[ Steve sings Ceremony at this gig!  Do you have a complet set list? ]

[ Steve sings Ceremony again at this concert. ]

[ Steve sings part of Ceremony at this gig! ]

[ Gillian Gilbert's first gig with the band ]

[ "Expectation was high for the old jd fans who really wanted the band to
succeed.  I can't remember much about the tracks played on the night, as
ever the gig was over before we knew it.  However I remember coming away
knowing I'd seen something special.  20 years on the new material is just
as fresh."  Thanks to Neill Cordon for the memory!  ]

Souncheck (15 minutes):  Senses, Truth

Soundcheck (25 minutes):  Love Will Tear Us Apart, Walked In A Line,
No Love Lost, Digital, Decades, Atmosphere, Ceremony, Truth

Soundcheck (10 minutes):  ICB, Senses

Soundcheck:  The Him, Denial (aka "Little Dead")

Soundcheck (5 minutes):   Denial, Senses

[ From 'A Factory Complication' ]

** Mystery Solved ** An Anonymous Insider explains everything with this:
"The mystery venue was not in Wales. It was Bodiam Castle in Kent. The weather was
not good that day, very rainy, and by the time we got there the road crew had set up
the stage - imagine a square and the stage would have been across one corner, but
their opinion was that due to the general wetness and the rain driving into the
equipment it would not be safe to play. Accordingly, after much discussion, the
gig was cancelled, ticket holders were given a ticket for free entry into Heaven a
day or 2 later, and we made our way back to London and went our separate ways." ]

Soundcheck (10 minutes):   Chosen Time, Temptation

[ "On this date, Rolling Stone writer and music critic Greil Marcus was in
attendance at the I-Beam Club, and wrote about the gig, which you can read
about in Marcus' book "Ranters, Ravers and Crowd Pleasers" which was
published in 1993."  The above was brought to you by Eric I. Wang. ]

Soundcheck (10 minutes):  Temptation (instrumental), Hurt (instrumental)

Soundcheck (20 minutes):   Temptation, Leave Me Alone,
Everything's Gone Green, Improvisation(?)

Soundcheck (10 minutes):  Leave Me Alone, Ultraviolence

Soundcheck (20 minutes):  The Passenger (instrumental), Hurt (instrumental), 586

Soundcheck (10 minutes):   Ceremony

Soundcheck (10 minutes):  Hurt (instrumental), Temptation

[ Apparently this venue has since been converted into yuppie flats. ]

Soundcheck (20 minutes):  Your Silent Face (instrumental), Blue Monday, ICB

Soundcheck (10 minutes):  ICB

Soundcheck (10 minutes):  586, Everything's Gone Green

Soundcheck (10 minutes):  586, Everything's Gone Green

[ "Only some of us at Atlanta's 688 club knew the significance of the evening.
It was New Order's first US gig... after Ian Curtis' suicide had halted Joy
Division's scheduled US tour. Nonetheless, some bastard yelled "Where's
Ian?" as the drumulators and other synths kicked in. (Hooky replied with a
"F*** off!" that was met with cheers. "Confusion" was new to everyone at the
time. The volume seemed to double in the middle of "In a Lonely Place" and
the band had enough sound gear for a space twice as big as the cramped 688.
The X and the trip kicked in just in time. It was epic... and unforgettable.
I have a bootleg cassette of the gig... somewhere."
Mega-thanks to Mark Bedford for recalling the famous 688 gig for us! ]

Soundcheck (30 minutes) includes parts of: Denial, In A Lonely Place,
Thieves Like Us, Procession, Wilderness, Decades, Blue Monday,
Temptation, Age Of Consent, Cries & Whispers

[ Venue also known as the 'Billy Barty Roller Rink'.  Billy Barty is (was)
a midget entertainer of great renown. ]

Soundcheck (65 minutes):  Leave Me Alone, 586, Lonesome Tonight,
Thieves Like Us (instrumental), Confusion, Age Of Consent

[ May be a bogus or misslabled concert... Do you know the correct date for this gig?]

Soundcheck (25 minutes):  Blue Monday, 586, Leave Me Alone

Soundcheck (90 minutes):   Your Silent Face, Face Up, Blue Monday,
Everything's Gone Green, Temptation, 586

Soundcheck (5 minutes):   Confusion

Blue Monday, Age Of Consent, Lonesome Tonight, Your Silent Face,
Dreams Never End, Face Up, Thieves Like Us, Confusion, 586,  Temptation

Soundcheck (90 minutes):  Your Silent Face (inst), The Perfect Kiss (inst),
Love Will Tear Us Apart (bass), Hurt, The Perfect Kiss

[ May have been New Order's first appearance on a bill with Keith Allen ]

[  Martin Doubtfire remembers this, "Sadly, and i think it might have been
Thieves like us on top of the pops or something, but Barnard wore a leather
motorbike jacket, and at the gig after this, The Royal Festival Hall, so
did 3/4 of the audience !!!" ]

