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Ma heid's fuckin bangin!
A long day yesterday, left Corby at 7 in the morning for the Celtic game, disappointing result as we were robbed of a blatant penalty when we were cruising at 3-1 
Ach well, the gig more than made up for it and we managed to bump into just about everyone from here, I also met a few new faces, big up to Steven (Out Of Order) for coming to meet us before the Celtic game....a Rangers fan coming to a Tim pub and he was a top lad, we also met up with him at the gig. I also remember meeting Royser and Missy Jem down at the front of the gig.
Ness was sporting TARTAN Viking headgear, supplied by Biginoil 
Also got to have a great craic with DoN, Rocket, JT( who had done an Alan Bradley with a tram) Lucy (who swears she never pushed JT), Jarvo (The VIKING badge God), Johnny Giles, Mandy (but Hibster wasnae with us - he was whoring it up with his press pass pals :D ) Vinnie, Greg, Ally, Biginoil, Baldrick, John & Lorraine (Mr & Mrs Schumaker) Danny German Order, Darren Welsh Order, Gary, Gordy, Alex and John, Uncle Liam, Mike Garrity and Frads (a pair of tubes in Hawaiin T's and Shorts AND the Stoke flag) and there were probably loads more, but I was very drunk :D
We did the usual and stayed at the bar till neworder came on, (except for when we heard Barney singing HIT THE NORTH - we dived in to see that) then made a mad dash to get down the front just in time. All the talk of a Joy Division only set hadnae put anyone off - cos there was a BIG rumour doing the rounds we were gonna get a song from Still which hadnae been played since 1980. Jarvo and JG said it was from the Birmingham concert so we thought we were gonna get Disorder.
I can't remember what order the set was played cos I was too busy diving around and singing along like a mad eedjit. I have to say the crowd was fucking brilliant, ten times better than the Apollo gig a month or two back 
The place was also packed to the rafters which quelled our fears of not many people being there!!! The "mosh pit" was crazy and we had to hang on for dear life at times and I remember falling over some guy on the floor. Brilliant. Thanks to John and Steven and a couple of others for getting us to our feet again.
24 Hours was fucking outstanding, Uncly John had tears in his eyes! Everyone was going mental. To top things off we also got a neworder track thrown in 
The band are / were fucking great and it more than made up for the disappointment of being robbed by Dundee Utd at Paradise.
new ordah!!!!
Nearly forgot..... Wrote For Luck. Great ending.
songs played - but cannae remember which order :
SLC, Atmosphere, Ceremony, LWTUA, Warsaw, Shadowplay, Transmish, 24 Hours.
excellent gig- 24 hours was awesome. NO looked relaxed and played really well. Stood near the front the atmosphere was very good. Night is a bit hazy due to alcohol consumption but ghost in my house played by Bernard and Johnny and Doves? I was a little disappointed that we weren't treated to any electronic tracks.
Highlight for me though was Johnny and Andy doing How soon is now and There is a light...Never thought I would see these 2 play live again.
Yeah, against all my expectations the gig was wonderful: crowd were fantastic like Shuglet says, people falling down all over the place, and even one pretty vicious bout of mass fisticuffs near me made it seem like them good old days!! Surprised by how many 'youngsters' (ie - people obviously in their 20s) were down the front, though it was clear how sedate everything had been previously by the number of people literally running away in terror as New Order started up!! Really, really enjoyed it - and I was stone cold sober.
Good to meet everyone, faces both old & new, and the gig finished with a 20 minute jam of the Mondays "Wrote for Luck" played by a combo of all the (piss) artists & Mr Ryder himself.
Gig highlight of the night: Barney beaming like a proud father at Shaun Ryder during said "WFL" - he looked genuinely happy, and it took about 15 year off him. He should do it more often.
I was Bah humbug about this from the start but ended up really enjoying the gig. Meet up as good as ever, nice to see you all.
As for Norder, I can't remember the last time I saw them play as well, they seemed fired up for this and am I alone in thinking that note was taken of comments on this board? Few cock ups, no whooping (until LWTUA), no whistling, faster pace on Warsaw. All in all excellent, pity about the leg.
Despite disliking the venue, if anyone has got their head screwed on they should capitalise on the the fact they stormed a capacity audience there and rebook it. As Norder this time.
