kel wrote:
The highlights for me were hearing Mr.Disco & Vanishing Point for the first time,& a blistering TPK
They didn't do Mr Disco, they did Dream Attack.
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G-Mex December 1988 - Video
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I was down the front but can remember very little about the gig. i remember them being introduced as Joy Division.
I do however remember missing the last train back and 'roughing it' by Piccadilly station. It was cold and wet!
In fact, thinking about it I saw ACR at the Leadmill the weekend before and remember Jez asking if people were going to the G-MEX.
I also remember them playing the 'Viking theme' and some tosser in Sonny Crockett style suit shouting "The Vikings are Coming, the Vikings are coming!"
Didn't Alan Wise introduce them in a regimental uniform as '3 boys and a girl from manchester - JOY DIVISION' or was that somewhere else?
I too was at the front when they came on, bout 4 or 5 back from the barrier. TBTHOG was first if I remember followed by Ceremony? Correct me if i'm wrong, i know one or two will!!
By the end of those songs i'd lost a gazelle off me foot and me mates and ,quite literally, floated about 30 yards from the stage.
Missed the mondays and ACR as we were all chewin our faces off trying to get served at the bar near to the entrance.
Club after, Konspiracy or PIPS as it was and then a taxi ride back to Helmshore for £15 which we couldnt muster between the 4 of us so we bailed out at a random house promising to come back and pay the poor fella. Obviously he never saw us again
Just on the filming. I've mentioned this elswhere but I definately recall hand held sort of waist strap cameras on stage durin the show so i'm convinced that footage will be hidden somewhere. Now that, i think you'll agree, we would all love to see. Someone sort it.
Alf wrote: Didn't Alan Wise introduce them in a regimental uniform as '3 boys and a girl from manchester - JOY DIVISION' or was that somewhere else?
Definitely the GMEX gig. I seem to remember him in a Safari type outfit.
Would also love to see the footage.
Can't work out how i didn't go to this.Recall it being on a Saturday night and not having to work or owt so could have gone.Fine Time was on TOTP the Thursday before.Had gone to the Wembley gig the year prvious .Must have been skint.Have got the NME review somewhere with some good pics
Talking of professionally recorded video there was that geezer on stage at the MEN Arena gig , Dec 1998 recording some ,if not all, of it.Wasn't he a mate of the band or summat? Do recall seeing tiny clips from the gig on an MTV news item about what New Order's future plans were at that time , must have been a few weeks after the gig .That footage appeared to have been shot from the mixing desk though.Was only a few seconds shown
johnny wrote:
Talking of professionally recorded video there was that geezer on stage at the MEN Arena gig , Dec 1998 recording some ,if not all, of it.Wasn't he a mate of the band or summat? Do recall seeing tiny clips from the gig on an MTV news item about what New Order's future plans were at that time , must have been a few weeks after the gig .That footage appeared to have been shot from the mixing desk though.Was only a few seconds shown
That was Michael Shamberg if ma memory serves me correctly, I'm sure he was also at the Ally Pally on the New Years Eve an all, cos me John and Lorraine were right down the front trying to grab his attention
As for the footage you mention, you sure it wasnae from the 2001 come back at Liverpool? Regret was recorded (and leaked) not sure about the whole gig though.
Shug wrote:
johnny wrote:
Talking of professionally recorded video there was that geezer on stage at the MEN Arena gig , Dec 1998 recording some ,if not all, of it.Wasn't he a mate of the band or summat? Do recall seeing tiny clips from the gig on an MTV news item about what New Order's future plans were at that time , must have been a few weeks after the gig .That footage appeared to have been shot from the mixing desk though.Was only a few seconds shown
That was Michael Shamberg if ma memory serves me correctly, I'm sure he was also at the Ally Pally on the New Years Eve an all, cos me John and Lorraine were right down the front trying to grab his attention
As for the footage you mention, you sure it wasnae from the 2001 come back at Liverpool? Regret was recorded (and leaked) not sure about the whole gig though.
