New Order Net

New Order Performance Detail Listing

Read sequentially only if you are excessively anal-retentive. Otherwise check out http://www.waterrat.com/nogig.htm for Water Rat's summary listing, and http://www.new-order.net/no/gigs for my amended list.

I am indebted to the following individuals for sharing their collections and knowledge: Mike 'GaoBest' Siao, Tracey Spivey, Philip Collins, Simon Park, TJ, Jan Bollansee, Drew Crumbaugh, Peter Andersen, Simon 'Snotters' Hardy, John 'Dave Mings' Saunders, Stephen Smith and many, many others too numerous to mention.

version 4.38.24 01/22/21

NO-820305 Saint Francis Xavier Hall - Dublin, Ireland

writeup, such that it is

NO-830422 Savoy - Cork, Ireland

corrections

NO-830424 Rosehill Hotel - Kilkenny, Ireland

• note about IALP not being from this performance
• additions from PC&L boxset

NO-850816 Rainbow Music Hall - Denver, CO

• correction

NO-860122 Connolly Hall - Cork, Iresland

• date correction (was 1/23/86)

version 4.37.2 03/31/20

NO-830426 Saint Francis Xaver Hall - Dublin, Ireland

writeup

NO-840706 Palma Club -> Pacha Auditiorium

full fixing of venue name

version 4.36.5 03/28/20

writeup

NO-820305 Venue is "Saint" and not "Sir" Francis Xavier Hall NO-860124
NO-860125

version 4.35.1 03/14/20

writeup

version 4.34.1 03/02/20

full writeup

version 4.33.2 10/27/19

additions/corrections

NO-850503 Club 'D' - Tokyo, Japan

full writeup

version 4.32.5 01/04/19

corrections

NO-810114 Plato's - Liverpool

comment about Bela Lugosi that I missed

NO-830630 Cabaret Metro - Chicago, IL

a recording has finally surfaced!

NO-830708 Ontario Theatre - Washington D.C.

corrections

NO-861128 Auditorium de Verdun - Montreal

addition from Patrick Bergeron

version 4.31.4 12/11/16

addition from Dave Marin

NO-860121 The Warwick Hotel - Galway

venue + ticket scan

NO-870216 Thebarton Theatre

Cchanged from "Town Hall" to "Theatre".

NO-890120 The Zenith - Montpellier

more info from 'hedfro hedfro'

version 4.30.5 01/15/16

NO-810104 The Fan Club (Brannigan's) - Leeds

recollections from Neil O'Connor

NO-840627 Mayfair Suite - Southampton

recollection of opening band from Brynn

NO-860913 Caird Hall - Dundee

recollection from Trevor

NO-861114 Maceba Theatre - Houston, TX

writeup

NO-010728 Fuji Rock Festival - Japan

edits

version 4.29.2 04/21/14

NO-860327 The Apollo - Oxford

corrections

NO-890420 City Coliseum - Austin, TX

writeup

version 4.29.1 05/29/13

NO-870913 The Forum - Los Angeles, CA

writeup

version 4.28.5 05/18/13

NO-820414 Lido - Leuven, Belgium

writeup

NO-831201 Brixton Academy (Fair Play)

corrections

NO-831202 Town Hall Bournmouth

corrections

NO-861204 Irvine Auditorium - University of Pennsylvania

correction

NO-890711 Lake Compounce Festival Park - Bristol, CD

additions

version 4.27.2 02/26/13

NO-850520 Easts Leagues Club - Brisbane

start of BM on 2nd source

NO-870903 CNE Grandstand - Toronto

addition

version 4.26.1 11/24/12

NO-870901 Montreal University - Montreal

addition

version 4.25.1 03/03/12

NO-120227 Vector Arena - Auckland, New Zealand

addition

NO-120301 Festival Hall - Melbourne, Australia

addition

NO-120303 Future Music Festival - Brisbane, Australia

addition

version 4.22.2 02/27/12

additions

NO-111017 L'Ancienne Belgique - Brussels

writeup

NO-111018 Le Bataclan - Paris

writeup

NO-111201 Estadio Obras - Buenos Aires

(partial) writeup

NO-111210 Troxy - London

writeup

version 4.18.7 06/26/11

NO-800730 Beach Club (Oozits) - Manchester

Clarifications, date change

NO-801101 The Basement - Brighton

           new information on venue name 
           not sure of the date, likely between 10/21 - 11/03

NO-840826 Guildhall - Portsmouth

corrections/additions

NO-861029 Mesa Amphetheatre - Phoenix, AZ

venue name correction and TPK was in the set

NO-861204 Irvine Auditorium - University of Pennsylvania

venue name update; corrections

NO-061011 Academy - Newcastle

corrections

NO-870824 Mann Music Center - Philadelphia

corrections

version 4.17.2 07/11/10

NO-811121 City Gardens - Trenton, NJ

FHTH-provided setlist added

NO-830705 The Spectrum - Montreal

correction

version 4.16.7 01/23/10

NO-800926 Hurrah's - NYC

fixed JDC link

NO-810506 Forum Ballroom - Kentish Town

full writeup

NO-830629 First Aveneue - Minneapolis, MN

audience version added

NO-830705 Spectrum Ballroom - Montreal

corrections

NO-830707 Paradise Garage - NYC

corrections

NO-890416 Saenger Theatre - New Orleans, LA

full writeup

NO-890711 Lake Compounce Park - Bristol, CT

writeup

NO-050429 Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center - Oakland, CA

full writeup

version 4.15.4 05/27/09

NO-830619 Nightlife - Austin, TX

added link to NOOL browser for review

NO-850802 Opera House - Boston, MA

writeup

NO-850802 Bismarck Theatre - Chicago IL

edits

NO-861013 Hacienda - Manchester

edits

version 4.14.3 04/26/09

NO-890415 Southern Star Amphitheatre - Atlanta, GA

added review by Johnathan Scott

NO-890416 Saenger Theatre - New Orleans, LA

added review by Johnathan Scott

version 4.14.1 04/25/09

NO-890412 Bayfront Arena - St. Petersburg, FL

review by Johnathan Scott

NO-890414 O'Connell Auditorium - Gainesville, FL

review by Johnathan Scott

version 4.12.1 04/21/09

NO-890411 Knight Centre - Miami, FL

review by Johnathon Scott

version 4.11.1 03/22/09

NO-060715 Anilla Olimpica - Montjuic (Barcelona) Spain

writeup from ATR recording

version 4.10.1 01/12/09

NO-890120 The Zenith Montpellier

writeup

version 4.09.1 10/25/08

NO-850515 Canterbury Court - Perth

this may be the true date of the Atlanta '85 show

version 4.08.1 09/29/08

NO-870821 Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia Maryland

writeup

version 4.07.4 09/28/08

NO-860328 Brighton Centre - Brighton

additions from Stephen Smith

NO-860911 Playhouse Theatre - Edinburgh

additions from Stephen Smith

NO-050527 Primavera Sound Festival - Barcelona

writeup from ATR audence recording

NO-050710 Oxegen Festival - Punchestown Racecourse

additions from ATR audience recording

version 4.06.3 07/12/08

clip of DNE

NO-821206 Union Hall - Victoria University, Wellington, NZ

writeup

NO-851108 Pavilion - Hemel Hempstead

additions from Stephen Smith

NO-890825 Reading Festival

corrections

version 4.05.1 06/15/08

writeup

version 4.04.6 06/12/08

NO-060603 Ejekt Festival - Athens Greece

writeup (incomplete)

NO-010728 Fuji Rock Festival

corrections

NO-830413 Pathfoot Hall - Stirling

corrections from Stephen Smith

NO-840402 Volkshaus - Zurich

corrections from Stephen Smith

NO-861002 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham

corrections from Stephen Smith

NO-870815 Pine Knob Amphitheatre - Clarkston, MI

writeup from 'ellaguru' DIME version

version 4.03.4 11/17/07

NO-830413 Pathfoot Hall - Stirling University

addition

NO-810327 Trinity Hall - Bristol

more additions to s/c

NO-810507 Talbot Talbernacle - London

s/c thanks to Duncan

NO-890715 Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia MD

setlist + full writeup

version 4.02.6 10/30/07

NO-810327 Trinity Hall - Bristol

corrections

NO-810508 Student Union - Reading

additional version

NO-830702 St. Andrews Hall - Detroit

additions

NO-830709 City Gardens - Trenton NJ

setlist corrections

NO-840704 Rock-Ola - Madrid, Spain

correct setlist/info

NO-870606 Super Tent - Finsbury Park

another version

version 4.01.2 08/14/07

NO-830415 Pavilion - Ayr

Not at the Orient Cinema, venue was changed at the last minute

NO-050612 Hurricane Festival - Hamburg, Germany

writeup based on HDTV 1080i H.264 video

version 4.00.1 08/09/07

NO-020201 RA&HS Showgrounds Adelaide, Australia

writeup

version 3.99.3 07/20/07

NO-820123 Imperial Cinema - Birmingham

writeup

NO-850314 Lancaster University

addition of TJ's recollections

NO-850409 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham

additions/corrections

NO-851022 Guildhall - Preston

additions/corrections

version 3.98.3 07/16/07

writeup

NO-850419 Leisure Centre - Macclesfield

corrections

NO-870919 Greek Theatre - Berkeley CA

additions/corrections

version 3.97.2 07/10/07

writeup

NO-870905 Civic Center - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

corrections

version 3.96.4 06/27/07

"brubut"'s recollections

NO-870915 Compton Terrace - Phoenix, AZ

setlist from MDMArchive

NO-890421 Astroworld - Houston TX

setlist from MDMArchive

NO-890618 Irvine Meadows Amphitheater - Irvine, CA

setlist from MDMArchive

version 3.95.2 06/20/07

addition cortesty of Johnny Dobbyn

NO-870606 The Roxy - Sheffield

writeup

version 3.94.2 06/17/07

writeup

NO-861002 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham, England

slight corrections

version 3.93.5 06/10/07

NO-830226 Kolingsborg - Stockholm

corrections

NO-830623 The Fantasy - Fullerton CA

reminisence by John Darnelle

NO-860314 University - Loughborough

upgrade

NO-870825 Pier 84 - NYC

corrections/additions

NO-890714 Mann Music Center - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

writeup

version 3.92.11 05/28/07

NO-810321 The Boys' Club - Bedford

writeup

NO-810322 Jenkinson's Bar - Brighton

writeup of DH version

NO-821203 Mainstreet Cabaret - Auckland

writeup

NO-850809 Warner Theatre - Washington D.C.

corrections

NO-870217 The Venue - Melbourne Australia

corrections

NO-890629 Marcus Amphitheatre - Milwaukee, WI

full writeup

NO-981231 Alexandra Palace - London

corrections

NO-010731 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View CA

corrections

NO-011118 Cirkus - Stockholm

full writeup from aud version (FM version is edited)

NO-020526 Le Zenith - Paris

full writeup

NO-020629 Roskilde Festival - Denmark

corrections

version 3.90.2 04/06/07

NO-851207 The Fulcrum - Slough

minor additions

NO-870129 Festival Hall - Osaka

writeup

version 3.89.3 03/31/07

NO-810418 Victoria Hotel - Aberdeen

writeup

NO-870127 Tokyo, Japan

writeup

NO-020123 Hornden Pavilion - Sydney

full writeup

version 3.88.3 03/21/07

NO-810112 Eglinton Toll Plaza - Glasgow, Scotland

additions/corrections

NO-840811 Seaside Festival - De Panne, Belgium

writeup

NO-890427 Universal Amphiteatre - Universal City CA

corrections

version 3.87.2 03/16/07

NO-811122 Pepperment Lounge - NYC

additional notes for new version

NO-840330 Uni-Mensa - Dusseldorf

writeup

version 3.86.2 03/12/07

NO-810104 The Fan Club (Branningan's) - Leeds

writeup

NO-850206 Barrowlands - Glasgow

additional notes for new version

version 3.85.4 03/10/07

NO-810103 Tatton Community Centre - Chorley

addition of Duncan's version

NO-840605 Studio - Bristol

writeup

NO-020614 Hultsfred Festival - Sweden

corrections

NO-060902 Electric Picnic - Ireland

additions

version 3.84.2 03/07/07

NO-850205 Caley Palais - Edinburgh

corrections

NO-061113 Via Funchal - Sao Paolo

writeup

version 3.83.1 03/05/07

NO-061018 Academy - Glasgow

writeup

version 3.82.1 03/04/07

NO-061009 International Centre - Bournemouth

writeup

version 3.81.1 03/01/07

NO-061113 Via Funchal - Sao Paolo

writeup

version 3.80.5 02/28/07

NO-810407 Tabernacle - London, England

addition of new source

NO-811107 Market St. Cinema - San Francisco CA

addition of JJ version

NO-820226 Trinity Hall - Bristol

additions/corrections

NO-861130 McMaster University (Ivor Wynne Center) - Hamilton ON

writeup + MDMArchive link

NO-930702 Montreux Jazz Festival - Switzerland

additional songs

version 3.79.2 02/22/07

NO-861101 Irvine Meadows - Irvine, CA

writeup

NO-861202 Syria Mosque - Pittsburgh, PA

additions

version 3.78.1 02/20/07

NO-061111 Mineirao Stadium - Belo Horizonte

writeup

version 3.77.13 02/19/07

NO-870218 Festival Hall - Melbourne

corrections

NO-870516 Pabellon - Mollerussa, Spain

writeup

NO-011115 Columbiahalle - Berlin

corrections

NO-061116 Vivo Rio - Rio De Janeiro

correcton from rafernandes

NO-06xxxx Autumn dates

corrections on backing track from rafernandes

version 3.76.1 02/16/07

NO-061110 Ginasio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia

writeup of ATR version

version 3.75.1 02/15/07

NO-061019 Academy - Glasgow

writeup of DMG version

version 3.74.6 02/14/07

NO-851203 The Hacienda - Manchester

additions

NO-860614 Town Hall - Sheffield

additions/corrections

NO-860629 Greetings Four - San Giovanni Valdarno Italy

note about date

NO-860816 Open Air Festival, Valby - Copenhagen

full writeup

NO-861115 Bronco Bowl - Dallas

setlist

NO-870815 Pine Knob Theatre - Clarkston, MI

setlist courtesy of MDMArchive

version 3.73.3 02/05/07

NO-850614 The Pink, Punk, Pimms event - New Hall College, Cambridge

correction of setlist and URL

NO-861115 Bronco Bowl - Dallas

new gig uncovered thanks to LB

NO-020615 Hultsfred Festival - Sweden

corrections

version 3.72.3 01/28/07

NO-061027 Wembley Arena - London

additions/corrections

NO-061116 Vivo Rio - Rio de Janeiro

writeup

NO-061118 Personal Festival - Buenos Aires

additions

version 3.71.2 01/15/07

NO-860123 Connolly Hall - Cork, Ireland

writeup

NO-840710 Estadio Municipal - Marbella

corrections

version 3.70.4 01/11/07

NO-811109 I-Beam - San Francisco

addition of text

NO-851210 El Dorado - Paris

new version, corrections

NO-860329 Arts Centre - Poole

writeup of two versions

version 3.69.4 01/03/07

NO-840819 Leisure Centre - Gloucester, England

full writeup

NO-860227 Civic Hall - Wolverhamption

full writeup

NO-860629 Greetings Four - San Giovanni Valdarno Italy

addition of audience recording, as well as date change

NO-861210 El Dorado - Paris

writeup

NO-861122 Fox Theatre - Detroit MI

writeup

version 3.67.2 12/24/06

NO-870610 The Hacienda - Manchester

from video

NO-870829 Pier 84 - NYC

corrections

version 3.66.6 11/29/06

MDMArchive setlists for the following shows!

NO-890504 Queen Elizabeth Theatre - Vancouver NO-890616 Irvine Meadows - Irvine, CA
NO-890617 Aztec Bowl - San Diego, CA
NO-8906XX unknown date (perhaps 2nd Irvine or Utah) NO-890625 Sandstone Amphitheatre - Bonner Springs, Kansas NO-890627 Minneapolis/St. Paul
NO-890629 Marchus Amphitheatre - Milwaukee, WI NO-890630 Poplar Creek Music Theatre - Hoffman Estates, IL

version 3.63.2 11/24/06

NO-851207 Fulcrum - Slough

addition of audience version

NO-061118 Club Ciudad - Buenos Aires

writeup of edited FM version

version 3.62.1 11/23/06

NO-061029 Civic Hall - Wolverhampton

writeup

version 3.61.3 11/18/06

NO-061011 Carling Academy - Newcastle

writeup

NO-860802 Royal Academy - Liverpool

writeup

NO-861013 The Hacienda - Manchester

full writeup

version 3.60.1 11/04/06

NO-061027 Wembley Arena - London

writeup

version 3.59.2 10/29/06

NO-930805 Great Woods Theatre - Mansfield MA

additions

NO-061016 Empress Ballroom - Blackpool

writeup

version 3.58.3 10/18/06

NO-020120 Gold Coast Parklands - Queensland

additions

NO-020126 RAS Showgrounds - Sydney

full writeup

NO-060902 Stradbally Hall Estate (Electric Picnic) - Ireland

writeup

various minor edits of several entries

version 3.57.1 8/24/06

NO-060714 Vinas Viejas - Boardilla del Monte (Madrid) Spain

writeup based on FM broadcast

version 3.56.2 7/31/06

NO-830621 Florentine Gardens - Hollywood

writeup

NO-871208 La Mutualite - Paris

additions

version 3.55.3 7/20/06

NO-831201 The Academy - Brixton

additions

NO-840826 Guildhall - Preston

correction

NO-861105 The Palladium - Hollywood

writeup

version 3.54.1 7/17/06

NO-060708 Summer Pops - Liverpool

writeup

version 3.53.2 7/15/06

NO-840406 Wiener Arena - Vienna

writeup

NO-861212 Fox Theatre - Atlanta GA

full writeup

version 3.52.1 6/24/06

NO-860928 Valdarno - San Giovanni, Itally

writeup of AM version

version 3.51.2 6/20/06

NO-011005 The Apollo - Manchester

writeup

NO-011012 The Academy - Brixton

additions

version 3.50.2 6/17/06

NO-811117 The Channel - Boston, MA

writeup

NO-010718 Olympia Theatre - Liverpool

additions + corrections

version 3.49.3 6/04/06

NO-810516 Markthalle - Hamburg

writeup (finally!)

