Hoping Blackpool will be
Looking forward to what some of the ardcore gig goers say here....
From my limited experience it would be the Move2002 cricket ground show!
Delighted they played YSF as encore
....but no Ceremony
Top fully fuelled weekend that one
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What was your top New order Gig ever?
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So many of em mean something in different ways.
NEC being my first ever gig, Ally Pally 98 seeing in the New Year with Temptation playing, Being part of only 900 for the Peel Tribute etc...
But Reading 98 is hard to beat, 5 years without the old bastards and they blew us away big time!!!! The reworked versions of Touched and BLT plus the bringing back of Joy Division classics. A fucking great gig with the band at the top of their game and in a great mood. The only low point of the night being WIFM ;)
Probably be Barca 05 for me.
I love every New Order gig I go to, but that one stood out from the ones I went to last year.
The crowd was fucking great!! 
Plus, I got to say hello to Iggy Pop 
SFX 1986 - Jan 24th
Everything's Gone Green, Blue Monday, Dreams Never End, Bizarre Love Triangle, Thieves Like Us, Sooner Than You Think, Broken Promise, Subculture, Denial, State of the Nation, The Perfect Kiss
EGG, followed by the best version of BM i've ever come across, & I was stood just below Hooky for the whole gig.
Then being able to wander across O'Connell Bridge the next day & pick up the tape of the gig
Shit this is tough, there's been so many!
Birmingham 86 was my all-time favourite for a good many years, wonderful performance and a really excellent night, topped by a crystal clear recording!
More recently, Paris Zenith 02 was special, first NO gig with the wife, and Brixton and the Apollo last year were just a great craic, so many people together beforehand, and we weren't disappointed by the performances either.
Birmingham 86 was fabtastic! It was my first gig but sadly i had to leave half way through:\ohwell:
My first full gig ,Sheffield Roxy 87,is up there as one of my favourite's
So many though!
Reading 98 was great.After 5 long years it was awesome to see em again!
Brixton last year was pretty good.
But i think i'll go for Sheffield Roxy 87 as my best ever
gmex 88 - fantastic support and dream attack - not much beats it. However- of the recent concerts- Move 2002 was pretty good
Rotters in Doncaster 1985, My 2nd gig, (the 1st being Portsmouth the previous year) but my first right up at the front.
In recent years it has to be QEH
Some of the more [ahem] aggressive ones, I guess? Brixton and Finsbury 87. G-Mex 88. Pick of last year was probably Barca, that one kicked off right royally.
NO :Reading 1981. Blistering Movement set, anti-student rant from Barney, encore with SXXV and a punch-up on the way home. Perfect.
JD : Leeds Univ 1979 on the Buzzcocks tour. Knew they were special before, but this one was......beyond.
Some great gigs already mentioned, brixton and Sheffield 87,reading 98. i have a soft spot for the festival of the tenth summer (if only for mac on ceremony) and sheffield octagon for the first four songs and the only time I saw them play denial. Probably agree with a previous poster though, Sheffield Roxy.
NEC 89 (for my first gig), although Peely tribute night was pretty special (in the moshpit)! :)
Both Brixton and Manc last year were also very good - got the bug to go to (most) of their gigs this year... 
Reading '98 for me too, though less for the band and more for the crowd. Never seen so many happy people in one place before. It really was celebratory. Great, great day.....
:D
My personal Top 5 in reverse Order
No5
Liverpool Olympia 2001
Atmosphere, Slow Jam, Crystal, Regret, Love Vigilantes, Isolation, Your Silent Face, Turn My Way, Close Range, Touched by the Hand of God, Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith, Temptation, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Ruined In A Day, 60 Miles An Hour, Blue Monday
Another great comeback, intimate venue, paid over the odds on ebay for a ticket, but great gig.
