NewOrderOnline After Party @ Neo, Chicago (USA) 2005.05.03 10PM

Leona's still awesome. I get the catfish and for my 2 sides I get the veggie skewer and Fett Alfredo.

Robert Roy wrote: OK, I think I have convinced my girlfriend to come! You think it's hard to party past midnight now at 34? Try 37 with a 15 month old baby! Yikes! But we are going to Chicago and leaving the baby behind, so hopefully we party like we are 23 again! Luckily we will have the time change (from Vancouver) on our side.

I can only wax nostalgic to shaking it up on the dancefloor in the 80's to BLT! Sigh! Those were the days!

Welcome to the club, except no kiddies yet.

Who's gonna be working the door? I'm gonna have some trouble, at my age. I mean, as such a huge New Order fan I am, is there a chance the door may be a bit nicer? Hope if everybody's in a good mood then it might be better.;)

DONT FORGET AFTER PARTY TONIGHT @ NEO!!!!! GOT SOME CDS SIGNED BY PETER AS GIVEWAYS. I HAD TO HIDE THEM FROM WENORDER AND NIC, SO THEY COULD NOT STEAL IT ;)

I just got back from the show at the Aragon. It was amazing, the band was great, and they played the three joy division songs that I wanted them to play. Everything was great except for a couple of things. I just want to warn any 20 somethings that are going to be at he next show. Beware the older crowd, especially obest men, who are obviously going through mid-life crisis. I have an extensive memory and what I remember about my childhood is listening to New Order records. Fortunatley, I have an older aunt who was a teenager at the time and she exposed me to new wave. I grew up on bands like New Order, The Cure, The Smiths, and every band that Vince Clark has been in. I kept getting comments like, do you even know two New Order songs? I wanted to ask them to name one Stiff Kittens song or a Warsaw song. To top it off, i was standing infront of a bunch of over weight men, who decided to take ownership of an empty space infront of them. It was a sold out show, expect to be close to people and have people infront of you. They kept taking turns pushing me, and talking shit to me. I finally realised that they where just a bunch of pervs who where trying to get a cheap feel on my friend. Too bad a couple of old rotten apples had to ruin the fun for other people. To the older crowd, be happy that people like me and even younger people have a good tast in music, the fact of the matter is, the more people especially a younger crowd listen to bands like New Order, etc. the bigger the radio play they get, and not to mention the longevity of their existance. I'm just tried of people trying to show that they are bigger fans than others, or take ownership of the band. I think the coolest people at the show was the couple standing infront of me, they had thier two sons with them, i wish i could share an experience like that with my parents. As for the after party, i didn't want to deal with the same bull crap that was going on at the concert, I decided to skip out and avoid confrontation. I really had to calm my self and not deck the dude behind me, I didn't want to get through out of the show. Being in a bar and having a couple of drinks in me, let another father of four come up to me and start running their mouth, I would have acted like the immature person that every one thought I was. With all this being said, I would like to take the oppurtunity and thank New Order for the great memories and hopefully more to come. Thanx for playing LOVE WILL TEAR US APART, that was my favorite.

what does obesity and midlife crisis have to do with being assholes who push people?

just sounds like you were near some real jerks. could have been 19 or 49.... thin or fat...

i am surprised new order fans acted that way... honestly. very strange. new order crowds have traditionally been the tamest.

and, actually, I can make one generalization, that the older a fan gets, usually the more nonviolent....

maybe they had taken the brown acid...

Tarbox23 wrote:

i am surprised new order fans acted that way... honestly. very strange. new order crowds have traditionally been the tamest.

Maybe in the States, but I doubt anyone who was at Portsmouth, Macclesfield, Preston or similar occasions would be all that inclined to agree!!

Hey, I ended up winning one of those CD's at Neo. Is it really signed by all the members of NO? I went to the smartbar on Monday and got Phil and Peter's autograph on a Joy Division cover and on a Republic cover, not to say also on the ticket stub from the smartbat. Also have many pics as well.

Must say was a very enjoyable these last two days!!!!!!!

I was surprised at the amount of assholes at this show. The couple in front of me and my friends kept dancing into us without a care. Two girls shoved their way in front of me and one of them proceeded to light a cigarette and shove it in my face until I told her off and they left.

That said...

Best show ever.

Tempation was amazing, and so was Love Will Tear Us Apart.

I'm twenty five, and this was my first NO show.

Dima wrote: I was surprised at the amount of assholes at this show. The couple in front of me and my friends kept dancing into us without a care. Two girls shoved their way in front of me and one of them proceeded to light a cigarette and shove it in my face until I told her off and they left.

That said...

Best show ever.

Tempation was amazing, and so was Love Will Tear Us Apart.

I'm twenty five, and this was my first NO show.

That may have been the girl they threw out.

Pics from the after party.

Planet Earth pics