Hi there !
I just got back from the Cologne-Gig where New Order supported Robbie Williams. I thought the faster you get info about it the better ;-) But first some words about the other support acts. "JJ72", well to me nothing more than a bad Placebo-Rip-Off. "ASH" did a good job and played a fast set through most of their singles, but had a horrible live sound... Now to New Order. Well, everyone who thought it was a bad idea to play support for Robbie Williams was fucking RIGHT !!! They entered the stage as a four piece, no Billy Corgan and no Gillian. They started with "Atmosphere" while the background music was still playing...not a very fine beginning. They had massive sound problems. You couldn't hear the keyboards in Regret and Crystal was totally messed up... but i guess halfway through the set they gave up complaining about the bad sound and just wanted to get it over. Not much reaction from the audience, but Barney made a fun out of it and introduced "Your silent face" as a "bavarian love song". Stephen looked quite bored and Hooky got pissed by the lame audience. After ten songs everything was over. Barney announced that they'll be back soon...hopefully with their own headlining-tour.
Here's the setlist:
- Atmosphere
- Regret
- Crystal
- Love will tear us apart
- Your silent face
- Bizarre Love Triangle
- Touched by the hand of god
- Temptation
- 60 mph
- Blue Monday
No True Faith and no Isolation !!!
Good night, bye Marco