Sir Cliff Richard has been talking to the BBC about his shock call-up to Morrissey‘s Barclays Center show in June.
The veteran singer admitted to being comforted after he concluded Morrissey’s audiences ‘look really nice’ following a spot of Internet research.
“About a month ago my manager rang me and said, ‘I’m going to throw a curveball at you. Morrissey wants you in New York with him’,” he revealed. “I said, ‘My initial answer is yes but can you check it’s not a joke? Is there an ulterior motive?’. He got hold of Morrissey’s management and he said, ‘No, Morrissey’s a fan and he’d like you to be there’.”
“I checked on the Internet and saw a couple of shots of him live, and his audiences look really – I don’t know how to say this – they look really nice. They were swaying in the crowd and mouthing lyrics and I was thinking, ‘Oh, my audiences do that’. So maybe his audience will be kind to me.”
Prior to the Brooklyn show, Morrissey will be joined by Sir Tom Jones at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on May 10th.