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

I don't mind them playing JD songs. In fact, I'm looking forward to it since this will probably be my only chance to see the band live. While it would be nice to hear more rare JD songs, I'd rather hear Barney fuck up LWTUA than have no JD songs. However, they could at least change some of their own songs around. It's not like I haven't downloaded dozens of live shows.

Good to hear there will be a few JD tunes. I never really liked JD until about 10 yrs. ago. The album Closer was my 1st JD purchase- great album. Transmission, Digital, Atmosphere, she's lost control - theyre great ones for them to play.

Looking forward to the show! Haven't seen them since 89!

I would love for them to replace a Blue Monday finale w/ FINE TIME!!! or Ceremony!!

cheers!

Wow, hearing Ceremony would be be a shot right through to the core for me. Being 25 years now this month since Ian's passing, I'd love whatever's played. What's important is what's appropriate for their mood and what they feel like playing. I mean, they're the artists, aren't they? Cos that's always what ends up being the best show: not forcing anything, and sometimes you end up hearing a song not played in a while, and that show's all the more memorable. I'd be happy whatever gets played. Can't wait til tomorrow. Just hope Barney's foots better for BLT and he's dancing again (even if it's a bit embarrasing.)

Anybody know whether there is a support act?

What time are NO likely to be on stage?

Any idea what time the doors open?

Basically, gimme any time-related information you have...

Saw them at Coachella yesterday, and looking forward to tomorrow night, especially if they play Temptation, which they skipped in CA.

This is all the info I have:

Doors Open: 5:30 Show Begins: 7:30 Ends: 10? (It is all-ages, after all)

Support Act: Assassin (local producer Adam Kemp's band; album produced by Stephen Hague)

New Order go on at: No idea... wish I knew!

Mayhaps I'll stop in at Green Mill... are lurkers welcome? :D

cheetos poop wrote: This is all the info I have:

Doors Open: 5:30 Show Begins: 7:30 Ends: 10? (It is all-ages, after all)

Support Act: Assassin (local producer Adam Kemp's band; album produced by Stephen Hague)

New Order go on at: No idea... wish I knew!

Mayhaps I'll stop in at Green Mill... are lurkers welcome? :D

Thanks for that. Maybe see you in the Green Mill... Enjoy the show.

i thought doors were 630? in any case if we all meet up at green mill as planned today, we wont have a probelm being up front at the venue.

Just wanted to wish everyone a fun time tonight! Despite the disappointing reports from other shows, I am SO stoked. I never thought I'd get to see the band in my lifetime, so this is a dream come true.

My friend doesn't want to get there too early, so I doubt we'll be crammed up front with the rest of y'all. If you happen to see a short Indian woman in a black top, jeans, and blue fingernails, say hi :)

Yeah! Can't wait! Already I can't feel my legs!

well to everyone whos going to this gig i wish you all the best gig in the world. ive felt really drawn to this gig but despite my best efforts i just cant raise the cash to get there. resst assured as your all cheering ill be weeping,but ill be there in spirit i suppose. look forward to the gig tapes ect,and i hope you all have a great time. lots a love .the uk.

post lots and tell how the show goes. it's 9 p EST now.

Just got back from the show. So Excellent!! As far as setlist goes, they moved things around a bit from the San Fran show plus they added "Your Silent Face" to the encore which consisted of 3 songs. One JD, forgot which one, then YSF and lastly BM.

Barney was telling a lot of jokes but with his Manchester accent and the bouncing accoustics, nobody knew what he was saying. I think he thought we didn't like his jokes, maybe we wouldn't have anyway. In spite of his bad foot, he still went for his spirited Indian dance bit during BLT. It got the crowd going.

The band seemed really on tonite. Great crowd, great light show. Everything you'd hoped for. I'll let others fill in the details.

here's most, if not all, of the setlist, but not in order...

love vigilantes, regret, hey now what you doing, krafty, transmission, LWTUA, BLT, temptation, jetstream, WFTSC, uh....was that it? oh duh-i forgot run wild and crystal. they played those too. that should be it.

enocore: atmosphere, YSF, BM

It was very nice of you all to rush up front and push everyone out of the way. eh-somehow i still managed to stay up there.
the opening band was pretty decent. um...i met some girl named andrea who may or may not lurk here, and ross who posted somewhere in this thread...they were both nice. all in all, good show, but we know the setlist could've been better. anyway, i need sleep, or at least water. anyone record the show?

