Best Band That Have Opened For New Order

I know that most of us are still at the bar when the support band play.However,I sort of know someone who was in a group that opened for them,and i'd be interested to see if the name comes up. Would be interested to hear from the Americans on this one.

ACR or Gabrielles Wish.

ACR,and 808 state are ineed good groups.The band that i'm looking for had a couple of top 40 hits in the U.K. It's not 'Gene Loves Jezabel'

Bloc Party

Quite enjoyed Life and The Wake back along, James too, never caught the Stockholm Monsters on a good day though.

The worst: Metal Alloy

ACR

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

section 25,,?

the railway children,,

the wake.

monaco,

a certain ratio...

echo and the bunnymen on the 87 u.s of a tour.

stockholm nonsters...

certainly not the irish band who were late opening for em cos they be missed the boat in 84

o.k its the bunnys shack up..

Spotnick wrote: Since those silly Vikings made me miss all bands opening in the last 2 years

Maximo Park didn't seem too bad...

808 State/Sunscream was quite interesting back in 1993.

I guess many people will say the PIL/New Order and I don't know who else in the Technique tour.

Spot on,Spotnick.Sunsream.03 was the big L.p. and 'Love you more'was the big single.Were they any good live,i'm led to believe they were the only good rave type band in their day.

The Wonderstuff April 87 Woolwich Coronet. Factory in the Park June 86 was superb.

the worst were those weirdos at the Royal Albert Hall in Oct 86.

Underworld at Ally Pally was a fine choice. Not sure it counts though.

Throwing Muses.......top notch!

Underworld played after NO in the Nynex '98.

Lords of the New Church!

El Jarvo wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote: Underworld at Ally Pally was a fine choice. Not sure it counts though.

Do support bands come on after the main attraction though?! Question of semantics I guess, but, technically, New Order were bill-toppers, so guess Underworld were genuine 'support' in that instance?!

Probably have to say ACR or the Mondays..

.. or I could just shamelessly display a Fergie picture (Black Eyed Peas, Lisbon, two years ago!)

Did they really come on afterwards?... I know Biggie said it, but i seem to recall otherwise. My memory is shot these days, but i thought Underworld played an ace set, then NO played from about 11pm through to 12.30ish, and then i fecked off to the Radio 1 dance arena. Dunno.

El Jarvo wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote: Did they really come on afterwards?... I know Biggie said it, but i seem to recall otherwise. My memory is shot these days, but i thought Underworld played an ace set, then NO played from about 11pm through to 12.30ish, and then i fecked off to the Radio 1 dance arena. Dunno.

Underworld came on after New Order at both 'Temptation' gigs.

OK.. well I was fucked.. think I ate three pot noodles at the end.

definitely not Love Tractor!

Lisa Brooke wrote: definitely not Love Tractor!

When did they open up for them? maybe not ideally suited, musically speaking, to open up for NO....but what's wrong with Love Tractor? (or Fcuk Truck, as some have called them?)....their cover of Kraftwerk's Neon Lights is brilliant.

the doves were ok

El Jarvo wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote: Did they really come on afterwards?... I know Biggie said it, but i seem to recall otherwise. My memory is shot these days, but i thought Underworld played an ace set, then NO played from about 11pm through to 12.30ish, and then i fecked off to the Radio 1 dance arena. Dunno.

Underworld came on after New Order at both 'Temptation' gigs.

Did they play on the same stage? I only saw 2 or 3 New Order songs, thought I might have seen Garnier, if he was on the same stage as New Order. Deffo listened to a good hour of the Chems djing. Can't remember Underworld at all. I won tickets for that off Garnier's label through Muzik magazine.

Hank Wiseass© wrote:

El Jarvo wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote: Did they really come on afterwards?... I know Biggie said it, but i seem to recall otherwise. My memory is shot these days, but i thought Underworld played an ace set, then NO played from about 11pm through to 12.30ish, and then i fecked off to the Radio 1 dance arena. Dunno.

Underworld came on after New Order at both 'Temptation' gigs.

Did they play on the same stage? I only saw 2 or 3 New Order songs, thought I might have seen Garnier, if he was on the same stage as New Order. Deffo listened to a good hour of the Chems djing. Can't remember Underworld at all. I won tickets for that off Garnier's label through Muzik magazine.

They were on the mainstage apparently after NO.. Weirdest thing was a large funfair going on behind the crowd. Garnier i believe was on the same stage as the Chems which was round the corner.

The best support act I ever saw was Battle.

(That was the ONLY support act I ever saw)

BIGINOIL wrote: The best support act I ever saw was Battle.

(That was the ONLY support act I ever saw)

When was the last time you spoke to Fiona? She was a nutcase. I might try and contact her when I'm in Camden next week!

Confusion33 wrote: the doves were ok

Who?

The other day on MSN.

BIGINOIL wrote: The other day on MSN.

Eh?

Maybe Stockholm Monsters or The Beloved for me. Maybe the Bunnymen. We were only talking about this yesterday at the footy. I couldn't honestly say that I have ever paid all that much attention to support bands. Of the last tour, Section 25 by a long chalk.

The band that opened for them in Chicago '05 (The Assassins, Assassins?)...I may have been half pissed at the time, but I remembered them souding very tight and New Order-ish circa 1980s (no chatter at all between songs, very little downtime).

Not the one that opened for them on January 29th 1989... Blimey ! That was so crap, it is the only memory I have.

Besides, I had to wait until last Saturday to see such a bad "opener" at a concert. Mind the quality ! Nothing as bad since 1989, that makes 18 years !

Do anyone know who supported them on this day, 01.29.1989 ? There is nothing to win but fame amongst the New Order's scholars... I wonder if someone still remember who they were...

Jiphy wrote:

Do anyone know who supported them on this day, 01.29.1989 ? There is nothing to win but fame amongst the New Order's scholars... I wonder if someone still remember who they were...

Mais oui! They were called The Cure

oldmonkey wrote: Mais oui! They were called The Cure

Excellent !!! It could have been, but it was not...

Same player, shoot again !

By the way : The Cure played in the same place a few months before... They refused a lot of people as they were so many... New Order did not fill half the place. No need to say that I understand why they boycott our country... That is the way it was. When you were a New Order fan by the time, you felt like a "smalltown boy" in my city...

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote:

Lisa Brooke wrote: definitely not Love Tractor!

look who's back!!!

http://www.myspace.com/lovetractor

Yep, and I joined their friends list for auld times sake.... but they were boring at the New Order show I saw.....I looked it up in my journal and it read "saw New Order and Love Tractor last night. NO were great, but Love Tractor were boring....". I was a big fan of theirs at the time.

Burt Reynolds wrote:

El Jarvo wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote: Underworld at Ally Pally was a fine choice. Not sure it counts though.

Do support bands come on after the main attraction though?! Question of semantics I guess, but, technically, New Order were bill-toppers, so guess Underworld were genuine 'support' in that instance?!

Probably have to say ACR or the Mondays..

.. or I could just shamelessly display a Fergie picture (Black Eyed Peas, Lisbon, two years ago!)

Did they really come on afterwards?... I know Biggie said it, but i seem to recall otherwise. My memory is shot these days, but i thought Underworld played an ace set, then NO played from about 11pm through to 12.30ish, and then i fecked off to the Radio 1 dance arena. Dunno.

I remember that Underworld came on AFTER NO. This I too thought was very strange at the time, but I was very, very drunk.............