Overview
- The set leaned heavily on the Smiths catalog, including There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, How Soon Is Now?, I Know It’s Over, and Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me.
- He did not perform any material from the forthcoming album Make-Up Is a Lie, sticking to older favorites despite the new label arrangement.
- The tour launch followed two last-minute cancellations, and 2025 saw 32 of 63 planned shows canceled, highlighting ongoing uncertainty around future dates.
- The San Antonio show was rescheduled from May and was his first performance in the city in about 15 years after earlier postponements and cancellations.
- Paint a Vulgar Picture originates from the Smiths’ 1987 album Strangeways, Here We Come and sharply critiques record-label profiteering from deceased stars.