Must have been Shamberg , aye.
The footage was deffo from the MEN Arena gig Dec 98.The news item on MTV was early Jan 1999.Just some short piece about the MEN gig and the Ally Pally gig.As i said, the footage was just a couple of seconds
was the ticket orange with silver circles on it?? very hazy time remember a certain ratio and the mondays, brilliant gig any1 got any footage?
mark allan wrote: was the ticket orange with silver circles on it?? very hazy time remember a certain ratio and the mondays, brilliant gig any1 got any footage?
i have the ticket has a fridge magnet...dont know where it is now but it aint on our fridge
I can't remember anything about this either!
Can remember more about the festival of the tenth summer in 86.
Digged out the NO Bootleg Video I've got the other day - not brilliant view as previously mentioned, sounds pretty good and you get the general idea - Barney balearic dancing even whilst playing his guitar!! If one of the regulars on here fancies transferring it to Digital and sharing with everyone I gladly send on.
dog bollocks of a gig hence the user name...1st ever no gig still got the t shirt. I rememeber barney having a pop at some annoying dude with an air horn!
Like No Other wrote: Digged out the NO Bootleg Video I've got the other day - not brilliant view as previously mentioned, sounds pretty good and you get the general idea - Barney balearic dancing even whilst playing his guitar!!
It'd be really great to see this footage....
There is definately a recording of the Mondays set too cos I used to have it, got it at a record fair but unfortunately the old stereo ravvled it up years ago! I have never managed to find it again tho. If anyones got a copy please let me know, Ive got plenty i can give you in return!
p.s. how do Shug! how ya doin mate?
All is good amigo, nice to see you here again :)
Will keep me eyes peeled for the Mondays gig for ya, but I've lost loads of contacts since Rowetta's old board shut down.
stayed at my mates' grans house in salford. awesome new order gig. as said before probably one of the best. lasted about 6 songs at the front. too knackered to continue. bought about 5 t shirts and a big fuck off poster. wish i still had em
Is this the gig when Hooky said something along the lines of 'F*ck me,you can tell we're back in Manchester,someones just threw a pound coin at me',if so,I was there 
I did actually have a copy of this gig on cassette,my ex wife at the time smuggled a mini tape recorder in,I got searched,she didn't :) from what I remember of it,The Happy Mondays were awful,I was hoping their set would end sooner rather than later,I have seen them a few times since and they didn't get any better :),ACR on the other hand,I quite liked,a bit of funky bass,nowt wrong with that IMHO
It was definitely on a Saturday as I went to watch Bradford City in the afternoon at Valley Parade. I had the t-shirt with the big orange spots for a while before my then fiancee decided to wash it on too high a temperature and the design disappeared!
yep i was there too, managed to stay near the front, even kept hold of the ticket (as posted earlier) also a tshirt which was similar to the ticket, however as i was a teenager at the time it wont fit me now! its in a box with all the others, i also remember been just out of reach to get the guitar and cant think why the person gave it back id have been well gone. bizarre moment was when we left the underground carpark and were alongside what looked like all of the Mondays crammed into a yellow Vauxhall Viva!!
jake atkinson wrote: 23 years ago today.............
I posted this scan once before some years back
To celebrate the event , mrs order and I WEnt down to the local pub to see Elvis, one danced in true faith style.
all those years ago.
This any help (to the original poster)?
Hells Bells!!
Thats a great find . Only watched the first couple of minutes so far but pretty good audio.
Them were the days.....you can see the back of my head there somewhere!!!!!!!
....and I told ya Alan Wise introduced em as Joy Division........off to get a brew on!!!!
Brilliant find thanks! My first and probably best NO gig. Memory is a bit hazy given I was 14 at the time and was slightly worse for wear but a cracking night! Stil have the ticket and t-shirt somewhere ....