[ Jon ten Have had this to say about this concert, "It appeared to be a gig
in remembrance of IC who died four years earlier. The band was very hostile
towards the audience and reminded them of the Rotterdam gig some years
before when a big fight broke out after they had only played 20 minutes.
The encore included Decades and Love will ..., it was made clear to the
audience that it wasn't for them but for a friend who died some years ago." ]

Soundcheck (20 minutes):  Sooner Than You Think (instrumental), Age Of Consent,
Everything's Gone Green

Soundcheck (15 minutes):  no setlist  

Soundcheck (10 minutes):  Your Silent Face (instrumental)

Soundcheck (10 minutes):  Sooner Than You Think, Sunrise

Soundcheck (25 minutes):   Sooner Than You Think, Leave Me Alone, The Village,
Sooner Than You Think

[ "New Order didn't do an encore although the crowd were screaming.  The lights
came on and the roadies were packing away the gear.  Someone must have said
something out of line because one roadie jumps down from the stage chasing a
guy in the audience arms and fists all over the place quickly followed by another
roadie to make sure of it.  Barney was blonde that night and the computers were
playing for about five minutes before the band came on.  The stage was an
explosion of sound, with no New Order!" Mucho thanks to Winston Winand!]

Soundcheck (10 minutes):  Thieves Like Us, Love Will Tear Us Apart (partial),
Confusion (partial), Ultraviolence

[ "First try of 'Perfect Kiss' definitely aborted 'cos of equipment problems...
Gillian's synth was playing up and a roadie came on to try and sort it out.
They then played 'Ceremony' to fill in the time till he got the synth working."
Thanks to Philip Collins for the details! ]

[ David Ewing remembers Bernard's Ethiopian prostitute joke
as... "More men than HOT DINNERS- not Guiness" ]

Soundcheck (45 minutes):   Confusion (instrumental), The Perfect Kiss (instrumental),
This Time Of Night (instrumental), Subculture, Elegia

Soundcheck (45 minutes):   The Perfect Kiss, Hurt, and more...

[ Barney Introduces 'Thieves Like Us' as 'Twats Like Us'. ]

[ "The Powerhouse was a great gig.  It is a standing room venue and
 was totally sold-out.  The atmosphere was electric and audience
expectation was palpable as they walked on stage.  The start was
fantastic as Barney picked up his axe (err, melodica) and launched
into "Your Silent Face" backed by a tremendous wall-of-sequencer
sound.  They then quickly moved into Sub-culture; with Hooky
unleashed the crowd went gaga and stayed that way for the rest
of the gig.

My indelible moment is just before The Drums start in Sunrise.
My brother is slightly ahead of me in the crowd and he has jumped
so far into the air in anticipation of this moment that the whole top
half of his body is visible above the rest of the crowd :-)

Barney quote before final encore (paraphrased) "Does anybody
know what today is?  Come on, some one shout it out" (note: it may or
may not be significant that it was past midnight at this point).
They played "Love Will Tear Us Apart", and the audience
goes even more gaga (if that were possible)."

Douglas Miller is indeed 'the man'!  Thanks for the detailed account. ]

Soundcheck:  Love Vigilantes...

[ Matthew Jones attended this concert and recalled these fun comments,
"...they were really grumpy.  Barney was abusing the audience and
generally making himself unpopular.  When they did the encore Hooky
came on stage alone and said "...They don't give a fuck about New Zealand,
I do, my mother was born here..." and ripped into 'Age Of Consent'."   ]

[ An article mentions Bernard's comment that the Sounds reviewer
(who gave a really bad review) was "completely out of her box
drunk, blacked out" when they were playing.  In all fairness they
came on about 2 1/2 hours late and everyone was out of the box
by the time the went on and they where not that hot. First tune
was excellent though.  Thanks to Justin Keeble for this info. ]

[ I was at the Aug. 4 1985 concert in Toronto. The whole thing was
videotaped at the side of the stage by local radio station  CFNY.
They later played part of the audio of this tape  on air. Peter Hook
introduces Age of Consent by asking the crowd " Have any kids? No?
Then fuck ya." He also says during the programmed intro to
The Perfect Kiss "Saves use doing it I suppose."
Thanks to James for his account of this concert! ]

Here's a clarification from Paul Boyd... (Thanks!)

