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POSSIBLY Manchester’s most talked-about clubnight, the Smiths Night at the Star and Garter has acres of internet message board text devoted to it, been featured in various broadsheets and has an entire chapter devoted to it in Dave Haslam’s dance music bible Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel.

Punters visit from all corners of the UK and beyond, with the more dedicated fans waving gladioli, decked out in flowery shirts and sporting impressively slick quiffs.

The atmosphere is unlike any other clubnight you’ve ever been to, more akin to an evangelical church meeting than any usual Friday night out.

Everyone seems to believe that they are Morrissey himself - wherever you look, people are stood on chairs and tables or hanging off the stage, one hand clenched to their chest and the other punching the air as they sing along to lyrical gems like “I left the south, I traveled north / I got confused, I killed a horse.”

The playlist ranges from The Smiths to Morrissey. Nothing else. And as for the mixing, well, there is no mixing. One song on, one song off; the crowd wouldn’t have it any other way.

While tribute nights for the Manics and New Order have quickly faded away, the Smiths Night has gone from strength to strength, becoming a regular monthly fixture due to sheer demand from the Morrissey faithful.

The night regularly sells out, with queues around the building over an hour before it opens. Admittedly, this isn’t for everyone. This is a night for Smiths fans and Smiths fans only.

Fiercely loyal to their master, the worryingly intense crowd can sense a non-Moz fan a mile off, so if you do go along for a spot of sight-seeing be sure to swot up on your Morrissey b-sides beforehand.

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