New Order live @ Aragon Ballroom - Chicago (USA) - 2005.05.03

Peter Hook is dj'ing there :) if your here a day early, go to this. smart bar is awesome :) its located on clark street just north of addision on the west side of the street. (down the block from wrigley field). it's a small place, its basically the basement to the concert venue the metro both owned by joe shanahan. i think the website is www.smartbar.com or www.smart-bar.com

Hey that sounds good, i will have to check it out! Will Hooky really be at Smart bar?

I'm also going to the Chicago show. How early do you guys suggest getting to the Aragon?

Jacqueline

jaqueline, send me an email if you want to meet up with a few brits earlier in the afternoon. im from manchester but flying in from minneapolis at around lunchtime. phil

phil_cotterill@hotmail.com

My girlfriend and I will be going. Anyone want to exchange phone numbers for communication purposes? I have been on NOOL since 2000-ish, so I'm probably not a serial killer.

Hi, folks, This is my first post, but I'm a lifelong NO fan. Since somebody asked, I just wanted to let you know that the Aragon doesn't usually allow cameras. The last time I was there was for the Pixies, and they made me take my camera back to my car. As sad as that makes me, it's better to not risk it and lose your place in line. Just go and enjoy the show without worrying about getting all the great shots :)

I hope you all have an amazing time on Tuesday. I can't wait! As I've told my friends, after Tuesday, I can die happy b/c I'll have finally seen New Order live :)

die after the after party :) you wont want to miss all the fun after the show :P and i think we are all meeting at the green mill around 4-430pm as well.

Ha, cool - thanks for the invitation :) I'll see what I can do! I'm hoping to take the next day off work, so staying out late could very well work into my plans.

p.s. I <3 WLUW. I only wish I could get reception where I live so I could listen more often!

try listening on-line :) www.wluw.org

suprisingly im not the only one who loves new order and joy division and plays them on air at wluw, these younger indie rocker kids have taste :) different story though about 7 years ago.

ps---> here's the link to the after party info

http://www.neworderonline.com/common/topic.aspx?TopicID=75

I hear ya. I had to bring in NO and Depeche Mode CDs to work today so one of my 21-year-old co-workers could discern the difference between the two, lol. That's really cool, though, that the younger kids at WLUW are into them. It bodes well for the future :D

I tried listening online at work, but it doesn't work - I can't figure out what kind of media player I need. Do you know? I'll try again at home, too.

you need winamp or itunes. i think wluw tries to take you straight to winamp though. so copy and paste this URL into any player, i just realized i use windows media from work to tune in. look for the open url function on your player.

http://147.126.6.103:8010/

wluw plays a lot of indie stuff but take requests and plays it too :)

if yer in a mood for new wave, electronic stuff, listen to retroforwardradio.com if the listen now link does'nt work, use this url for that in your player:

http://216.12.219.222:8942/

where in chicago or illinois do you live?

Huh. ITunes opened when I clicked on the link from the WLUW homepage, but it didn't play anything. I'll try again tomorrow. Sometimes I have trouble streaming at work from certain sites. This may fall into the seemingly random category of "sites I can't listen to" lol

Oh wait, just tried it here at home and it did work. So it's just my stupid work computer then :)

I live out in the northwest suburbs, so that's why I don't get good reception.

FrostBite wrote: I'm also going to the Chicago show. How early do you guys suggest getting to the Aragon?

Jacqueline

Parking is terrible by the Aragon. I live up in Winnetka (on the lake, north of Chicago) and the El goes all the way to the next town south of me. I plan on parking at the lot and taking the train in. It goes literally past the Aragon. Same routine for Cubs games.

parking will suck cause you have sold out new order show + a sold out ben folds show a few blocks away. so it's almost 10,000 ppl in an already congested area. thank god the cubs are not playing that day.

i plan on parking my car by neo and taking the train, bus, or cab. parking sucks there during the day, but tuesday nights are easy.

WenOrder wrote:

CCRGMac wrote: So is it the Green Mill for a meet up? Seems to be the most popular choice.

that's prpbably where i'll end up

You have the best Avatar!

btw... I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SHOW....