[ With apologies to James, I am the person who videotaped the concert. I
was permitted to with do so with permission of Rob Gretton and the band
who furnished me with a stereo board feed. Previously, I also had done a
stereo television simulcast with Durutti Column, another Factory artist
here in Toronto. I was not affiliated with CFNY in any way. CFNY did
indeed record the concert with a full 24 track analog audio recorder via
mobile truck, and it was sent to the band to remix. It was remixed and
edited ( the band did not want a live radio recording available of  " As
It Is When It Was " as the BROTHERHOOD album had not been released yet )
and the station aired it a number of times. The videotape that was made
has since been remastered to digital dvd to preserve it. I own the
copyright of that recording. Though there are no plans to release it
commercially, Steve Morris told me after he'd viewed it the the band
liked the recording much more than the Tokyo show "Pumped Full of
Drugs". " We played better in Toronto and we liked the look of your
video better, a bit darker looking ". ] 

[ "I don't remember the opening band for the show or if there was one.  The
show started very late.  Bernard changed the lyric in Love Vigilantes' from
 'I was a brave, brave man but that I was dead' to "I was a stupid cunt and
 that I got shot.' much to the chagrin of the crowd, 'Blue Monday was not
on the setlist that evening."  Thanks to ry_guy_dallas@yahoo.com for the info. ]

[ A second entry comes from Ron Richards...

"I remember with absolute clarity certain things about this show because I
happened to work for the local promoter of this event and was a local
college DJ at the time. I had backstage access for the show and I handled
the catering and dealt with their special needs.

#1-  I was supposed to be at a Saturday Evening class at the University
writing a Final term paper for my letter grade and I ditched class, took the
"F" for the semester and had a blast doing it.

#2-Bernie didn't say 2 words after the show. The rest of the band were
backstage signing autographs for the lucky few who were allowed backstage to
meet the band. I remember distinctly that this one girl asked Peter to sign
her Mickey Mouse Sweatshirt and he drew a large penis on Mickey and signed
his name on the big penis (swear to God!). I was able to get Stephen to
accompany me down a long hallway and into an area of shower stalls so that I
could get him to record a promo for our local radio station. We chatted
briefly about who knows what. Gillian sat at a table & was rambling on about
her cats to somebody while Bernie sat in a foldout chair leaned back on 2
legs against the wall with his head staring down at the ground.

#3- The band started 45 minutes late due to the fact that they couldn't find
the venue. The venue actually was on the county fairgrounds in a rather
rustic old indoor circular barn for indoor animal competitions I guess...
The floor was solid hard dirt & was very dusty inside. Peter had a hell of a
time with the synthesized drum kit and started banging on it like a madman
disregarding certain songs which they happened to be performing. Someone
shouted for "Blue Monday during their 1st encore. Peter yelled back at the
guy saying that he "could go home & listen to it on (his) record if (he)
fancied" & that they were sick of the song. They then broke into Temptation
followed by Mesh. The 2nd Encore was "Love Vigilantes". I also do know that
during the show they played "State of The Nation", "Perfect Kiss",
"Confusion", "This Time Of Night", "Age Of Consent", "Subculture" and
several more. The show lasted a good 1 1/4 hours which I didn't expect since
they came on late. The DIDN'T play "Thieves Like US" which pissed me off to
no end." ]

Soundcheck (35 minutes):  Your Silent Face, State Of The Nation, and more...

[ "As Barney launched into the opening bars of Ceremony somebody threw
a pint of beer all over him the sound went really weird and the band stopped
playing.  Barney then threatened to walk off stage and himself and hooky spent
the rest of the gig threatening people down the front of the stage for the
rest of the evening in between songs .The music however was brilliant all
the way through."  Thanks to Nealmc. ]

[ This was a benefit concert for a Mexican earthquake. ]

[ "Support was from James and the execellently named Grab Grab The Haddock,
plus the tickets were a very expensive at the time £8."  Thanks to  Martin Doubtfire! ]

[ "Hooky dedicated AOC to Gary Holton who'd died that day - he was in a band
called The Heavy Metal Kids and appeared in the TV program 'Auf Wiedersehen
Pet Before Broken Promise, Barney says 'this is a song that features all guitars, just
to prove that we don't need synthesizers to sound good...but I bet you all knew that
anyway' Before the 'Love Vigilantes' encore he says 'Sorry about the delay, we've
just been getting a few drinks down our necks. Gotta get your priorities right, haven't
you people? Pernod before people, that's what I say" and the X-rated lyric goes
something like "When I walked through the door/ my wife she lay upon the floor/she
was sucking cocks she had 4 in her mouth/And I said you dirty bastard/what are you
doing on the floor/sucking big fat cocks/Oh fucking hell" (!!??)" From Philip Collins. ]

Soundcheck (35 minutes):   The Village, Denial, Confusion, and more...

