Watch the Smiths’ final show from 1986

 

Rolling Stone turned us onto this bootleg video today of the Smiths’ final show in 1986. The influential UK group, which featured alternative icon Morrissey on vocals, helped spark a growth of more emotive rock music both in Europe and the United States, but had a brief run that ended after just four years. This roughly-shot video comes from London’s Brixton Academy on December 12th, 1986 on a charity show called Artists Against Apartheid.

If you are fan of classic alternative from the 80’s and 90’s, listen to ALT_Backspace every Sunday morning 10a-12pm CST on 101WKQX and our stream with Brian. He’ll play vintage alt from bands like the Smiths and many more.