For his part, Morrissey stayed solely on the wine, which might have explained why, shortly after taking the stage, he promptly fell off of it. Though the distance was relatively benign, and the humbled new British sensation soon clambered back up to complete the show, Geoff Travis, who was in New York with the group, recalled that Morrissey’s mother “called me the next day complaining about Rough Trade’s lack of security and ambulance men and proper medical care for her son.”