It was BLOODY MARVELLOUS.24 HOURS was superb.The band were excellent.I was SOBOERISH to so can remember most of it.Met loads of NOOL's too.Great company especially DR CLAYHEAD in the gig.A lot of laughs too.Numerous NOOL's hanging about all at the front.Sorry to any i didn't get chance to speak to properly.Johnny Marr and the HEALERS,DOVES and BARNEY doing VISCIOUS and the old NORTHERN SOUL(was into this for about 8 years) classic GHOST IN MY HOUSE were ALL superb.And what a great TRAGIC ending.MR RYDER with his hood up slouched on stage like the BADDIE in a PANTOMIME and said"I WANT A PISS".Barney also turned up during this.Who was the guy in the YELLOW COAT though?And to round off a great evening i met JOHN COOPER CLARKE!Shook his hand and with my penchant for KFC-EVIDENTLY CHICKENTOWN
I won't name all those i saw but great to meet BARNEY'S ANGELS too.And once again MIKE thanks for a ROOM WITH A VIEW,ELECTRONIC DVD from DON and a BADGE OF HONOUR from our leader MR ALAN JARVIS.And to the rest of you mad sods.....see you at the NEXT one.
Want to quickly echo JT's comment about "Warsaw" - whereas "Shadowplay" still sounds like porridge, they seem to have really put the fire into the former tune - it sounded fucking great last night!! Thanks to the lovely Royser & his equally lovely missus for guiding me hand-in-hand to the front - though said good lady vanished pretty quickly once it got a bit lairy - I hope she was OK, especially as her hubby seemed more interested in pogoing his way through the gig!! Word of warning: I did something very similar at Reading 1998 and it was the beginning of the end of a 7 year relationship: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! Cheers also to ROCKET MICK for sage advice!!
Thanks also to Colin/BIGINOIL for trying to put his tongue down my throat. Although initially intimidated, I grew to quite like the idea......especially with the line "Fucking come on!! Can't I put just a bit of it in your mouth??!!??".
It was that kind of night.
Trying to put my review on but it keeps wiping off after 10 mins of typing
ROCKET! It was a bit mental in moss-pit,soory I didn't get to speak to you mate.
The Whole Night made me proud to be a MANC.
Got there about 7pm and it was just getting going. Highlight of the night too numerous to mention.....but here goes!
UTAH SAINTS exonorated themselves with an excellent mash-up of GORILLAZ' "Dare" and NO's "Confusion". DOMINO BONES no prizes for Bez on vocals,but the guy always makes me smile.Geordie singer was ace though. NINE BLACK ALPS top band/revelation! ELBOW not heard much of theirs but they were great.Guy Garvey popped up a few times in the night with some collaborations. DOVES brilliant,loved Pounding and Snowdon.Joined on stage by Barney and performed Vicious of Lou Reed's Transformer album. And "There's a Ghost In My House" R Dean Taylor/FALL classic! 808 STATE peforming what seemed to be a ten minute version of Pacific! Oh and Cubik,and The Only Rhyme That Bites with MC Tunes performing like a mad bastard!
BADLY DRAWN BOY Liam's favourite! Great segue of Like A Virgin and Silent Sigh.
JOHNNY MARR and THE HEALERS & ANDY ROARKE! What can I say? It was one of those moments where you wanted someone to come over and pinch you."There Is A Light" and "How Soon Is Now"....need I say more?
Oh forgot STEPHEN FRETWELL too who did a great chillout acoustic set. Guests on stage included John Thompson(Fat Bob),Frank Sidebottom,Justin Moorhouse(Kenny Junior),Paddy McGuinness (ding dang do),Alan Wise and Tony Wilson (who got booed).Heh heh.Oh and John Cooper Clarke.."the next band need no introduction....they've known each other for years!"
NEW ORDDDAAHHH! As was rumoured all JD set with a surprise addition of 24 Hours,and ended with CEREMONY.They were blinding! (PS Who's CLANCY?)
I lost my voice half way through Warsaw...31G...3ig..cough!
And the finale? Just about everyone came on stage! I counted about 7/8 guitarists and 2 bassists.WALL OF SOUND! Joined on stage by SHAUN RYDER pissed as usual,singing WFL with an added chorus of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"!!
Most welcome closing comment by Andy Roarke?
"See you all next year"
Where did everyone go by the way? It was a shame about DRY turing people away at 5.30.They wouldn't even give us a time when they would let us in.So me,Banshee and Theresa went to BAR FRINGE with Desmond and Wixey.
End of night scoured the town for some late night boozing.
SOUTH permanent queue/total gridlock.
14 LLOYD STREET,a suggestion I put for location of NOOL Day....UNDER LIQUIDATION!
I was after a job there!
