The roughest place you have been to for a New Order gig?

Shugs comments about insults and moving north got me thinking. The roughest place seeing New order for me has to be the pub next to the Barrowlands in the east end of Glasgow. They refused to serve us and we had to get a scot (a very quiet rangers fan at that) to get the beers. The barman shouted out 'Youre not in fucking edinburgh now fuck Off' The whole place was green and white with murals of Bobby Sands on the wall. Turned out to be a crackin gig I recall being hugged in a headlock basically by tearful real hard nut who was crying when they played a JD nunmber.'I neva thought i would see them again pal' he had nasty knife cuts all over his cheeks. When we came out we had to march back to the safer side of town past some really pissed Rab C types as the buses and taxis wouldn't go there after dark and we saw massive rats in the rain.

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I know the pub you are talking about, it makes the bar in the film Star Wars look normal. Happy to say I have never been in, and never will. Finsbury park in London was the roughest place I have seen New Order - not the nicest of places!

El Jarvo wrote: Ha ha. I had my Norn Iron mate Mike with me (staunch Prod).

He would not open his mouth for fear of someone clocking his accent.

Belo Horzonte was rougher. They wouldn't leave our tickets on the door cos they couldn't work out which local militia were controlling the event. They had to be delivered to our hotel before the gig. The concert took place in Cruzeiro's ground.

Yep 118 gigs & Belo Horizonte. It was scary just standing in the grandstand watching the support band (Brazils answer to UB40 !) When New Order got goin it was fine down the front, but scary again on the wayout!

pompeyorder wrote: Shugs comments about insults and moving north got me thinking. The roughest place seeing New order for me has to be the pub next to the Barrowlands in the east end of Glasgow. They refused to serve us and we had to get a scot (a very quiet rangers fan at that) to get the beers. The barman shouted out 'Youre not in fucking edinburgh now fuck Off' The whole place was green and white with murals of Bobby Sands on the wall. Turned out to be a crackin gig I recall being hugged in a headlock basically by tearful real hard nut who was crying when they played a JD nunmber.'I neva thought i would see them again pal' he had nasty knife cuts all over his cheeks. When we came out we had to march back to the safer side of town past some really pissed Rab C types as the buses and taxis wouldn't go there after dark and we saw massive rats in the rain.

Any other ideas from the vikings

I was in there once with a well known scottish fan & all the local shoplifters were coming in & robbing to order! My mate bought a manics cd still with the tower records tag attatched! The barman promptly knocked it off for him with a hammer he kept behind the bar! I asked my mate if he knew the barmen, no was the reply! It was like something out of trainspotting! Its called Bairds bar, John & Christine met a woman who used to work there on holiday last year, she had to get out!

Mind you the unliscenced one over the road is known locally as the stab in!

leeds in 85 was a bit hairy,, .

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pompeyorder wrote: Shugs comments about insults and moving north got me thinking. The roughest place seeing New order for me has to be the pub next to the Barrowlands in the east end of Glasgow. They refused to serve us and we had to get a scot (a very quiet rangers fan at that) to get the beers. The barman shouted out 'Youre not in fucking edinburgh now fuck Off' The whole place was green and white with murals of Bobby Sands on the wall. Turned out to be a crackin gig I recall being hugged in a headlock basically by tearful real hard nut who was crying when they played a JD nunmber.'I neva thought i would see them again pal' he had nasty knife cuts all over his cheeks. When we came out we had to march back to the safer side of town past some really pissed Rab C types as the buses and taxis wouldn't go there after dark and we saw massive rats in the rain.

Any other ideas from the vikings

Bairds Bar. Not for the faint hearted (or the English or the Proddies).

your right Graham mate a whole world away from Pad i think your place at one time was called and the other west end boozers you took us to. happy glasgow nights

Bradford was pretty scary..( 86 I think )

On the flip side Malvern was so nice..the locals were sort of bemused by the invasion but were very friendly

hacienda 82 and blackburn king george's 85

Surely it has to be brixton!!!!!!!!!!

I went by myself (sad I know), come out of the tube station and first sign i see is a big sign on the back of a police van saying "street robbers operate in this area"

My mobile and Ipod swiftly went into the map pockecks of my combats!!!!