No4
Brixton 2005
Ceremony, Love Vigilantes, Crystal, Regret, Krafty, Turn, Transmission, Your Silent Face, Waiting For The Sirens' Call, True Faith, Bizarre Love Triangle, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Temptation, Blue Monday, Shadowplay, Warsaw, She's Lost Control
Fantastic pre gig meet up Great times down the front and all captured on Mini Disc, including Frad's " Age of Con"fucking"sent"
No3
Woolwich Coronet 87
Ceremony, Paradise, Shellshock, Way of Life, Your Silent Face, Every Little Counts, Subculture, Face Up, Temptation, Bizarre Love Triangle, Sunrise, Atmosphere, Do The Ostrich
My first gig back after working abroad for two years, started with Ceremnony and finished with Atmosphere and a storming Do the Ostrich. Oh and what a venue
No2
Tower Ballroom B'ham
Love Will Tear Us Apart, Age of Consent, Blue Monday, Senses, Truth, Leave Me Alone, Denial, Everything's Gone Green, Temptation, Confusion
Amazing venue. Barney with Bundesweir vest and Pernod and Orange Started with Love will Tear us Apart, dedicated to Rob Gretton's Birthday. Also my personal live version of Temptation.
N0.1
Royal Festival Hall
Face Up, Everything's Gone Green, Temptation, Confusion, Your Silent Face, Leave Me Alone, Hurt, Thieves Like Us, Age of Consent, The Perfect Kiss, Decades, Blue Monday
What a great day, I caught all the soundcheck. The venue was great, although seated, but the Gig WOW!
Face Up still sends shivers down my spine, it's like a monster Hooky is trying to control, and HURT awesome, Thieves - ace, and Cock like the 1 - funny and Decades , still probably the boot I play the most.
Hey treasure the memories
Only done 2 gigs..but both were a different experience to the other, even though they were both outdoors and I was with the same crowd of lads an lasses both times.One in Manchester,one in London. Both great and we were all shitfaced all weekend so doubly agreeable it has to be said...
This October I'm really looking forward to an indoor venue at Blackpool,but might have to curb the largin,cos I'm takin the family and staying on, as a makeweight to her indoors if I'm honest...Whatever possesed me to do that?when I know for sure I will be wanting a 2 day proper sesh in Blackpool as mooted by the Redcar Order,who are now making noises about going??
Indoor Venue and Blackpool on the lash.Who could ask for anything more?
It has the potential to be my best gig
I still have'nt heard Ceremony live:( That would be the icing on with a bit of DNE and AOC in for good measure
Boatraceface wrote:
Indoor Venue and Blackpool on the lash.Who could ask for anything more? It has the potential to be my best gig
Blackpool will be my first N.O. gig, I've always tended to stick to watching lesser known bands in smaller venues that way you feel more of a part of it... The fact that I'll be able to meet up and have a drink with some of you lot makes it feel more like a great night out than just 'going to see a show'
Gonna stay over in Blackpool too. Means I can get sozzled and not worry about travelling home.
Should be a great couple of days
Brixton last November for me, superb gig. Finsbury park 2002 is also a bit special for me though because it was my first time seeing New Order live.
Minx wrote:
Boatraceface wrote:
Indoor Venue and Blackpool on the lash.Who could ask for anything more? It has the potential to be my best gig
Blackpool will be my first N.O. gig, I've always tended to stick to watching lesser known bands in smaller venues that way you feel more of a part of it... The fact that I'll be able to meet up and have a drink with some of you lot makes it feel more like a great night out than just 'going to see a show' Gonna stay over in Blackpool too. Means I can get sozzled and not worry about travelling home. Should be a great couple of days
I'm sure you'll have a ball at your first gig
Empress ballroom looks a good venue on my Stone Roses DVD,and on the internet tour.Think it holds about 3000.So not too big,good all round views,and as intimate a venue as could be realistically expect...Tho I like 500 max capacity shows as much as the next man
Having only been to 2 gigs, last year´s Hammerstein Ballroom was a thrill and I loved every minute of it -Highlight meeting other NO fans at the TGI Friday´s. The other being Roskilde festival 1993, good but nothing outstanding.
my first gig was great (as are most first gigs from your favourite bands); that was red rocks in 1989. i also enjoyed the 2001 show in glasgow, as it was my ex's first NO gig and he was excited. they didn't disappoint.
Oakland 85 was great, comatose audience notwithstanding. Great setlist, plus Sister Ray as an encore.
well...mine are probably pretty lame...
but the two that I enjoyed most were Finsbury in 2002 and Oakland last year...
not for the gigs themselves...but from meeting up with the NOOLers...