NO-820415 L'Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, Belgium

addition

NO-840603 Powerhouse - Birmingham

additions / corrections

version 3.48.2 4/30/06

NO-820309 Tiffany's - Leeds

writeups of all versions

NO-011011 Brixton Academy - Brixton

writeup

version 3.47.7 4/19/06

NO-800926 Hurrah's NYC

opening track confirmed by eyewitness account

NO-801025 The Squat - Manchester

corrections

NO-810925 Assembly Rooms Walthamstow

addition

NO-820911 Futurama Four - Deeside Leisure Centre

additional source

NO-861209 Felt Forum NYC

new version on DIME

NO-870826 Pier 84 - NYC

corrections < new version

NO-871208 Philipshalle (Tor 3) Dusseldorf

two more versions

version 3.46.1 3/08/06

NO-820622 Rollingstone Milan

additions

NO-890630 Poplar Creek Amphitheatre Hoffman Estates IL

writeup

version 3.45.1 2/13/06

NO-060128 Manchester vs Cancer, Evening News Arena - Manchester

writeup

version 3.44.1 2/13/06

NO-050709 T In The Park - Balado, Scotland

BBC3 video writeup

Happy 50th to Hooky!

version 3.43.12 2/08/06

NO-830625 I-Beam - San Francisco CA

additional comments by sharksfan2000

NO-850820 Kaiser Auditorium - Oakland CA

additional comments by sharksfan2000

NO-851215 Arena - Rotterdam

writeup

NO-861107 Arlington Theatre - Santa Barbara

soundcheck

NO-881217 GMEX - Manchester

writeup of Lazlo's version

NO-930805 Great Woods Theatre - Mansfield MA

writeup

NO-980830 Reading Festival

video version

NO-011010 Brixton Academy - London

writeup

NO-010802 Thunderbird Stadium - Vancouver BC

writeup of 2nd version

NO-050702 Traffic Festival - Torino

corrections based on FM version

NO-051012 Queen Elizabeth Hall London (John Peel Day)

writeup of DVD version

NO-051114 The Apollo - Manchester

corrections based on video broadcast version

version 3.43.1 12/21/05

NO-051118 Oakwood High School - Eccles, Salford

article

version 3.42.2 12/19/05

NO-840812 Inside Festival - Liege Belgium

writeup

NO-890825 Reading Festival

corrections

version 3.41.2 12/17/05

NO-840706 Pacha Auditorium - Valencia Spain

writeup

NO-861006 Royal Albert Hall - London

additions

version 3.40.3 12/15/05

NO-830705 The Spectrum - Montreal

writeup

RE-930122 The Marquee - London

additions/corrections

NO-050624 Hyde Park - London

addition of Alan Wise intro, sorry Species!

version 3.39.1 12/06/05

NO-051114 The Apollo - Manchester

writeup

version 3.38.1 11/29/05

NO-050710 Oxegen Festival - Nass Co. Kildare Ireland

writeup of FM2 broadcast

NO-050731 Fuji Rock Festival - Japan

writeup of video tracks

version 3.36.2 11/25/05

NO-050525 Glastonbury Festival

additions

NO-050702 Traffic Festival - Torino (Turin) Italy

writeup

version 3.35.2 11/20/05

NO-850419 Leisure Centre - Macclesfield

writeup

NO-851203 The Hacienda - Manchester

corrections

version 3.34.2 11/12/05

NO-050610 Southside Festival - Germany

video version

NO-051012 Queen Elizabeth Hall London (John Peel Day)

writeup of BBC version

version 3.33.5 11/11/05

NO-830510 Victoria Hall - Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

writeup + craigie* recollection

NO-830625 I-Beam - San Francisco

additional note

NO-870619 Glastonbury Festival

additions/corrections

NO-050714 Arvikafestivalen - Sweden

completed writeup

NO-050722 Les Vieilles Charrues - Brittany, France

writeup

version 3.32.1 10/21/05

NO-890121 Transbordeur - Lyon

writeup

version 3.31.1 10/20/05

NO-050625 Glastonbury festival

writeup from BBC3 broadcast

version 3.30.2 10/18/05

NO-870824 Mann Music Centre - Philadelphia PA

writeup of two versions

version 3.29.2 10/16/05

NO-870217 The Venue - Melbourne

writeup of additional version

NO-050610 Southside Festival - Germany

writeup

NO-050630 Rock Werchter Festival - Belgium

writeup of broadcast and incomplete AUD video version

version 3.27.5 10/10/05

NO-810508 Student Union - Reading

correction on soundcheck

NO-811023 Bradford University - Bradford

addition

NO-820311 The Mayfair (Soul Kitchen) - Newcastle

additional version + corrections

NO-840412 Trinity Hall - Hamburg

writeup

NO-840705 Etole - Madrid

revised TJ's quote

NO-840815 Mayfair Suite - Sunderland

new version

NO-050624 Hyde Park - London

full writeup of XM version

version 3.26.2 10/03/05

NO-050528 Parque Tejo (Super Bock, Super Rock) - Lisbon, Portugal

writeup

NO-810327 Trinity Hall - Bristol

corrections

version 3.25.1 09/27/05

NO-850410 The Mayfair - Swansea, Wales

writeup

version 3.24.14 09/25/05

NO-020629 Roskilde Festival - Denmark

additional source - corrections

NO-810327 Trinity Hall - Bristol

writeup of soundcheck

NO-811023 Bradford University

writeup of soundcheck

NO-820122 North London Polytechnic

writeup of soundcheck

NO-820226 Trinity Hall - Bristol, England

writeup of soundcheck

NO-820524 Pennies - Norwich, England

writeup of soundcheck

NO-830311 The Ace - Brixton

writeup of soundcheck

NO-830411 Coasters - Edinburgh

writeup of soundcheck

NO-850804 The International Centre - Toronto

additions

NO-850816 Rainbow Music Theartre - Denver

not Boulder, bring this in accordance to WIM

NO-860124 SFX Center - Dublin

additions/corrections

NO-860328 Brighton Centre - Brighton

writeup

NO-870212 Enmore Theatre - Sydney

corrections

NO-870213 Enmore Theatre - Sydney

corrections

version 3.23.2 09/11/05

NO-870630 Reading University - Reading

full writeup

NO-020622 Hurricane Festival - Germany

writeup

version 3.22.1 09/07/05

NO-851025 Octagon - Sheffield University - Sheffield

writeup

version 3.21.1 09/05/05

NO-020623 Southside Festival - Germany

writeup

version 3.20.7 09/01/05

NO-810923 Sheffield Polytechnic

additions/corrections

NO-811115 Masonic Temple - Toronto

addition of TJ source

NO-830412 Assembly Rooms - Edinburgh

writeup

NO-860327 The Apollo - Oxford

corrections

NO-861004 Town & Country Club - London

corrections

NO-860910 Mayfair - Newcastle

corrections

NO-870209 Byron Bay Arts Center

corrections + s/c addition

version 3.19.7 08/18/05

NO-840826 Guildhall - Portsmouth

new version + corrections

NO-840827 Heaven Ultradisco - London

corrections

NO-860911 The Playhouse - Edinburgh

corrections

NO-860913 Caird Hall - Dundee

corrections

NO-050501 Coachella Festival

writeup (AK version)

NO-050505 Hammerstein Ballroom - NYC

writeup + corrections (both versions)

version 3.18.1 07/31/05

NO-861126 Massey Hall - Toronto, Canada

writeup

version 3.17.2 07/26/05

NO-820411 Muziekzentrum Vrendenburg, Utrecht

writeup

NO-861108 Berkeley Community Theatre - Berkeley CA

writeup

version 3.14.6 07/16/05

NO-870402 Coronet - Woolwich

corrections

NO-870826 Pier 84 - NYC

correction

NO-890616 Irvine Meadows - Irvine, CA

corrections

NO-981229 Manchester Evening News Arena - Manchester, England

corrections

NO-981231 Alexandria Palace "Ally Pally" - London, England

corrections

NO-050714 Arvikafestivalen - Sweden

writeup of encore

version 3.13.6 07/12/05

http://www.neworderonline.com/Forums/MessageList.aspx?ThreadID=22251

NO-830707 Paradise Garage - NYC

addition

NO-860227 Civic Hall - Wolverhamption

addition

NO-870402 Woolwich Coronet - Woolwich, England

addition

NO-890705 Blossom Music Centre - Cuyahoga Falls OH

addition

NO-980830 Reading Festival

slight addition

NO-020228 Metro - Melbourne, Australia

intro to Atmosphere

version 3.11.4 07/10/05

NO-820408 Glazenzaal - Rotterdam, Netherlands

writeup

NO-821125 Palais Theatre - Melbourne

writeup

NO-840825 Radio 1 "Saturday Live"

additions

NO-861107 Arlington Theatre - Santa Barbara CA

continuation of writeup / corrections

version 3.10.1 07/08/05

NO-861107 Arlington Theatre - Santa Barbara CA

writeup

version 3.09.6 06/27/05

NO-820626 The Hacienda - Manchester

additional version + corrections from Josef K

NO-830509 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham

correction

NO-840815 Mayfair Suite - Sunderland

full transcrption

NO-850816 Rainbow Music Hall - Boulder, CO

full transcription

NO-861031 San Diego State University Open Air Theatre - San Diego, CA

full transcription of MB master

NO-010802 Thunderbird Stadium - Vancouver, BC

corrections

version 3.08.5 06/13/05

NO-830311 Ace - Brixton

full transcription

NO-830617 688 Club - Atlanta, GA

transcription

NO-830702 St. Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI

full transcription

NO-840816 City Hall - Hull

additions/corrections

NO-870404 The Academy - Brixton

corrections

version 3.07.1 05/28/05

NO-850814 City Coliseum - Austin, TX

transcription

version 3.06.2 05/23/05

NO-830630 Cabaret Metro - Chicago, IL

descriptions

NO-861124 Congress Centre - Ottawa Ontario

note about second version

NO-050503 Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL

corrections from drew

version 3.05.8 05/21/05

NO-840826 Guildhall - Portsmouth

detail regarding soundcheck

NO-850804 The International Centre - Toronto

additional comment

NO-861121 Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL

transcription

NO-890825 Reading Festival

full transcription

NO-930604 Dublin Point Depot - Dublin, Ireland

transcription

NO-980716 The Apollo - Manchester

corrections

NO-010718 Olympia Theatre - Liverpool

corrections

NO-050501 Coachella Festival

transcription of DPA (I think) version

NO-050503 Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL

full transcription

version 3.03.4 05/09/05

NO-830707 Paradise Garage - NYC

corrections/additions based on full audience tape

NO-930724 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA

full transcription of D3 version

NO-050217 NME Awards - Hammersmith Palais

full transcription of award

NO-050321 CANAL +DECALE

transcription

NO-050503 Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL

drewc description (full transcription forthcoming)

version 3.01.2 05/08/05

NO-830126 The Hacienda - Manchester

transcription of soundcheck

NO-050429 Henry J. Kaiser Convention Centre - Oakland, CA

transcription

NO-050501 Coachella Festival

notes/reviews

version 2.99.3 04/29/05

NO-830312 Recreation Centre - Kingston-Upon-Thames Tolworth England

more corrections

NO-830625 I-Beam - San Francisco, CA

transcription

NO-861002 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham

additions/corrections - additional source

version 2.98.2 04/16/05

NO-820616 Tenax - Florence, Italy

transcription

NO-930826 Reading Festival - England

addition of full BBC version

version 2.97.3 04/15/05

NO-850127 Finsbury Park - London

transcription of Snotters version

NO-861031 San Diego University Open Air Theatre

transcription + RM's observations/corrections

NO-870606 Super Tent - Finsbury

transcription of Solitude version

version 2.96.3 04/13/05

NO-810422 Romeo & Juliet's - Sheffield

transcription

NO-811026 The Ritz - Manchester

transcription of craigie version

NO-830415 Orient Cinema - Ayr

additions/corrections

version 2.95.7 04/10/05

NO-830626 The Hacienda - Manchester

correction sent in by Dave Mings

NO-840408 Metropol - Berlin

additions based on complete lossless version

NO-840627 The Mayfair - Southampton

transcription

NO-860910 The Mayfair - Newcastle

transcription

NO-890325 S.E.C.C - Glasgow

minor edits

NO-890326 N.E.C.C. - Birmingham

different source, added Alan Wise intro

NO-890825 Reading Festival

addition of 'Fine Time'

version 2.94.1 03/30/05

NO-810517 Saltlagaret - Copenhagen, Denmark

writeup (not too exciting)

version 2.93.4 03/29/05

NO-800930 Scamps - Blackpool

corrections

NO-800930 The Underground - Boston

additions

NO-810209 Heaven Ultradisco - London

gig writeup

NO-811013 Bradford University - Bradford

magazine article

version 2.92.5 03/23/05

NO-810207 Road-Menders Club - Northampton

additions

NO-810410 Cedar Club - Birmingham

writeup

NO-881217 GMEX - Manchester

complete writeup

NO-890825 Reading Festival

part of soundcheck

NO-980716 The Apollo - Manchester

correction from fki

NO-020625 Le Zenith - Paris

Link to ATR article

version 2.90.2 02/25/05

NO-860614 City Hall - Sheffield

second source from CH tape

NO-050217 NME Awards - Hammersmith Palais, London

writeup of broadcast video

version 2.89.3 02/23/05

NO-840820 Winter Gardens - Margate

audience version writeup

NO-860621 Loughborough University

writeup

NO-020713 Old Trafford Cricket Grounds - Manchester

finally finished writeup

version 2.88.7 02/07/05

NO-810112 Eglington Toll Plaza - Glasgow, Scotland

clarification

NO-810408 Rock City - Nottingham

additions based on 2nd version

NO-820303 Blue Note - Derby

correction from Josef K

NO-820525 Kilburn National Ballroom - London, England

complete writeup

NO-861002 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham

writeup based on archives tape version

NO-870912 Irvine Meadows - Irvine CA

writeup + correction by Dave Mings

NO-871208 La Mutualite - Paris, France

submission from Cristophe Basterra

version 2.87.2 01/10/05

NO-810519 The Roxy - Stockholm, Sweden

corrections/additions

NO-870918 The Greek Theatre - Berkeley CA

writeup

version 2.86.2 01/03/05

NO-810513 Palais Des Arts - Paris, France

writeup

NO-850417 University - Salford, England

full writeup

version 2.85.2 01/02/05

NO-810102 Porterhouse - Retford, Nottinghamshire

writeup

NO-820911 Futurama Four - Deeside Leisure Centre Queensferry North Wales

clearing up ambiguities regarding location

version 2.84.1 12/26/04

NO-930710 Loreley Bizarre Festival - St. Goarshausen, Germany

writeup

version 2.83.2 12/23/04

NO-810525 Chateau Neuf - Oslo

link to gig review

NO-871208 La Mutualite - Paris

added link to gig review

NO-890120 The Zenith - Montpellier

added link to gig review

version 2.81.2 12/18/04

NO-830702 St. Andrews Hall - Detroit

writeup based on W. German-sourced tape

NO-890614 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View CA

additional source writeup

version 2.80.7 12/02/04

NO-010803 Gorge Amphitheater - Gorge (Seattle), WA Area One

additions/corrections

NO-810423 'Celebration' - Granada Studios Manchester

outtake tracks

NO-820524 Pennies - Norwich

setlist from TJ audience tape!

NO-821214 Old Melbourne Hotel - Perth

resequenced song listing per correct running order

NO-840705 Rock-Ola Madrid

dicussion regarding Spanish '84 listings

NO-851110 Hammersmith Palais - London

corrections

NO-860913 Caird Hall - Dundee

writeup

version 2.79.1 11/16/04

NO-860614 Town Hall - Sheffield

writeup

version 2.78.5 11/15/04

NO-820606 Provinssirock Festival - Seinajoki, Finland

Juha nailed down exact date, was not on Saturday, but Sunday

NO-830129 Great Hall - Cardiff

writeup of gig

NO-840415 Galactica - Luneburg

writeup (probably needs some help)

NO-860127 Queen's College - Belfast

additions

NO-860911 The Playhouse - Edinburgh

soundcheck addition

NO-871210 Wembley Arena - London

addition by Dave Mings

version 2.77.3 10/26/04

NO-810906 Kultturitalo Helsinki

writeup

NO-850409 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham

added soundcheck writeup

NO-020120 Gold Coast Parklands - Gold Coast, Australia

correction from Ronald Kirsch

version 2.76.1 10/17/04

NO-850716 Hacienda Manchester

writeup of davemings version

version 2.75.3 10/14/04

NO-810206 Comanche Student Union - Manchester Polytechnic

writeup of CW version

NO-811122 Peppermint Lounge - New York NY

writeup

NO-850409 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham

added TJ commentary

NO-850418 Rotters - Doncaster

additions based on TJ-supplied source

version 2.74.2 10/11/04

NO-820226 Trinity Hall - Bristol

writeup

NO-850409 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham

full writeup

version 2.73.1 10/07/04

NO-820409 Meervaart - Amsterdam, Netherlands

writeup

version 2.72.4 10/06/04

NO-820622 Rollingstone - Milan, Italy

corrections by 'Dave Mings'

NO-850504 Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall - Osaka, Japan

writeup

NO-851206 Central London Polytechnic

addition

NO-870606 Super Tent - Finsbury, London

writeup

NO-890325 Glasgow S.E.C.C. "SECCstasy" - Glasgow Scotland

correction from 'Mike'

version 2.70.1 10/04/04

NO-840521 Palais - Leicester

writeup

version 2.69.1 10/03/04

NO-820410 Stockvishal - Arnhem Netherlands

writeup

NO-871210 Wembly Arena - London

writeup

version 2.67.1 10/02/04

NO-871206 Philipshalle - Dusseldorf

writeup

version 2.66.1 10/01/04

NO-850314 Lancaster University

writeup

version 2.65.2 09/26/04

NO-810419 Valentino's Edinburgh

writeup

NO-820919 Sporting Arena - Athens

full writeup

NO-861003 Winter Gardens - Malvern

writeup

version 2.63.5 09/20/04

NO-810112 Eglinton Toll Plaza - Glasgow

addition from Mark Johnson

NO-810327 Trinity Hall - Bristol

same as above

NO-810408 Rock City - Nottingham

same as above

A few other additions of a similar nature.