Soundcheck (10 minutes):   Bizarre Love Triangle

[  Martin Doubtfire chimes in with this..., "Support on the night were
A Certain Ratio, who also came onstage for the encore and jammed
out Confusion with the band." ]

[ As It Is When It Was and Sunrise were both shown live on the
BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test ]

[ May be the only concert where New Order opened with Atmosphere.
UPDATE:  Not any more, see 18 JUL 01 entry. ]

[ "Someone must have disliked the fact that Hooky was singing lead on
Dreams Never End.  If you here the bootleg he doesn't come in at the right
time halfway through.  That's because he had just been struck on the head
by an empty beer can thrown from deep in the audience.  Hooky mumbled
something back but I didn't catch it.  Needless to say, there wasn't any
encore that night.  However,  Atmosphere was brilliant with the audience
dancing like crazy on the synth bits!" Thanks again to Winston Winand! ]

[ Barney actually told us we were "cockney bastards but he loved
us and he was going to move to slough when he retired"
(he obviously arrived and left in the dark)
Justin Keeble kicked this one over for our enjoyment! ]

[ "A rowdy crowd member though a bottle on stage which hit Stephen Morris
in the Head. The band got pissed off about the bottle, but they still played a full
set."  Thanks to Eoin O'Connor for the updated and corrected info! ]

Soundcheck (25 minutes):  no setlist

Soundcheck (30 minutes):   Subculture (instrumental),
This Time Of Night (instrumental), Age Of Consent (instrumental)

[ "The Royal Court gig was a benefit for Derek Hatton's Liverpool City
Council and was billed as "With Love from Manchester". The bill also
featured The Fall, John Cooper-Clarke and The Smiths, with NO coming
on as headliners.  Thanks to Ken Brough for the info! ]

Soundcheck (30 minutes):  Bizarre Love Triangle (instrumental),
Shellshock (instrumental), As It Is When It Was (instrumental),
Broken Promise (instrumental)

[ This courtesy of Jack Pullan, "Just a little bit of info - my first gig and it was
New  Order...top seat top night...but I said to our kid 'hope we get lonesome
tonight'...and we did except Hooky's bass packed in after first two bars...!
..one song you don't want bass to go but band kept going scrapping in crowd
and the support were fellow factory cohorts 'Life' who i think their lead
singer became NO tour manager..?..please correct if wrong." ]

Soundcheck (50 minutes):  Bizarre Love Triangle (instrumental),
Shellshock (instrumental), Broken Promise, Sooner Than You Think (instrumental),
State Of The Nation

Soundcheck (20 minutes):  The Village, Subculture, Sooner Than You Think,
This Time Of Night, Confusion

Soundcheck (50 minutes):   Shellshock (instrumental),
State Of The Nation (instrumental), Let's Go, Love Vigilantes, Subculture

[ This was a festival marking the 10th anniversary of punk ]

[ Frederik Buchvald remembers, "The gig was a part of a "small one day
festival", where Talk Talk started, then New Order and last Depeche Mode
were on stage." ]

Soundcheck (45 minutes):  Love Will Tear Us Apart, All Day Long,
Angel Dust (twice), As It Is When It Was, Weirdo, Every Little Counts,
Lonesome Tonight,  Shellshock, Sooner Than You Think

[ Colin Kerr had this to say about this and other New Order
performances in Edinburgh... "A kind of interesting note about
the Edinburgh concerts NO played was an increasing apparent
dislike of Edinburgh audiences.  The 83 shows went well enough
but the Feb 85 show was marred by a 10 o'clock council deadline
on noise.  The Royal Family and the Poor played on a bit late so
NO were rushed on and Barney muttered something about hating
Edinburgh and 'yer fookin council'...

the 86 show at the Playhouse was worse.  The show itself was ok
if a bit devoid of any passion and near the end Barney said 'I hate
playing in Edinburgh'  he muttered something else then went on
about how nobody danced or moved and it was like we were all
fenced in by chicken wire.  The next night in Glasgow, a much better
venue and show, he said 'I always like playing in Glasgow.  Much
prefer it to Edinburgh' cue big cheer. Also before perfect kiss he said
'Perfect Kiss as played perfectly by New Order'.  An interesting point
about LWTUA that night as that I read at an earlier concert it was
dedicated to someone who had died years before.  At Glasgow that
night PH introduced it 'This is for someone who can't be with us
tonight, coz she's(no typo) dead, so 1,2,3,4...'. ]

Soundcheck (10 minutes):  Sooner Than You Think, Paradise, This Time Of Night

[ "The Happy Mondays (entire band) joined New Order on stage during
their encore performance of 'Sister Ray'." Thanks to Allen Jarvis for the info. ]

Soundcheck (35 minutes):  As It Is When It Was, The Village, TV Eye
[ cover of a song by The Stooges ], This Time Of Night,  Way Of Life

[ Thanks to Paul Boyd for clarifying that.. "...there are 2 Ivor Wynes,
Ivor Wyne Centre, the basketball gymnasium, and Ivor Wyne Stadium, where
the Hamilton TigerCats (football) play and I saw Pink Floyd perform
Animals.  A big open-air football stadium, no roof." ]

[ Grant Coffey contributes, "...They were supported by a local AU
electronic band called Boxcar, who eventually went on to bigger and
better things, before failing -- they were very much influenced
by New Order." ]

[ "The Venue" has been demolished and replaced by a Novotel Hotel. ]

