William, It Was Really Nothing
Nowhere Fast
I Want The One I Can't Have
What She Said
How Soon Is Now?
Handsome Devil
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Shakespeare's Sister
Rusholme Ruffians
The Headmaster Ritual
Hand In Glove
Still Ill
Meat Is Murder
/Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
/Miserable Lie
/Barbarism Begins At Home
//This Charming Man
//You've Got Everything Now

This was a free concert supported by the Madrid Townhall on the occasion of (the patron saint of Madrid) Saint Isidro's bankholiday . The socialist party was very interested in pop music and wanted to give a boost to a city that was culturally dead after 40 years of dictatorship. The gig turned out well, the Spanish were very energetic. Morrissey was also very energetic, he danced wildly but wasn't very talkative. He introduced the current single, "Shakespeare's Sister", with "This is our new single, it's called 'Shakespeare's Sister'." Similarly, "Hand In Glove" was introduced with "This song is called 'Hand In Glove'." In "Still Ill", Morrissey fell to the floor and writhed like a dying animal. The only memorable quote preceded "Meat Is Murder": "We have seen your national sport... and it's not very kind...". Besides that his banter consisted of hello's and thank you's, like "Thank you, you're very kind... thank you" after "Handsome Devil" and "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now".

Coming back for the third encore, Morrissey stretched it slightly by saying "Thank you, we're very happy, thank you." During the ending of "Barbarism Begins At Home", as he danced, Morrissey slowly removed his shirt, swung it around, and threw it into the audience. After "You've Got Everything Now" Morrissey simply said "Goodbye! We love you... thank you... goodbye... thank you..." and the band left stage a final time.

The complete concert was recorded and broadcast on Spanish television programme Edad De Oro. This was repeated in digital in 2006.

Recordings of the television broadcast mentioned above are available on bootleg VHS and DVDs, in varying quality. Of the lot, collectors might prefer bootleg DVDs produced from the 2006 digital re-broadcast. Digital files of this footage are also circulated on file sharing networks.

As for audio, the show was released on a few 'official' bootlegs. The only interesting one has to be "Unruly Boys" which includes the whole show in good sound quality, most likely from the television broadcast. The widely distributed "Live In Madrid" (available on brown vinyl LP and cd) also has the full concert, but the sound is not as good. The recording appears slightly accelerated. The LP bootleg "Spanish Sun Live In Madrid" includes these 10 tracks: "How Soon Is Now?", "Handsome Devil", "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore", "Shakespeare's Sister", "Rusholme Ruffians", "Hand In Glove", "Meat Is Murder", "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", "Miserable Lie" and "Barbarism Begins At Home". The quality is very good.

The 2-LP version of "Never Had No One Ever" includes "Handsome Devil", "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore", "Shakespeare's Sister", "Rusholme Ruffians", "Meat Is Murder", "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", "This Charming Man" and "You've Got Everything Now" while its cd counterpart only includes "Handsome Devil". As on "Live In Madrid", the speed is too fast. For both formats the main featured concert is the Smiths' final gig on 12 December 1986.

"Wilde About The Smiths", a factory pressed cd in digipack has "Meat Is Murder" from this concert with many other live tracks, rarities and radio sessions.

Digital transfers of both "Unruly Boys" and "Live In Madrid" are available in digital format on the internet.