New Order live @ Henry J Kaiser Arena - Oakland (USA) - 2005.04.29 — Forum Archive

1 May 2005, 18:49

Here's me and Hooky:

And another picture (guys if you want this one in original size, drop me an email):

1 May 2005, 20:14

Sweet Pictures! I wish my camara took better pics at night. I will have Brian email you for the full size.

1 May 2005, 21:23

oldmonkey wrote: Definitive NO to TPK, they haven't been rehearsing it and it hasn't been programmed. Sorry. More's the pity, as it is the genuine NO classic.

How do you know what was rehearsed/programmed and what was not ?

Don't tell me it's hearsay!

1 May 2005, 23:35

No, I asked Hooky in March whether we could expect to hear Perfect Kiss again, and he said no, it wasn't one of the songs from the past that was being considered.

1 May 2005, 23:49

|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Here's me and Hooky:

And another picture (guys if you want this one in original size, drop me an email):

very nice pics Ian, glad to see ya made it home okay.

Oh, BTW, the t-shirts (green Ceremony and white and orange No ones only ones available) were only 20 dollars at Coachella

2 May 2005, 00:58

|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote:

And another picture (guys if you want this one in original size, drop me an email):

Who is the Ambulance taking away?

:confused2:

Prizes for the best guess. :evil4:

2 May 2005, 06:53

the ambulance was taking away a very drunken bitch that royally pissed me off during the show...

when I was deposited at the front just behind and to the right of Sam...this gal came up and asked if she could get in front of me...so I was a nice guy and let her...she starts stomping on my feet, dancing like a stripper...then she decided to bring some more people in...started elbowing me in the face...trying to push me out of her way...yadda yadda...to make a long story short...I finally got her out of the way...and for some reason, they gave her back stage access...it appears that she must have had a little too much to drink...because when they wheeled her out into the ambulance, she was holding a bucket full of vomit...

so I guess there is some poetic justice in the world...the daft blint in the ambulance met the band, but probably won't remember...April got to meet Hooky, and I reckon she'll NEVER forget!!!

2 May 2005, 09:27

Boys and Girls,

Oakland, CA. Chemical Brothers were a giant fucking Video Game. I felt like I was in the matrix. It was cool, but overload, and boring after a while. I wanted to go out for popcorn and a piss.

New Order, on the other hand, sucked me in. It was a twangy, fuzzy, boombox beat of a show. Mister Sumner mistakenly thought he was in San Francisco, but who Fucking cares. The boys gave us Joy Division, and then some. Hooky slung that bass so low he could have plowed a field with it. He squatted at the corners of the stage, sweating on his fans, and riffing their distinctive sound.

"I'm gettin' too old for this", Sumner admitted late in the show. His belly was protruding a bit. Some sit-ups, and regular aerobic exercise, and you'll be just fine, Bernard.

Thanks for the show.

2 May 2005, 11:10

oldmonkey wrote: No, I asked Hooky in March whether we could expect to hear Perfect Kiss again, and he said no, it wasn't one of the songs from the past that was being considered.

So did you reply him to fuck off ? :D

2 May 2005, 11:21

By the way, who was the annoying woman who kept shouting like a mad cunt at the beginning of Waiting For The Siren's Call ????

That was unbelievably annoying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 May 2005, 11:23

April!!!!!

2 May 2005, 13:03

I FEARED THAT !!!!!!!

Guess I'm gonna find myself another virtual girlfriend. :uhoh:

2 May 2005, 13:39

FAC103 wrote: the ambulance was taking away a very drunken bitch that royally pissed me off during the show...

Was that the same one (smallish brunette) that started to grind on myself and Mike GaoBest (we did our best to ignore her nastiness), who started wailing like a depraved banshee during the start of WFTSC, good work tw*t, you're immortalized on everybody's hard drives and CDs now, and who Hooky gave his bass pick to at the end of the show. That c**t.

2 May 2005, 13:43

oldmonkey wrote: April!!!!!

Unless April happens twice a year, I don't think that was the same person I got a chance to meet shortly before the show. I saw her standing with Al, Gilesy, Biznotic, and His Holiness a little ways behind me and Mike.

2 May 2005, 13:59

Anyone have the full bootie and is willing to share? :ignore:

2 May 2005, 15:13

The Happy One wrote:

FAC103 wrote: the ambulance was taking away a very drunken bitch that royally pissed me off during the show...

Was that the same one (smallish brunette) that started to grind on myself and Mike GaoBest (we did our best to ignore her nastiness), who started wailing like a depraved banshee during the start of WFTSC, good work tw*t, you're immortalized on everybody's hard drives and CDs now, and who Hooky gave his bass pick to at the end of the show. That c**t.

The girl who got Hooky's pick had pushed my friend aside to get to the front. Not pleased to be shoved out the way, my mate was fkin livid when Hooky gave her his pick.

2 May 2005, 17:49

The Happy One wrote:

oldmonkey wrote: April!!!!!

Unless April happens twice a year, I don't think that was the same person I got a chance to meet shortly before the show. I saw her standing with Al, Gilesy, Biznotic, and His Holiness a little ways behind me and Mike.

full report to follow but i'd like to say this annoying twat was NOT with us. She kept screaming TECHNIQUE...SUBSTANCE...OLD SCHOOL...I KNOW ALL THE CLASSICS...seriously, she was screaming at the top of her lungs...she almost ruined Temptation for me with her screaming the words as loud as humanly possible.

short story...I had the time of my life in Oakland. Jumping up and down with Johnny Giles, Jarvo, Alan and especially Rina, my girlfriend of 5 years.

shit, i had no idea that was GAOBEST by you Sam. Also didn't connect you were THE HAPPY ONE until the Pope and i drove back to Palm Springs and disected the entire experience. wish i had talked to you both a bit more.

