Worst Gigs

Chris Nash wrote: I suppose everyone has their own take on things, but:

Wembley - I thoroughly enjoyed (perhaps because my brother managed to get tickets in the second row in front of the stage, slap bang in the middle)

Alexandra Palace - I loved the gig until that Happy Mondays cnut got up and spoiled it - the journey home on the night bus wasn't too good either - a 60 year old vegetarian lesbian in an orange jumpsuit puking lentils and alcohol all over the bus and the other passengers... at 4am and I remember thinking if she puked again I'd do the same. The g/f at the time complaining like fcuk and getting home (eventually) around 8am.

At least I saw New Order again...

I didn't know MIKE was on the bus.And it is a SHIRT!

I didn't know MIKE wa on the bus.And it is a SHIRT!

That's a bit Harsh Mick !

Glasgow Tiffany's 83 was pretty shite, I mean fancy subjecting us to Blue Monday TWICE

Newcastle Mayfair 1986. Geordies throwing pints off the balcony, pretty poor performance.

Dublin 1993 (only saving grace about the gig was they were back, just wish we had NOOL back then, I spent all day on a solitary pub crawl around Dublin - leathered).

NEC 1989, just didn't match the previous night.

oldmonkey wrote: That was one of the better songs at both those two gigs though! I rather liked the embryonic Face Up, far better than the flat thing they churned out after Low Life was recorded, anyway.

That whole August 84 tour was a tremendous experience, the likes of which we will never see again, for sure. More's the pity.

Tim, did you go to all of the 'tour'?,guess you did. I only managed three dates doh!

Margate/Chippenham : playing Chosen Time and Senses back to back at both gigs struck me as being lazy (different set lists please!).

Brighton 86, another boring gig.

NEC 1989, just didn't match the previous night.

The SECC was better, though I lost me shoe when they opened with Mr Disco.

Montpellier(France)89 wasn't a very good one.Maybe the worst gig i've ever seen...It was a little bit strange for the fan i was since 1980 and for my first"physical" meeting with the group...U can read it in my review on WIM

I don't visit the Darkside ( World in Motion )

Diggy Mike wrote: I don't visit the Darkside ( World in Motion )

why ? u should take a walk on the dark side, too

Chris Nash wrote: a 60 year old vegetarian lesbian in an orange jumpsuit puking lentils and alcohol all over the bus and the other passengers

i'm impressed you got a close enough look to see what, exactly, she'd been eating that day.

Solitude wrote:

oldmonkey wrote: That was one of the better songs at both those two gigs though! I rather liked the embryonic Face Up, far better than the flat thing they churned out after Low Life was recorded, anyway.

That whole August 84 tour was a tremendous experience, the likes of which we will never see again, for sure. More's the pity.

Tim, did you go to all of the 'tour'?,guess you did. I only managed three dates doh!

Margate/Chippenham : playing Chosen Time and Senses back to back at both gigs struck me as being lazy (different set lists please!).

Still got the poster for that tour - '3.50 all concerts except Chippenham 4 quid' it says. The extra 50p would be for the drum solo before Age of Consent while they were figuring out why the bass wasnt working probably...! Never figured out why they played Gloucester then Margate the next night then back over for Chippenham a couple of days later. They were good in retrospect - Sunrise was up and running and Sooner Than You Think too with better lyrics than the studio go - gave me a bit of faith there was life after Confusion.

For me, the worst gig was DUBLIN during the Crystal tour when they supported Chilli Peppers. What a bollocks day that was. No one liked them and we were all fucking fenced out with those stupid steel stadium barrier nonsense.. Cologne supporting Williams was excellent for me as I think I was one of the few NOOLs down the very front going mental with all the Robbie fans looking at me as if I had 3 heads. NYE Ali Pali was brilliant for all the Heart & Soul and countdown to transmission but the biggest downer was A.....it is miles from anywhere but Al's house and B. you COULD NOT get near the bar. It was about 12 deep. Absolute shambles.

:bag:

Unfortunately, I've never been to a NO gig. The last time they came to Colorado was '89 w/ Sugarcubes & PIL. I was in junior high school w/ some older friends who were going. I asked my parents if I could go. They wouldn't let me because it was a school night.

i have only been to three NO gigs, and they were all great. i have a few dogy ones on disk, but i am sure i would have enjoyed them just for the experience.

MENA 98 was the worst I've seen, but the last night in Brixton (the one with the drunk wanker shouting and punching people who then collapsed unconscious in the pit) was fairly blah.

MENA 98 felt like them saying "Well, the Apollo was great, let's do it again in a big place", and it didn't quite work.

Wembley 87 and GMEX 88

You're having the proverbial tin bath here aren't you? First up: went with a long-time Orderite mate from Bradford and had a corking night. Right across from me on the other side of the arena was the bloke I only ever saw when they played Temptation. God only knows what he did during the rest of their sets because he only became apparent during Temptation, which was partly down to him being stripped to the waist during it and giving it loads. Tout outside was offering tickets for "Warsaw". It was the first time I'd heard them play LWTUA live. Magnificent and even better than the Albert Hall the previous year.

Following year: living in Leeds, picked up aforementioned Bradfordian and drove the M62 in a thick blizzard with only one wiper working. Top gig with the Mondays and ACR on the bill. Lasers, brilliant setlist and the sequencer even worked for Fine Time, the current single. Happy fucking Christmas!

All of Brixtons gigs I thought were superb :bag: