20 Years Ago Today.........

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9 May 2003, 05:47

Where: Birmingham Tower Ballroom Set Opener: Love Will Tear Us Apart

Wish I'd have been there....

9 May 2003, 05:50

.... to listen to Gillian´s messed up melody on synths! :D

9 May 2003, 06:14

Possibly the worst version ever, but the thought of it still sends tingles up my spine. Pity the rest of the gig was such an anticlimax !

9 May 2003, 07:35

I thought the Confusion encore was good?

9 May 2003, 07:40

where is/was the tower ballroom?

9 May 2003, 07:45

Its in Edgbaston on the banks of the Resevoir. Still there but now used for singles evenings and the like. Local radio stations have 'Party' nights there. No gigs as such. It was the location of the first 'Boon' series when there were two plastic palm trees in the middle of the dance floor. Saw the Order there in 1986 but attempts by the crowd to remove said obstructions failed to succeed. NO have played there 3 times so must have been a preferred venue in the mid-80s.

9 May 2003, 08:01

cant picture where the reservoir is - saw boon being filmed in the dirty duck - is it near there or the unspoilt by progress?

9 May 2003, 08:08

Nearer the Dirty Duck if my memory serves me. Resevoir is in Ladywood (Nice!), not far from the Hagley Road.

9 May 2003, 09:03

Originally posted by Mark Smith I thought the Confusion encore was good?

Playing Confusion is a waste of an encore ! Always the same at Birmingham, 84 and 85 as well. Bastards !

9 May 2003, 09:11

Yep but at least in 84 Hooky offered out the Powerhouse DJ and the 85 encore included Arthur Baker a good or bad thing?). I guess thats the price you pay for having LWTUA first!