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Following on from the favourite tour thread.
Here's what you do. Pick your favourite gig through each of the years New Order have toured, starting in 1980 going through 1993 (excluding 88, 91, 92) and 98, 01, 05. Obviously only those with bootleg collections or long experience following the band can have a go, but fill in whatever years you can. Could be interesting.
I'll have a go at mine a bit later.
1981 Glastonbury
The band was all fucked up. Bernard totally misses all the lyrics after about the fourth song. Great improvization on his part. A mega rendition of EGG to make hippies hate life. In A Lonely Place and the Him are played. veritcal guitar playing pioneered by Barney.
1982 Union Hall, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
Great mixture of Movement, early electros--Hurt, Temptaion-- and PC&Ls. Typical equipment snafus with YSF and the new tune Blue Monday. Bernard getting pissy with the punters.
1983 Tower Ballroom Birmingham, UK
LWTUA--listen to the crowd sing the tune before Barney begins the vocals! No wonder they turned this into an anthem and he shouts "COME ON!"
1984 sTUDIO 54 BARCELONA
Perhaps their finest performance ever.
1985 Fox theatre, Atlanta, GA 8/11/1985 (?)
01 Sunrise 02 Sooner Than You Think 03 Subculture 04 Age Of Consent 05 As It Is When It Was 06 Hurt 07 5 8 6 08 Chosen Time 09 Temptation 10 The Perfect Kiss 11 Confusion
Not a bad song on the list. The first 6 knock me on my ass everytime I hear it. Confusion actually sounded good. Barney's vocals were ace. Of course this gig lives in infamy for the trainwreck of Chosen Time but that just show's the band's human side--they fuck up. The only negative thing I can say about this gig is that they did not debut any new songs.
Jesus Wasim, I'll finish later.
Do you want us to pick from shows we've attended or should we include those we've just heard recordings of?
There were gigs in 1988, by the way.
80 Boston Underground 81 Glasnost 82 Rolling Stone, Milan 83 Tiffany's Glasgow 84 Studio 54, Barcelona 85 Glasgow Barrowlands 86 SFX Hall, Dublin 87 Finsbury Park Supertent 88 G-Mex 89 Reading Festival 93 Reading Festival 98 Manchester Apollo 01 Liverpool Olympia 02 Move Festival 05 Primavera Festival, Barcelona
Some tough choices to make there! In 82 I could easily have gone for the Athens Arena Greece or Paris in November, In 83 there is a favourite boot of the Paradise Garage in New York, 85 could have been the WOMAD Festival, Melbourne Powerhouse or the first show at the Hac in December, 87 could have been Woolwich Coronet, Brixton Academy or Wembley Arena, 89 there were a few good US soundboards, 98 could easily have been Reading as well to complete the hat-trick and this year there were several choices to pick, espescially as E/G/G was re-introduced.
1980 Underground - Boston 1981 Glastonbury ( I was there ) 1982 Bologna - Italy ( Hurt ) 1983 Tower Ballroom ( I was there ) 1984 Royal Festival Hall ( I was there ) 1985 Hammersmith Palais ( I was there ) 1986 Town and Country Club - London 1987 Woolwich Coronet ( Iwas there ) 1988 Manchester Exhibition Centre 1989 NEC - B'ham ( I was there ) 1993 Montreux 1998 Reading ( I was there ) 2001 Liverpool Olympia ( I was there ) 2002 Finsbury Park ( I was there ) 2005 Manchester Apollo ( we were all there )
1980 - Manchester Squat 1981 - Manchester Ritz 1982 - Bologna Palasport 1983 - Fullerton Fantasy 1984 - Leicester Palais 1985 - Birmingham Tower Ballroom 1986 - Birmingham Tower Ballroom 1987 - Woolwich Coronet 1988 - the Brazilian one that sounds quite good 1989 - Reading Festival 1993 - Dublin Point Theatre 1998 - Manchester Apollo 2001 - Liverpool Olympia 2002 - Paris Le Zenith 2005 - Brixton Academy
Not a huge bootleg collection so going on live experience only;
1986 10th Summer 1987 Brixton Academy 1988 GMex 1989 Reading 1993 Lorely 1998 MEN (only one I got to!) 2001 Apollo 2002 Old Trafford 2005 Hyde Park - for an ace day out.
Points of Order - 'cause we'll never agree.
Shug 1987 Wembley, even a mention of it? 
Tim 1993 Dublin. Have never heard a recording of this but from what I remember it was pretty shambolic. Then again so was I.
Mike 1989 NEC. Surely you meant SECC? Still went with Reading though.
James Thomas wrote: Not a huge bootleg collection so going on live experience only;
1986 10th Summer 1987 Brixton Academy 1988 GMex 1989 Reading 1993 Lorely 1998 MEN (only one I got to!) 2001 Apollo 2002 Old Trafford 2005 Hyde Park - for an ace day out.
Points of Order - 'cause we'll never agree. Shug 1987 Wembley, even a mention of it?
Where are all my boots then? Good list JT I'll add 85 Sheffield octagon 86 10th Summer 87 Sheffield Roxy 88 G MEX 89 Reading 93 None that i was at 98 Reading (Jim you were at this one as well) 01 Apollo 05 Chicago
Shit yes, draw a line through MEN and put Reading in. Your Boots are safe! Have a good New Year - working it?