Hi all Here are the songs (NOT in order)played in Chicago tonight: Love Vigilantes Regret Transmission Love Will Tear Us Apart Krafty Hey Now What you Doing Waiting for the Sirens Call JetStream BLT True Faith Crystal Run Wild Temptation

Encore Atmosphere Your Silent Face Blue Monday

I was so excited to hear Your Silent Face. Barney asked for a vote between Atmosphere and YSF and it was about even so they played both...so he said. I agree with a prior poster that Barney was making a lot of jokes and you couldn't make them out. Aragon acoustics. Apparently those in the back and balcony were able to hear better. My ears are still ringing. Transmission was unbelievable....DANCE DANCE DANCE DANCE DANCE ON THE RADIO...the crowd was so awesomely loud I thought we were going to bring the plaster down.

The only negative was that the backup vocals were all recorded. Songs like Crystal and JetStream kick *** in part because of the power vocals. Seemed lacking with just the tape.

Now that my dream is fulfilld I am feeling the letdown...will they ever come back again...how long will we have to wait....I don't mind flying to Europe to see them but those festivals aren't my cup of tea. What a nice small venue tonight. Overall it was a pretty darn awesome show.

I just got back from the New Order show at the Aragon and it was awesome! I'm so glad they did Atmosphere and Your Silent Face. I'm happy to see another great influential band and a reasonable price. Crew is a great bar to go to before a show. It's a gay sports bar but the cleanest place in the area!

Just got back from the show. Brilliant performance. The best I've ever seen them. They were all into it far more than on Sunday at Coachella. The venue suited them really well, the crowd were massive for them from the very start, and the sound was brilliant.

It may have been the fact that I was a little stoned, but Hooky's base on Hey Now What You Doing sounded incredible. I was locked into it all the way through the song.

Loved Transmission and LWTYA - these were far, far better than on Sunday - the place went wild for them. Temptation was special too - seemed to go on for about eight minutes, drawing us out for ever to the blue/green/grey eyes bit. Fantastic...

lol...I've listened to alot of New Order live bootlegs and Benard telling joking and cursing are part of the act and can be understood even in a heavy English accent.

Here's the set list from tonight, in order:

Love Vigilantes Crystal Regret Hey Now What You Doing Krafty Transmission True Faith Run Wild Jetstream Waiting for the Sirens' Call Bizarre Love Triangle Love Will Tear Us Apart Temptation

Encore: Atmosphere Your Silent Face Blue Monday

Great show. Even better than I expected.

i didn't really notice much cursing...can't remember what barney was talking about. he joked about getting bit by a shark and hurting his foot while saving phil i think. but yeah, they definitely were into it. i'm surprised he didn't hurt his other foot.

nerve wrote: Here's the set list from tonight, in order:

Love Vigilantes Crystal Regret Hey Now What You Doing Krafty Transmission True Faith Run Wild Jetstream Waiting for the Sirens' Call Bizarre Love Triangle Love Will Tear Us Apart Temptation

Encore: Atmosphere Your Silent Face Blue Monday

Great show. Even better than I expected.

looks like a very perfect order for a setlist IMHO. Much better than the one from Oakland.

totally agree...I was hearing the songs in order in my head as listed for Chicago and it seems like a very good flow...really wish I could have been there.

The show was nothing short of amazing... I can't believe how incredible it was in spite of the typical muddy Aragon mix...

I was surprised that I dropped $30 for a shirt, too but they were too sweet to pass up.

Took some pics with my shitty phone cam... If I can sort out a way to upload them, I will... probably will end asking 'is that a smudge or peter hook?'

Ruined in a day wrote:

nerve wrote: Here's the set list from tonight, in order:

Love Vigilantes Crystal Regret Hey Now What You Doing Krafty Transmission True Faith Run Wild Jetstream Waiting for the Sirens' Call Bizarre Love Triangle Love Will Tear Us Apart Temptation

Encore: Atmosphere Your Silent Face Blue Monday

Great show. Even better than I expected.

looks like a very perfect order for a setlist IMHO. Much better than the one from Oakland.

Is there an icon for "green with envy"? Good lord, that does sort of smack the sh!t out of the Oakland show I saw. Was the sound normal too, unlike in Oakland and Coachella? Oakland's sound mix was completely screwed.

cheetos poop wrote: I was surprised that I dropped $30 for a shirt, too but they were too sweet to pass up.

Could you, or anyone else, post a picture of the T-Shirt(s) they were selling. Haven't seen the merchandise articles...

Show was fantastic. Their tour manager Andy spotted my Dry201 shirt at Smartbar and got me on the guest list.

Barney & Phil came out to the meet and greet. Hooky and Stephen didn't show. I felt bad for Barney, he was in some serious pain with his foot. He was real nice to everyone, but you could tell he was beat.

