ZOOM FROM GLOOM
LASCIATE OGNI SPERANZA!
Pete Burns {RiP} in a fairly rare official Smiths T (peek-a-boo) on a pop-tastic German TV show September 1985.
Pity he didn't give the 'fans' a flash of the full shirt. Might have livened them up. Or not.
*Note the rosebush in the right back pocket...which then falls out...to reveal a blue handkerchief
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Apparel available on The Smiths mini-Scotch tour that year {and via mail-order!}
As worn by all four members of The Smiths during the encore at Glasgow Barrowland ballroom on 23rd September 1985 {broadcast via 'The Tube' on Channel 4} ~
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Even back then Morrissey had the band wearing a T-shirt of his choice.
Was this the straw
that broke Johnny’s back ?!