Saturday, 13 July 2002

New Order in-crease

"This one's 'Love Vigilanties'" And before we can open our eyes from basking in the Manchester sun, out crashes New Orders' choice of urban ignition. They're off and don't we know it? Sumner, skips and whoops his way through a body of work, to which grown men could & do weep to - for the second time in most cases, for as with recent tour dates, the boys dip in to the much closed pocket of their past. Crystal - the strongest single of recent times - bangs through Stretford and Barneys conscience, yet the majestic chorus of "......I'm a man/in a daze/with a girl/I betrayed........." ensures his everlasting forgiveness. The fuzion of tracks old and new cements the fact that Joy Division & New Order material is simply very good now. Once when your tickets proposed the promise of factorys favourite sons live - it was a gamble. False starts - lost melodies - no shows. Gone are those days. Gone but not forgotten is Curtis, of whom Sumner captures the spirit of his old friend rightfully and accordingly. 'Atmostphere' is simply beautiful and poignant and just never quite lets you go, as 'Brutal' & 'She's Lost Control' (dedicated to Hooky's equal number John Entwistle), 'BLT' and 'Touched by the hand of God' stamp their single authority. 'True Faith' is bolstered by being knit into the underground greatness that was the much sought after 'pink noise' mix. 'Temptation' just sounds hard. "........Please welcome the prince of darkness, Keith Allen" Announces Sumner "he did'nt have much Joy with his last single with Fat Les, so we had to have him back........" 'World in Motion' is THE greatest football song ever written, and with Allen taking the rap in the middle, it sounds ever the more truthfull - designed by football fans, for football fans. Only if En-Ger-Land had won.......... Manchester is the dedicated recipient of the encores, because hooky is "f%@!king pround to live here." I assume Ms Minogue would be out of her head too, to have Blue Monday spliced with her number one hit. 'Your silent face' is our parting hymn and as the boys leave the stage to up the quota of pernod, before work starts on the new album, you just know that even though New Order perhaps won't do anything else thats completely fresh or pioneering, they always give you what you want. Bless 'em.

Joel Perry

This gig has now achieved legendary status in a very short space of time, most memorable for the moment when, as the closing bars of Blue Monday rained out and Peter Hook launched his drum sticks into the crowd, Hank Wiseass©(not@) leapt like a salmon and soared like an eagle, like a cross between a performing seal and a dolphin in the wild resulting in the now legendary pass completion, subsequently repeated more often than Dan Marino's in the Superbowl.

New Order were joined onstage by comedian Keith Allen for a work through football anthem ’World In Motion’ during their homecoming gig on the final day of the NME-sponsored Move Festival, last night (July 13).

Allen joined the veteran Manchester band just before the encore, taking the chanting vocal parts and the John Barnes ‘rap’ from the original – released as the 1990 England World Cup football squad anthem.

Singer Bernard Sumner introduced Allen as the "prince of darkness," and jokingly referred to the failure of his recent World Cup song with Fat Les, ‘Who Invented Fish and Chips?’ saying, "his last single didn’t do very well so we had to bring him on."

The triumphant show also saw the band return Kylie Minogue’s tribute, by mixing ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ into the beginning and end of their classic ‘Blue Monday’. Kylie had worked the same two tracks at the Brit Awards.

Lancashire County Cricket Club, also saw New Order continue their recent tradition of packing the set with songs from their Joy Division days, including ‘Transmission’ and ‘Atmosphere’, ‘She’s Lost Control’ – which bassist Peter Hook dedicated to late Who bassist John Entwhistle. Hook also dedicated ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ "to all of you, Manchester, because I’m fucking proud to live here."

Sumner also confirmed that Move would be their last show before returning to the studio to work on the follow-up to last year’s ‘Get Ready’ album.

The finale of the four-day event doubled-up as a celebration of music in Manchester, seeing rapturously-received sets from local favourites Doves, Elbow and Alfie.

Last-minute additions Echo and the Bunnymen defied speculation that they might the subject of abuse from the partisan crowd as they were the sole act on the bill from Liverpool. Civic rivalry between the two towns is legendary. The Bunnymen were drafted in after Shaun Ryder – due to debut his new solo project – dropped out at the eleventh hour.

Alongside New Order, the last four days at Move saw headline shows from Paul Weller, Green Day and David Bowie.