[ Do you have a complete setlist? ]

[ Intro to Elegia has Bernard saying: "Sorry about that, we all had to
go get some heroin.  Oh, I'm joking, oh I'm joking! Cuz remember,
Drugs are bad for you."  Thanks to Sam Habash for the classic 'Barneyism' ]

[ New Order were supporting Bronski Beat at this gig and completely out did them.
This was an AIDS benefit concert which also featured Sandi Shaw, and Buddy Curtis
& The Grasshoppers ]

[ "The Finsbury Park gig on 6.6.87 was an all-day Factory gig. Before NO, there
was The Railway Children, Happy Mondays and A Certain Ratio. Before NO came
on I remember there being a lot of concern about people being crushed, and
one of the roadies was trying to get Mike Pickering, DJ on the day, to stop
playing records so people could hear him  - without much success it has to
be said. It's interesting what Colin Kerr says about Barney's comment at the
start of the Edinburgh Playhouse gig on 11.9.86. At Finsbury Park he came on
and said: "Hello everyone we'd like to dedicate this set to Caroline and
Peter who should have been here tonight but Caroline's not here because
she's dead" in the most laconic voice imaginable. Thinking this to be a
joke, some audience members laughed, to which Barney replied "It's not a
joke and it's not funny, but then again we never are", then launching into
'Touched By the Hand of God'.

They were introduced on stage that night by Rob Gretton as 'Joy Division
from Macclesfield', much to the confusion of a young Spanish couple in front
of me."  Thanks to Ken Brough for the info! ]

[ This show was originally scheduled for the 14th, but due to a fierce rainstorm
in the Chicago area (which caused major flooding throughout the area) the show
was cancelled and rescheduled for the 16th. ]

[ Some list this concert as:  21 JUL 87 ]

The Perfect Kiss, Everything's Gone Green, Angel Dust, This Time Of Night,
Touched By The Hand Of God, True Faith, Love Vigilantes, Subculture,
Face Up, Age Of Consent, Bizarre Love Triangle, The Ostrich,
Run Run Run (with Echo & The Bunnymen)

[ "Boy, I don't really recall the song list, but I think I would remember an
acoustic version of Anarchy in the UK. They did sound great, but I seem to
recall the show ending during Shellshock, when their sequencer became stuck,
they all walked offstage except for Peter Hook, and he jammed for a couple
more minutes before walking offstage."  Courtesy of Chuck Goldsmith. ]

[ Can anyone CLARIFY please??? ]

[ "This show was one great one! Probably the best one I have every seen.
They played Substance in order! The show supposedly ended at True Faith
and the lights even came back on. Everyone was leaving. I was in the
second row and there were about 200 hundred people including me just
hoping they would come back out. They eventually did!! Hearing
atmosphere, love will tear us apart and sister ray live for the first
time was incredible...This show was almost as great as the Manchester
Apollo show of 98!"  Courtesy of George Saunders ]

Ceremony, True Faith, Bizarre Love Triangle, Sunrise, Every Little Counts,
Your Silent Face, Vanishing Point, Dream Attack, Temptation, Age Of Consent,
Blue Monday, The Perfect Kiss, [ encore ] Touched By The Hand Of God,
Fine Time

[ partial review provided by Lilian Pinto.   Thanks! ]

NEW ORDER, Maracanãzinho, RJ

"The band is quite insecure, there's one year since they don't play live and
Gillian shoots some little buttons in the wrong time, but little by little
they warm up, reaching the boiling point in a sublime "Every Little Counts",
which instrumental ending stretches in a body and soul symbiosis between
Peter Hook and Steve Morris. (...) And the rock'n'roll band New Order once
was is still there, pulsating and sweating in this twosome that innovated
the concept of "rhythmical section" and surprised the world turning
themselves into the best "Eurodisco" of the decade." (José Augusto Lemos)

Touched By The Hand Of God, True Faith, Subculture, Paradise, Vanishing Point,
Dream Attack, Mr. Disco, Every Little Counts, Bizarre Love Triangle,
Blue Monday, Age Of Consent, Temptation, The Perfect Kiss, [ encore ]
Ceremony, Fine Time

[ This courtesy of Jack Pullan, "is this the one where we couldn't
see NO for about 45 mins because of the dry ice they used..?" ]

[ "...The opening act was Throwing Muses. The gig was plagued with technical
difficulties (ironic, considering the name of the album they were touring) and the
crowd (a lot of budding young Goths, punks, Bolanites, and gays with faghags
in tow, all a really nice bunch really) was restless to unruly during the five to ten
minute gaps between songs. NO was very busy onstage and the only one who
seemed to be having a good time was Peter Hook, with his bass hanging below
his knees (how in the hell can he play like that?!) and his hair pulled up like he
was doing Kabuki theatre. But when they got it all together it was pure magic.
No band on Earth or elsewhere is capable of reproducing and presenting its
intricate, complicated music as well as NO..."  Thanks again to Mike DeWitt!

