Get in your TIME MACHINE

Originally posted by Scott Butler Would have loved to have seen new order encore in Birmingham half an hour after everyone had left the venue though.hehee

Pity it didn't happen really! It may have happened at a different town, but certainly wasn't Birmingham.

1982 - Imperial Cinema - no encore 1983 - Tower Ballroom - encore of Confusion, full audience 1984 - Powerhouse - encore of Confusion, Hooky and Bernard disagreement with DJ, full audience 1985 - Tower Ballroom - encore of Confusion, 75% full audience (though it was about 10 mins delay) 1986 - Tower Ballroom - encore of Weirdo and Perfect Kiss, full audience

Hmmm leave it with me and I'll post more exact info in next few days. heard a few recount of this story though-one by Rob Gretton. BRB

That Mick Middles book is full of little mistakes where he gets the venues wrong. Trust me Scott, I'd know if this had happened at Birmingham. There are plenty of other venues it could have happened, but I've seen every Birmingham encore. There are one or two 85 shows where they took their time coming back on, and two famous 84 shows (Copenhagen and St.Austell) where they excelled themselves. Copenhagen's encore of BLue Monday was half an hour after the end of the set, and St.Austell's encore of Face Up was possibly even later than that. I suspect this could be the one Mick Middles refers to as Birmingham - I think he also refers to them playing Torquay, which is also wrong. A lot of his gig references are out of sequence, wrong year/venue/anecdote.

Tim

I do not understand the query re the Birmingham gigs, I was at 3 of those could you kindly explain?

regards

Mike

time machine for 5 gigs?

hmm...

teardrop explodes new order in early 80's smiths early gig pixies alphabetical set hope of the states with jimmi

top 5 that I would like to have witnessed chronologically: 100 Club Punk Festival 1976 The Clash RAR Festival 1978 The Banshees Roundhouse 1978 Joy Division Leigh Festival 1979 Joy Division/Killing Joke Lyceum 1980 Sisters/Bunnymen/Chameleons York Racecourse 1984

and five that I did attend:

The Clash/Theatre Of Hate Lyceum 1981 Killing Joke Lyceum 81 Futurama 4 1982 Chameleons Marquee 85 10th Summer G-Mex 86

New Order-Finsbury Park 1987 The Animals with Sonny Boy Williamson-Club a Go Go, Newcastle 1963 Morrissey-Around 1988 The Smiths-Any The Rat Pack Live

That'll do for me:)