Morrissey review – this once charming man

Genting Arena, Birmingham
A handful of great Smiths songs can’t disguise the fact that the blustering 80s idol is in irreversible declineIt doesn’t take long, on this freezing night in Birmingham, before Morrissey makes one of his pronouncements. Somewhere between the dying notes of the opening Elvis Presley cover, You’ll Be Gone – licked by exotic flamenco heat – and the opening anglo jangle of Suedehead, from Morrissey’s solo debut, Viva Hate, released 30 ye