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Fuck, it was awesome. I just got back, it's 5:25am now.

Big shout out to Digital, Will [singer of Re:order, I hope I got your name right], the bassist of Re:order [fuck, I'm terrible with names] and Steve [guy from California].

I arrived about 8:40pm, stood by the bar for a bit. I think I freaked Tim and said something about fighting with the mic from the last gig, which I knew was him being electrocuted from a post on the Spread Eagle thread.

Before Digital started, I sat next to Steve who came from California. They opened with Who's Joe? which I hadn't heard yet and asked what it was. I have the set list somewhere but I think I made an error or two trying to correct it. The first set was good, mainly New Order tracks. Steve had to leave after the song dedicated to him - Sunrise, which I didn't recognize! I recognized Lonesome Tonight [listened to Substance too much] but couldn't place a name on it, thanks Steve [again :D]. I still see no thread by you Steve, hahaha!

A bit before Steve left, Will was talking to me after recognizing me, must've been the description I left on the forum or something! I made him buy me a drink or two or three, I forgot. And cheers Steve for the drink too! Will was telling me about Re:order and about gigging. And about one gig in front of four people with the rest all stood at the back. And Scunthorpe being the musical capital of the world. :evil4:

For the second set, Will & I sat with the bassist of Re:order, whose name eludes me, his wife and some other guy whose name I forgot [sorry!]. The second set was awesome, they played Atmosphere, 24 Hours, Interzone amongst others, I'll put a setlist up at the end of the review. Warsaw had the bassist from Re:order on vocals too. However, at one point Tim just took the mic off the stand and he looked puzzled as how we was to sing. Still awesome, and he posed for the camera with his arms in the air. Digital kept toying with us towards the end, they said Decades was their closer [some cheesy joke about it being the closer of Closer and tonight], then they played Ceremony. I'm sure they played LWTUA between the two songs. After Ceremony, it was Procession [again] but it's a great song anyway. They decided to finish with a short improv of VU's "Sister Ray". Apparently, the drummer hates playing the song. I didn't hear many of the lyrics and I was waiting for the whole line of "I do not have the time-time, she's too busy sucking on my ding-dong". I remember they did the second half of the song.

I also forgot to mention the guy with the mullet, who danced a lot and was completely hammered, even before the gig. Digital say he was at the soundcheck too. Speaking of getting in, I'm glad they didn't ask for the entry fee, because that would mean less drink.

After the gig, I got to sit with the band and the guitarist's wife [fuck, I am useless with names tonight!]. Cheers for the drink, I know you read the forums, like you said! There was some disco thing for two hours solid after Digital finished. Highlights included some thing where we made a circle and jumped up and down to Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man" and doing the Barney dance to "Bizarre Love Triangle". My memory is quite hazy of the disco but I remember it being hot and funny. Haha. And Tim was singing into a lamp at the beginning of the disco.

I helped Digital load their van, I remember being a bit pissed and singing songs like Dreams Never End whilst loading the van. I also received the setlists, a drum stick [the drummer signed the other one and gave it to someone, who I forgot] and a lift to Victoria. Much appreciated for the lift, I didn't know the Underground would be closed at 3am! When I got to Victoria, I wasn't allowed in until 3:45am, which sucked. I made some new friends for the journey anyway, which was a laugh.

Once again, thanks to those who bought me drinks, Digital and half of Re:order, and those who made the evening awesome. :thumb:

Set lists: [#1] Who's Joe? Age Of Consent Procession Lonesome Tonight New Dawn Fades (was meant to be Passover but said you'd skip it) 24 Hours Sound Of Music Dreams Never End [Jim on vocals] In A Lonely Place Sunrise [dedicated to Steve]

[#2] Incubation Transmission Novelty ["if you have the 7" and flip it over..."] Wilderness A Means To An End [with a messed up intro and restarted :evil4:] Heart & Soul Atmosphere [no whoops, thanks!] Exercise One Warsaw [bassist of Re:order helping] The Only Mistake Shadowplay She's Lost Control [some guy in the audience shouted for it and somehow it was next] Interzone [Jim on lead vocals] Decades Love Will Tear Us Apart [everyone got up and danced] Ceremony [carried on dancing] Procession Sister Ray [short version]

Someone was taping it. I remember the singer of Re:order telling me that the tape ran out near the end and that he had Richard from Richard and Judy on one side of his tape in his dressing room, probably naked, but who knows? :evil4:

Overall, it was excellent.

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Cheers Marc, glad you managed to remember some of the night's events!

It took us 3 3/4 hours to get to the venue, and when we arrived we were greeted by Wasim(ple) (where did you get "Steve" from Marc?) - anyone who travels from California to hear Jim Reilly Jim Reilly sing has to be worth a place on the guest list!

Good turn out, nicely reflected in the payout :thumb:

Technical problems - my autocue (part pose, part because there were 12 songs we'd not played before on the setlist, and that's a lot of new lyrics!) broke down during the soundcheck. Managed to borrow a laptop, but that died during Transmission, so I was cueless and clueless for the rest of the set.