NO-830509 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham

correction

NO-830720 The Hacienda - Manchester

corrections/additions

version 2.62.4 09/18/04

NO-800905 Scamps - Blackpool

clarification from Mark Johnson's book (for what's that worth)

NO-801219 College Of Arts - Rochdale

same as above

NO-820617 Piper - Rome, Italy

writeup

NO-851025 University of London Union - London

additions/corrections

version 2.61.2 09/15/04

NO-811109 I-Beam - San Francisco CA

writeup

NO-850128 Michael Sobell Sports Centre - Finsbury Park, London

corrections

version 2.60.1 09/13/04

NO-811107 Market St. Cinema - San Francisco CA

writeup

version 2.59.4 09/13/04

NO-820626 The Hacienda - Manchester

consensus is that the supposed "first" set is bogus

NO-830720 The Hacienda - Manchester

correction by Dave Mings

NO-840603 Powerhouse - Birmingham

writeup + snotters' corrections

NO-851022 Guildhall - Preston

additions/corrections

version 2.58.2 09/10/04

NO-820830 The Venue - Blackpool

writeup with recollection/notes from JC of EZT

NO-850801 Felt Forum - NYC

corrections

NO-860913 Caird Hall - Dundee

TJ recollection

version 2.56.7 09/09/04

NO-820104 'Riverside' - BBC 2 - Hammersmith, London

writeup based on unaired version

NO-820122 North London Polytechnic - London

full writeup based on 820104+820122 src

NO-820409 Meervaart - Amsterdam, Netherlands

writeup

NO-821214 Old Melbourne Hotel - Perth

additional notes thanks to J Bollansee

NO-850518 Coogie Bay Hotel - Sydney

correction by J Cross

NO-850820 Henry Kaiser Convention Centre - Oakland CA

addition

NO-010811 Mungersdorfer Stadium - Cologne Germany

remainder of between-song banter written up

version 2.55.2 08/26/04

NO-861004 Town And Country Club - London

corrections based on DJ version

NO-861013 The Hacienda - Manchester

note about date change from the 7th of October

version 2.54.6 08/22/04

NO-800920 Maxwell's - Hoboken, New Jersey

updated URL

NO-810206 Comanche Student Union - Manchester Polytechnic

writeup

NO-820621 Palasport - Bologna

complete writeup

NO-861006 Royal Albert Hall - London

video version

NO-861104 The Palace - Hollywood, CA

writeup from audience version

NO-930829 Reading Festival

how could I forget the MJ lyrics in TF?

NO-020629 Roskilde Festival - Roskilde, Denmark

complete writeup

version 2.53.3 08/18/04

NO-820311 The Soul Kitchen (Mayfair Suite) - Newcastle

writeup

NO-861004 Town And Country Club - London

writeup of video version

NO-861006 Royal Albert Hall - London

additions/corrections

version 2.52.2 08/09/04

NO-830411 Coasters - Edinburgh

writeup

NO-850205 Caley Palais - Edinburgh, Scotland

additional source + corrections

version 2.51.6 08/06/04

NO-820303 Blue Note - Derby

writeup

NO-830225 Kolingsborg - Stockholm Sweden

different source noted

NO-830414 Tiffany's - Glasgow

correction

NO-830422 Savoy - Cork, Ireland

correction

NO-840820 Winter Gardens - Margate

writeup based on 4 tracks of sbd copy

NO-870619 Glastonbury Festival

additions based on audience tape

NO-020713 Old Trafford Cricket Grounds - Manchester

additional song intro

version 2.49.1 08/02/04

NO-800103 Tatton Community Center - Chorley

writeup

NO-810322 Jenkinson's Bar - Brighton

writeup

version 2.47.4 08/01/04

NO-981229 Manchester Evening News Arena - Manchester, England

full writeup

NO-011116 Palladium - Cologne, Germany

added (incomplete) CD version

NO-011118 Cirkus - Stockholm, Sweden

added (incomplete) CD version

NO-020625 Lansdowne Road - Dublin, Ireland

writeup

version 2.46.2 07/28/04

NO-800905 Scamps - Blackpool

full writeup

NO-811106 Perkins Palace - Pasadena, CA

writeup

version 2.45.1 07/26/04

NO-811115 The Masonic Temple - Toronto, Canada

writeup

version 2.44.2 07/24/04

NO-821127 Seaview Ballroom - Melbourne, Australia

writeup from GaoBest-provided video

NO-861104 The Palace - Hollywood, CA

writeup from FM version

version 2.43.8 07/22/04

NO-010731 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA

corrections/underlining

NO-011112 Olympia - Paris, France

full writeup from FM version

NO-011115 Columbiahalle - Berlin, Germany

full writeup from mixer

NO-020615 Hultsfred Festival - Sweden

corrections

NO-020713 Old Trafford Cricket Grounds - Manchester

a few more song intros written up

NO-810527 SO36 Club - Berlin, Germany

notes from booomboom's STG posts

NO-850417 University - Salford, England

info about video source from Simon Park

NO-851217 Manhatten Club (Cultuurcafe VUB) - Leuven, Belgium

info about video source from Simon Park

version 2.42.4 07/10/04

NO-801213 Utopia, Hal 4 - Rotterdam Holland

writeup

NO-850423 Logan Campbell Centre - Auckland New Zealand

additional source - cleared up lyrics on 'Love Juice'

NO-851110 Hammersmith Palais - London

additional source

NO-890712 Jones Beach - Wantagh, New York

complete writeup

version 2.41.9 06/29/04

NO-801219 College Of Arts - Rochdale

writeup

NO-820524 Pennies - Norwich

correction sent in by Jan Bollansee

NO-830624 Echo Beach - San Francisco, CA

full writeup

NO-840514 Royal Festival Hall - London

correction sent in by Philip Collins

NO-850205 Caley Palais - Edinburgh, Scotland

correction by Dave Mings

NO-850520 Easts Leagues Club, Brisbane Australia

corrections

NO-860719 Manchester Exhibition Center (GMEX)

additional notes based from Lazlo->Snotters FM version

NO-980830 Reading Festival, England

corrections/additions

NO-981231 Alexandria Palace "Ally Pally" - London, England

corrections from Simon Park

version 2.40.12 06/14/04

NO-820415 L'Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, Belgium

additional information based on Snotters version

NO-820606 Provinssirock Festival - Seinajoki, Finland

information regarding setlist and gig sent in by Ilona Joki

NO-820911 Futurama Four - Deeside Leisure Center Queensferry North Wales

corrections

NO-840319 Caesar's Palace - Bradford

reediting/corrections based on snotters version

NO-840514 Royal Festival Hall - London

soundcheck writeup

NO-851211 Salle Villar, Maison De La Culture - Rennes, France

corrections from drewc

NO-851213 Salle Du Baron - Orleans, France

writeup

NO-851217 Manhatten Club (Cultuurcafe VUB) - Brussels, Belgium

additional notes

NO-861208 DAR Constitution Hall - Washington D.C.

additions based on rburton tape

NO-890325 Glasgow S.E.C.C. "SECCstasy" - Glasgow Scotland

corrections

NO-890414 Southern Star Amphitheatre - Atlanta, Georgia

additions based on drewc remaster

NO-890705 Blossom Music Center - Cuyahoga Falls (Cleveland), Ohio

additions

version 2.39.1 06/01/04

writeup

version 2.38.3 05/29/04

corrections from Drew

NO-850804 International Centre - Toronto, Canada

writeup of FM version

NO-930729 World Music Theatre - Tinley Park, Illinois (Chicago)

corrections from Drew

Track name underlining complete for '87.

version 2.37.4 05/24/04

full writeup

NO-811024 The Ritz - Manchester

writeup + 'snotters' notes

NO-820626 The Hacienda - Manchester

full writeup

NO-840701 Roskilde Festival - Roskilde, Denmark

completed writeup

version 2.36.3 05/19/04

correction

NO-851110 Hammersmith Palais - London

corrections

NO-930729 World Music Theatre - Tinley Park, Illinois (Chicago)

writeup

version 2.35.1 05/18/04

writeup

NO-980715 The Apollo Theatre - Manchester

soundcheck the night before

Track name underlining complete for '93-'98.

version 2.33.3 05/14/04

writeup

NO-820310 Tower Cinema, Hull, England

gig writeup

NO-010614 Hultsfred Festival - Hultsfred, Sweden

completed writeup

version 2.32.2 05/10/04

information about source

NO-800921 Maxwell's - Hoboken New Jersey

information and sample

NO-890616 Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre - Irvine, California

correction from 'drew crumbaugh'

version 2.30.2 05/07/04

addition

NO-890226 Big World Cafe

writeup

version 2.29.15 05/03/04

note regarding origination of silver CD

NO-810527 SO36 Club - Berlin Germany

note

NO-830126 The Hacienda - Manchester

note

NO-830619 Nightlife - Austin, Texas

writeup of soundcheck

NO-850128 Michael Sobell Sports Centre - Finsbury Park, London

writeup of video version

NO-840825 Radio 1 "Saturday Live"

additions/corrections

NO-850517 Powerhouse - Melbourne

corrections

NO-850720 WOMAD Festival - Mersea Island Essex England

writeup of video version

NO-851203 Hacienda - Manchester, England (Both Sets)

correction

NO-851217 Manhatten Club (Cultuurcafe VUB) - Brussels, Belgium

info about video

NO-860317 Apollo Theatre - Oxford

corrections

NO-861208 DAR Constitution Hall - Washington DC

additional info about another source

NO-870609 Barrowlands - Glasgow

writeup

NO-890326 Birmingham N.E.C.C. - Birmingham, England

JB source info from GaoBest

NO-010803 Gorge Auditorum - George, Washington

corrections

Track name underlining complete through NZ/AUS Feb '87.

version 2.28.2 04/08/04

note about Procession

NO-810925 Assembly Rooms - Walthamstow

writeup

NO-820415 L'Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, Belgium

writeup

NO-860912 Barrowlands - Glasgow

full writeup

NO-861002 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham, England

Barney quote

version 2.24.22 04/04/04

listed support

NO-810408 Rock City - Nottingham

partial gig writeup

NO-820417 Le Palace - Paris

note

NO-820525 National Ballroom - London England

note

NO-820622 Rollingstone - Milan, Italy

update

NO-821208 Victoria University - Wellington, New Zealand

full writeup

NO-830414 Tiffany's - Glasgow, Scotland

full writeup

NO-830424 Rosehill Hotel - Kilkenny, Ireland

note

NO-831202 Town Hall - Bournemouth, England

updates

NO-840331 Haus Nied - Frankfurt, Germany

update

NO-840816 City Hall - Hull

updates

NO-850127 Tiffanys - Leeds

full writeup

NO-850128 Michael Sobell Sports Centre - Finsbury Park, London

updates

NO-850206 Barrowlands - Glasgow, Scotland

updates

NO-850823 Logan Campbell Centre - Auckland, New Zealand

soundcheck (Love Vigilantes)

NO-850720 WOMAD Festival - Mersea Island Essex England

full writeup

NO-851025 University of London Union - London, England

updates

NO-851110 Hammersmith Palais - London

writeup of Simon Park version

NO-851211 Salle Villar, Maison De La Culture - Rennes, France

updates

NO-851217 Manhatten Club (Cultuurcafe VUB) - Brussels, Belgium

difference between FM and mixer versions

NO-860228 St. George's Hall - Bradford

gig writeup

NO-870404 The Academy - Brixton, England

full writeup

version 2.23.9 03/19/04

gig writeup

NO-830225 Kolingsborg - Stockholm, Sweden

additions/corrections

NO-830226 Kolingsborg - Stockholm, Sweden

writeup

NO-840514 Royal Free Hall - London

full writeup

NO-860124 Sir Francis Xavier Center - Dublin, Ireland

corrections

NO-860125 Sir Francis Xavier Center - Dublin, Ireland

writeup

NO-860228 St. George's Hall - Bradford

writeup of soundcheck portion

NO-860327 Apollo Theatre, Oxford

corrections from Al Jarvis

NO-870212 Enmore Theatre - Sydney, Australia NO-870213 note added

version 2.20.1 03/13/04

writeup of audience version

version 2.19.4 03/12/04

note added

NO-850806 Bismark Theatre - Chicago, Illinois

writeup

NO-870207 The Roxy - Brisbane, Australia

note of source

NO-890326 Birmingham N.E.C.C. - Birmingham, England

full writeup

Track name underlining complete for '88-'89.

version 2.18.13 03/09/04

had Northamption's Road-Menders club listed by mistake

NO-810620 Glastonbury CND Festival

correction from Philip Collins

NO-820524 Pennies - Norwich

corrections/additions

NO-830415 Orient Cinema - Ayr, Scotland

corrections

NO-830509 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham

corrections/additions

NO-840822 Goldiggers - Chippenham, England

full writeup

NO-850128 Michael Sobell Sports Centre - Finsbury Park, London

addition from Philip Collins

NO-850418 Rotters - Doncaster

where the out of sequence tape came from

NO-851025 University of London Union - London, England

corrections and explanations from Philip Collins

NO-861206 The Orpheum - Boston, Massachusettes

writeup

NO-850502 Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall - Tokyo, Japan

additional notes based on full gig

NO-851206 Central Polytechnic - London

additional notes from Philip Collins

NO-860327 Apollo Theatre, Oxford

addition from Philip Collins

version 2.17.1 03/01/04

writeup

version 2.16.2 02/28/04

writeups for tv/radio appearances

NO-840701 Roskilde Festival - Roskilde, Denmark

partial writeup based on video

NO-860719 Manchester Exhibition Center (GMEX)

mention of video of Ceremony

version 2.15.2 02/26/04

writeups for tv/radio appearances

version 2.10.1 02/25/04

writeup

version 2.09.1 02/23/04

writeup

version 2.08.5 02/19/04

correction

NO-830720 Hacienda - Manchester

additions (soundcheck writeup forthcoming)

NO-850127 Tiffanys - Leeds, England

notes from Simon Park

NO-850128 Michael Sobell Sports Centre - Finsbury Park, London

corrections from Simon

NO-851110 Hammersmith Palais London

addition from Simon

version 2.07.3 02/15/04

additions/corrections

NO-850418 Rotters - Doncaster, England

writeup

NO-870130 Festival Hall - Nagoya, Japan

correction of TBTHOG intro

version 2.06.4 02/09/04

full writeup

NO-830313 Recreation Centre - Kingston-Upon-Thames Tolworth England

corrections sent in by Simon Park

NO-830709 City Gardens - Trenton, New Jersey

writeup

NO-870402 Woolwich Coronet - Woolwich, England

full writeup

Track name underlining complete through '86.

version 2.05.1 02/04/04

writeup

version 2.04.3 02/01/04

writeup

NO-840816 City Hall - Hull

gig writeup and review added

NO-840818 Leisure Centre - Gloucester, England

review added

Track name underlining complete through '85.

version 2.03.3 01/30/04

full writeup

NO-890630 Poplar Creek Music Theater - Hoffman Estates, Illinois (Chicago)

corrections

NO-890705 Blossom Music Center - Cuyahoga Falls (Cleveland), Ohio

writeup

version 2.02.4 01/29/04

writeup of 'Mesh'

NO-810512 L'Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, Belgium

writeup of extant tracks

NO-850820 Henry Kaiser Convention Center - Oakland CA

corrections

NO-851217 Manhatten Club (Cultuurcafe VUB) - Brussels, Belgium

corrections

NO-010728 Fuji Rock Festival Japan

corrections

version 2.00.1 01/25/04

writeup

version 1.99.3 01/24/04

writeup

NO-890428 Universal Amphitheatre - Universal City, CA

full gig writeup

NO-930829 Reading Festival - England

correction by Tracey Spivey

version 1.98.6 01/20/04

additions

NO-840823 Cornwall Coliseum - St. Austell, England

full gig writeup

NO-850820 Henry Kaiser Convention Center - Oakland CA

full gig writeup

NO-850911 Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland

additional notes/corrections

NO-851217 Manhattan Club - Brussels, Belgium

full gig writeup

NO-881125 Gigantinho Gym - Porto Alegre, Brazil

link to setlist

NO-020615 Hultsfred Festival - Hultsfred, Sweden

writeup of some more tracks

Track name underlining complete through 8/85.

version 1.97.1 01/15/04

writeup

version 1.96.3 01/14/04

NO-850523 Logan Cambell Centre - Auckland New Zealand

gig writeup (entry for soundcheck already)

NO-850811 Fox Theatre - Atlanta Georgia

positive identification

NO-861004 Town And Country Club - London

writeup

version 1.95.7 01/12/04

NO-820417 Le Palace, Paris

figuring out what song in the set IALP was

NO-830424 Rosehill Hotel - Kilkenny, Ireland (Eire)

updating information regarding date and IALP sequencing

NO-840707 Studio 54 - Barcelona, Spain

full writeup of gig

NO-851206 Central Polytechnic - London

full writeup of gig and soundcheck

NO-851207 Fulcrum - Slough, England

full writeup of gig

NO-881228 Gigantinho Gym - Porto Alegre, Brazil

writeup

version 1.94.3 01/03/04

additions

NO-840604 Palais - Nottingham, England

writeup

NO-850809 Warner Theatre - Washington DC

additions

version 1.93.1 12/30/03

writeup for soundcheck

NO-850205 Caley Palais - Edinburgh, Scotland

writeup

version 1.91.3 12/29/03

additional notes

NO-811118 The Ritz - NYC

writeup

NO-840517 Paradiso Amsterdam Netherlands

additions

version 1.90.1 12/24/03

writeup

version 1.89.1 12/20/03

writeup

version 1.88.8 12/19/03

note indicating swapped dates with 821206.