[ "I hadn't seen New Order outside before and I loved it! I was speaking
to OZ - their sound engineer earlier in the day and asked him to request
an old song for the 2 guys who had come over from the UK. They obliged
by playing "Your Silent Face" - the crowd went completely flat at that
point but we had a great time dancing on the seats like complete idiots.
Much to the amusement of the US kids around us."
Courtesy of Jonathan Scott. ]

[ This setlist is not verified ]

[ Can anyone expand this setlist?  Thanks to Nelson Walker for the venue info! ]

[ Can anyone expand this setlist?]

[ Apparently tour posters and T-Shirts  were printed incorrectly with July 13th. ]

[ Brendan Byrne Arena is now called Continental Arena.]

[ Everyone assumed New Order would be headlining, but they ended up going
on stage before Hothouse Flowers.  This performance was part of the Dublin
Peace festival.  Apparently quite a few British fans made it up to this concert. ]

[ New Order were a late replacement for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. ]

[ "It was 116 degrees in the shade and after two warm-up sets
(808 State & Stereo MC's) you could tell they were simply spent. The crowd
sang every word to every song with them, it was like church. Most already
knew the words to "Republic" even though it had only just been released.
But things got ugly when the lights came up after only one encore, "Fine Time."
Some kids started breaking things and roughing people up. I saw one guy in tears
because they didn't do the song he came to see."  Thanks to Mike DeWitt! ]

[ The band was introduced by Chris Sheppard of Love Inc. ]

[ All four band members may have had colds at this gig... ]

[ As World's chorus ended with "How long will it last?", Bernard muttered
"Too fucking long" before the crowd had time to applaud. ]

[ New Order's triumphant return after almost 5 years on hiatus ]

[ Bez from the Happy Mondays joined New Order on stage for Fine Time
and Blue Monday.  Urban Lundqvist wrote, "Hook did kiss the fronthead of
Bernard, Luvely Juvely!" ]

[ "Set list slightly altered from Manchester gigs and the Monday night
gig had no encore of Regret or Blue Monday, or any encore at all, which
considering the band seemed to be really digging the concert, and considering
that the band encored on the Sunday night was quite surprising to the
Glasgow audience! Hooky seemed to have a problem with a member of
the audience, which has made some wonder if that's why there was no
encore..... others think that the Barrowlands is notorious for strict timescales
and stopped them playing. Rumours aplenty, like band arguments etc..."
Thanks to marzi for the above insight... ]

[ And Thierry Dory had a similar view...  "The sound was very "rotten" but
the audience was very excited.  The band plays during 1h10 minutes and
that's all. Maybe because of the poor quality of the sound... I don't know
but the audience was very disappointed...Because the band leave  the stage
only with a little "good night" and after waiting 5 minutes in the dark
waiting a "encore" nothing came... Not a great night. (I came especially from
Brussels to see them) and there was people came especially from Japan..." ]

[ Even more info about this strange concert comes from Simon Smith who
shares this, "On Monday Sumner demanded "Turn Hooky down" twice
during Temptation, which he wasn't happy about.  They had a quiet word
 with each other then launched into Transmission before both making a
sharp exit.  My interpretation was that the bass was too loud and it had
been getting louder each night. This followed from Apollo gigs where it
was definitely heavier bass on the Friday.  The set list was to include
Rock the Shack & Blue Monday I believe. This is reason for no encore. ]

[ "A storming night. They claimed it was their first London gig in 15 years and
looked really up for it. Funniest moment was when Bernard introduced Rock
The Shack, saying, "We've played this six times and fucked it up every
time," 30 seconds later it collapsed into a huge mess. Ceremony and
Temptation were awesome. A fine return."  Thanks for this go to Dominic Smith!! ]

[ "If I recall Hooky also played the bass riff of Age of Consent and Dreams
Never End after Love Will Tear Us Apart and Blue Monday respectively, which
was good considering they are two of my favourite New Order songs. A great
gig in all, True Faith, Temptation and Love Will Tear Us Apart in particular
were amazing. Hooky and Barney were on form also, exchanging banter after
each song though frankly it was pretty unintelligible."
Thanks to Graham England for sending the above comments in.. ]

[ Recorded for France Inter FM Radio in Paris ]

[ "...A very contrasted show, they played very loud, maybe too loud at some
times but there were some great times with some fucking good versions of
Ceremony, Your Silent Face, Temptation and a very great end with a
memorable version of Blue Monday.  ...Very good atmosphere in the
audience and the band seems enjoying to be in Paris."
Thanks to Thierry Dory! ]

