monday 6th october 1986 at the royal albert hall. I remember hooky throwing his bass over the amps as it was fucked and they had the worst support band i have ever seen. It was some electro sex type thing dressed up in bandages from what i recall a complete waste of 30 minutes of my life i will never get back!!!!!!
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JOHN SLIMIN wrote: monday 6th october 1986 at the royal albert hall. I remember hooky throwing his bass over the amps as it was fucked and they had the worst support band i have ever seen. It was some electro sex type thing dressed up in bandages from what i recall a complete waste of 30 minutes of my life i will never get back!!!!!!
Who was it,John? It wasn't Fad Gadget was it?
there was standing at the NEC?.I seem to remember it as all bloody seating
.Ah well the old memory trickin me again!.So was i on the same coach as you Shug?.Guess it must have had a few collections on the way.
Digital Mike Binoche wrote: The worst support I ever saw at a New Order gig was The WAKE - Shite
best support act (of the shockingly numerous gigs i've been to)--PIL. 
hiya johnny ..i was at that b,ham tower ballroom gig as well(took all me mates to that one,as i had been plying them with new order compilation tapes i had put together.and they wanted to see em in action ...no one was dissapointed ...local band the wonderstuff were on first..then the mondays("bez" accosted my mate for some drugs..turns out he was the only one in there without any...lol)finally new order came on and played the best version of temptation i ever heard(as well) and love will tear us apart for rob grettons birthday.
my first new order gig was at the tower ballroom in 1983 i think ...when "James" were the support...and very good they were as well...tim booth prowled the stage in his demob suit and shaven head,another great manchester band
I caught them in Seattle, Washington state, US in 89 (I think) in a small venue called the Paramount, a theatre built for stage plays. The acoustics were great and so was NO.
That concert was my first real date with my wife who I have been married to for 18 years.
I just discovered this site since my 18 yo son just came home with "Sirens" and thought I would like it.........He knows I am a NO fan, but he got is since he is now a fan.
No, son was not concieved on that night, yes we all love NO!
Great site and I have a lot of reading to do. I am rediscovering a lot of good NO I have not heard for awhile. It still sounds great!
phillip lockhart wrote: hiya johnny ..i was at that b,ham tower ballroom gig as well(took all me mates to that one,as i had been plying them with new order compilation tapes i had put together.and they wanted to see em in action ...no one was dissapointed ...local band the wonderstuff were on first..then the mondays("bez" accosted my mate for some drugs..turns out he was the only one in there without any...lol)finally new order came on and played the best version of temptation i ever heard(as well) and love will tear us apart for rob grettons birthday. my first new order gig was at the tower ballroom in 1983 i think ...when "James" were the support...and very good they were as well...tim booth prowled the stage in his demob suit and shaven head,another great manchester band
They played the Tower Ballroom three times in four years, and admitted it was one of their favourite venues.
1983 - opened with LWTUA (dedicated to Rob's birthday). James were support.
1985 - fabulous set that started with 6 new songs from Low Life, very late encore of Confusion after half the crowd had gone. Stockholm Monsters were support.
1986 - possibly their best gig ever, certainly Gillian's favourite. Storming set topped by Weirdo and Perfect Kiss as the encore. Support from The Wonder Stuff and Happy Mondays.
If only they could go back there!
Footnote for the traispotters out there.....we parked at High Hall before the 85 gig and walked up to the Edgbaston venue, just out of nostalgia's sake as it was approaching 5 years since Ian's death.
Perfect Kiss as an encore at Birmingham 86? My copy only has twelve songs, and TPK aint one of them.
Wasim wrote: Perfect Kiss as an encore at Birmingham 86? My copy only has twelve songs, and TPK aint one of them.
No doubt about it - just after Bernard had apologised for calling the kid out before Weirdo "we might be a pop group but you're.......".
Full set:
STYT/BLT/Shellshock/Sunrise/TLU/Paradise/Confusion/Broken Promise/Tempt/Cere/SOTN//Weirdo/TPK
Torino 2. 7. 2005. finally after all these years ! Fantastic. And EGG.Can write more am at a railstation kiosk.
NObabe wrote: Hyde Park, June 2005, lol
Hyde Park, was my third concert i have been to seen them
Mine was 86 - Brotherhood Tour - at Irvine Meadows in Califonia with The Fall and Durutti Column opening up. Having all 3 of those bands playing together was unbeleivable.
Phillip
I totally agree with you TEMPTATION at the Tower Ballroom 83 is awesome, I have always said it.
SUBLIME I was there and have some pics I must post.
Andrew Sayer wrote: Ah yes 1st gig- being billy no mates at Fins. Park in Summer 87' down from the North-East by myself. They played Sunrise & Angel Dust - my faves. As i happily told my mam upon returning she said "Aw well, good -you like those 2 dont you" :)
My 1st gig also Andrew.