NO-850426 Canton (club) - Hong Kong

note by Al Jarvis

NO-850811 Atlanta, Georgia

writeup - DATE UNCERTAIN

NO-860327 Apollo Theatre, Oxford

correction

NO-890630 Poplar Creek Music Theater - Hoffman Estates, Illinois (Chicago)

writeup of additional track

NO-020120 Gold Coast Parklands - Gold Coast, Australia

correction

NO-020123 Hordern Pavillion - Sydney, Australia

writeup of JD tracks

NO-020526 Le Zenith - Paris, France

writeup of JD tracks

NO-020609 Finsbury Park Festival - London, England

corrections

NO-020615 Hultsfred Festival - Hultsfred, Sweden

writeup of JD track

NO-020629 Roskilde Festival - Roskilde, Denmark

writeup of JD tracks

NO-020713 Old Trafford Cricket Ground - Manchester, England

writeup of JD tracks

version 1.82.1 12/09/03

writeup

version 1.81.4 11/30/03

corrections

NO-840810 Marbella Moniciple - Marbella, Spain

writeup of 5 songs broadcast over FM

NO-850809 Washington, D.C.

additions/corrections

NO-861006 Royal Albert Hall - London

writeup

NO-930721 Starplex Amphitheatre - Dallas, Texas

added comment by Tracey Spivey

NO-011112 Olympia - Paris

additions

NO-011118 Cirkus - Stockholm, Sweden

additions

version 1.78.2 11/25/03

NO-820604 Provinssirock Festival - Seinajoki, Finland

note

NO-850820 Henry Kaiser Convention Center - Oakland, California

entry moved from NO-850819

version 1.77.4 11/23/03

NO-820622 Rollingstone - Milan, Italy

writeup of EGG

NO-830126 The Hacienda - Manchester, England

writeup of YSF from Fac 71

NO-830629 1st Avenue - Minneapolis, Minnesota

writeup of complete performance

NO-980716 Apollo Theatre - Manchester, England

additions

version 1.76.15 11/21/03

NO-830422 Savoy - Cork, Ireland

additions/corrections

NO-830509 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham

additional comment

NO-830627 The Commodore - Vancouver, Canada

corrections and inclusions into Barney Says

NO-840517 Paradiso Amsterdam Netherlands

additional comment

NO-840701 Roskilde Festival - Roskilde, Denmark

writeup of LWTUA

NO-850805 Agora Theatre - Akron, Ohio

correction to tracklisting

NO-850809 Warner Theatre - Washington D.C.

correction from Reg

NO-850811 Atlanta, Georgia

moved NO-850805 tracklisting here for the time being

NO-851110 Hammersmith Palais London

correction

NO-851217 Manhatten Club (Cultuurcafe VUB) - Brussels, Belgium

transcription of Atmosphere

NO-860124 Sir Francis Xavier - Dublin, Ireland

addition

NO-860719 Manchester Exhibition Center (GMEX)

transcription of Ceremony

NO-870213 Enmore Theatre - Sydney, Australia

submission by James Thomas

NO-870216 Thebarton Theatre - Adelaide Australia

correction to Ceremony

NO-870402 Woolwich Coronet - Woolwich, England

transcription of Ceremony

NO-870404 The Academy - Brixton, England

transcription of Ceremony

NO-870904 Darien Lakes Amusement Park - Buffalo, New York

corrections and transcription of Do The Ostrich

NO-870919 Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA

slight correction

version 1.73.5 11/19/03

NO-850614 The Pink, Punk, Pimms event - New Hall College, Cambridge

addition

NO-890415 Southern Star Amphitheatre - Atlanta, Georgia

partial transcription

NO-890427 Universal Amphitheatre - Universal City, CA

amendations

NO-890702 Montreux Jazz Festival - Montreux, Switzerland

addition

NO-890712 Jones Beach - New York, New York

transcription for Loveless

NO-930829 Reading Festival - England

correction

NO-980716 Apollo Theatre - Manchester, England

correction

version 1.70.2 11/18/03

NO-830619 Nightlife - Austin, Texas

transcription

NO-840707 Studio 54 - Barcelona, Spain

information on encore tracks

version 1.69.4 10/19/03

NO-801025 The Squat - Manchester

transcription

NO-840517 Paradiso - Amsterdam, Netherlands

transcription of Decades and LWTUA

NO-860826 Guildhall - Portsmouth, England

additions

NO-890415 Southern Star Amphitheatre - Atlanta, Georgia

transcription of Loveless

NO-890416 Saenger Theatre - New Orleans, Louisiana

transcription of Face Up

NO-890427 Universal Amphitheatre - Universal City, CA

transcription

NO-890428 Universal Amphitheatre - Universal City, CA

transcription of YSF

NO-010803 Gorge Amphitheater - Gorge (Seattle) WA Area One

correction

Fixed entry titles to be consistent

Introductory work to split nogigs.html by year

version 1.64.2 10/17/03

NO-840815 The Mayfair Suite - Sunderland

transcription - part one

NO-930829 Reading Festival - England

various additions and corrections

version 1.63.6 10/14/03

NO-831208 Union Hall, Victoria University, Wellington, NZ

writeup for Blue Monday

NO-840319 Caesar's Palace - Bradford

correction to Face Up lyric, credit to 'KnownPleasures' from NOOL forums

NO-850812 McAlister Auditorium - New Orleans, Louisiana

writeup

NO-011010 Brixton Academy

writup of last three songs

The terminal1 links now work again, via http://www.new-order.net/terminal1.demon.co.uk

various dates

the gleanings of consistent date header listings

obfuscated full email addresses, to mitigate spam harvesting

version 1.62.11 7/12/03

NO-850801 Felt Forum - New York City

completed writeup

NO-851203 The Hacienda - Manchester (both gigs)

completed writeup + started Barney Says/Hook LIne feature

NO-870204 The Galaxy - Auckland, New Zealand

corrections

NO-870206 Surfer's Paradise - Gold Coast, Australia

corrections

NO-870207 The Roxy - Brisbane, Australia

corrections and additions

NO-870214 Selina's - Sydney, Australia

corrections

NO-870216 Thebarton Theatre - Adelaide, Australia

completed writeup

NO-870217 The Venue - Melbourne, Australia

corrections and additions (Barney Says)

NO-870218 Festival Hall - Melbourne, Australia

writeup

NO-870220 Canterbury Court - Perth Australia

corrections and additions

NO-870221 Red Parrot - Perth Australia

corrections

version 1.61.1 6/29/03

NO-870214 Selina's - Sydney, Australia

writeup + setlist

version 1.60.2 6/27/03

NO-830720 Hacienda, Manchester

slight corrections, additions

NO-020615 Hultsfred Festival - Hultsfred, Sweden

writeup for YSF

version 1.59.4 6/25/03

NO-840819 Leisure Centre - Gloucester, England

hooky's wrong string intro

NO-870220 Canterbury Court Perth Australia

writeup + setlist

NO-870221 Red Parrot - Perth Australia

amendations and additional comments

version 1.58.5 6/11/03

NO-980716 Apollo Theatre - Manchester England

NO-981231 Alexandria Palace "Ally Pally" - London England

NO-010718 Olympia Theatre Liverpool

note that these appeared in 511 DVD

NO-011012 Brixton Academy

Alan Wise intro

NO-020609 Finsbury Park Festival - London, England

writeup

version 1.57.2 6/06/03

NO-870204 The Galaxy - Auckland, New Zealand

NO-870206 Bombay Rocks Surfer's Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia

NO-870207 The Roxy (Generator) - Brisbane, Australia

identified backing music plus various other information from Deron Pease and GaoBest, including transposing the 870206 and 870207 locations

version 1.57.1 6/01/03

NO-870207 The Generator - Gold Coast, Australia

setlist + writeup

version 1.56.2 5/27/03

NO-870202 Town Hall - Wellington, New Zealand

setlist cribbed from neworderonline

NO-870204 The Galaxy - Auckland, New Zealand

additional comment added

NO-870206 Surfer's Paradise - Brisbane, Australia

setlist + writeup + lyrics for 'Do The Ostrich'

version 1.54.1 5/26/03

NO-870204 The Galaxy - Auckland, New Zealand

writeup

version 1.53.1 3/13/03

NO-800729 Beach Club - Manchester, England

email to faclist by markbursa

version 1.52.4 2/12/03

NO-840825 Radio 1 "Saturday Live" (was listed as NO-840824)

Addition by Aaron Gerritz

version 1.52.3 2/3/03

NO-980716 Apollo Theatre - Manchester England

Minor correction sent in by Mauricio Fernandes Garcia

version 1.52.2 1/4/03

NO-821127 The Seaview Ballroom - Melbourne, Australia

GaoBest description of videos

NO-851217 Manhatten Club - Leuven, Belgium

GaoBest information

version 1.51.2 12/13/02

NO-850501 Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall - Tokyo, Japan

writeup for entire show

NO-851206 Central Polytechnic - London, England

minor correction

NO-840825 Radio 1 "Saturday Live" (was listed as NO-840824)

added writeup for Temptation and BBC announcer outro

version 1.50.1 12/6/02

NO-020526 Le Zenith - Paris, France

writeup for 'Brutal', SLC, and 'Digital'

NO-020126 RAS Showgrounds - Sydney, Australia

writeup for 'Love Vigilantes'

version 1.48.3a 12/5/02

NO-851206 Central Polytechnic - London, England

expanded writeup, and corrections on existing content

NO-851207 Fulcrum - Slough England

corrections

NO-020120 Gold Coast Parklands - Gold Coast, Australia

full gig writeup (update from 1.48.3--11/26/02)

NO-020123 Hodern Pavilion - Sydney, Australia

notes about Isolation

version 1.47.3 11/07/02

NO-840825 Radio 1 "Saturday Live" (was listed as NO-840824)

corrected date as well as some minor edits of content

version 1.47.2 10/17/02

NO-840517 Paradiso Amsterdam Netherlands

correction sent in by David Fox

version 1.47.1 2/7/02

NO-020123 Hodern Pavilion - Sydney, Australia

NME review excerpts

version 1.46.4 1/2/02

NO-821214 Old Melbourne Hotel, Perth

more GaoBest notes

Replaced "transcription" with the better term "writeup"

NO-870217 The Venue - Melbourne

writeup - partially completed

NO-871208 Mutualite, Paris

note that this was the last perf of 586

NO-011112 Olympia, Paris

writeup of a couple of songs

version 1.45.4 12/05/01

NO-860910 Mayfair - Newcastle, England

recollection

NO-870630 Reading University - Reading, England

recollection

NO-890325 Glasgow S.E.C.C. 'SECCstasy' - Glasgow, Scotland

writeup

NO-011007 Barrowlands Glasgow

GaoBest comment

NO-011112 Olympia - Paris France

comment added

version 1.44.4 11/26/01

NO-830424 Rosehill Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland (Eire)

note about performance date

NO-830424 Rosehill Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland (Eire)

writeup...this was probably the broadcast date

NO-840823 Cornwall Coliseum - St. Austell, England

writeup of soundcheck

NO-851108 Pavilion - Hemel Hempstead England

writeup of s/c and first song

NO-870221 Red Parrot Perth

added link to audio

version 1.41.5 11/23/01

NO-821208 Union Hall, Victoria University, Wellington, NZ

GaoBest description of reel-to-reel->DAT

NO-830424 Rosehill Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland (Eire)

GaoBest description of FM broadcast

NO-011019 Later With Jools Holland

writeup

NO-011116 E-Werk - Cologne, Germany

webcast writeup

NO-011115 Columbiahalle - Berlin, Germany

update regarding Barney football comments

NO-011118 Cirkus - Stockholm, Sweden

another review

version 1.39.2 11/19/01

NO-860911 Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland

writeup

NO-011112 Olympia - Paris France

update from "Sabine's Lover"

NO-011116 E-Werk - Cologne, Germany

webcast of this gig to be available soon

NO-011118 Cirkus - Stockholm, Sweden

review

version 1.36.1 11/16/01

NO-011115 Columbiahalle - Berlin, Germany

Nicholas LeBlanc gives setlist

version 1.35.2 11/13/01

NO-811119 Ukranian National Home - NYC

review - this one will get more lavish treatment later

NO-861212 Fox Theatre - Atlanta GA

review by Kevin Martin (Ceremony archives)

NO-890629 Marcus Amphitheater - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

info about gig from Hooky

NO-890707 CNE Grandstand - Toronto, Ontario

setlist + review

NO-890710 Great Woods, Mansfield, MA

reviews by "mike" and Daniel.F.McKinnon.III culled from old Ceremony archives

version 1.31.2 11/12/01

NO-011112 Olympia - Paris, France

comments by "N21"

NO-851210 El Dorado, Paris

correction, Barney not speaking French

version 1.30.2 11/11/01 (change in webserver host)

NO-011111 Olympia - Paris, France

setlist + comments by "N21"

NO-851212 Exo 7 - Rouen, France

slight addition

version 1.29.7 11/05/01

NO-830720 Hacienda - Manchester

writeup (to add on what I had already)

NO-851217 Manhatten Club - Leuven, Belgium

corrected from NO-871231

NO-870208 Paris La Mutualite - Paris, France

corrected from NO-871209

NO-890614 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View CA

writeup

NO-930731 Kingswood Amphitheatre - Toronto, Canada

corrected from NO-930721

NO-010803 Gorge Amphitheatre Seattle CA

writeup

NO-010811 Mungersdorfer Stadium Cologne Germany

writeup of 3 additional songs

version 1.28.3 10/25/01

NO-830414 Tiffany's - Glasgow, Scotland

writeup for the three songs I have

NO-861204 Philadelphia PA

writeup

NO-890421 Astroworld - Houston, Texas

recollection from anthonymiles

NO-820408 Glazenzaal - Rotterdam, Netherlands

recollection from vinz

NO-840517 Paradiso Amsterdam Netherlands

recollection from vinz

NO-851215 Arena - Rotterdam, Netherlands

recollection from vinz

version 1.24.4 10/23/01

NO-890715 Merriweather Post Pavilion -- Columbia, Maryland

           WBL confirms listing of a performance not listed in the
           gigography

NO-830708 Ontario Theatre - Washington D.C.

WBL provides summary of review

NO-850809 Warner Theatre - Washington D.C.

WBL provides summary of review

NO-861208 Constiutional Centre - Washington D.C.

WBL provides summary of review

NO-010718 Olympia Theatre - Liverpool

confirmed existence of 40 track ADAT from Roger Lyons

version 1.23.1 10/20/01

NO-011119 Later With Jools Holland

tracklist/desc from spiky

version 1.22.3 10/14/01

NO-010731 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View CA Area One

one more comment from Al Jarvis

NO-011012 Brixton Academy

setlist; comments

NO-870209 Byron Bay Arts Centre - Byron Bay, Australia

soundcheck tracklist from GaoBest

NO-930703 Roskilde Festival - Denmark

writeup

version 1.20.6 10/11/01

NO-010805 Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion - Devore (Los Angeles), CA

writeup

NO-011010 Brixton Academy

more comments (too many?)

NO-011011 Brixton Academy

setlist; comments

NO-981231 Alexandrea Palace (Ally Pally) London, England

writeup

version 1.19.3 10/10/01

NO-010728 Fuji Rock Festival Japan

writeup (finally finished)

NO-011007 Barrowlands Glasgow Scotland

setlist; report from Damon Pease

NO-011008 Barrowlands Glasgow Scotland

setlist; report from Jonathan Scott and Damon Pease

NO-011010 Brixton Academy

setlist; report from various souls

version 1.17.1 10/09/01

NO-850819 Henry Kaiser Convention Center - Oakland CA

comment from GaoBest (he says this was 9/20/85)

NO-870216 Thebarton Theatre - Adelaide, Australia

comment from GaoBest

version 1.15.4 10/08/01

NO-820524 Pennies Norwich

clarification of previous information

NO-820621 Palasport Bologna, Italy

notes

NO-820919 Sporting Arena Athens, Greece

notes

NO-870220 Canterbury Court - Perth Australia

list of songs played as encores

NO-011007 Barrowlands Glasgow Scotland

report from Jonathan Scott

version 1.13.1 10/07/01

NO-011007 Barrowlands Glasgow Scotland

report from Colin Kerr

version 1.12.4 10/07/01

NO-010811 Mungersdorfer Stadium Cologne Germany

writeup of 60MPH...more to follow

NO-861013 This entry spurious...removed. In its place:

NO-860719 Manchester GMEX

writeup

NO-870209 Byron Bay Arts Centre - Byron Bay, Australia

writeup

version 1.11.1 10/04/01

NO-011004 Apollo Theatre - Manchester, England

Jonathan Scott sends in setlist...via wireless, plus interesting comments

version 1.10.9 10/02/01

NO-850128 Michael Sobell Sports Centre - Finsbury Park, London

writeup

NO-850809 Warner Theatre - Washington D.C.

addition from W.B. Lyttle

NO-851211 Salle Villar, Maison De La Culture Rennes France

minor correction

NO-930828 Reading Festival - England

comment by Kevin Maidment

NO-010924 in studio (steve & gillian's farm?)