Best I've ever seen them. Barney spoke between each and every song, which I was happy about. Very personable with the audience. Hooky really worked the crowd and was all over the stage.

At the meet and greet, I also spoke briefly with singer from Assassins. I was really impressed with them as an opening act, and the gal was a cutie. My wife kept asking me if that was my new imaginary girlfriend.

Met a lot of people from here tonight and was really a pleasure meeting you.

Andy, if you do read this site, I just want to thank you once again on behalf of my wife and myself for a great evening. I've been fortunate in both 1993 and this year to get invited to the meet and greets.

Editing my post here, just wanted to say something else. I have been pretty hard on New Order about the length of their past concerts and Barney's half-hearted efforts in the past. While I still believe they could have added 4 or 5 more songs, last night was incredible! Barney made a great effort and I think he enjoyed himself last night. This may very well be a new beginning for New Order. I'd love to see them get back to song writing immediately and maybe in 2 or 3 years come around again. This is their career and there is no reason they can't get back to playing 15 to 20 thousand people venues again and make enough money to make this all worth it for them. I'd like to see them play at least 1 hour and 45 minutes. They have a strong enough song bank to do it. This tour and this album, they have shown a committment to their fans again, and in the USA, they really needed to do that. We needed to see that they gave a shit, and I really pray for a new start.

Drug Rep (Corey)

nerve wrote: Here's the set list from tonight, in order:

Love Vigilantes Crystal Regret Hey Now What You Doing Krafty Transmission True Faith Run Wild Jetstream Waiting for the Sirens' Call Bizarre Love Triangle Love Will Tear Us Apart Temptation

Encore: Atmosphere Your Silent Face Blue Monday

Great show. Even better than I expected.

Wondered how long it would take them to realise that Crystal is a better early song than late in the set! No SLC this time around I see. Makes me wonder if there was some special reason for it appearing at Oakland.

And again... Run Wild!!! Yeah!!!

Here is my humble review of the concert at the Aragon last night. This was my 6th time seeing them, and I must say it was probably the best show I have ever seen. I could only fly out to one show this go-round, and I am glad I picked the Chicago show to attend, because it was probably the best yet of this tour.

First off, the venue reminded me a lot of the Alexandra Palace in London where I saw them play New Year’s eve 1998. Old gothic style, acoustics not so great. Crowd was well behaved, very little jostling. I was right up front, off to stage right (i.e., Phil’s side).

They came on looking poised, relaxed and confident. Barney thanked the crowd, and apologized that he was not so mobile tonight because of his foot injury. He jokingly said he hurt it while surfing in Los Angeles, bitten by a shark! (Of course I knew that he had hurt it while doing his jig during BLT in Oakland).

The set list posted by Nerve is correct. Great set list! Love Vigilantes was a great opener, crowd loved it, I love that melodica. After the song, Barney said something like it was about Vietnam, where he had served… as a photographer. Barney was very nice to the crowd, lots of joking banter between songs, which I (and the crowd) appreciated. I couldn’t catch all of it though, because he didn’t always speak right into the mic. He was generally very relaxed, thanked the crowd for their support. He said it had been too long since they had been to Chicago. He jokingly said he would come more often but these two f**kers (pointing at Hooky and Phil) don’t like to tour!! Of course we know Barney is the one who doesn’t like to tour. He also mentioned that they were getting happier as they got older, they were no longer the miserable sods of youth. He said he liked Chicago, cold like Manchester, not too hot like LA.

Crystal and Regret were great. HNYWD was OK, the crowd was not familiar with it, which is understandable since it’s only been out a week here. Krafty was better, more people seemed to know it. (I know the new album well). Transmission was great live!

Barney introduced Run Wild half-apologizing that it was a slow love song, but he wanted to play it because he thought it was a good song. Although I think it’s a bit too sappy, admittedly live it came across much better. It was kinda unique to see Hooky play a love song. They played the 98 version of True faith, as they have been doing since then. There seemed to be a technical glitch with the drums here. I saw Steve trying to get his tech’s attention before the song, saying his drums were cut out. I think that the main drum line is programmed for this song, but he would normally supplement it with some live drumming, but they turned off the mics on his drum set, so you couldn’t hear the live drumming for this song. It was kind of distracting but it sounded good anyway. Jetstream was good, although the backing female vocals were canned. They played it like on the French show a few weeks ago. WFTSC, best song on the new album, was good live, although Krafty maybe came across best of the new stuff. I think Barney had his own backing vocals canned for Sirens, which was a bit distracting. Maybe Hooky should try doing the backing vocals here….

I have to go catch my plane, so I will post part 2 of my review later…