How far have you gone, or how far would You go to see No?
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I took a bus from the middle of North America to the West Coast, then back through the middle agan out towards the east coast about 7 140 hrs on a bus in total to see 3 shows in 87....um...but i was really going to see the Bunnymen (as the bands were touring on a double bill) at that time & was only getting into New Order! Does that count?
Ted
atlanta to california for area: one atlanta to turin this summer. next time maybe they will come a bit 'closer.'
I'd go as far as it takes for a decent gig, in a small venue with a half decent set list and some effort in the performance.
The furthest afield that I've seen them was Liege in Belgium in, I think, 1984. It was a gig called the 'Indoor Festival' with Echo and The Bunnymen headlining. Also playing were Shriekback and Fad Gadget. EATB and NO did Sister Ray on stage together as NO's encore. I wouldn't go that far today.
The furthest I've been (so far) is to Turin...
If they'd do actual gigs, rather than festivals, I might have been tempted to go and see them more times in Europe than I did! :)
Maybe next year? 
NJ to CA for the Oakland show and then back for the nyc Hammerstein gig. Up against the barricade both times, front and ceneter for NYC. Brilliant!
I was living in South Carolina in 2001 when the Area One dates were announced. I planned my move back to California (2600 miles) to coincide with the Mountain View date.
terry mason wrote: from Dubai to Dublin this summer for the Oxegen Festival
Kildare! 
I'll be going all the way from Dublin to Manchester for the 14th
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12th Aug - Aberdeen to London.
2 months early, can we beat such dedication?
Germany. On a coach, full of Levellers fans.
Fuck me, Leveller's fans??????????
Ladies and Gents, we have a winner, surely???
Yuck. Do I need reminding. I was on the same coach. Levellers fans outnumbered New Order fans 10-1.
And then we all got fcuking sunburned at the gig before a long journey back!
Happy, er, days!
Yes, possibly the worst coach trip ever. 16 hours of levellers music. I think we managed to get half an hour off new order on the coach stereo! Couldn't do it now!
Manchester (twice)is furthest i've gone im afraid.But i did walk from Sheffield to Chesterfield after the Roxy in 87.And that felt like a thousand miles.
From Edmonton to Oakland earlier this spring..... then From Edmonton to Naeba Japan earlier this summer..... both were worth it
Bedford boys would go anywhere. Just as well New Order didn't play too far from home, distance wise, at the outset. Scottish gigs were a bastard to get to.
Compare the current scramble for tickets with the prior system of the scramble to find out when and where they were playing!
New Order more or less invented/patented the business of "the secret gig". If you were lucky, a gig might be listed at the last minute in the NME, it would be scheduled for a Friday - in Bradford, say - and you'd find out about it that morning. This is 1981.
When the 2nd London concert at The Forum, in May, sold out (it had been better advertised), the group agreed to play to a small gathering at a youth centre in Notting Hill Gate, the Talbot Tabernacle, for free the next day.
I think £35 is a bit inflationary