Transmission

NO-850128 Finsbury Park London

           notes; removed spurious NO-860128 listing and merged
           it here

NO-010731 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View CA Area One

Information regarding tapers

version 1.09.3 09/26/01

NO-810620 Glastonbury CND

writeup

NO-850206 Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland

correction

NO-860128 London (unknown venue)

           *spurious entry, removed* - really NO-860125 see 
           1.10.2 update

NO-861013 Hacienda Manchester

           different setlist than in gigography - multiple sets
           that night?

NO-851206 Central Polytechnic - London, England

addition

version 1.06.2 09/21/01

NO-010802 Thunderbird Stadium - Vancouver, BC

writeup of gig

NO-850523 Logan Cambell Centre - Auckland New Zealand

soundcheck details (GaoBest)

version 1.05.4 09/20/01

NO-840826 Guildhall, Portsmouth England

writeup + lyrics to early version of 'Face Up'

NO-031202 Town Hall Bournemouth

additional notes based on listening to different tape

NO-850523 Logan Cambell Centre - Auckland New Zealand

mention of a soundcheck (GaoBest)

NO-010731 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View CA Area One

corrections/updates

version 1.04.4 09/18/01

NO-861205 1018 Club NYC

writeup of gig

NO-890405 Q.E. Theatre Vancouver

setlist from GaoBest (missing from gigography)

NO-010731 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View CA Area One

writeup of gig and later corrections

NO-010811 Mungersdorfer Stadium Cologne Germany

added Times review

version 1.03.3 09/11/01

writeup of other songs

NO-890325 Glasgow S.E.C.C. "SECCstasy' - Glasgow Scotland

comment by GaoBest

NO-840707 Studio 54 - Barcelona, Spain

videotape of 4 songs from that performance

verison 1.02.1 09/05/01

gig not listed in Waterrat's listing

version 1.01.2 08/28/01

comment by GaoBest

NO-870213 Enmore Theatre - Sydney Australia

comment by GaoBest

version 1.00.1 08/26/01

comment by Steve Waller in reply to Jonathan Scott

version 0.99.2 08/24/01

comment by GaoBest

NO-981231 Alexandria Palace "Ally Pally" - London England

added Al Jarvis comment

version 0.98.5 08/20/01

writeup for 'Turn My Way'

version 0.98.4 08/15/01

NO-870825 Pier 84 - New York

correction sent in by J.W. Anthony

NO-010728 Fuji Rock Festival Japan

more work on writeup

NO-010811 Mungersdorfer Stadium Cologne

another review - corrected assigned date

version 0.98.1 08/13/01

recollections from Ceremony list

NO-010811 Mungersdorfer Stadium Cologne

review (no setlist given...yet)

version 0.96.1 08/07/01

reviews, setlist, etc.

NO-010805 Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion - Devore (Los Angeles), CA

reviews, setlist, etc.

version 0.94.1 08/05/01

writeup (not complete)

NO-010731 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View CA Area One

reviews, etc.

version 0.92.1 07/20/01

reviews, setlist, etc.

version 0.91.3 07/04/01

correction from Jeff Black (Crombsol->Crumpsall)

version 0.91.2 04/25/01

NO-980716 Manchester Apollo

correction from Brett

version 0.91.1 04/15/01

NO-810519 Roxy Stockholm Sweden

writeup + lyrics for EGG

NO-840826 Guildhall, Portsmouth, England

Kevin Maidment adds commentary

version 0.90 01/24/01

NO-810507 Tabernacle - London, England

writeup

version 0.89.4 01/23/01

NO-830323 State Ballroom - Liverpool

some more notes added

NO-830509 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham

some more notes added

NO-840319 Caesar's Palace - Bradford

some more notes added

version 0.89.1 09/28/00

NO-821214 Old Melbourne Hotel Perth

Norman Peters adds commentary

version 0.89 08/08/00

rescued these from the 'in progress' file.

NO-860822 Goldiggers - Chippenham, England

NO-861124 Congress Centre, Ottawa

version 0.87 08/07/00

NO-840408 Berlin Metropol - writeup notes added to overview

NO-930829 Reading Festival - England - writeup

version 0.86 08/03/00

NO-850517 Powerhouse - Melbourne - writeup

NO-851022 Preston GuildHall - writeup

version 0.85.2 07/30/00

NO-830707 Paradise Garage NYC

More anecdotes from that gig

NO-870221 Added more details based on relistening of Perth tape

NO-870619 Clarification sent in by a reader

version 0.85.1 03/16/00

I really need to pursue listening to more of my tapes, not much time these days, alas

NO-830624 Echo Beach San Francisco, CA

Comment from ajwells@ix.netcom.com

NO-840822 Goldiggers - Chippenham, England

Comment from sundry folks re gigs at

version 0.83 02/07/00

NO-840408 Added George Saunders' comments re performance from

his website

NO-840824 Added a comment posted on Ceremony mailing list

version 0.81a 10/23/99

NO-850131 Cultuurcafe VUB Brussels Belgium

spurious entry, really should be NO-851217, fixed

version 0.81 9/27/99

Added/Fixed:

NO-870919 Greek Theatre - Berkeley CA (the one with Anarchy In the UK!)

NO-870905 Pittsburgh Civic Center (got accidentally deleted, resotred)

version 0.80 9/21/99

Added/Updated:

NO-810527 SO36 Club - Berlin Germany (video)

NO-821214 Old Melbourne Hotel Perth

NO-830225 Kollinngsborg Stockholm Sweden

NO-830415 Orient Cinema - Ayr, Scotland

NO-850131 Cultuurcafe VUB Brussels Belgium

NO-850409 Tower Ballroom - Birmingham England

NO-850808 Warner Theatre Washington DC incorrect date

NO-850809 Warner Theatre Washington DC correct date

NO-851110 updated with addition of all remaining tracks

NO-851203 Hacienda - Manchester, England (First Set)

NO-851211 Salle Villar, Maison De La Culture Rennes France

NO-860816 Valby Copenhagen Denmark (previously unlisted in nogig)

NO-870826 Pier 84 - New York New York

NO-870904 Darien Lakes Amusement Park - Buffalo New York

version 0.66 6/15/99

NO-810327 updated slightly (have another tape copy of performance

NO-820911 updated, have another copy of this performance taped

NO-830312 updated with full listing of quotes

NO-851110 updated with addition of two tracks

NO-860912 Colin Kerr comment regarding "Edinburgh vs. Glasgow"

version 0.65 5/30/99

Added:

NO-840517
Paradiso Amsterdam Netherlands partial gig detail

NO-851110
Hammersmith Palais London partial gig detail

NO-851207
Fulcrum - Slough England partial gig detail

NO-870402
Woolwich Coronet - Woolwich England partial gig detal

updated entries for NO-830312 NO-830720 NO-831201 NO-851206 marked NO-830801 as spurious
added comment for NO-890325 from a note made by a reader

version 0.61a 5/26/99

version 0.61 5/25/99

Fixed a bug with my html processing script involving incorrect indexing.

Added:

NO-820911
Futurama Four, Deeside Leisure Centre, Queensferry, North Wales Added my own description to what was written already

NO-870825
Pier 84 - New York gig detail

version 0.60 5/24/99

Newly Added:

NO-831202
Town Hall Bournemouth gig detail

NO-861025
University of London Union gig detail

NO-860127
Queens University gig detail

NO-870619
C.N.D. Festival - Glastonbury England gig detail

NO-881217
Mancher Exhibition Center (G-MEX) Manchester Link to Melody Maker article

Found an error where NO-861224 should have instead been listed as NO-860124. Fixed. Updated NO-830707 slightly.

version 0.55 5/5/99

Added:

NO-820911
Futurama Four, Deeside Leisure Centre, Queensferry, North Wales Description from Ceremony site

NO-830312
Recreation Centre - Kingston-Upon-Thames Tolworth England Description from Ceremony site

NO-830422
Savoy - Cork, Ireland gig detail

NO-830627
The Commodore - Vancouver Canada gig detail

NO-830720
Hacienda, Manchester Description from Ceremony site

NO-840331
Haus Nied - Frankfurt, Germany gig detail

NO-850520
Easts Leagues Club, Brisbane Australia gig detail

NO-851206
Central Polytechnic - London, England Description from Ceremony site

NO-870915
Compton Terrace Phoenix Arizona Description from Ceremony site NOTE: listing needs to be added to Gigography

NO-930702
Montreux Jazz Festival - Montreux Switzerland Video MPEG description

version 0.45 4/21/99

Added:

NO-851212
Exo 7 - Rouen, France gig detail

NO-861202
Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania gig detail

NO-870130
Festival Hall, Nagoya, Japan gig detail

NO-870211
Dee Why Hotel - Sydney, Australia tape descpiption

NO-930731
Kingswood Amphitheatre - Toronto gig detail

version 0.40 4/17/99

Added:

NO-810506
Forum Ballroom - Kentish Town, link to interview page and gig report

NO-840824
Radio 1 "Saturday Live" description (mine) plus link to Sounds article

NO-850720
WOMAD Festival - Interview talking about review of gig played there

NO-851203
Hacienda, Manchster - link to interview page also discussing gig

NO-861208
Consitutional Center Washington D.C. - gig detail

NO-980716
Apollo Theatre Manchester - link to fan reviews

NO-980830
Reading Festival England - link to fan reviews

NO-981229
Manchester Evening News Arena - link to fan reviews

NO-981231
Alexandria Palace "Ally Pally" London - link to fan reviews and article reviews

Updated this section (self-recursive action)

Also added some description of what was played in Brixton 831201. Still need to transcribe the gig, which I have at least in MP3.

version 0.30 4/15/99

Added:

NO-810209
Heaven Ultradisco London - link to live review

NO-811119
Ukranian National Home New York - link to live review

NO-820122
North London Polytechnic London - link to live review

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Kilburn National Ballroom London - link to live review

NO-830126
The Hacienda Manchester - link to live review

NO-830129
Great Hall, Joint Student Union - Cardiff *soundcheck* It's about 85 minutes. You don't have this listed :-)

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The Ace - Brixton England - link to live review

NO-830707
Paradise Garage New York - Still has my gig detail, but I've also included a link to the live review

NO-830708
Ontario Theatre - Washington D.C. - link to live review

NO-831201
The Academy Brixton England - link to live review

NO-860327
Apollo Oxford England - Still has my gig detail, but I've also included a link to the live review

Various corrections on other listings.

version 0.10 4/13/99

Initial version put together from reports emailed to waterrat@cwix.com.

NO: 18 JUL 01 Olympia Theatre - Liverpool

Setlist:

'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 (94 version)'
'Temptation'
'Love Will Tear Us Apart'

Encore:

'Ruined In A Day'
'60 Miles Per Hour'
'Blue Monday

Reviews:

(my parsing program breaks on the commas in the first and fourth links, you'll have to cut n' paste by hand)

http://www.nme.com/NME/External/News/News_Story/0,1004,36784,00.html

http://cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1253344353/pagename=/RP/ALLSTAR/article.html/fid=279005

http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=84251

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,62-2001250099,00.html

Tidbit from Roger Lyons from Lionrock, who is responsible for the live programming on New Order's current tour:

...even as I am writing this I am importing a New Order Gig (Liverpool 2001) from 40 track ADATs and I would like to do a surround mix of this in Nuendo.

From Ceremony@monkey.edu:

Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 09:43:06 +0100
From: "Dave Stephenson"
Subject: (Fac33) Erm, some sort of NewOrder gig

Ow.

I'm in pain cos I've just been crushed at the front of the best NewOrder gig I have seen. OK, so the only ones I've seen are Reading 98 and Ally Pally before this one but OH MY GOD!

Opened with Atmosphere as a tribute to Rob Gretton and Hooky's Mum, then went on through a bevy of new and old tracks including Every Little Counts, Love Vigilantes, Crystal, Blauer Montag (of course), 60MPH and more which I can't be arsed to write out but I'm sure the set list will i appear somewhere soon.

Corgan didn't piss me off. He didn't say a thing all night and was only really audible on Turn My Way, Ruined in a Day and Blauer Montag - and even then his vocals were only apparent on Turn My Way, his guitar on Ruined in a Day and Blauer Montag.

Hooky was fucking loving it as usual, walking head down into Corgan, winding Barney up and stomping around the stage. Barney even looked as if he was enjoying himself too.

The new album sounds VERY good live. Not sure about Turn My Way or Slow Jam but Crystal and 60MPH just rock. It's gonna be a good one.

People of note spotted at the front include Andy Robinson and that roadie who looks like Arthur Baker and appears in The Perfect Kiss video.

The Olympia was a fantastic venue too - nice and small. But we won't even mention the, erm, After Show Party. Oh dear.

I think Barney summed it all up best when he said - "Woooo!"

@ Happy Jack

Transcription(s):

From 192mbps mp3 of DAT apparently recorded backstage...which was missing the Alan Wise intro, which I have on another version of this show (very likely the same source, confusingly enough).

_Intro_

AW: "Now I know the band's been away, they've been a way a long time, and I don't know [this Allannah?]. Let's face it, they've been surpassed by better talents like the Spice Girls. Yes, so I took a look around, and then I thought, 'Why don't we get rid of all the blokes in the band and have an all-girl band. That's a bit better, innit? By the way, hello to Mrs. Smith, lemme see... John Smith, Dave Smith, and the wankers from Hollywood or something. Right, I want you to welcome now then, the new all-girl band from Manchester, the ladies of the JOY DIVISION."

Loud cheers and cries for New Order. The MP3 recording starts after Bernard greets the audience.

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Hello. Feels like we've never been away. Please welcome...Billy Corgan...and Phil Cunningham, our new guitarist for tonight. Hope you're gonna enjoy what we're gonna do...cuz we certainly are. Let's have a great time! [hooky chuckles] Here we go."

PH: "Just a sober moment, this is for all the people that can't be here, this for Becky, Rob Gretton, and my mother, God bless them all!"

Barney whoops a few times during this song. He stopped doing this after the backlash against his overexuberance at what is supposed to be a dirgeful ballad.

BS: "Thank you. Thanks a lot!"

_Slow___Jam_

BS: "Okay, this is a song off our new album, which is called Get Ready, and the song's called Slow Jam, hope you like it!"

Audience member yells out something "sure we will..."

BS: "So listen carefully..."

This version is faster and more guitar-based, and missing the synth squiggle. Mix has Barney's vocals move from right to center and back again...don't know if the taper was moving during the first verse.

Some wah-wah guitar near the end. And Hooky can clearly be heard doing the ending chorus.

BS: "Thank you, you're very patient..."

_Crystal_

BS: "Okay, this is another new one. but you have to be patient cuz we're gonna play a lot of songs for you tonight. We're gonna play for a whole hour and a...hour and a half, which by our standards is a very long time. [guitar chord]. And by the end of the set, by your standards it'll be a very long time as well."

Piano into for Crystal starts.

BS: "This is Crystal, our new single. You've not heard it yet?"

Somebody yells "Hooooookkkkky!" at least twice.

Drum backing seems to be a bit different, vocals are low in the mix and a bit off. Plenty of whoops, though. "You shock me to the core, ooh, yeah!"

BS: "'ak you." [guitar/bass strum] "Oh, it wasn't bad, wasn't it, was it all right?. All right, now we're playing...after we bored you with those new songs, we're gonna play something you know now. "That's how we know it as well."

_Regret_

BS: "Jeremy, make sure I hear the click, please."

Volume levels go up and sound is clearer...

BS: "Woo! Thank you!"

Audience starts chanting "New Order, New Order, New Order!"

_Love___Vigilantes_

PH: "This one is for your dad. Prin(?) God bless..."

punter: "Go on 'ooky lad, go on 'ooky!"

Somebody actually calls out for Transmission...

Barney can be heard quietly testing out his melodica playing!

BS: "Excuse my rather large embarrassing melodica.. I have got a small one, but it's not the size that counts, is it? Okay, this is Love Vigiantes."

Song plays. Good version.

BS: "Woo! I didn't realize my voice was so high."

_Isolation_

BS: "It's a bit hot, innit it? [heavy guitar riffing and feedback]

Audience member calls out "Hooky!"

PH: "Yes...was there something?"

BS: "Okay, we're gonna reach back into the annals of history now. This is sung by Joy Division, it's called Isolation."

BS: "'ak You"...song closes out.

_Your___Silent___Face_

PH: "No...do I wanna know how big and how fucking ugly you are? NO."

BS: "This is another one that features my instrumental prowess on the melodica. I learned it at school. Very interessting fact. Ok."

Song starts.

BS: "We're playing all our old favorites tonight. Jump up and dance to 'em."

Hooky, et al. help with the "Why don't you PISS OFF!".

(at the end)

BS: "Thank you. I've always liked that song..."

