Astley is like Moz's agreeable younger brother – who you'd much rather go down the pub with
It all went down while Morrissey was just a few hundred yards away at another gig
"Say it loud, I'm me and I'm proud"
The Smiths legend also spoke to NME about working with Billie Eilish and Finneas, another "big franchise" project and being approached to star in the Cosey Fanni Tutti biopic
The guitar icon road tests new material in a set packed with classics
The former Smiths guitarist told NME: "There was an M.O. there that just wasn’t very cool"
“I’m just paying homage to some amazing music that still means so much to a generation that I could be their dad"
"They're a really, really, really good live band"
The run of dates concludes with a huge Courteeners support slot in Manchester at the weekend
The concerts also recently received criticism from Johnny Marr