2 May 2005, 18:17

The Happy One wrote:

FAC103 wrote: the ambulance was taking away a very drunken bitch that royally pissed me off during the show...

Was that the same one (smallish brunette) that started to grind on myself and Mike GaoBest (we did our best to ignore her nastiness), who started wailing like a depraved banshee during the start of WFTSC, good work tw*t, you're immortalized on everybody's hard drives and CDs now, and who Hooky gave his bass pick to at the end of the show. That c**t.

I do believe that is the same female...now I wish I had told her to fuck off when she asked if she could get in front of me...I really need to stop being a nice guy!!!

2 May 2005, 22:54

I could hear that bitch halfway back in the crowd between songs, with earplugs in.

2 May 2005, 23:00

First of all I am a n00by. I traveled all the way from Edmonton Alberta Canada to see this concert. This was my first NO concert and it was fantastic. I am more of a chems fan so that was my main reasoning to go to the concert. through the chems though I got into NO and have been listening to their stuff alot over the last year. I really enjoyed the both bands sets (although I sense a twinge of hostility towards the chems set on this board). Was glad to see them play some of the JD stuff at my first concert. I was standing just left of Barney about 5 feet back from the barrier during the NO set. I had the black short with a white kicking donkey on the front. I'm looking very forward to seeing them play again this summer for the sunday headline main stage at Fuji Rock Fest.

P.S. small chance in hell but did anybody else meet a girl with burnette hair who had on a red short sleeved shirt with white dots she was dragging a friend around who had black hair. Just wondering and wanting to....say thanks...

3 May 2005, 08:22

Resentment isnt the right word. Most on here like the Chems I think. But considering New Order were the main act and had to cut their encore short because of the curfew it pisses me off to think that the DJ or the Chems could have played 5-10 mins shorter and I don't think anyone would have noticed.

3 May 2005, 08:45

Rynostar wrote: P.S. small chance in hell but did anybody else meet a girl with burnette hair who had on a red short sleeved shirt with white dots she was dragging a friend around who had black hair. Just wondering and wanting to....say thanks...

So you were the one having sex in the back!!

3 May 2005, 09:57

Hey Sebsy...April was by my side for most of the New order portion of the gig...so does that make me SPECIAL?!?!?!?!

bwahahahahahaha

3 May 2005, 10:32

full report to follow but i'd like to say this annoying twat was NOT with us. She kept screaming TECHNIQUE...SUBSTANCE...OLD SCHOOL...I KNOW ALL THE CLASSICS...seriously, she was screaming at the top of her lungs...she almost ruined Temptation for me with her screaming the words as loud as humanly possible.

Okay, that's good to hear! No, not that this person decided to screw up everybody else's enjoyment, but that Tim was wrong about her being the April we met earlier.

shit, i had no idea that was GAOBEST by you Sam. Also didn't connect you were THE HAPPY ONE until the Pope and i drove back to Palm Springs and disected the entire experience. wish i had talked to you both a bit more.

Me too...us West Coast NO fans are a disorganized lot...well, at least this fan is. I had to convince GaoBest to come...as he really didn't like the album too much and didn't feel like "documenting" either. There's also a coworker of mine (his first gig was Loughborough U. in '86) who went that I didn't have a chance to meet there!

3 May 2005, 11:10

The Happy One wrote:

full report to follow but i'd like to say this annoying twat was NOT with us. She kept screaming TECHNIQUE...SUBSTANCE...OLD SCHOOL...I KNOW ALL THE CLASSICS...seriously, she was screaming at the top of her lungs...she almost ruined Temptation for me with her screaming the words as loud as humanly possible.

Okay, that's good to hear! No, not that this person decided to screw up everybody else's enjoyment, but that Tim was wrong about her being the April we met earlier.

I was joking, to wind Seb up!!!! :laugh:

3 May 2005, 13:01

Re: Chems and the clock

I looked at the schedule posted before the show by the promoter (It was taped onto one of the audio racks), it showed the schedules for all the acts

(DJ): 7:00-8:00 Chemical Brothers: 8:00-9:30 New Order 10:00-11:30

I looked at my clock before each act ended and/or started, and the Chemical Brothers started EXACTLY on time, and finished no more than 1 minute late. New Order started EXACTLY on time, and finished EXACTLY on time.

They (the Chems) didn't 'eat up' New Order's time onstage. The evening went exactly as planned. If Barney hadnt been singing about 'San Francisco' (twice), perhaps we could have heard Atmosphere.

Top notch show, anyway.

3 May 2005, 13:21

BTW, any merchandise? t-SHIRTS? something else?

3 May 2005, 16:19

FAC103 wrote: Hey Sebsy...April was by my side for most of the New order portion of the gig...so does that make me SPECIAL?!?!?!?!

bwahahahahahaha

Not if Phillip Obando was next to her too! :D

3 May 2005, 16:23

Ruined in a day wrote: BTW, any merchandise? t-SHIRTS? something else?

T-Shirts available (from what I remember):

white shirt with an orange "No" on the cover, the 4 u.s. tour dates on the back.
same shirt in black with white writing (these were all gone at the end of the show, dammit!)
same old green "ceremony" shirt
same old blue "true faith" shirt

3 May 2005, 17:09

I should make it known I was there as well. I met Tristen, pope, Andy, Johny Giles, Al Jarvis and the rest of the Britts.

I got as close as 4th row, but was unable to stand all the pushing and got bumped to about the 10th row. (Thanks to the Britts :nonono: )

Chemical Brother were to long. They should have left the stage after Temptation.

Oakland is a very scary city, I'm suprised nobody got killed. And I'm suprised my car was still there after the show :laugh:

Had a great time and I bought the white No shirt, met alot of great people!