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A REVIEW OF AUCKLAND'S BIG DAY OUT SHOW BY MATTHEW SMYTH
Ericsson Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand 18 January 2002.
Attendance: 30,000 Capacity: ?
Ticket stub: see attachment
Set list:
Crystal
Transmission
Regret
Ceremony
60 Miles Per Hour
Your Silent Face
Atmosphere
Close Range
Touched by the Hand of God
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith
Temptation
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Blue Monday
Reviewed by Matthew Smyth
It's been a long wait and 15 years since New Order were last in New Zealand. New Order were one of the headlining acts at the Big Day Out, including Prodigy and Garbage. When New Order took the stage, Hooky stated "it's great to be back", a sentiment clearly shared by the hard-core New Order fans who made their way to the front on the stage positioned between Barney & Hooky.
Previously scheduled to appear for one hour at 8:15PM before Prodigy, New Order finally took the stage as the last act around 10:30PM. This owing to a reorganised band order following an earlier incident where people were injured and the main barrier damaged when 'System of a Down' took the stage and the crowd went ballistic. As a result, New Order ended playing a longer set of around 75 minutes. Bonus!
Hooky was in great form and often played to the fans down the front. He was wearing a red t-shirt with Salford printed on the front which he tossed to the fans at the end of the gig. Barney looked tired but found time to respond to calls from the fans for Joy Division songs, by stating "we don't play Joy Division songs any more because Joy Division no longer exist" before launching into Transmission. Steve never missed a beat and shared his drumsticks with the crowd at the end of the gig.
There were a few technical difficulties with Barneys monitor and the sequencer getting a bit out of whack for a short time during BLT and Your Silent Face. It was amusing to see those bloody synth drums Hooky plays during Blue Monday were also not working most of the time. One of the roadies was holding onto the top of it with Hooky smashing the pads just below his fingertips. I thought this was amusing because I recall him having trouble with these in plenty of other gigs. Probably cause he smashes the shit out of them.
Stand out songs for me were a blinding Temptation along with 60MPH (well received by the crowd), Transmission, Your Silent Face & Ceremony. Touched by the Hand of God is not my favourite New Order song, but they did a particularly good rendition - this song first made it's live debut at the Galaxy Club, Auckland, New Zealand in 1987. Scary to think it is now 15 years since I last heard it live. Barney announced they were performing a new live version of True Faith which was the original version wrapped up with a new intro and ending that worked well.
The show ended with Blue Monday and Barney stating "our career was founded on this song" or words to that effect. He looked particularly bored playing it and at one stage missed the lyrics before picking them up again for what was undoubtedly a crowd pleaser.
It was fantastic to see them again after such a long drought and the fans were elated to hear a good mix of classic New Order, Joy Division greats and the brilliant new material from 'Get Ready'.
On another note, purely by chance I saw a brief interview with the band on TV the night before the Big Day Out. Hooky stated they were pleased the album 'Get Ready' had been well received which motivated them towards making another album. Let hope so!
Cheers, Matthew.
Attendance: 30,000 Capacity: ?
Ticket stub: see attachment
Set list:
Crystal
Transmission
Regret
Ceremony
60 Miles Per Hour
Your Silent Face
Atmosphere
Close Range
Touched by the Hand of God
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith
Temptation
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Blue Monday
Reviewed by Matthew Smyth
It's been a long wait and 15 years since New Order were last in New Zealand. New Order were one of the headlining acts at the Big Day Out, including Prodigy and Garbage. When New Order took the stage, Hooky stated "it's great to be back", a sentiment clearly shared by the hard-core New Order fans who made their way to the front on the stage positioned between Barney & Hooky.
Previously scheduled to appear for one hour at 8:15PM before Prodigy, New Order finally took the stage as the last act around 10:30PM. This owing to a reorganised band order following an earlier incident where people were injured and the main barrier damaged when 'System of a Down' took the stage and the crowd went ballistic. As a result, New Order ended playing a longer set of around 75 minutes. Bonus!
Hooky was in great form and often played to the fans down the front. He was wearing a red t-shirt with Salford printed on the front which he tossed to the fans at the end of the gig. Barney looked tired but found time to respond to calls from the fans for Joy Division songs, by stating "we don't play Joy Division songs any more because Joy Division no longer exist" before launching into Transmission. Steve never missed a beat and shared his drumsticks with the crowd at the end of the gig.
There were a few technical difficulties with Barneys monitor and the sequencer getting a bit out of whack for a short time during BLT and Your Silent Face. It was amusing to see those bloody synth drums Hooky plays during Blue Monday were also not working most of the time. One of the roadies was holding onto the top of it with Hooky smashing the pads just below his fingertips. I thought this was amusing because I recall him having trouble with these in plenty of other gigs. Probably cause he smashes the shit out of them.
Stand out songs for me were a blinding Temptation along with 60MPH (well received by the crowd), Transmission, Your Silent Face & Ceremony. Touched by the Hand of God is not my favourite New Order song, but they did a particularly good rendition - this song first made it's live debut at the Galaxy Club, Auckland, New Zealand in 1987. Scary to think it is now 15 years since I last heard it live. Barney announced they were performing a new live version of True Faith which was the original version wrapped up with a new intro and ending that worked well.
The show ended with Blue Monday and Barney stating "our career was founded on this song" or words to that effect. He looked particularly bored playing it and at one stage missed the lyrics before picking them up again for what was undoubtedly a crowd pleaser.
It was fantastic to see them again after such a long drought and the fans were elated to hear a good mix of classic New Order, Joy Division greats and the brilliant new material from 'Get Ready'.
On another note, purely by chance I saw a brief interview with the band on TV the night before the Big Day Out. Hooky stated they were pleased the album 'Get Ready' had been well received which motivated them towards making another album. Let hope so!
Cheers, Matthew.
From the NewOrderOnline archive.
Thanks to: Matthew Smyth