[note: some versions have KW1 and Turn My Way transposed]

_Turn___My___Way_

BS: "Okay, I'm afraid we're got time to inflict you with some of our new songs. This is called 'Turn My Way'." Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, hang on...boys, hang on...featuring Billy on vocals, well done..."

(audience members cry out "Billy Corgan on vocals!", which is to whom Barney address "well done to", as well as a "c'mon Barney, lad")

PH: "He's very shy."

BC: "All right guys..."

A portion of the performance of Turn My Way made it into the 511 DVD, very cool. Sounds like a tape edit at the end, odd considering this is the 21st century and this was supposedly a DAT recording..

BS: "Thank you."

_Close___Range_

Edit in the tape. Nice drum intro.

The mp3 version cuts off at 4:07.

BS: "Thank you, that reminds me of when I used to be a punk."

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

BS: "Oh my, it's hot. Especially down here. Touched By The Hand Of God."

Hooky sings one of the "It belongs to you" refrains. Also some wah-wah guitar in the earlier part.

BS: "'ak you."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

PH: "This one is for your hopeless romantics..."

BS: (at the same time as Hooky) "Do you know how...do you know how fucking hot it is up here?"

Audience member cries out "How hot?" (presumably the guy that's been heckling throughout)

BS: "I tell you, it's hotter up here than it is down there. [mumble] You'll find out cuz you're gonna be on this fucking stage at the end of the show. Okay, here we go."

(after)

BS: "Thank you. Woo!"

_True___Faith_

More "New Order!" chants.

BS: "Thank you. Having a good time? Not supposed to happen at our gigs, yer out of order!"

The opening bass sounds absolutely massive.

BS: "'k you! Wonder where that came from? I see you all getting into it a little bit now..."

_Temptation_

BC: "Um..."

PH: "You'll have to scream a little louder."

BS: "Whoo. Oh yeah, this is Temptation."

You know the audience is singing along...and this is a "last fucking time" version too.

BS: "Whoo...thank you...wicked, man. Ok, Hooky, you were standing on the the bloody half of the stage as well..."

Tape fades...then the last sentence above is repeated.

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

PH: "Hey, he gets all [hot] that I'm enjoying meself. Still a miserable twat, isn't he? (think he's talking about Bernard, not Corgan!) "Come over here."

BS: "How about we all get started tonight...Billy."

Hooky yells out "C'mon!!" during the second chorus.

BS: "Thank you. Oh, that's the end? Thanks a lot, you've been a great audience!"

Bass feedback at the end.

Encore

_Ruined___In___A___Day_

BS: "Sorry but Hooky had to put some Savlon on his ass. Only joking! We've enjoyed this so much we'd play the whole set again for you..."

PH: "...But you've gotta pay again, so c'mon."

BS: "One two one two..."

Audience member (sounds like Alex!) calls out "Hooky, 60 Miles An Hour". Somebody else says something, it's that presumably what Hooky is responding to.

PH: "No, it's about 120 at the moment, how's yours?"

BS: "Okay, let's go."

They play a nice version.

BS" "'ak you."

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

PH: "Ehh, this one is for my daughter Heather, it's here first day of work today, she did very well."

BS: "Ok, this is 60 Miles An Hour."

Which they go ahead and perform...ends in a howl of feedback and wah-wah.

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Eh, thank you. Okay, this really is our last song. I wanna see if you can guess what we're gonna play. Someone said Blue Monday. Yes, you're right. See me after, and I'll give you a prize."

(Heh, that was classic)

BS: "Actually, it's called FUCKING Blue Monday now cuz I'm FUCKING sick of it. Only joking."

Hooky exclaims during the bridge "must be me!" Corgan's guitar can be very faintly heard throughout.

Song ends in bass feedback and a synth wash.

PH: "Good night every-body!"

And that's it.

Penis references, slaging off Blue Monday, audience putdowns, they've still got it, folks!

NO: 28 JUL 01 Fuji Rock Festival - Japan

Transcription of streaming webcast...the video's not very watchable, and the audio is muddy and monaural, given low encoding bitrate (24kbps for the music). Still, way better than nothing.

Needless to say, the transcription of this one was particularly difficult. Hopefully, I can get my hands on a higher quality version at some point in the future.

Assuming the webcast aired the performance in sequence, the song order was the following (giving the song titles as listed):

Atmosphere
Crystal
Regret
Love Vigilantes
Isolation
KW1 (Your Silent Face)
Slow Jam
Turn My Way
Bizarre Love Triangle
Close Range
Touched (Touched By The Hand Of God)
True Faith ('98)
Temptation
Love Will Tear Us Apart

(encore)

Ruined In A Day
60 Miles Per Hour
Blue Monday

BS: "Hello, we're New Order. It's been a long time coming. Let's hope it's worth it. Please welcome, our guest guitarist, Billy Corgan! And our new guitarist... Phil the man axe man."

_Atmosphere_

BS: "And...we're gonna start off with a Joy Division song. It's called Atmosphere"

PH: "For all the girls at East/West, thank you."

The synth has a interesting shimmering effect. Annoyingly, Bernard whoops a couple of times, although this was more pronounced at the Shoreline performance (31 Jul 01) than here.

Song finishes...

BS: (Whoop!) Thank you. Thank you. Great to be back in Japan after all this time. Jerry, can't hear the top of the kit too well, and can you turn the gate up on my earphones."

The webcast differs from the setlist in that Slow Jam doesn't appear here but later on, after KW1.

_Crystal_

BS: "All right, from the very old to very new, here's our latest single, called Crystal."

They play the 6+ minute extended version rather than the more abbreviated version played at the West Coast gigs.

BS: "Thank you, thanks a lot."

_Regret_

BS: "That was all right, wasn't it. It wasn't shit, anyway? And, er, from very old to very new, to just a little bit old, this song's called Regret.

BS: "Make...[can't understand this part]...the quick."

The end of this song gets flubbed somewhat.

BS: "Eh, hank you. Come to think of it, that's not a bad song either."

_Love___Vigilantes_

Melodica playing, f

BS: "Okay, we right, we right, yeah..."

PH: "You all set, Billy..."

BS: "Billy-o!"

PH: "He's nervous tonight, he's not played in front of big crowds often, so you have to forgive him."

BS: "Okay, let's go"

Song ends with bass feedback, as Bernard 10q's.

_Isolation_

BS: "Okay, this is a Joy Division song, it's called Isolation"

The song is performed.

BS: "Thank you. Domo Arigato!"

BS: "Ok ok, having a good time? We're having a fucking great time here in Japan, it's a great country. Who said that flattery will get you nowhere? Me."

Hooky says something off-mic.

_Your___Silent___Face_ (labelled KW1, naturally, on the setlist)

BS: "Okay, this is your Silent Face, get the DJ to turn the fucking music down over there, you twat."

Bernard busts out with the melodica! I personally welcome the return of this song to their live set.

And it looks like somebody turns down the vocals on Barney when he says "piss". (part of the 'Why don't you piss off?' lyric). The audience recording is of course unimpeded.

_Slow___Jam_

BS: "All right, we're gonna play a song...okay, this is a song off our new album called Slow Jam."

Nice feedback at the end.

BS: "Thank you!"

_Turn___My___Way_

BS: "Okay, this song..next song features Billy. This song features Billy on vocals, and is off our new album, called, eh... what's the new album called, Hooky?"

PH: "Get Ready..heh heh."

BC: "Get Ready..yeah"

[some trading of 'Get Ready's passes between the band members]

BS: "Get ready, get ready, yeah. And it's 'Turn My Way'!"

(at end)

BS: "'ak yew"

PH: "The boy done good!"

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna now play something that you all know and love...hopefully love. It's called Bizarre Love Triangle."

After the first verse, Hooky yells out "C'mon cheer for Phil!"

_Close___Range_

BS: "Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa...I'm wrong again, I'm wrong again... uh...fuckin' hell. ...it takes you out here. When you get to our age..."

PH: "Fuck off..."

BS: "Alright, this is another one off our new album, but you're sick of hearing these new songs you've never heard before... one day believe you me, you will come to love them...it's called Close Range, take that fucking capo off now."

I like this one quite a bit.

BS: "Thank you, thank you. Yes, Roger, I didn't notice that was the wrong one."

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

BS: "Okay, the next one is called Touched By The Hand Of God...and it's about Hooky's bass guitar. There Hooky, a rare compliment, a rare compliment."

PH: "Very rare and few in between, but I fucking loved it!"

(at end)

BS: "You're copied my chord there. Yes, what do you want?"

PH: "The switch to the other [two words] fucking broke that one."

[Not sure what this was about]

_True___Faith_

BS: "This is...er, True Faith. New version. Hope you like it. We do."

Hooky squeaks and mutters quite a bit during this one. "C'mon, you bastards... for the Viking!" or something like that.

At the end:

BS: "Thank you. Yeah! Let's go for it."

_Temptation_

BS: "I need my special guitar for this one."

BC: [can't make out what he says, think it starts with 'Let me...']

BS: "Temptation."

He starts out with a 'woo woo' along with the beat, before the opening guitar bit.

They play it. All their Temptations these days feature Barney counting "1, 2, 3, 4!!" before going into the last break.

BS: "Thank you." Guitar chords.

PH: "It's very quiet, isn't it?"

Crowd yells.

PH: "What's the matter, scousers got yer bag?"

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "Eh, this song is called...ah, I can't remember(?)...it's something about love... Love...Will...Tear...Us...Apart."

They play LWTUA.

Hooky yells "Here we go!" at the 1:24 mark. He also yells out, "Turn up my mic, Andy!" at about 3:30, "Andy" again ten seconds later, and another "Here we go!" at the 3:53 mark.

BS: "Whoahhh...thank you very much, you've been a great audience. See you in sixteen years!" (He laughs when he says this)

I guess Barney had forgotten they played Japan in 1987, which was only 14 years before.

The punters start to chant for New Order...somebody strums a bass... then general clamour...and more chanting...before NO take the stage again.

Encore

_Ruined___In___A___Day_

BS: "How did you know we were going to do an encore? [noodles on guitar] The lead gui-part...guitar part in this song is very, very difficult, so if we play it out of tune, please bear with me."

Actually, this is a really good version. Nice guitar work, having Corgan and Cunningham around helps.

BS: "Woo! Thank you. I cannot stop saying 'Woo', heh heh. Why do I do that?"

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Okay, this is eh, a song called 60 Miles An Hour, off our new album called Get Ready."

Initial ascending guitar riff before the sweeping synths preface the track.

BS: "Thank you very much."

PH: "God bless you."

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Okay, you might recognize this one. So, I'm not going to tell you the title, so you can decide for yourself which one it is."

Huge cheers when the opening beats kick in, of course.

A couple of whoops and a whistle make their way in before the vocals start. Lots of silliness on stage here, not the least of which was Bernard's freaky dancing.

BS: "Thank you, good night, great to be back in Japan. We really enjoyed it! Thank you."

The maelstorm is Blue Monday continues for a minute more before ending in gigantic bass feedback, followed by Hooky throwing down his instrument and walking offstage.

Announcer: "You were great...we loved it.!"

Then he goes into Japanese...the only phrase I can make out is 'New Order'. Any speakers want to translate?

NO: 31 JUL 01 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA Area One

I attended this performance. What I most vividly remember was this girl who was doing a very intimate lap dance for her partner, who unfortunately couldn't be persuaded to stay beyond New Order's set (she wanted to stay, he wanted to get busy). The last I saw of this couple was him walking out, with the girl flipping him the bird as she chased after him.

No, I'm not making this up.

Another highlight was the punk with a Low-life shirt, who had scrawled on the back, "Fuck Moby". Ace.

Some reviews...

Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:34:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Marc Joseph
Subject: (Fac33) Mountain View Show

Sound:

Have to agree with Fernando. The sound was very poor. The levels were definitely set for the bands on after New Order (Outkast and Moby). The difference was so great that on some songs it was almost like comparing AM radio to CD sound quality.

The vocals were set too low until three and a half songs in. With the exception of Hooky's bass, all of the sounds ran together. Couldn't hear Bernard's guitar on many songs (e.g., TF). I was at the bottom/middle of the lawn section. Perhaps the sound was better up close? Kind of doubt that.

The band knew that sounds levels were screwed up, and were constantly (Bernard, especially) pointing to the side stage to make changes (or even requesting changes on the mike during songs). Bernard made a comment after the fourth song -- in the middle of which they adjusted the vocals sound level -- something like "...well, at least half of it didn't sound like shit..."

[Editor's Note: this comment seems to be missing from the CD I have of this gig...nor do I recall him making this comment.]

I've not heard the complete album. I did listen to the sound clips and the downloaded Fuji concert. The sound at the Mountain View concert, especially of the new songs, was, not surprisingly, much poorer than the album clips. But, it was also much worse than the Fuji concert (which was actually pretty good).

[Compared to Reading '98, which I also was fortunate to attend, the sound was on a completely different scale -- not a fair comparison.]

I realize that at a festival with little or no soundcheck time, that it's difficult/impossible to get the sound levels correct. At the same time, though, I wonder. Did the New Order sound at the show help or hurt their chances for being successful again in the U.S.?

Without decent sound levels for the new songs (and even most of the older ones), does it just reinforce the "80's band" label in the U.S.? In my mind, it doesn't, but I'm not the majority.

Song selection:

New Order is known in the U.S. by the masses (i.e., most everyone not in the orchestra section) by five songs: BLT, TF, TBTHOG, Temptation, & BM.

They had to play those songs. The difference in broad audience participation was significantly higher during those songs than all the others. I would've loved to have taken a poll of the audience to see how many people first realized it was "that" New Order when BLT was played.

(LWTUA also got the audience's attention. Along with In a Lonely Place, they were two songs that had good sound balance. Best two songs of the day, IMO.)

Song order:

I was hoping they'd change the order from Liverpool and Fuji. Starting with Atmosphere in a half-filled outdoor amphitheatre with the sun setting just didn't seem right. Whoops didn't help.

Energy level:

Hooky was very enthusiastic. Even hopped off the stage during Blue Monday. Steve and Phil were into it. Bernard was hopping around and seemed very enthusiastic. He also, though, seemed a little peeved about the sound.

The orchestra level audience was *very* enthusiastic. To the balding guy in the French blue long-sleeve shirt, I hope you drank lots of water afterward. You must of sweated about a gallon of liquid.

Billy Corgan's involvement:

Although it's true he didn't necessarily do a lot on stage, his presence meant a lot. He received very loud/positive recognition when Bernard introduced him and when he lingered on the stage at the end. Even looked like he signed an autograph from the side/front of the stage during a lull in a song.

It's been said before, but his presence will mean a lot in the US market. Turn My Way will get significant airplay, because of, in large part, him. He has a very distinctive voice (whether you like it or not) and the masses will instantly be drawn into at least that song (and perhaps like it and try the whole album).

Atmosphere (not the song):

New Order is not a day-time outdoor band. The difference in atmosphere (along with the sound) of Moby's show was startling. I realize that Moby's been doing his show for a while now -- very rehearsed, highly produced, etc. -- but it had impact (whether you like his music or not).

A light show, a full venue, and darkness to help people focus on the stage (as opposed to talking on their cell-phones & walkie-talkies, commenting on the people walking by, screaming to the ushers for glow-in-the-dark thingys to hang around their neck, etc.) make a world of difference. Even playing one hour later (in the Outkast slot) would have made a BIG difference. But, with a full tour commitment, it was right to have Outkast slotted there.

(Funny side note: They turned on the smoke machine -- IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. Bernard disappeared several times while singing. Not the cool floating haze like Reading '98. Looked like a dust cloud had descended upon him. After a few songs, Bernard said something like, "Turn off the fucking smoke machine. You're killing me.")

All that said, I'm still very glad to have been there and grateful that New Order came back to the U.S. I wish that I could go to the LA event to see if they're able to improve the sound by then. I very much hope they can come back again and tour in some mid-size venues (e.g., Fillmore in SF).

Information from the (at least) two known versions of this gig:

> From: GaoBest
> To: ceremony@monkey.org
> Subject: (Fac33) shorelines
>

> In a message dated 10/1/01 1:04:38 PM, the@new-order.net writes: >
> << The source you have has Bernard more shifted over to the right than > Mike's. They're both comparibly clear, I would guess the neworderonline > version was recorded a bit further away, it has a bit more audience clatter > in it. >>
>
> I think this is Jason's version - he is a SP fan so that's why he > went/taped/etc. He bought his ticket from a Schoeps taper who decided to > take a holiday from taping. So I had a better seat/row, but I was on Hooky's > side, whereas I think Jason was on Corgan's side, so he was having his own > little field day. Jason uses (I think) Sonic Studios and a D7, but I can't > really remember that well. Schoeps mics have a $4500 retail or so, but alas > I don't think there is a Schoeps for this gig (Schoeps mics at Shoreline can > sometimes sound utterly amazing, almost as good as Schoeps mics taped from > the *spot* at the Warfield - eg, Underworld '99 and Kraftwerk '98). >
> x
> mike
>
> From: Super User
> To: GaoBest
> Subject: Re: (Fac33) shorelines
>
> Jason Roth? Nah, I think he uses DPA4061s omni's into > an M1.
>
> From: GaoBest > To: Alastair J. Murray, ceremony@monkey.org > Subject: Re: (Fac33) Glasgow/Last Orders... >
> In a message dated 10/9/01 3:09:27 PM, Ally wrote: >
> << PS. For anyone who'll ever met up with New Order's personal bodyguard > "Sarge": be afraid, be VERY afraid ... (no joke!) >> >
> Is that the "older"-looking guy with tattoos who hangs around with > Hooky? At the Shoreline show he was glued to Hooky whenever PH went > off the stage during the performance... tough looking guy! Um, so is > that him???