Will drop you a line this afternoon.
James Thomas wrote: Not a huge Shug 1987 Wembley, even a mention of it?
Twas one of the first boots I ever bought, I can remember going round Baldrick's to dog school (we were 14 or 15 )
Can remember Barney giving it banter through the show and something about "Are there any Man U fans here" taunting the cockneys. Oh, and a fookin brilliant BLT.
1986 Glasgow Barrowlands. 1987 Glasgow Barrowlands. 1989 Glasgow SSEC. 1993 Reading. 1998 MCR Apollo. 2001 Glasgow Barrowlands. 2002 MCR Old Trafford. 2005 MCR Apollo.
I attended all these and they were super cool.
But there are loads of other cool show's on bootleg, the list is endless.
Andy wrote: Do you want us to pick from shows we've attended or should we include those we've just heard recordings of?
There were gigs in 1988, by the way.
either/or
thanks, theres a whole in my collection where 88 should be
81 SO36 Club, Berlin 82 Futurama Four, Deeside 83 Paradise Garage, New York 84 Royal Festival Hall, London 85 Central Polytechnic, London 86 Tower Ballroom, Birmingham 87 Finsbury Park, London 88 G-Mex, Manchester 89 Reading Festival 93 Point, Dublin 98 Apollo, Manchester 01 Olympia, Liverpool 02 Old Trafford, Manchester 05 Brixton Academy, London
digital mike binoche wrote: Tim, did you ever send those 2005 gig's i need?
Regards
Mike
Probably not. Ain't been at home for nearly a month to access my copies, let alone copy any!
James Thomas wrote:
Tim 1993 Dublin. Have never heard a recording of this but from what I remember it was pretty shambolic. Then again so was I.
It was indeed, but at least it was them back on stage - thought it would never happen!
oldmonkey wrote:
James Thomas wrote:
Tim 1993 Dublin. Have never heard a recording of this but from what I remember it was pretty shambolic. Then again so was I.
It was indeed, but at least it was them back on stage - thought it would never happen!
Exactly, my sentiments also. First away fixture aswell. Never forget the stampede from the upstairs bar when we heard the opening strains of Regret. We all thought they were on last after Hothouse Flowers. Terrible gig though, short and not so sweet.
John Sludden wrote:
81 SO36 Club, Berlin 82 Futurama Four, Deeside 83 Paradise Garage, New York 84 Royal Festival Hall, London 85 Central Polytechnic, London 86 Tower Ballroom, Birmingham 87 Finsbury Park, London 88 G-Mex, Manchester 89 Reading Festival 93 Point, Dublin 98 Apollo, Manchester 01 Olympia, Liverpool 02 Old Trafford, Manchester 05 Brixton Academy, London
You Sir have impeccable taste
1980: Scamps (Steve actually sounds decent on "Truth") 1981: Berlin, Germany (Fucking Berlin audience!) 1982: Seinäjoki, Finland (for sentimental reasons and stuff. And for the early "586".) 1983: I-Beam, CA (great debut for "Thieves) 1984: Royal Festival Hall (if only for "Cock" and "Decades") 1985: Leuven ("Let's Go" + orchestral "Blue Monday") 1986: Tower Ballroom/TACC (tie, TACC has the best "TPK" that I've heard) 1987: Selina's, AUS 1988: haven't heard any. 1989: SECCstasy 1993: Loreley Bizarre Festival, Germany (probably because Barney fucks up "World") 1998: Apollo (bye to "Confusion" and "IALP") 2001: Cologne, Germany (just for the banter really) 2002: Old Trafford 2005: Apollo
1981 - CHORLEY Tatton Community Centre.
Any other gigs ROCKET didn't attend.
FAVOURITE EVER
Finsbury KFC BARGAIN BUCKET tour 2002.It was a KNOCKOUT!
1980 The Squat, Manchester 1981 SO36, Berlin 1982 Rollingstone, Milan 1983 Recreation Centre, Tolworth 1984 Studio 54, Barcelona 1985 Barrowlands, Glasgow 1986 Tower Ballroom, Birmingham 1987 Brixton Academy, London 1988 Gigantinho, Porto Alegre 1989 Irvine Meadows, Irvine 1993 Reading Festival, Reading 1998 Apollo, Manchester 2001 Brixton Academy, London (third night) 2002 Finsbury Park, London 2005 Apollo, Manchester
third night at brixton? that the one with hookys solo at the end?
i thought the first night was better - (not listened to any boots of them mind)
hibster wrote: third night at brixton? that the one with hookys solo at the end?
That's the one. 
hibster wrote: i thought the first night was better - (not listened to any boots of them mind)
I've missed this one, I was able to attend just the second and third nights. :(
hibster wrote: oh & who do i have to kill to get a copy of the studio 54 one?
I believe this gig was weeded over a year ago. Haven't got a copy myself either, will have to ressurect the thread.
One Brain wrote:
hibster wrote: third night at brixton? that the one with hookys solo at the end?
That's the one.
hibster wrote: i thought the first night was better - (not listened to any boots of them mind)
I've missed this one, I was able to attend just the second and third nights. :(
ah the second was defo the worst one IMO (though was nice to see the fuck ups return)!
