Staff Editor on June 6th, 2018

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Johnny Marr gave a crisp, upbeat performance on Tuesday night at the Teragram Ballroom full of lively banter, songs from his new album “Call the Comet” (out June 15*) and select tunes from the Smiths’ catalog.

Leading into the new single “Bug” — one of eight songs he played from the new album — Marr said, “Well, I promised I’d leave politics out of it … So this one’s dedicated to you-know-who. What’s ‘American’ for ‘fuckin’ wanker’?”

It was the first of two sold-out nights at the Teragram, and Marr was in high spirits. Before playing the 1991 Electronic single “Getting Away With It,” he admitted, “This is fun. This is the best I’ve felt all day, and that’s really saying something!” And later, before the big sing-along to the Smiths’ “There Is a Light” and before he played his 2014 single “Boys Get Straight,” Marr asked the crowd if they had any requests. That inspired a lot of wisecracks, with people shouting out songs that weren’t his, to which Marr quipped “Do you see any beards up on this stage? … Or a laptop?”

Marr reprises the show tonight.

Setlist: The Tracers, Bigmouth Strikes Again (The Smiths), Jeopardy, Day In Day Out, New Dominions, Hi Hello, Headmaster Ritual (The Smiths), Walk Into The Sea, Getting Away With It (Electronic), Bug, Last Night I Dreamt (The Smiths), Easy Money, Boys Get Straight, There Is A Light (The Smiths), Actor Attractor. Encore: How Soon Is Now (The Smiths), New Town Velocity, Rise, You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby (The Smiths)

Photos by Andie Mills

* Corrected post to fix release date for Marr’s album.