Ended up in CELLAR VIE.Christ I didn't know the place was still open.Not been in there for years.Played loads of cheese with a welcome addition of Step On and Panic!!
Finally got home 3.30 freezing me nuts off flagging a taxi down....bribed a taxi to take me 6 miles for £20!
Do we know who was filming it and why? IE - will it be on telly, or are they planning a DVD "for charideee"? Or, indeed, both??
Just got back to London. Great night! Hi to everyone I met and those I didn't. Will even forgive whoever it was who danced on my toes and chucked up on me boots YEUCH! Not a NOOLER of course...
NO were excellent and the men arena didn't seem half as big as I expected it to be. Quite cosy down the front.... Nice to see Johnny Marr in action Ryder was completely out of it but Bez was looking pretty sprightly!
Claire
:)
(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote: Do we know who was filming it and why? IE - will it be on telly, or are they planning a DVD "for charideee"? Or, indeed, both??
Not sure about telly,but it's definitely coming out on DVD!! When I was in the mosh-pit,Mr MICK ROCK was in front taking photos of VIKINGS! And here was me,with my Max Spielman £5.99 flash camera.
monty wrote:
(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote: Do we know who was filming it and why? IE - will it be on telly, or are they planning a DVD "for charideee"? Or, indeed, both??
And here was me,with my Max Spielman £5.99 flash camera.
I knew I forgot something!
sounds fantastic
NME review - http://www.nme.com/news/smiths/22085
"Completing the once-in-a-lifetime nature of the night, New Order played a set entirely of Joy Division songs."
Once in a lifetime? Where was this reviewer at Peel day...
I remember legging it round the MEN as they wouldnt let me in to see Elbow and had to go to get in. As i was doing this, i saw midnight blue, ness, rocket and a few others and just had to start a "NUUUUU ORDAH!" chant.
highlights were;
24 hours
doves (when playing doves tracks)
but most of all THERE'S A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT. it took me completely by surprise and i got a bit emotional.
really really good do all round but the end was a bit surreal,i could not stop laughing at shaun rider
shame we left jb's a 5.15 to go onto the dry bar which was shut,so didnt get to speak to some people i wanted to apart from andrew,diggy mike,rocket mick,liam,al,shaun and of course des.
after the gig went to celler vie with monty.it was like a cruise ship 70's disco.ended up having a laugh though after lots of tequila shots and then watching monty dancing to 'panic' morrissey style.flowers swinging round head and all,ha ha bet you have a hangover.
bumped into andrew slayer and darlington order in piccadilly this afternoon.happy chinese new year
just to add
the relly best bit of the gig was them people with red jackets on and beer barrels on their back.everytime my lager glass was empty they filled it up straight away. NOW THAT IS QUALITY
Fucking mental!
Don't even care Arsenal were beaten by Bolton! (that may hit tomorrow mind)
The whole weekend from start to finish (and i mean right up to getting back on that train home! Wetherspoon, Manchester- lunchtime today- not laughed so much for years-you all know who you are), and New Order were more than brilliant!
To everyone who was there, and who i met and were part of it................:)
Some mega special moments!
Uncle Liam wrote: I remember legging it round the MEN as they wouldnt let me in to see Elbow and had to go to get in. As i was doing this, i saw midnight blue, ness, rocket and a few others and just had to start a "NUUUUU ORDAH!" chant.
It was less a 'chant', Liam, and more the ravings of a complete madman.....
Just got back from Mancland. Great weekend all round, almost a shame a gig popped up in the middle of it and we had to leave the pub(s).
Stand by what I said about the venue. It's shit. Could hardly see your hand in front of your face. And it's way too big and impersonal. Got in there to see Badly Drawn Boy doing Like A Virgin and turned straight round and headed to the bar to drink with the Corby Order et al, not returning till 5mins before the Real Order were on stage.
Think my feelings about all JD sets are already known so wasn't really fussed about this one. Just went and stood to the far right of the stage with Iain, and our favourite member of the Third, Kevo. But the bass was just way too much there - V came looking for me about 3 songs in but couldn't stand the vibrations and promptly fcut off to powder her nose in the bog. I wandered off to look for her during 24Hours and was up by the mixing desk when Ceremony kicked in. Just me, the only cnut back there on his own punching the air like a right royal twat. It wasn't on the setlist so guess it was an impromptu addition?!
Congrats to Wolfram for missing the gig though cos he became the father of twin girls yesterday. I dunno, some of the excuses people will use. ;)
