From Orange County Register:
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHT: With many in the crowd sporting Morrissey T-shirts, the performer obviously has a big following.
The Coachella
Valley Music and Arts Festival Day 1
Where: The Empire Polo Field, Indio
When: Saturday
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Lush sounds in the desert
REVIEW: Brimming with excellent performances,
first Coachella festival is the peaceful antidote to
Woodstock.
October 11, 1999
Story
by BEN WENER
The Orange County Register
The brightest highlights, however, belonged to Beck and Morrissey, though clearly the crowd would have thought the same of the latter had he merely waved hello. Smiths-wear was the attire of choice at Coachella; easily one out of every five people I saw wore a Morrissey T-shirt.
The typically detached King of the Disaffected was abuzz with excitement, though, obviously energized by the crowd's response. It's not as though Morrissey is musically vital these days he's long since assumed cult-hero status but you'd never have guessed it from the roaring readings here, whether of his own material (a bitterly sorrowful "Hairdresser on Fire," a whirlwind "November Spawned a Monster") or the rare Smiths gems ("Meat Is Murder," still laughably heavy-handed, and "Is It Really So Strange?" one of his most underrated tunes).