Morrissey reads Proust : Luxuria at the Town & Country Club 1988

Morrissey reads Marcel Proust!

On March 13 1988, Howard Devoto's new band, Luxuria, played the Town & Country Club in Kentish Town, London NW5 to promote the release of their debut album, 'Unanswerable Lust'.
As the band played the opening bars of the song Mlle (Mademoiselle), Howard introduced a very special guest....

Slideshow of previously unseen still photographs with audio from the show.

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Music

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• Morrissey
• Marcel
• Proust
• Howard
• Devoto
• Luxuria
• Unanswerable
• Lust
• live
• 1988
• Kentish
• Town
• Country
• Club
• London

[dizzywhore1804]

Could someone explain the story here? Why did Morrissey turn up? lol

[SeeGigFilmGigPost]

Howard invited Morrissey to the show.

As I understand it, Moz is reading an English translation of the passage from Proust that appears at the start the album version of Mlle.

[GrlLeastLikelyTo]

I love the way Moz says "Prudence"...

[sinbin55671]

Holy ****.

[Fallen80sChild]

POWER!

[sofuckingfly]

Fuck, the way he says "power"... oh my god.

[berylbeanie]

Good god! I was actually at this gig! Thanks for posting!

[DesperatelyKind]

This is great. Thanks for posting it. Morrissey forever!

[cinnmcrickson]

Does anyone, anyone at ALL have any bootlegs of Luxuria gigs? I've looked EVERYWHERE, and I can find none. I MUST hear them live..

[NeilThompson30]

I was there - what a gig

[Kimtate06]

Within a Budding Grove.