[ "The mc introduced the band as "those five lads from Rochdale", but
of course only four lads took to the stage.  Also, spray-painted on the
speakers on stage was "VIVA SALFORD".  Great show by the boys.
Bernard and Hooky were in fine form, and the "assistant guitarist" Filthy Phil
Cunningham played some hot licks, with the occasional impersonation of the
Pete Townsend windmill style of playing.  During the show, Bernard made
his football supporting allegiance plain, when he enquired of the audience
"Any Manchester United fans in?". A few cheers went up, and when he
carried on with "Any Liverpool fans in?" he received even louder
cheers, to which he retorted "Well, you can all **** off, the lot of you".
Hooky gave one of his drumsticks to an appreciative fan on the front
row and threw the other into the balcony.  Two supports came on:
Benjamin Biolay and Bosco, who tried hard but unfortunately got a
mixed reception including some boos, but hey we did not come to
see them."  The above memories courtesy of Nigel Openshaw. ] 

[ "We had to wait nearly 90 Min. till the band went on stage. The fucking dj,
as supporting act, annoyed the crowd very much. Everybody was shaking
his ticket in order to show him that we paid for New Order. When finally
New Order came on stage they apologized themselves and in the end it was
simply a fantastic concert." Props to Daniel Sirch for this submission! ]

[ From the start of the show, Bernie said that "Unfortunately we went out
after the Berlin gig..., sorry, that's why we are 20 minutes late, it's very
hard for us to play tonight because we are tired, but we will try to do the
best for you". I was afraid but after some seconds I was not.
The band seems physically tired but in very good shapes mentally.
They concentrated more than usual and they play very good with some
great versions of "bizarre love triangle", "true faith", "rock the shack" and
the best version I've heard of "Love will tear us apart".
The band was very relaxed. For "Touched by the hand of god" they invited
Arthur Baker to join them on stage and do some scratching noise on it.
There were a lot of people in the audience, a little bit too much for the
place, and Barney even apologized for those who had difficulties seeing the
stage "If you find me after the show, I'll give you back your money... If you
can find me...".  Hooky was unusually quiet but at the end of the show he
offered his pullover to the audience.  A very cool and very nice evening.
PS: spray-painted on the speakers on stage was "SALFORD RULES"
Thanks once again go out to Thierry Dory for his take on this concert! ]

[ "New Order was back playing in Sweden for the first time in nearly 19 years.
Arthur Baker was DJ-ing before the concert. Remixes of Confusion and
some Beach Boy's Good vibrations just before he presented "the best
band in the world".  Bernard dedicated the concert to Sven-Goran Eriksson,
the successful Swedish manager of England's national football team.  The
spraying on Hook's speakers had been changed to "Living legend".
Unfortunately he had almost constant troubles with the bass sound
throughout the concert, and several strings broken. But he didn't seem
to bother too much. They all seemed to be in a very good mood, but
at the same time glad that the 7 day European tour had come to an end.
Bernard said they were tired.  Stunning versions of Your silent face,
Temptation and LWTUA." Kudos to Ulf Sigvardson for the recap! ]

[ And Marcus Linden was nice enough to send this little tidbit over...
"Bernard had some problems with his voice throughout the gig. On one
occasion Peter Hook jumped off the stage and down into the audience.
With Peter Hook's bad temper during the early days in mind (I guess),
the roadies ran after him only to find him being photographed together
with a fan. Hook was annoyed at people not being allowed to take photos
during the show and said that since they only play Stockholm every
twenty years people ought to be able to do so." ]

[ "...Considering some of the recollections of previous concerts and the
possibility of band members becoming annoyed at anything from the venue
to themselves I was very impressed with the way the concert went off.
Bernard and Peter seemed to be really enjoying themselves. Peter
especially was playing up to the crowd at one stage revealing what
looked to be the slightest signs of pot belly. Bernard even at one stage
joked and said that we were all probably sick of their electronic and
guitar stuff and then proceeded to launch into Bizarre Love Triangle.
I think Bernard had some trouble with the sound of the drums being to
loud but this did not seem to quell his obvious enthusiasm and energy.
In fact they played like the were 20 years of age and made me feel like I
wasn't worthy of being there as they should have had a more vocal wild
crowd. That's not to say everyone did not have a great time. Everyone
that I spoke to after the concert said they really enjoyed it. If I had
the money I would have gone to Melbourne also, but I believe this sold
out over 3 weeks ago.  Maybe I am easily pleased but I had great time
and thought the Band gave close to 100 percent. The only disappointment
was that Gillian did not make an appearance and wonder whether she is
actually on the tour as the promotion material suggested the original line
up would be touring."  Concert report courtesy of Stephen Rodgers. ]

[ Slogan on Hooky's bass stack: "Salford Rules".
"New Order played the twilight slot, starting in daylight and finishing after dark. 
The sound was muddy (a common problem with outdoor gigs). Barney claimed
to be unhappy about playing in daylight: "the gaps between songs are going
to get longer until it gets dark".  Hooky was prowling all over the stage, and
rearranging equipment if it got in his way.  For example, kicking an unused
spotlight off the lip of the 2m high stage... which barely missed the head of a
security guard much to Hooky's chagrin and embarrassment.  Later in the gig he
apologized to the guard by pretending to drop his bass on him. :-)"
A big 'Day Out' thanks to Douglas Miller for the goods! ]