First set:

Who's Joe (world premiere) Age of Consent (Digital debut) Procession Lonesome Tonight (introduced as an Elvis cover) New Dawn Fades Twenty Four Hours The Sound Of Music (Digital debut, introduced as a song from Switzerland) Dreams Never End (Digital debut, featuring Jim on vocals) In A Lonely Place (Digital debut) Sunrise (Digital debut, dedicated to Wasim)

Second set:

Incubation Transmission (broke string in second riff!!) Novelty ("hands up who's got the Transmission single. Flip it over". Digital debut) Wilderness Disorder A Means To An End #1 (bass player on wrong string :laugh: ) A Means To An End #2 Heart And Soul (Digital debut) Atmosphere (dedicated to the victims of the London bombings) Exercise One Warsaw (featuring Hooky's Six String Bass on guest vocals - Digital debut) The Only Mistake (Digital debut) Shadowplay ("any requests.....") She's Lost Control Interzone (Digital debut) Decades LWTUA Ceremony Procession (reprise at popular request)

Sister Ray

Big thanks to Will, Ian and Jane from Re: Order for their support (and Ian for his backing vocals on Warsaw), to Wasim, Marc and all those who made this a night to remember. The top shout out goes to John from AllManna and his team of helpers, who put on a great night. Best night out in ages!

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I don't know where I got the name Steve. When I asked his name, the DJ was so friggin' loud. =/

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Hello, I'm Steve from California, also known as Wasim - was impossible to hear you with all the music so no surprise you didnt catch my name which is a difficult one at the best of times!

Cheers Marc, great little review there. Sorry that fella was blocking your view with his arse in your face for half the nite but it made me laugh anyway. ;) Also sorry I could barely hear a word you said ("I'll have a JD + coke" what? "JD + coke" WHAT!?) :laugh:

I had a brilliant time and I'm glad I didn't let what happened the other day on the tube stop me. Digital were, and I'm not just saying this, first class, nailing the songs even though they were having trouble with their autocue.

Big thanks to Tim for among many things making me feel welcome. I wish I could have stayed the whole night but I had a worried mother waiting up for me in Putney! :rolleyes: :)

Also cheers to Jim Reilly, Phil C, Hooky's 6 String Bass and Re : order's singer (sorry didn't catch your names) and the woman at Digital's table pre-gig who was very friendly and offered to have the band sign my cd (cheers!).

If anyone has a recording or pictures do please share them :)

THANKS for a great night, hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as I did, hope to catch Digital / re : order again soon.

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Marc wrote: I don't know where I got the name Steve. When I asked his name, the DJ was so friggin' loud. =/

I suppose the "sim" part of my name could sound a bit like Steve. No worries anyway mate!

The gig is also being talked about on JDC here

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Cool, I have a JDC account too. There were some digital photo pictures, I think the bassist of Re:order had a camera. And his wife took a picture of him onstage during Warsaw. It was good to meet you and I agree, my voice is way too quiet. I'm glad you had a good time. And the guy with the mullet... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Who the hell still has mullets these days anyway [other than Germans but they're mostly weird :P]?

Oh, and I hope you like your JD - ULU bootleg.

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And most of it was taped by someone, I think it was the singer of Re:order who was taping it. I think I mentioned it in the first post. I don't think he wanted to tape over his Richard Madeley in the dressing room tape though for some reason. :confused2:

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Great night boys, superb set list really enjoyed it.The Warsaw bit was a good laugh... shame i couldn't remember all the lyrics, still it was a great crack many thanks Good to meet you Marc and wasim. Tim i'll email you the piccys i took once i've downloaded them.Well done boys:clap:

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Hooky's Six String Bass wrote: Great night boys, superb set list really enjoyed it.The Warsaw bit was a good laugh... shame i couldn't remember all the lyrics, still it was a great crack many thanks Good to meet you Marc and wasim. Tim i'll email you the piccys i took once i've downloaded them.Well done boys:clap:

Good to meet you too. I didn't think you had to do much for the lyrics anyway except for the 31G part. :evil4: Still a great laugh. :D

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nice one lads

Surprised to see that some of the songs I heard last nite were being played for the first time because they were flawless - especially Sunrise (one of my favourite songs dedicated to me made my nite!)

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That gig makes me want to see Digital or Re:order live again soon. Digital don't have any planned as far as I know. I want to see Re:order in Scunthorpe [ROCK CAPITAL OF THE FRIGGIN' WORLD] as that's the next gig and two after that are when I'm in Aston [Birmingham]. If it's possible, can I be like a roadie for that gig, you choose how much you want to pay me, I'd even help set up and everything for a bottle of JD, a bottle of coke, a bottle of water and a free entry to the gig. :rofl: I'll also help out with the partying, the drinking after the gig, I'll sleep on the floor and I'll only have a small backpack for my stuff. :thumb: It just sounds awesome but I feel I have my hopes up too high.

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We won't be doing any gigs until September, as we've decided to let Jim Reilly Jim Reilly go away on holiday for a while. We'll only let him back if he can work out the lyrics to Dreams Never End!

I'll keep everyone posted of where and when we will be appearing.

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oldmonkey wrote:

Technical problems - my autocue

how apropos! ;)

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AgentWood wrote:

oldmonkey wrote:

Technical problems - my autocue

how apropos! ;)

I know, it just about summed up how my luck has been going recently with New Order-related things! At least my luck held on Thursday morning though, the train I was getting off at 8.50 was at Victoria not Kings Cross.

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That was lucky. Glad you're safe. What time did the band get back after their drive to Gillingham? And anyone who gets as sweaty as Jim did at the gig deserves a break! :evil4:

Has anyone heard about that other tribute band called Unknown Pleasures? I saw some advert on the JDC boards about them playing on the 23rd. I'm hoping the singer of Re:order would be there because he likes to see other tribute bands to see how they perform or something. The drink made me forget what he said but it was something like that.

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Would you have a kebab five minutes after fillet steak? :laugh:

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Haha. :evil4: I'm just curious to know what they sound like in comparison to Digital and Re:order.

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oldmonkey wrote: Would you have a kebab five minutes after fillet steak? :laugh:

:abovelol: :abovelol:

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