WORST New Order gig you ever attended ...

LIVERpool.............BASTARDS-and i MISSED the PERFECT KISSoff. :D

Dance Dance Dance to the yer way outside

2nd night of Brixton 2001 where they did "Ruined In A Day". Not very inspired... nor helped by the setlist printed up on the doors as everyone walked in.

There isn't one. When I've seen NO play live (from 89 onwards)its always been an event. So we always get wasted have a good time so no such thing as a bad gig. In recent years they only play a few dates so its usually been a stop over etc, make a real event of it so they are always good nights. There the only band who have that good mix of seeing a band in concert but instead of just standing around you can dance as well..... ahh,,memories

Lansdowne Road 2002. They didin't headline so most of the crow wasn't theirs.

Gerhard wrote: Lansdowne Road 2002. They didin't headline so most of the crow wasn't theirs.

Didn't the Red Hot Chili Peppers headline that one? The most awful band in the history of music so no wonder it was shite

I'm with the Author on this one

Brixton Ace 83 was utterly FAB however Brixton Academy a few months later was abysmal beyond belief. Don't know about Gillian being off her head but Bernard was totally fucked - drugs or drink - maybe both. Massive dissapointment after their previous epic at Hacienda 4 months earlier. I wonder whether that was the reason , a few months away from performing live (maybe to record 'Low-Life'?) and they became lethrgic and rusty.

Edit: I am a fcukwit- (maybe to record 'Low-Life'?) wrong year!

come on,surely a new order gig without hearing a true new order song( manchester news arena ) wins

Gerhard wrote: Lansdowne Road 2002. They didin't headline so most of the crow wasn't theirs.

Well theres some fucking insight for you

banshee wrote: come on,surely a new order gig without hearing a true new order song( manchester news arena ) wins

Good point... I was there and was gutted there was no New Order stuff. It was still good there.

I can honestly say that every NO gig I have been to I have never left thinking what a waste of money...... I have enjoyed my self every time.

Ally Pally 98', Finsbury Park 02', Hyde Park 05, Brixton 05, MEN 06', Wembely 06'.

I know there is only a handful of gigs there, and I suppose the more you go to, the more chance you have of getting a duff one.

Maybe my next one will say Portsmouth Guildhall 2010.... maybe not :\ohwell:

Totaly by accident. Was supposed to be visiting my nan and ended up at my first ever gig. Womad 85. The band were late on, Bernard seemed to be off his face, the sound was shite and everything seemed to be out of sequence. Loved every minute - wish I had a copy. Worst and best I suppose!

noe merCy wrote: Totaly by accident. Was supposed to be visiting my nan and ended up at my first ever gig. Womad 85. The band were late on, Bernard seemed to be off his face, the sound was shite and everything seemed to be out of sequence. Loved every minute - wish I had a copy. Worst and best I suppose!

Came on to Elegia if I remember and a lightning storm out at sea.............I think I have a cassette bootleg of this gig somewhere bought next day from some stall on site, still have the WOMAD flyer with line up details.

Do you guys remember how cold it was at WOMAD? Typically, Barney went against the grain and was sporting tight shorts and tee-shirt but Gillian was wearing her overcoat. I was shivering whilst attempting to film the event.

womad,,, there was some good shit knocking around that night

had to hassle a lift of the site at 4A.M from the only mini bus in town,,, the order were fine,,,,,,, on drums steve morris.

sunrise......

I've treasured all my gigs, but if I had to choose one then Playhoos Edinburgh 1986 was a pretty pedestrian affair...mainly down to lack of audience participation..me, I didn't help, sat in the seats with the then missus.

james williams wrote: Hollywood Bowl, USA 1993. The set list was horrible with the exception of As It Is When It Was. The band looked and sounded horrible and the sound system wasn't great either.

I'll agree with you here. I'd only seen them 4 times before, but this was depressing.

I had just been to the Shoreline Amphitheatre gig 2 days earlier but scored free box seat tickets (direct from Tom Atencio) through the music store I worked at. Unfortunately, they slogged through a carbon copy set with such little enthusiasm that I was certain this would be the end of the band. Hooky was the only one that seemed to be trying to enjoy himself but he was sloppy drunk by the time they grinded out Blue Monday. Perhaps being in the capital of the US record company industry made this infamous tour even more torturous.

Oddly enough, much of the audience seemed pleased with the show, including my date. Most of her compliments were for the light show, however. Just like Stephen Morris is fond of saying: "You may think you've just played the worst set in your life, but afterwards someone will come up to you and say BEST GIG EVER".

On a sad note, at the Shoreline gig I got a smile out of Rob Gretton (hanging around the soundboard) by thanking him for doing a great job. After the Hollywood Bowl gig, when he walked by me towards the stage, I couldn't think of anything positive to say. I just watched him disappear into the crowd.

GLasto 2005. Saw them in 87 when they were pure majestry with the green lasers. In 2005 we literally had to fight through me and Jarvo spearheading the push like a roman snatch squad through to the front, which is still a long way away mind. Only About 10 of us vikings in the green welly boots, I can remember that during love vigilantes all these youg people who were only there for coldpaly looked round in daggers as they were getting splashed. In the end even we were just standing there waiting for the impending trench foot to set in.

we were the only ten interested it seems out of the whole crowd. I can remeber telling people chatting to shut the F up.

Then got pissed up badly and sparained me ankle in the mud searching for our lost tent. Barcelona is a much better festival set up never again to Glasto. Once you turn 40 the whole mud thing is wasted on you.

Forgot that one was bad too. i remember hearing Stevew Butler wulfram got chucked out and was asking the secuity guard how much an hour he was on in a mocking tone, £5.50 he was boastfully told.

I can remember being told to calm down, Alex got us front row tickets but I was not on Hooky's side so had a real sense of unbalance. it was only towards the end of the gig that enough people had come to the front to be able to move from your allotted spot and migrate to the correct Hooky side, when the gig immediatley improved. Nice to see you in Barca mate

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