Morrissey performs at House of Blues in Vegas.
The solo icon and former frontman of The Smiths performed Munich Air Disaster 1958 over the weekend, as he took to the stage in front of a Las Vegas audience.
The song refers to the Munich Air Disaster, a plane crash involving Sir Matt Busby’s Manchester United squad in 1958, in which there were 23 fatalities. Eight of those were United players and three members of club staff.
February 6, 1958, is a day that will be forever remembered in the hearts of every United supporter. It was a day that a team died and a club was born.
The players whose lives were lost in the horrific crash were Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Coleman, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor and Liam ‘Billy’ Whelan.
Morrissey performs Munich Air Disaster 1958 in Las Vegas
The song is a Morrissey/Whyte composition, which Salford-born artist Morrissey has played during live sets over the past few years.
It focuses on the tragedy, where Morrissey “wishes” he could’ve gone down with them to save himself from modern life.
The title is taken from a Bee Gees song: New York Mining Disaster, 1941
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Ah, another cheery one from our Morrissey.
You stars thank you for sharing this. We’ll never die we’ll keep the red flag flying high caus man utd will never die.
Loved it myself, had to share!
Release it, with all profits towards the new Stadium, remembering all those ‘Miracles’ that left Mother Earth on that day