Secret Gig ? - Radio 2 Ally Pally Coverage

*** Info fresh this morning*** Oakwood High School, Eccles, New Order are playing a gig there. Reported on the BBC local news this morning if it is the Oakwood school I'm thinking of it isn't actually in Eccles, it is in Oakwood Park in Salford (off Swinton Park Road, close to the A580 East Lancs Road and the A6.)

Mark Drysdale wrote: *** Info fresh this morning*** Oakwood High School, Eccles, New Order are playing a gig there. Reported on the BBC local news this morning if it is the Oakwood school I'm thinking of it isn't actually in Eccles, it is in Oakwood Park in Salford (off Swinton Park Road, close to the A580 East Lancs Road and the A6.)

Did they say when ?

Is on telly ?

Its not part of children in bleedin need is it ?

Shug wrote: "Yer name's not down - yer not gettin in" The Bouncer 12" 1992 :D

It was leaked on the radio, but there's definitely no chance of fans getting in from what's been said.

We cannae be too greedy, anyways, I will be watching Dylan at the NEC. Hope the MCR locals keep their videos on't local news - surely there will be something about this?

Not even fans with big gobs?

Aw c'mon guys is this a fecking "Busted" forum or something?

the vibe is: No hairy hordes.

So, do we respect this band we love so much, or act like a bunch of obsessive wet knickered 14 yr-olds trying to sniff justin timberlake's seat in macdonald's?

I mean, really, are we that lot of fucking ghouls hanging round Curtis' funeral in 24hpp?

This place? Oakwood high

What's the gig in aid of?

It was Barney that started the "I know someting you dont" routine.

We just want to know what he knows.

Im just curious as to WTF the band have got themseles into this time.

Is it something coolor is it an example of them selling out and licking the record companies ass?

Al Jarvis wrote: It's a gig for kids, not big kids!

I'm only 5'9". Most High School kids are bigger than me!

Conjecture time

I reckon if it's for kids it'll be a workshop and a knockabout more than a gig as we'd know it....."jack why don't you get your father and his friends to come and give the pupils a little chat (note the teacher lingo there eh? GIVE a CHAT) about what it's like to be professional musicians"

(mehtinks anyone asked that question's first response would be "well how long of they got to research it" :D )

I'd imagine if a viking raiding party shows up they'll not only not be welcomed, they'll cause offence. If we leave em be, who knows, a grateful, and extremely forgetful person we're all broadly acquainted with, may have another one of his unfortunate lapses in concentration, and leave some sort of media somewhere where it may just be found, by a completely random person who would recognise it for what it is. I know, clutching at staws eh? not like that ever happened before :)

Honestly tho, can you imagine Steve and Barney trying to show a bunch of 15 yr olds how to make tunes with me drooling pints into their machines? Or "Mr Hook has very kindly agreed to come along so if you'll all just sit down and NUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH NUUUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

naughty.

Then again, it might be a 500 quid a plate fundraiser for fatfuck warner's execs who need fatter suits, in which case Steve and Hooky can have a ball each and barney suck me dick :D

Dave Legge wrote:

Al Jarvis wrote: It's a gig for kids, not big kids!

I'm only 5'9". Most High School kids are bigger than me!

Well you should try 5' 4" for size! Ickle big bastards they are nowadays.

From Mr Suntan:

New Order are playing a one off gig at Oakwood High School in Eccles today it has been reported on the BBC news today - I have looked for info on the BBC site but cant find anything, apologies - but they are there today at 1pm...... Its a special needs school.

Oakwood High School Chatsworth Road Ellesmere Park Eccles Lancashire M30 9DY Tel: 0161 7363944

There's a breaking article on the guardian website about this....

http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,1646011,00.html?gusrc=ticker-103704

New Order help school celebrate success

Polly Curtis, education correspondent Friday November 18, 2005

When headteacher Janis Triska received an outstanding Ofsted report for Oakwood high school in Manchester, it took her a while to ponder how to celebrate best with her pupils. She put pen to paper and wrote to every famous person with local links she could think of inviting them to come and visit.

This afternoon Manchester legends New Order took up that invitation and played a surprise gig for the school's pupils and the media. Bernard Sumner, the band's guitarist and singer, visited the school earlier this year and was so impressed he reportedly told Ms Triska he'd do whatever they wanted to help.

Oakwood high in Ellesmere Park, Eccles, is a special school for pupils with learning difficulties. Its Ofsted report this summer praised the school's breadth of curriculum, community links and the relationships between staff and pupils.

This afternoon Ms Triska was dancing in the assembly hall to New Order classics such as Blue Monday and Bizarre Love Triangle.

"It's been fabulous. I can't begin to describe what's happened. The children have had a whale of a time and it's so richly deserved for them and the staff who have worked equally as hard for the Ofsted inspection," she told EducationGuardian.co.uk after the gig ended. "The roadies are coming back in to do a talk to Year 10 and 12 about jobs in the industry and Bernie said he'd be coming back. The kids might not have known who they were before, but they all certainly do now."

Once the band had agreed to the gig, their management brought in public relations consultant Sara Teiger who had the tricky job of telling the world about the gig. The school specifically asked for publicity to promote its success following the Ofsted report, but could not release the news until after New Order had left the school at 4.30pm today for fear that they would be mobbed.

"Some of the staff have been playing New Order in the classrooms since eight o'clock this morning. It's the 30-something staff that are going mad about it. Some of the pupils say that their dads were going mad when they heard."

Well, well done to the lads for, once again, giving something back to the Community

If you have sky, Channel 948 is BBC North West, the local news is on at 6:30.

fucking top lads!!!!!

I wonder if Sarge is one of the ones going back to give a talk...

Well done New Order. Top gesture.

thats superb

now my messages are being sent without me pressing the send button!

i meant to add

James Thomas wrote: If you have sky, Channel 948 is BBC North West, the local news is on at 6:30.

..and it'll probably be on Children in Need sometime in the evening.

Top drawer, this one. Hats off to the band. Big respect.

Fair play to 'em

And can you imagine the report if you lot had attended "proceedings were ruined when a bunch of derranged maniacs began chanting and terrified both children and staff"

Steve Campbell wrote: Fair play to 'em

And can you imagine the report if you lot had attended "proceedings were ruined when a bunch of derranged maniacs began chanting and terrified both children and staff"

But what about ROCKET IN NEED?

SHITE! Just got back from work,and Mom & Pop rung me,to say NO had just been on telly at the school,on Granada Reports.The school's just up the road from my girlfriend!

Fantastic gesture - well done!

for fucks sake. i wish id been held back for 25yrs now:D

Quality

humility