Al Jarvis later adds:

From: "Al Jarvis"
To: , "Ceremony" Subject: Re: (Fac33) New Order in this month's Q Magazine... Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 13:05:33

Sarge isn't a 'big bloke' at all. He's about 5'6? But he's mean as f---, suppsedly. Head of security at the Apollo, I believe, and has only ever acted as security for one act before - Barry Manilow! And he's defo not Hooky's brother, just a mate.

4 of my mates managed to get their mugs into the Frisco audience photo in Q magazine but me and the Mrs were to the right of the stage so don't feature. If the cameraman had panned more to the left there was a big X of St George in the audience held aloft by some lads from Slough and Sunderland.

Transcription:

Sound is clear (being sourced from a DAT). Despite my initial report, there are no dropouts in my copy (sorry gaobest!)

BS: "Hello everyone, we're New Order, it's great to be back in the States! [bass chords] Please welcome our guest guitarist tonight, Billy Corgan. Please welcome Phil...Phil Cunningham. Well, you like Joy [Division]?"

(my copy of the gig cuts out after the word 'Joy')

_Atmosphere_

BS: "This is a song called Atmosphere."

PH: "One Two Three Four"

BC: "Yo...yo...(echo)"

Barney gets "whooping cough" during this song. Most people find this affliction annoying during what are supposed to be downtempo numbers.

PH: (to roadie offstage) "Jerry...my foldbacks are still not working... Can I have more guitar in the side fills, please."

BS: "Thank you...whoo! Thanks a lot, thanks a..."

_Regret_

BS: "Ok, this is a song called Regret."

Opening guitars are mixed way too low and Hooky's bass comes in out of time. The sequenced hi-hat is high up in the mix. A fairly rare botch-up.

BS: "Yo! Jerry, a bit less on my guitar, please, a bit more of the sequenced drums, sequenced shit."

(he's being sarcastic, of course)

_Crystal_

PH: "You're all right, matey[?]. _____ _____ the fucking amp is coming out[?]

BS: "Okay, this is our new single. It's called Crystal"

(audience member yells out 'Who's playing that?')

Kick drum is very loud here...and the vocals kinda low.

BS: "Oh...thank you...whoo..."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

PH: (plays note) "This is for you all old-timers. And you young timers. Every living fucker in between."

BS: "Okay, this is Love Will Tear Us Apart."

Ends up being somewhat of a singalong.

About 3:12, Hooky exclaims "Here we go, Steve!"

BS: "Thank you! It's one of those old songs, but we can do even better than that! Just bear with us. You're in for one hell of a...eh, a trip."

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Okay, this is an old song called "Your Silent Face."

And indeed they do much better. Again, the melodica makes its appearance, and there's some improv...melodica jazz, anyone? My copy has a pop/crack at 3:58.

BS: "Yo! 'ak you. Whoa..oa..oa...

(audience member yells 'Ceremony')

_Turn___My___Way_

BS: "This is a new song...off our new album Get Ready, features Billy on vocals, and also...he plays a lovely solo in the middle of it."

BC: "Take my hand...and don't let go"
(last part he chuckles through)

BS: "And don't let go".

About 3:08 in, Barney cries "Yo! Phil".

I guess being around all those hip-hop acts is rubbing off on Barney, yo!

Nice "thought that I was right" refrain in this version.

BS: "'k you! Yo!"

(audience member yells 'Ceremony' again)

_Bizarre___Love___Trangle_

BS: "Okay, after that, of course we're gonna play some of the _____ you already know. This is called Bizarre Love Triangle."

BS: "Jerry....[whistles]"

They play the song.

BS: "'ank you...[groans]"

PH: "Fuck. Can't see me tuner, and sounds like there's something wrong. [plays bass] Nah, it's just me, being a lazy...Salford bastard. Like jazzy here, man."

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

BS: "This is Touched By The Hand Of God."

BS: [3:33] "One Two Three Four!"

Another dropout at 4:41.

BS: "Thank you. Andy, will you turn that fucking smoke off, it's driving me mad! I'm a confirmed anti-smoker, cigarettes are bad for you!"

(more calls for Ceremony from the audience)

PH: "Haha...you got told off, Andy. Hehe."

BS: "Apologize for that one, a very slip of temper on my part..."

(recording cuts out briefly)

_True___Faith_

BS: "Okay, this is true faith...new version."

BS: [0:50] "Oh, bassline"

PH: [0:54] "Here we go"

BS: [1:13] "More bassline"

Hooky makes weird noises at about 5:15.

BS: "Thank you."

Arthur Baker intro

BS: "Please welcome...our producer Mr. Arthur Baker, stood right there in the audience. Hello Arthur! Guy with the beard and the long hair. Looks a bit like Rasputin. He's got a big dick just like me."

_Temptation_

BS: "well, you're laughing at (him?) anyway. Okay this is another song, it's called Temptation."

BS: [5:37] "Oh, it's the last fucking time..."

BS: [5:52] "One Two Three Four!"

BS: "Ohah! Thank you"

(yet more calls for Ceremony from the audience)

BS: "'nk you. Fucking M...a bit tiring up here."

_60___Miles___an___Hour_

BS: "Okay this is eh, eh, called 60 Miles An Hour, it's off our new album. Hope you like it. Hey whazzap Billy, c'm...an old friend back here."

They play the song, and finish.

PH: "Not bad, was it?"

BS: "'k you."

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Hey, this is Blue Monday"

PH: "Yo, get that bass a bit louder, for there's a man in Manchester who can't hear it!"

BS: "No one can set _____ _____" [whistles]

BS: [1:42] Weird noise.

BS: "Thanks a lot, you've been a great audience, it's great to be back in the States. This time we're here to stay, Keep on Truckin'!"

Outro...clapping...people wanting more, the usual.

NO: 02 AUG 01 Thunderbird Stadium - Vancouver, BC

Same set as Shoreline 7/31 except LWTUA moves to later in the set before the encore...and True Faith was omitted... in my opinion the performances here are better, not to mention the banter!) However, I heard that the conditions they had to play in (rain/sparse crowds) were less than ideal.

Source: CD from two separate DAT masters.

Transcription:

Intro

(a bit of right channel distortion, clears up by the start of Atmosphere)

PH: "You fookin' boo, then we'll kick yer fookin' 'ead in."

On SR version, you can hear a bit of conversation, including GB with "What did he say?".

BS: "Hello, we're New Order. Please welcome to the stage...(Phil says "hallo") our new guitarist, Phil Cunningham, from England. And the most obnoxious man in rock, Stephen Morris! Oh yeah, Billy Corgan as well. And Peter Hook. (Hooky: "Heeey") And there's our roadies..."

GB (taper): "He's in a good mood."

(somebody notes that Barney's in a good mood...which based on what I've read on Ceremony wasn't the case at all)

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Here we go."

PH: "1-2-3-4."

Barney continues with whooping, but it's less pronounced than the Shoreline performance.

BS: "Thank you."

PH: "Hey Billy, your sister's in."

BS: "Thanks a lot."

PH: "She's got that coloring set you gave her for Christmas."

_Regret_

BS: "Ok, this is a a [stutter] a song called Regret."

The levels are more reasonable here than in the Shoreline version, which was plagued with technical difficulties.

BS: [whoop] "Thank you."

Somebody cries for Ceremony.

BS: "No, not playing Ceremony tonight...because Ceremony fucking sucks!"

(lots of laughter...maybe this is a snide allusion to the mailing list!)

http://worldinmotion.atinfopop.com/4/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=3334038731&f=9334038731&m=1124085831

Someone like me reports a slightly different wording:

"Only once, this year in Vancouver. I loved it, it was a dream come true. My favorite moment was when somebody yelled "play Ceremony" and Barney responded "I will play it for you, yea right, Ceremony F**king sucks" I just started laughing. If anybody knows Barney, they will know that is just his style of humor. Also Peter was very Interactive with the crowd. I hope they come to the west again!!!"

BS: "We're gonna play our new single, however, because we all want you to buy that one, we don't want you to buy Ceremony."

_Crystal_

BS: "We want you to buy our new single Crystal, and it sounds just like this."

An exuberant "Yeeoooww" during the "keep it coming" parts. Also some good thrash guitar soloing during the break, concluding with another Hooky "Yeeoooww". The stereo seperation shifts a bit...

BS: "Thank you. Jerry, can you take the backing down a touch, please."

PH: "If only we could, we're not allowed to by the musician's union." (talking at the same time Bernard introduces the next song)

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Okay, this is called Your Silent Face."

_Turn___My___Way_

BS: "Thank you. Okay, we're gonna subject you to a new song now, it's called Turn My Way, and it's all...all Billy Corgan's fault."

BS: "Thank you."

Somebody says "There's a little hole right here."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Bizarre Love Triangle. I heard you! And we're gonna play just for you, the guy in the blue T-shirt and the yellow bit there, what's your name? (punter cries out name) I feel like I've known you all my life. Here we go."

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

BS: "'hank you. Okay okay okay, can anyone guess what we're gonna play next. [folk scream out Blue Monday, of course]. Apparently not."

PH: (interrupting) "I told you to watch your half..."

BS: "Well, listen and you've caught it on two. I'm ready when you're ready, Roger."

Good riffing on this one. I love how Barney's vocals are so sensually flat, and then they kick into high gear!

BS: "Thank you."

PH: "So slippery up here you can'tt do anything...I dunno...you Americans and your weather."

(The crowd quickly corrects him, mock booing mixed in with laughter)

_Temptation_

PH: "You'll have to forgive me for that one, just like I forgive you."

BS: "Ignore what Hooky was saying, just listen to me. I'm the voice of truth. This song is Temptation."

BS: "Thank you."

From: http://worldinmotion.atinfopop.com/4/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=3334038731&f=9334038731&m=1124085831

'Someone like me' reports:

"Your right, being my first New Order show, I would think anything of New Order was cool. I will admit that Vancouver looks like it was one of the worst shows next to Germany so far on this tour. I'm guessing because of the weather, is the reason True Faith was off the set list.

I totaly forgot about Peter calling us Americans. (Not that is a bad thing right about now). But just to let everyone else know. Peter said "You Americans are all the same" And I was one of the people who screamed "were Canadian" Then he said "I will forgive you, if you will forgive me", Then Barney said "Don't listen to him listen to me."

It was funny. I hope they come to the west again."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "This is a song that we've never played in Canada before. It's called Love Will Tear Us Apart...I think. Something like that anyway."

Feedback squall from one of the guitarists.

BS: "Get on with it!"

Hooky yells out, "Let's go, let's [something] rock!"

Good version.

BS: "Thank you. An oldie but goldie."

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Now we're gonna play something that'll make you want to kill yourself. Straight after you've heard it. Our speciality. It's called 60 Miles An Hour".

Pretty raucous version, Corgan does backing vocals here to I think.

BS: "Thank you. Whoa. It stopped raining as well, no it just started again. Sorry. Anyway, we like the rain in England, I'm sure that you like it too. Cuz no fucking choice have we really."

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Okay, this is our last song, it's called 'Brue Monday'. My favorite."

(somebody in the crowd sarcastically comments 'Yeah, right!')

They play Blue Monday, which comes clattering to a halt.

PH: "Good evening, Vancouver!"

NO then depart

The between-set music comes on, and an interesting conversation between the taper (GB) and his companion (JV) can be overheard:

JV: "They didn't play True Faith."

GB: "They didn't play True Faith, that's right. I was like annoyed. I was like, 'Wait...where's...'.

JV: "Is that the only one they didn't?"

GB: "Yeah, they played all the other songs from Sh...from Tuesday."

JV: "You know, It's kinda interesting, though, because they've changed the set...the order of it."

GB: "Yeah, they moved...Joy...Love Will Tear Us Apart to the end. I was impressed, I didn't think they'd be capable."

JV: "No..they...I think most people are really into them."

GB: "Yeah, people here are really liking it."

JV: "Well, I was really surprised that Regret came on."

GB: "And everyone knew Regret."

-finis-

NO: 03 AUG 01 Gorge Amphitheater - Gorge (Seattle), WA Area One

Plenty of reports from this one...looks to have been the best US gig so far.

Pictures from the gig: http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/chris_mealy

Source: tape from Waterrat (Anthony)...unfortunately, sound is very hissy and muddy, but it's good enough for the job. :-) Also have a CD from GaoBest...a different source, which sounds like a digital master, but is also muddy, with very loud kick drum. I suspect this was due to the acoustics of the venue. According to GaoBest, he believes this was taped by ASw.

Transcription

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Hello, guess who we are? We are New Order. Not played in Seattle for a while...of course, this isn't Seattle. We're going to start off with a Joy Division song called Atmosphere, which we've never played in Seattle."

They did play in Seattle once before, on the Technique tour, and unless their setlist was remarkably different there, Bernard, amazingly enough, may have been accurate in his recollection.

Crazed fan yells out "I love you!!!" at about 2:20 in (Waterrat). Bernard whoops shortly thereafter.

_Regret_

BS: "Thank you. Thank you, it's a long time since we've played that. 24 hours. This is...[can't make out rest, but it doesn't sound like 'Regret' was mentioned]". Oddly enough, the last line isn't even audible on the GaoBest copy.

_Crystal_

BS: "Woo! OK. All right. this is our new single, it's called Crystal, please all go out and buy it immediately!"

This perhaps was the best-played Crystal so far.

BS: "Thank you!"

PH: [in reaction to fans shouting out titles, I presume] "Nope, try again later!"

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "All right, we're gonna hear a new...I am...another Joy Division song now, and it's called Love Will Tear Us Apart."

PH: "One...C'mon Billy, fucking hell...one, two, three, four!"

They play LWTUA.

BS: "'k you...you come over, eh?"

BS: "Let's hear it for David Beckham...Let's hear it for Manchester United! [another pause] David, the guitar isn't working."

PH: "We're not allowed to chat with you during this intermission." [or something to that effect]

_Your___Silent____Face_

BS: "All right, here we go, this is Your Silent Face."

NO play KW1.

BS: "Thank you very much [_very_ slurred]. It's great to be back in America again. See some sunshine. Take some drugs! Meet a few ladies."

_Turn___My___Way_

BS: "Okay, this is a song called Turn My Way faturing Billy Corgan on vocals...and guitar solo...me on capo...Hooky, your bass is feeding back out."

Which they perform.

BS: "Thank you!"

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, this is Bizarre Love Triangle."

Doesn't really sound any different than the million other times they've performed this tune, though it was reported that Barney was off, rendering one of the choruses without vocals.

BS: "'k you. Thanks a lot."

PH: "You're very kind."

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

BS: "Okay, this is the song that's gonna make [Hooky?] put down, it's called Touched By The Hand Of God."

The timing was definitely off for this one, with Bernard coming in a bit early.

When the song ends, some girlie yells out "We love you Billy Corgan!" and start chanting "Billy Corgan...Billy...Corgan". !@#$% (Waterrat)

BS: "Absolutely beautiful place you got here for us to play...it's a real pleasure to be here. [looking out over horizon] Where's Seattle?"

BC laughs.

BS: "Which direction is it?"

BC: "Over there."

Some girlies yell out "We love you Billy Corgan!", covering up the reply Hooky made. !@#$% :-) (Waterrat)

PH: "Who's gonna..." [all I can make out]

BS: "Stephen, you're...[?]"

_True___Faith_

PH: "I'm ready...

BS: "Okay, this is True Faith."

_Temptation_

BS: "'k you. We actually finished it! Okay, I need my badass guitar to play this song. It's called Temptation."

That Girl: Billy, Yeah! Screams. Shut up already, we get the point. (Waterrat)

Some scuffling on the right channel during the beginning of the first verse.

BS: "Thank you."

Guitar being strummed.

BC: (softly) "Thank you very much".

I don't hear the edit between the end of Temptation and the start of the encore...it could have been than New Order never really left the stage. Would appreciate any information.

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

PH: "Ah, must be all you sweaty bastards playing havoc with our tuning."

BS: "This one's called 60 Miles An Hour, let's go. Get on with it, Roger, or you're sacked!"

PH: "Ooh...[last phrase a mumble]"

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Is Roger here? Must have startled him[?] This is Blue Monday. Hope you like it as much as I do."

Some fool calls out for Ceremony. :-)

Some silly audience members start going "whoo whoo", in the fashion of some contempory urban music hit. ;-) (both Waterrat)

BS: "Thanks a lot, you've been a fucking great audience. Thanks for all the people than came over from England. Manchester United! Manchester vibes in the area!"

Reviews

Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 01:48:22 -0700
From: "Jeff Sheldon"
Subject: (Fac33) Gorge Ampitheatre [sic]

I'm dead tired, so tonight I'll just say this: That was a great show. My life is finally complete. I'll post more about it tomorrow. I also snapped a film rolls worth of pics. I'll get those developed tomorrow and hopefully have them online Sunday or Monday.

Later,
Jeff Sheldon

Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 10:55:13 -0700
From: "Jeff Sheldon"
Subject: (Fac33) Gorge Ampitheatre [sic] Review

Like I said in my last post, the show was great. My girlfriend and I made our way into the crowd as soon as the Roots left the stage. After a few minutes we found ourselves about 10 feet from the stage, almost directly in front of Hooky's mic stand. It became apparent quickly that most of the people in the crowd were there waiting for Outkast (who were on after NO) But we did manage to meet a few nice people who were there just for NO. In the words of one fan I met, "I paid $70 for New Order. I could give a shit about the rest of the bands."

