French TV show on Canal Plus

NO recorded a show for French TV tonight.

Setlist was :

• Jetstream
• Hey Now What You Doing
• Waiting For The Sirens Call
• Krafty
• Crystal
• Love Will Tear Us Apart
• Regret
• Temptation

Encore (actually, they had to re-record those songs   )

• Regret (Barney breaks a chord on his guitar  )
• Regret
• Love Will Tear Us Apart

The show will be broadcasted in april (maybe not all the tracks).

They play Les Vieilles Charrues in july (French festival in Brittany) Hooky comes to the Rex Club in Paris for a DJ set on April 14th Everything's Gone Green is likely to be played for the next concerts!!! The Perfect Kiss won't

Bummer on TPK, but rehearsing Temptation. Now that's the cat's ass right there.

Great news about EGG. Hopefully it'll be on the Oakland set list. I really really wanted them to play TPK though.

And I want EGG segueing into Temptation!

Great news indeed and please French mates tape the show. I'd like EGG mixed into 586 and then Blue Monday to make clear how the chord progression changed in its evolution...

Excellent! A couple of questions:

nicomuc, were you at the taping?

who did the backing vocals during Jetsream?

how did they sound?

how do you know about EGG?

Fantastic news!!!

I was right about which Sirens'  songs they would play!

Egg!!!! I cant wait!

yeah - how do you know about egg?

that'd be awesome - never seen them do that live before

hibster wrote:

yeah - how do you know about egg?

Because he attended the recording and that's what they said. Currently an amusing thread on this subject on the French forum. Digital Mike seems blissfully unaware that the programme hasn't been aired yet, but still keeps asking for a copy...

Excellent stuff!!

good barometer of possible summer setlist,

EGG would indeed be fantastic :)

I hope they haven't knocked Ceremony on the head.

Great news

so what's the story with les Vieilles Charrues? There's not much info on their site yet...line-up is announced on april 29, festival takes place  22, 23 and 24th of july...is this a rumour still??

Would Canal Plus be fuzzed out if I tried to watch it?

I'll quickly reply to Charles' questions on nicomuc's behalf:

I estimate there was an audience of about 80 - these things are hard to guess at.  I was one of them, as was nicomuc!

Barney sang both vocal sections for Jetstream, and he made it sound crackin'!

In general, they were very loud and very guitar-driven, but then again the guy from Canal+ (the tv station) said that they had turned up as if they were playing the National Stadium...

I think nicomuc spoke to them afterwards, which is how he got this info - nothing was said about this onstage.

And before anyone asks, no I don't have any recordings available!

huntsman wrote: I hope they haven't knocked Ceremony on the head.

Yeah, me too, but EGG!!??!! It'll shut the lad up who shouts for it BETWEEN EVERY SONG AT EVERY NO GIG I'VE EVER FUCKING BEEN TO if nothing else.

Anyone else fancy that French fest in July?? Sounds like fun to me.....

OK

Some answers now : We talked with a guy from the NO team when we were waiting for the band after the show. (manager?) I asked about TPK and he said the song was in a shortlist for the live shows but has been dropped. That's him who gave the name of EGG. We spoke about the websites too. And when we asked about a possible concert in France, he told us about Les Vieilles Charrues. There is no plans for a tour now, but that doesn't mean it won't happen!

Concerning the French festival, the line-up is announced on April 29th But according to always the same guy and Stephen - who confirmed this when we talked with him later, New Order will definitely play there. http://www.vieillescharrues.asso.fr/festival/affiches.php

The tracks from WFTSC sounds really great live. HNWYD was much better than the studio version imo It was introduced as coming from one of Phil's riff idea. When we discussed later, I told him he seemed to enjoy a lot playing that song and he confirmed that - adding that it was much more fun than playing 3 notes on the keyboard! :D

Barney said about WFTSC that it was probably his favourite track on the album. (I realize we already knew that with the comments the band made on each track of the album...  )

great stuff, cheers

any idea when it'll air? have some friends in france i can get to tape it...

Spotnick wrote:

Nico, you should have asked Hooky about Community, if he managed to finally hear it, we send copies, but we have no idea if they finally got them!

Of course I did!!! :D He knows Community - he calls it the "Canadian one" But I'm not sure wheter he listened to it carefully or not. When I told him I was the one behind the cover of 586, he congratulated me - but I wouldn't say he was totally aware of what we were talking about!!! You should have told me it was an important point, I would have insisted a bit more.

Spotnick wrote:

And the guy you are probably referring to is Andy Robinson, their co-manager... that would explain why he didn't reply to me yet if he was in France ;)

If he smells beer, that's him! Do you have any pics? A very friendly guy, by the way

Spotnick wrote:

Is Phil implying that Gillian could only play 3 notes?

Not really. The songs he plays live on keyboards don't request huge skills. I understand that for a guitarist, it may be boring to play the keyboard part on Love Will Tear Us Apart and Temptation.

hibster wrote:

have some friends in france i can get to tape it...

Probably best place for friends of yours, Dave!

That's him

Someone will trawl through the archives.

When was the last time EGG was played live.??

For me it was a cracking version at Malvern about 4000 years ago.

I really hope they play it at Coachella for Jarvo and his mob ...Fantastic

That's the last date (Berkeley 2nd night) that we know of, anyway. It may have been played at any of the Brazilian dates we don't have full setlist info for, or maybe the Moscow gig in early 89. We just don't know. It'll be a worthy inclusion into the set again though, especially if it is the 15 minute version from 1981!!!!!

yes yes, egg etc, but when is this show being aired?

Spotnick wrote:

hibster wrote: yes yes, egg etc, but when is this show being aired?

April 4th to April 9th

Confirmed by Warner Musique France.

More precisely :

1 track each day on the week of april 4th It's on CANAL + at 6:30 pm

The complete concert (hopefully, they won't cut any track) should be aired on CANAL + DECALE on monday april 4th or 12th (I don't know yet) at 10pm

Don't ask me why it is so complicated...

Complete concert is on april 12th

nicomuc wrote: Complete concert is on april 12th

Mate, the longest one will be on monday april 11th, with the unbroadcasted tracks probably

;)

I have mixed emotions regarding Everything's Gone Green vs. The Perfect Kiss at the upcoming gigs.  TPK sounds amazing live, but they never really strayed from it's recorded formula after the release of Low-Life.  EGG was a beast live, initially.  Unfortunately, it was played in neutered 4 minute form in it's final outings.

Ideally, they'd alternate between the two from gig to gig, but it appears TPK has been given the ax for now.