What a baptism of fire, the mosh pit from hell. 
Digital Mike Binoche wrote: The worst support I ever saw at a New Order gig was The WAKE - Shite
SHUT UP!
they were admitedly hit or miss live but so were N.O!
However, The Wake have some great stuff recorded so for me they were one of the best bands to support N.O. My other choice will be ACR.
i think mine was sept 82,futurama deeside.i am sure the WAKE were on at that too?? i know i enjoyed icicle works .After that i went to 3 hacienda gigs in the space of about a year,but not sure if one of them was actually before futurama
Bradford, Saint George's Hall '85 or '86, can't remember, i was 16, all the gigs seem to blur into one after a while, do remember the leeds and manchester contingents having a mini riot in the town hall square afterwards!
Digital Mike Binoche wrote: Phillip
I totally agree with you TEMPTATION at the Tower Ballroom 83 is awesome, I have always said it.
SUBLIME I was there and have some pics I must post.
Have to say I prefer the '86 Tower Ballroom gig version of Temptation (being my first NO gig). The fact it was followed by Ceremony puts it in NO folklore for me.
Aaahh, there we go ! I was 17 (darn, time goes by so fast), it was in Leuven, Belgium, 17 December '85 @the Manhattan Club. Gosh, it was absolutely astounding !!! A performance that i will never forget. And i mean it, being a die hard fan for years already through all their records but not being able to see them before, sadly. After that, being rather a shy person, not quite the club or gig goer at the time and let remind us that was prehistory : no web, a.k.a. no global information, i wasn't so well informed as these days even if i managed quite well back then (i'm livin' in the countryside of an already little land you know...), i then had to wait 'til 12 Oct.2001 @Brix.academy in London to see my all time Heroes again. Saw them five times since that, last was this past June @Hyde Park. Didier
My first NO gig was at the Tower Ballroom in Birmingham. '83 or '84, just before Low Life. The Stockholm Monsters supported them, and if I'm brutally honest, blew NO away. They were fantastic, and looked well cool, kept swapping instruments. I think they had just relaeased Kan Kill.
I remeber someone in the crowd once spitting on Barney, and he offered them onto the stage for a rumble, but they didn't go. It may have been this gig, or another time i saw them at the TB. Dunno really. But NO in my experience, could be a bit dodgy live. They always had a massive football following. The students had the cure and smiths. The people had NO.
Dublin SFX Theatre January 24 & 25 1986...It was fu$%ing freezin'.Bernard told us to complain to the promoter about the lack of heating in the hall,it was baltic!Changed my life for ever.Last song of the Saturday was'Atmosphere',couldn't believe what i was hearing.Still have both gigs on bootleg tape...and the rest as they say is history!
Friendchip wrote: Dublin SFX Theatre January 24 & 25 1986...It was fu$%ing freezin'.Bernard told us to complain to the promoter about the lack of heating in the hall,it was baltic!Changed my life for ever.Last song of the Saturday was'Atmosphere',couldn't believe what i was hearing.Still have both gigs on bootleg tape...and the rest as they say is history!
One of those nights was my first gig also, Stockholm Monsters were the warm up act and were in a worse mood than New Order that night ! Still one of my favourite New Order gigs and Stockholm Monsters became one of my alltime favourites
July 2, 1983 at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit.
Drove up from Cleveland with some fellow "New Wavers".
They opened with EGG!
Other highlights were Ultraviolence and Dreams never end.
Was at least 100F in the club that night.
monty wrote: Go on>What was your first NO gig?Mine was 83,the Low-Life tour.Not the first time I'd been in THe Hacienda,M/C,but the first time I'd seen a gig there.Also first time I'd been to a gig when the crowd are pogo-ing around you.Being an uninitiated spotty oik who was used to seeing gigs at the Apollo with seats in front of you,I was pogo-ing against the tide,and I was fucked after half hour.I sweat that much,you could have made a pan of chips! Always remember after a few at the front were dragged out,Tony Wilson come on..."Come on come on..get back.They're a bunch of ugly bastards anyway!" Favourite song of the night,toss up between Temptation and This Time Of Night,which I heard them sound-checking early on.
Anyway,despite losing two stone,I got up to the front and I've still got some decent photos of the gig.If I get access to a scanner,I'll post them on the site.I was THIS close to Gillian...oh you can't see my hands. That's what I said to her!
i was at this gig too.which i am sure will get me an extra request on the night of your new order disco
First NO gig was 17 December '88 at the GMEX in Manchester. They played Fine Time off the then unreleased Technique album. Barney made a comment about their samples possibly not working. Everyone sang along to Ceremony.
My mate reckoned he saw Hooky in the crowd during the support which was from ACR and the Mondays. Will always remember Bez in oversized jumper shaking his maraccas.
First time but definitely not best NO gig I have been to.