In terms of venue proximity to areas you wouldn't necessarily want to be, Barrowlands probably wins, by a short head over Gloucester and Brixton, but pre-gig pubs I'd say Sunderland. Can't remember the name of the place but I have no intention of ever setting foot there again!!

i was threatened by some surly french types after the paris zenith gig escorted a lady out to get some cigarettes or something, forget now, & they came up demanding money, i pretended not to understand them for what seemed like five minutes or so til they gave up & left.

ShugZV wrote:

The Squirrel which is just around the corner is every bit as mental as Bairds.

mentaler

El Jarvo wrote: Brixton and Finsbree Park rough?

Did you lot get lost on the way to gigs? You get out of Brixton tube, turn right and it's 100 yards down the road. Brixton's got a bad rep but you have to actually wander off-road before you get into the proper nasty areas. The main drag ain't scary at all. And you find much worse pubs in any suburban town. You get a good welcome in the pubs in Brixton, they're not moody at all.

Don't get the Finsbree Park thing neither. Really, I don't. I lived round there for years and just don't see it. Not the 'nicest' place in the world admittedly, but hardly rough. Somewhere like the Apollo in Manc or any of the Liverpool gigs have been in much rougher areas. Least, I think they have.

Just curious, which area is, in ur opinion, the worst or one off the worst ones in London?

Bit off topic, i know..sorry for that

El Jarvo wrote:

Martijn de Blaauw wrote: Just curious, which area is, in ur opinion, the worst or one off the worst ones in London?

Bit off topic, i know..sorry for that

South London. All of it.

I was seeing/shagging this girl who lived in Kilburn, ended up @ here place a few times, quite drunk @ night.

Although not south-london that area wasn't nice to hang out @ night time but by daytime it was allright (besides the lack of sleep and hangovers)

its gotta be pompey guildhall 84,i got mugged by 2 youths,the 1 had a sea fishing rod & the other kept talking bout a spit roasting......thank fcuk i got out alive

Big Clive wrote:

El Jarvo wrote: Ha ha. I had my Norn Iron mate Mike with me (staunch Prod).

He would not open his mouth for fear of someone clocking his accent.

Belo Horzonte was rougher. They wouldn't leave our tickets on the door cos they couldn't work out which local militia were controlling the event. They had to be delivered to our hotel before the gig. The concert took place in Cruzeiro's ground.

Yep 118 gigs & Belo Horizonte. It was scary just standing in the grandstand watching the support band (Brazils answer to UB40 !) When New Order got goin it was fine down the front, but scary again on the wayout!

Buenos Aires.

confusion wrote:

Big Clive wrote:

El Jarvo wrote: Ha ha. I had my Norn Iron mate Mike with me (staunch Prod).

He would not open his mouth for fear of someone clocking his accent.

Belo Horzonte was rougher. They wouldn't leave our tickets on the door cos they couldn't work out which local militia were controlling the event. They had to be delivered to our hotel before the gig. The concert took place in Cruzeiro's ground.

Yep 118 gigs & Belo Horizonte. It was scary just standing in the grandstand watching the support band (Brazils answer to UB40 !) When New Order got goin it was fine down the front, but scary again on the wayout!

Buenos Aires.

oh yeah 4got u got robbed

seriously thou,hav 2 agree wiv Al,Barrowlands was scary,i had 2go straight 2gig with all my gear,even taxi driver warnd me bout the place,Bairds was an experiance,i'm sure the barman had tears tatooed down his cheeks & Belo Horizonte was moody 2,especially the taxi ride 2venue,down some scary back lanes etc........

Click here for more views on Baird's.. It might be wise to know your Joe McDonnell from your Arthur Griffith there.

South London rough? Some of it is. Generally the further east you go in London, the rougher it gets (says he who's from the leafy, pleasant and altogether quite dull south-west!).

'WELSHCAKE' wrote: its gotta be pompey guildhall 84,i got mugged by 2 youths,the 1 had a sea fishing rod & the other kept talking bout a spit roasting......thank fcuk i got out alive

is one of em in this pic?

Big Clive wrote:

'WELSHCAKE' wrote: its gotta be pompey guildhall 84,i got mugged by 2 youths,the 1 had a sea fishing rod & the other kept talking bout a spit roasting......thank fcuk i got out alive

is one of em in this pic?

thats the geezer....the 1 on the left the other look a tad shady mind