It's been almost 20 years since I've seen them. I talked my wife into taking off of work the next day so we can attend the Neo Party.

so...is anyone going to stand outside half the day, or are you all going to go drink before the show? i'm under 21, so i've got nothing else to do, and rather short, so i'll have to be near the front. last time i was at aragon, there weren't many people there (apparently no one wanted to see dave gahan solo), but this show is sold out, so not sure what to expect.

I think I want to get to the Aragon early. I'm not sure what to expect but I've waited this long so I'd like to get a good view.

I'm new here, by the way.

Depends on the weather. If it's decent out, I'll get there early. If it's cold, I'll get there early and have my flask with me.

Looking to come up for the show from Indianapolis (short 3 hour drive) without a ticket. Does anyone know the situation at this venue and are tickets usually available on the street OR maybe from a friendly fan with an extra ticket and not wanting to ask a insane price.

Now if i didn't have class this day I would be totally waiting out mid-day. But alas. I got to go home after class drop off my crap get my ticket and then make the trek back north to Aragon. I would at least hope to be near the front or wherever the Dance Party takes place.

and there better be Dance party damnit! I wanna see people dancing. I'm gonna be going crazy, whether the people near me like it or not! :)

I hope the crowd isn't entirely composed of the older folks, I'm a young kid and hope more are there as well.

I missing System of a Down at Metro for this.

Not that it was really a choice, don't get me wrong I love System of a Down, but just in terms of who I'm probably never going to see again and in terms of influence over music as a whole and songs who mean more to me New Order wins easily. Plus I saw System before and this show would be my first NO experiance.

I'm psyched. :D

ContinuityIssue wrote:

I hope the crowd isn't entirely composed of the older folks, I'm a young kid and hope more are there as well.

I missing System of a Down at Metro for this.

Well, how young are you? I'll be 20 in a few weeks.

Ha...NO or...that other band? you're right, no question over which show to see.

TruFthMorningSun wrote:

ContinuityIssue wrote:

I hope the crowd isn't entirely composed of the older folks, I'm a young kid and hope more are there as well.

I missing System of a Down at Metro for this.

Well, how young are you? I'll be 20 in a few weeks.

Ha...NO or...that other band? you're right, no question over which show to see.

Seems like I'm not the only person under 30 following New Order. I'll be 20 a week from the show. Yet with the Killers and Interpol citing JD as an influence, you hear more recognition of them lately. I'll be as close to the rail as possible, prefferably towards Hooky's side.

TruFthMorningSun wrote:

Well, how young are you? I'll be 20 in a few weeks.

Ha...NO or...that other band? you're right, no question over which show to see.

I'm 22. As long as they play a healthy dose of NO and JD I can die happy.

I'm going to this show, but I must say, the setlist passed around so far is a bit disappointing. I've seen NO a few times since 1983, yes I'm about their age.

With a body of work spanning 25 years, why play any Joy Division at all. That music was heading to the dust bin til Ian Curtis off'd himself. Now JD gets the cult status effect and as far as I'm concerned, none of JD songs measure up to what they've done since then.

To dedicate 3 JD songs to a setlist of 15 is ridiculous. Get over the JD nostalgia, and get on with New Order. Clearly one of the best bands in the last 25 years!! I just got the WFTSC CD and am really impressed. Love the "Turn" song alot along with WFTSC song.

Any fans of NO who wouldn't mind a pass on the JD stuff?

M

Personally, I love JD but if they don't play any JD songs I wouldn't be disappointed.

However, since it is near the anniversary of Ian's death and they never played the States as JD, they probably play JD as a tribute to Ian.

I hope the weather is nice as well as I'm showing up early.

As a Mancunian living in Chicago I was delighted to hear that my wife had won the XRT NO press pass competition. So now we get to meet the band, interview them for the XRT VIP lounge and take pictures for the first 3 songs of the set (we will get a photographers pass). That is all we know. Having checked out this site we thought that it would be good to seek some questions from the fans?

PLease email me at yourefree@gmail.com and we will of course find a way to get pictures to this site.

Green mill is a nice place, but there are also a few new bars and restaurants in that area. By the way if anyone like Thai food Thai Pastry is on Broadway (about 2 blocks north of lawrence) - it is great and as cheap as chips. Highly rated.

Which football team do the band support?

Manchester United