[ Slogan on Hooky's bass stack: "Addicted to Bass".
"New Order were clearly enjoying themselves tonight.  Hooky's pose-striking
was inspired.  Barney was talkative. The running theme of the night was the
immense heat generated in a small venue by a highly enthusiastic audience in
the middle of an Australian summer ("you know we're not used to it!")."
Thanks again to Douglas Miller for the info! ]

[ "I've been waiting about 15 years (Seaside Festival, Belgium, mid-80's) to
see this great band again live on stage. But what a disappointment! Bernie
apologizes for this being their first gig since February. But there are no
excuses for the lousy sound (not even the half empty venue), for roadies who
bring out-of-tune guitars and have to do a check-up after almost every song
(Amateurs! Fire them now!). The band seems in a good mood but they mess up
most of the songs by their enthusiasm and nonchalance. Who wants to hear
Bernie shouting and whistling during almost every song and especially during
'Atmosphere'??? And there's nothing wrong with being a Manchester
United-fan, but who wants to be joined by shouting and jumping football fans
during a concert? Nice set list though, with lots of surprises (like the
mediocre 'Brutal', from the 'Beach'-soundtrack, and the Joy Division-pearl
'Digital', but no 'Touched by the hand of God'). But as a whole: what a
disillusionment! I will keep playing my New Order records and video
tapes/DVD's, but I never want to see this band on a stage again. By the way,
thank you, Doves, for the nice opening show."  Thanks Gunter Jacobs! ].

And in response... (several people have disagreed with the above view):

[ Al Jarvis said, "Lousy sound? Nonchalance? Shouting and whistling?
This sounds like a very TYPICAL New Order gig to me, and one I personally
thoroughly enjoyed. I'm surprised at Gunter's comments about jumping and
shouting fans. In England the gigs are ten times more raucous than this
(and all the better for that atmosphere) whereas I thought the Paris audience
was very restrained and my Mrs. even managed to squeeze down the front for
most of the set - something she could never dream of doing on home soil.
Frankly, it's a shame Gunter didn't enjoy this gig but I can't even begin to imagine
what he thought an actual New Order gig would be like? Also, the venue
was Sold Out, so I don't know where the half-empty comment came from?" ]

And another rebuttal to Gunter:

[ "I read the comment of Gunter about Le zenith gig and I have to strongly
disagree with him : - "half empty venue", the Zenith was in "small configuration"
so it was actually full. There is no room in Paris in between the Olympia and
Zenith so it was the best choice to be made - the sound was crap during
crystal and then became better. - if you don't like barney shooting, indeed
do not go to NO concert.  That was for the disagreement, here is my positive
review:  When I saw them in November I was impressed to see them live for
the first time and very exited to here Transmission or LWTUA as JD is my
favorite band. The May show was even better, the band was HAPPY to play
and made lots of jokes especially about Hooky's technical problems
"Barney : I am really sorry, you can ask your money back, I thought this
was a professional bass player". This gig was fun like a party, but also very
intense especially during the JD covers : so NO on stage is fun and
emotion. Digital and She's lost control were breathtaking. I never saw JD
live, but I really understood what it should have been live, far better
than on my bootleg-tapes." Contributed by Jean-Christophe Gombeaud. ]

[ Ulf Sigvardson let us know that... "The spraying on Hooky's speakers
 was "Bye bye Dee Dee" (also at the Hultsfred Festival) and he
dedicated Ceremony to the recently deceased Ramones' bass player." ]

Crystal, Transmission, Regret, 60 Miles An Hour, Atmosphere, Brutal,
She's Lost Control, Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith, Temptation,
Love Will Tear Us Apart, (Encore) Blue Monday, World in motion
(with Damon rapping once again), Your Silent Face

[ "A band in phenomenal form and especially Bernard extremely happy
throughout the whole set. They were surely celebrating England's 3-0
win over Denmark in the World Cup the same day." Thanks to Ulf Sigvardson! ]

[ "Close Range, True Faith and Rock The Shack were also on the setlist but the
gig was cut short because the band went on so late due to the atrocious
weather conditions." Info courtesy of Al Jarvis. ]

[ "The start an half hour later, because they had problems with the weather, it
was heavy raining all the time they played. Close Range, True Faith and
Rock The Shack were all finally culled from the setlist due to time restrictions.
Anyway, it was a great concert, Peter was standing most of time in the front
of the stage (fuck the weather) and by the end of the concert Peter layed down
of the stage and take a bath (because the stage was under water). He scream:
"This is ridiculous, I must be mad"!  What a band!" Thanks to Holger for sharing! ]