

“I’m sure you’ll agree, it was completely deserved,” he added, reffering to the moment that the singer picked up her honour from Buckingham Palace on Thursday.

Morrissey played a diverse set to a sold out crowd of 30,000, mixing classic Smiths songs, including ‘Ask’ and ‘How Soon Is Now’, alongside tracks from his solo career.

He also previewed two tracks from his forthcoming album ‘Years of Refusal’, which is expected this September.

After his earlier attack on Minogue, the singer later moved onto politics, denouncing the presidency of George W Bush – much to the delight of the crowd, who responded in a similar way when Jay-Z attacked the president on the day one of the festival.

And towards the end of his set, Morrissey criticised the meat eaters in the crowd when he caught a scent of burgers drifting across the stage.

At the conclusion of Smiths tracks ‘What She Said’, the final song of the evening, Morrissey thrilled members of the audience near the stage by ripping off his shirt and throwing it into the crowd.

Were you at Wireless? What did you think of his set? Let Gigwise know by posting a comment below.

Check out some some shots of Morrissey's performance (Photos by Veronika Moore).
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  • Who#8217;’s Morrissey kidding? He loves a bit of meat in him.

    ~ by Adam. 7/7/2008

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  • who’s morrissey ??? .....

    ~ by emily 7/8/2008

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  • One of his best performances....

    ~ by Peter 7/8/2008

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  • He is the dogs b......s!one in the million...

    ~ by szilvia 7/14/2008

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  • Who is Morrissey? What has he done? What does he do? Is he a celebrity? Oh yeah, I forgot, he’’’s a 90’’s hasbeen. That’’s right, I remember now. Oh hold on what did he sing? What was the name of any of his songs? Is he even a singer? Oh yeah i remember now, he’’s a bitter 90’’s hasbeen? Was he even famous in the 90’’s? Is he even famaous at all? Who is he

    ~ by David 8/2/2008

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