New Order today played a concert for children at a Salford Special School. Was featured on North West Tonight. Brief interview with Hooky and Steve, showed footage of Blue Monday and a teacher dancing to Regret.
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Hank Wiseass© wrote: showed footage of Blue Monday and a teacher dancing to Regret.
A teacher dancing to Regret? That's just made me larf out loud cos I know 2 lads who still do a lot of gigs, and are teachers, and I could just see NO turning up at their schools. They'd be kicking off and throwing little children around!
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Hope it's my school next, weve got more 'special needs' kids than 'normal' kids.
I'd be going ballistic to not just Regret 
Sorry lads and lasses, but unfortunately that was me dancing to regret, not actually seen it yet, but what a fcukin performance, it was out of this world, you should have been there top class, well done NO
NOPAUL wrote: Sorry lads and lasses, but unfortunately that was me dancing to regret, not actually seen it yet, but what a fcukin performance, it was out of this world, you should have been there top class, well done NO
where's your photo's, you did get some didn't you?
Bunch of lucky buggers, best I got when I was at school was a half irish teacher playing the penny whistle.
We were only allowed to have one camera and that has been kept out of reach until we have downloaded the pics, s at the mo no, although i have a pic of them sound testing on my phone, but they were great to the kids!!!
New Order help school celebrate success
Polly Curtis, education correspondent Friday November 18, 2005
When headteacher Janis Triska received an outstanding Ofsted report for Oakwood high school in Manchester, it took her a while to ponder how to celebrate best with her pupils. She put pen to paper and wrote to every famous person with local links she could think of inviting them to come and visit. This afternoon Manchester legends New Order took up that invitation and played a surprise gig for the school's pupils and the media. Bernard Sumner, the band's guitarist and singer, visited the school earlier this year and was so impressed he reportedly told Ms Triska he'd do whatever they wanted to help.
Oakwood high in Ellesmere Park, Eccles, is a special school for pupils with learning difficulties. Its Ofsted report this summer praised the school's breadth of curriculum, community links and the relationships between staff and pupils.
This afternoon Ms Triska was dancing in the assembly hall to New Order classics such as Blue Monday and Bizarre Love Triangle.
"It's been fabulous. I can't begin to describe what's happened. The children have had a whale of a time and it's so richly deserved for them and the staff who have worked equally as hard for the Ofsted inspection," she told EducationGuardian.co.uk after the gig ended. "The roadies are coming back in to do a talk to Year 10 and 12 about jobs in the industry and Bernie said he'd be coming back. The kids might not have known who they were before, but they all certainly do now."
Once the band had agreed to the gig, their management brought in public relations consultant Sara Teiger who had the tricky job of telling the world about the gig. The school specifically asked for publicity to promote its success following the Ofsted report, but could not release the news until after New Order had left the school at 4.30pm today for fear that they would be mobbed.
"Some of the staff have been playing New Order in the classrooms since eight o'clock this morning. It's the 30-something staff that are going mad about it. Some of the pupils say that their dads were going mad when they heard."
God bless them. Shows what kind of people they are. I wonder if Bono, Bob Geldof or Chris Martin would do the same thing?
John Cains wrote: God bless them. Shows what kind of people they are. I wonder if Bono, Bob Geldof or Chris Martin would do the same thing?
Probably not - they just concentrate on eradicating world poverty and such.
Angel with a Catapult wrote:
John Cains wrote: God bless them. Shows what kind of people they are. I wonder if Bono, Bob Geldof or Chris Martin would do the same thing?
Probably not - they just concentrate on eradicating world poverty and such.
What a heart warming story. Good on the band for giving something to such a worthy cause.
You never know. They may also have been scouting for a new promotions manager/manageress!!!
Angel with a Catapult wrote:
John Cains wrote: God bless them. Shows what kind of people they are. I wonder if Bono, Bob Geldof or Chris Martin would do the same thing?
Probably not - they just concentrate on eradicating world poverty and such.
Charity Begins at home, and Bongo looks awful fookin rich to me. Sir Bob is da man tho :)