After about 30 minutes of waiting, I turned to say something to my girlfriend. As I turned back around, there was Peter Hook looming above me, arms crossed and staring blankly into the crowd. Soon the rest of the band were on stage and they were playing Atmosphere. I've never been a big fan of the Reading 98 version, but tonight it sounded beautiful. Bernard held back on all the wooping that apparently has plagued previous gigs. I can't imagine NO doing a better job of this song. It really was perfect.

After that Bernard stepped up to the mic and made some comment about how he loves America. Then he said, "Here's a song we haven't played in 24 hours." Regret. At times this has been my favorite NO song, often on repeat in my cd player. Tonight it didn't dissapoint. Everything about it was great. Best part however, sometime during the song a beautiful rainbow formed over the hills. I'm pretty sure NO had something to do with it.

Next on the list was Crystal. They started out with the piano/synth intro from the extended version wich really got my hopes up (love the extended instrumental at the end) however as soon as the intro was over it became the edit. Apart from the keyboard bits in the break, Phil Cunningham was down playing guitar with Bernard and Sick Boy (Corgan, who looked like he was dead he was so pale). Crystal, for lack of a better term, really "rocked" tonight. Nobody in the crowd seemed to know the song, but after the song a number of people were making comments about how much they liked it. Bernard also made the point of explaining to the crowd that Crystal was their newest single and they need to go buy it "right now". Maybe he didn't realize that it hasn't been released yet...

From here on my recollection gets of the set list gets a little fuzzy. 90 degree sun, tightly packed crowd and the fact that I had been walking around for five hours at ths point had all led to fatigue. Here is a list of the rest of the songs (if anyone has a better recollection of the set please let me know):

Atmosphere
Regret
Crystal
Love Will Tear Us Apart
True Faith
Your Silent Face
Bizarre Love Triangle
Touched by the Hand of God
Turn My Way
60 mph
Temptation
Blue Monday

Overall it was a great show. My life really is complete now. LWTUA was fantastic, as was most of the set. Sick Boy sounded horrible on Turn My Way. Several people in the audience actually started booing very loudly when Bernard introduced him for the song. Peter looked like he was having the most fun on stage. Bernard kinda looked pissed (probably cuz he started singing early on three different songs, which led to a silent chorus on BLT). There really wasn't any interaction between the band members, though. Hooky caught on to the fact that the security down front had to look at the crowd the entire time, so he started swing his bass within inches of their heads. Pretty funny. He was straddling a bunch of amps and lights as well. He really was the star of the show.

I know I've probably missed some things but oh well. I just woke up. I'm getting my film developed today, so I should have some pics online Monday or Tuesday. Oh yeah, I'd like to give a shout out to all the ass-hole Outkast fans that started crashing their way through the crowd before NO was done. F**k all of you. Especially that ass that elbowed my girlfriend. Hope I didn't punch you in the face too hard.

Great show, thanks New Order. Hope too see you soon!

Laters,
Jeff Sheldon

"You've caught me at a bad time,
so why don't you piss off."
- -New Order

Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 15:36:19 -0400
From: rdawson
Subject: (Fac33) Seattle NO show

I actually wrote this last night after getting home, but sent it from a different IP forgetting that it wouldn't get through. Oh, and I was the one in the aque/turquoise blue plaid button up short sleeves with the black rimmed glasses for anyone that was there. Jeff Sheldon was that you I was right next to?

bob

In two words: FUCKING BRILLIANT. Now, I've been waiting 15 years to see them, so maybe just getting to see them is great, but it also offered all the opportunity in the world to be disappointed.

I can't give you the set list, I don't remember, but they played about what they played at the other shows--including True Faith (which they didn't play in Vancouver?). The only song that didn't sound great was Turn My Way. Could be that I'm just not familiar with it. Oh and Corgan's voice on LWTUA really grated on my nerves.

Great crowd, even the couple of big dunder heads that were just there to see Outkast and were standing at the very front. Completely motionless, clearly not New Order fans. In between songs I said to one of them "Since you aren't a New Order fan, and I've been waiting 15 years to see them can you let me stand there?" He looked confused for a second but then moved and I was right in front about 5 feet from Hooky! I had my friend's digital camera and got about 60 shots. Not all of them are good, but some are absolutely great. He's going to download them and put them on a site and send me the URL so I will let everyone know. I couldn't really get any good shots of Stephen because of the sun (absolutely blinding at times) and a particularly large security guard who wasn't too accomadating about moving to the side a few feet. But I got some *great* shots.

Temptation was brilliant, as were YSF, Blue Monday, Regret, LWTUA and Atmosphere. My gods, Atmosphere. It was so amazing hearing it. But again, the only song that I thought didn't sound good was TMW.

I'm sure someone else can give a better review than me but I thought I would pass mine on.

Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 13:03:29 -0700 (PDT) From: happenstance
Subject: (Fac33) Gorge!

well, i was about 10 feet from hooky as well. seems like at least three of use list members were all right together there, and didn't know it. when a couple outcast people tried getting through, i said, "that is not going to happen", and me and my three friends made an impenetrable wall. the show was spectacular. even bernard forgeting when not to sing in BLT, and hooky kicking down the light. it was amazing.

Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 21:09:20 +0000
From: al.jarvis
Subject: (Fac33) Area One, thus far.

Am stuck in Seattle airport with a few hours to kill so thought I'd send a quick mail to the list. If anyone's going to the LA show look out for a Union Jack with Ceremony written across it near the stage front. I should be somewhere near there. Pop up and say Hello! George Saunders from the list should also be in our vicinity as we've seen him at all shows thus far. The 'Ceremony' isn't actually in reference to this list but we badgered Barney at Vancouver airport to play Ceremony and like to remind him of our request! Pointless I know, but +there you go! If you can't see a Union Jack we're also meeting 3 English lads who've got a huge Cross of St George with them. They should be able to point you in my direction if you ask for Allen!

Shows thus far have been cracking, with only really Vancouver being a letdown. Rained constantly there and we couldn't drink at the festival - what was that all about?! Personal hilite for me is having Hooky write 'Peter Hook says f*** off' across my Shoreline setlist when we ran into him at San Fran airport. Charming bloke.

Looking forward to LA, Allen & Co.

Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 13:51:55 -0700 (PDT) From: happenstance
Subject: Re: (Fac33) Gorge Ampitheatre [sic] Review

seems like we were right near each other? what do/did you look like there?

> It became apparent quickly that most of the > people in the crowd were there waiting for Outkast

too bad, just a few more feet to the left and you would have been in friendly territory...

> After about 30 minutes of waiting, I turned to say something > to my girlfriend. As I turned back around, there was Peter Hook > looming above me,

hookys "rock star" stances were brilliant. he cracked me up. and, in my estimation, he knew exactly what he looked like. there is a guy who looked like he really enjoyed the show. during one song, when billy wasn't doing anything, he walked over and started his "rock star" posing in front of him. then he started nudging him with his bass. billy couldn't keep a straight face then.

> I can't imagine NO doing a better job of [atmosphere]. It really was > perfect.

yes, yes it was. a slow but excellent start.

> After that Bernard stepped up to the mic and made some comment > about how he
> loves America. Then he said, "Here's a song we haven't played > in 24 hours."

see, i thought he said that in reference to atmosphere. he's like, "we've never played this song in seattle before..." sounding all sentimental before the song. then he finished, after the song, by saying, "we haven't played that song in a long time." as he stepped away from the mic, "It's been 24 hours."

> part however, sometime during the song a beautiful rainbow > formed over the
> hills. I'm pretty sure NO had something to do with it.

well, i hope so. but some people seemed more excited about the rainbow then new order. get your priorities right!

> Bernard
> also made the point of explaining to the crowd that Crystal > was their newest
> single and they need to go buy it "right now".

Here, I thought he said, "This is a new song, so don't leave right now." I thought he was joking with the fickle fans there to see the greatest hits collection and nothing else. crystal was good, but 60mph was better. i actually thought turn my way was better than crystal, but i'm a smashing pumkins fan as well, so what can you do?

> Several people in the audience actually started booing very > loudly when Bernard introduced him for the song.

i heard cheering, maybe one's opinion of billy shapes how you hear people respond to him...

> Peter looked like he was having the most fun on stage.

coudn't agree more.

> Bernard kinda looked pissed (probably cuz he started singing early > on three different songs, which led to a silent chorus on BLT).

hilarious! the song was still great, billy laughed at him, while stephen and hooky looked a little nervous for a second... speaking of bernard, we couldn't agree on this on the ride home: does he know that he is one of the worst dancers of all time? i think (giving him the benefit of the doubt as a long term fan) that he knows he can't dance, so he plays it up real good. real good, if you know what i mean. but my friends think he is just terrible, and worse the more he gets into it. i don't know. at least, either way he was enjoying the show enough to get into it. i'm glad you could tell he was having somewhat of a good time. but the running in place and goofy side-back-kick-half-foot jumping?

> There really wasn't any interaction between the band members, though. > Hooky caught on to the fact that the security down front had to look > at the crowd the entire time, so he started swing his bass within > inches of their heads. Pretty funny.

This was hilarious as well. Didn't you see him accidentally kick the light down? he just kind of looked at as if wondering what it was doing in his way in the first place. sometimes he would stare vacantly into the upper reaches of the crowd, as if disappointed they weren't into it as much as the horde of people just in front of him. but then he would turn back to us and get into it again. it all worked together quite well.

> F**k all of you. Especially that ass that elbowed my girlfriend. > Hope I didn't punch you in the face too hard.

don't know if there are too many of them on this list... still, i couldn't agree more.

> Great show, thanks New Order. Hope too see you soon!

yes! yes! yes!

okay, now i'm done.

-nob

ps - oh, i also noticed numerous people back stage singing along with the new order songs. that was kind of cool.

NO: 05 AUG 01 Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion - Devore (Los Angeles) CA

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 00:27:23 -0700
From: "Albert"
Subject: (Fac33) Los Angeles show.

I just got back from area: one in los angeles. I kept reading about how after seeing NewOrder people would say, "now my life is complete". Well, that's exactly how I would describe how I felt after seeing NewOrder tonight!! They were amazing. You could tell Bernard was completely into it. Hook of course was all over the stage. Even Corgan was laughing and smiling. It also seemed like they had packed in the stage area by the time they came on. The tent must have been fairly empty when NewOrder was on.

During Blue Monday, some guy jumped on stage and scared the crap out of Bernard when he snuck a pic of himself with his arm around Barney. It was actually kinda funny. I met a list member there too. April, AKA (digital girl?) was rocking out in front of me and even got a pick, a drumstick, and the set list!! I stopped by the tent after and Oakenfold was on right after NewOrder. He was playing crystal remixes!!

Here is what they played (but probably not in the right order):

Atmosphere
Regret
Crystal
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Your Silent Face
True Faith
Turn My Way
Bizarre Love Triangle
Touched by the Hand of God
60 mph
Temptation
Blue Monday

I'm super tired. Bye.

Albert.

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 02:21:58 -0700 (PDT) From: David Sultan
Subject: Re: (Fac33) Los Angeles show.

The highlight of the show was NEW ORDER (Gillian Gilbert included) with Billy Corgan joining Moby for a great version of NEW DAWN FADES.

More review of the show soon with some backstage experience/on stage/dressing room...Thanks to Peter Hook for his kindness.

BTW: was great to meet some member of the list

Subject: Area One report: Devore (Los Angeles) Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 00:36:24 -0700
From: John Frye

Setlist:

Atmosphere
Regret
Crystal
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Your Silent Face
Turn My Way
Bizzare Love Triangle
Touched By The Hand Of God
True Faith
Temptation
60 Mph
Blue Monday

Great to meet some you folks: Met Vincent and Torbjorn for dinner in Santa Monica the night before, hooked up with David Sultan at the show and met George Saunders, Al Jarvis and friend immediately after the set finished (they were right behind us).

Managed to worm our way to about ten deep back from the stage, good view of everyone except Steve for most of the time. We also set ourselves up on the Hooky side (better action). Everyone was enjoying themselvesthe crowd up front was pretty into it, I think out area was a hotbed of activity more than any other perhaps. Sound was overblowing the capacity of my eardrums, but balance between the instruments was pretty decent I thought. TBTHOG was a standout for me- Phil's guitar part sounded like regimented Andy Gill style and added something new. I really liked Crystal and 60 MPH, thought Turn My Way was pretty weak relative, but not bad- just maybe was more suited for an Electronic album. Pretty decent length set- with the new members, they weren't improvising with their set at all of course, Phil and Billy had a list of songs they had to learn and Bernard wasn't going to lead them into a run of Ceremony, despite repeated requests. Bernard did a dedication to some fans from Texas- what was that about? Seemed like the group to my left had something to do with it. Billy Corgan had quite a following, apparantly, and Bernard was careful to give him credit several times throughout the gig- at the end, both he and Peter Hook gave him hugs, Peter apparantly trying to crush his ribcage in the process. During Blue Monday, some guy ran on stage and pulled what looked like Bernard's earmonitor and threw it into the crowd. Also worth noting was Bernard's careful introduction of all the new tracks (which helped with my list). Quite an experience. The Joy Division songs didn't inpact me as much as I would have expected, but Atmosphere was pretty awesome. The dedication in Steve's drumming and emotion on his face was obvious.

Bernard seemed pleased with the crowd, said it was good to back in LA etc. There was a joke about Billy getting all of the chicks, but then Billy responded that they were only sleeping with him because he promised they could have Bernard afterword- Bernard said he wasn't too excited about Bernard's sloppy seconds.

How David managed to sneak in a full size 35mm SLR camera is beyond me.

Also- who had the NW ORDER license plate? Anyone?

It really was a fantastic experience, my first time seeing them play, as well as my friend Chris, who showed me the Ceremony list in about 1992 or 1993.

Hope all of you folks manage to take them in some day.

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 08:44:05 -0700
From: "Albert"
Subject: RE: (Fac33) [Fwd: Area One report: Devore (Los Angeles)]

> During Blue Monday, some guy ran on stage and pulled what looked like > Bernard's earmonitor and threw it into the crowd.

Actually, the guy jumped on stage with a point n shoot camera and tapped Bernard as he was looking away. Right when Bernard turned around, the guy put his arm around him and took a picture. Bernard had this freaked out look on his face, as anyone would, when he turned around and say this guy pointing something at his face.

You guys must have been a few people behind me. I was a few feet from hooky and could of actually just reached out and touch his bass!! April, another list member, actually did. So I guess she got hooky's attention cos he handed her a pick, drumstick, and set list to her. It was kind of funny because there were a few people there in the front that were obviously waiting for outkast. Half way into the NewOrder set they were dancing/bouncing just as crazily as the rest of us..great fun!

John Frye then replies:

We saw Hooky paying a lot of attention to that area and saw him hand off the pick and drumsticks. April must be hot, eh?

And from "April" herself:

Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 20:16:50 +0000
From: "Dgital Girl" Subject: (Fac33) My Review Of Area One In LA

Hello all!
I just returned from work where I got 4 hours of sleep last night and went to work at 6am. I wasn't going to post until later on today because I am so damn TIRED but after Albert mentioned my New Order experience (or should I say Hooky experience?) I thought I should post now.

First off I feel very grateful that this was a General Admission event otherwise I wouldn't have been as close to the stage as I was. We got there at 3:30 and immediately went to the stage and stayed there until 11:30 when Moby was done with his set. It was actually hard when Outcast was playing their song "Miss Jackson" and many were moshing behind us and smashing us! I really HATE the music but I wanted to keep my place for Moby. I also feel very fortunate to have met some incredible people there as well. Thanks Albert for being such a nice person to me, and tell your friend to stop being so quiet :P I really wish I would have met more of you guys but hopefully they will come out here next year and we can really meet up!

Well enough about my day, the concert I have to say was THE BEST DAMN CONCERT I HAVE EVER BEEN TO IN MY ENTIRE LIFE! I really didn't know how I would react to them being there in person so close to me! It was phenominal to say the least. As I said before I was lucky enough to be right smack in front of the Hooky himself. He was the most energetic of the band, he was getting the crowd crazy. I also managed to get his attention and managed to get his pick (handed to me by the way), his drumstick right after he jammed on the drum machine in Blue Monday. I also got a set list, which is a real good thing I hear. He even let me touch his guitar :o) :o)

I really couldn't believe I had gotten his attention, even enough for him to stare at me and actually sing "I will take care of you like I always do" from 60mph to me, I mean he pointed at me, looked at me, and sang that line. Every time I hear that line I will get the chills!! Who knows, it could have had something to do with the Get Ready shirt I had on!

Ok, about the songs...Atmosphere was absolutly wonderful..Regret wasn't as good live as on album, but I still enjoyed it very much..Crystal was played very well and they all really got into it, basically they got into the new songs a lot..LWTUA was the best I have ever heard it, although Billy did look shy singing it with Peter..True Faith was brilliant, always one of my favorites..Your Silent Face was one of the best songs, I loved how Barney played that piano thing he blew into (sorry, I don't know what it is called)..I almost cried during Temptation..and the rest were just incredible (this is getting long now)

At the end of Moby's set I was very suupprised to see GILLIAN there, she was actually there.. it was awesome to see her im person and with the rest of the band...another suprise was that John Fruciante from the Chili Peppers was there....very wonderful...

The last thing that made the day THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE was that some guy gave me a free t-shirt in the parking lot as we were searching for the car.

This whole day was a dream and I couldn't ask for more, well maybe to meet them :P, I don't think another concert could come even close to this unless I do meet them someday... well a girl can dream can't she!!

Well that is my LONG post, I hope I didn't bore anyone but I had to express my wonderful NewOrder experience to all.. I do feel very lucky.

Thanks again NewOrder and expecially Hooky for making me feel so good!

April (Dgitalgirl)

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:39:37 -0700
From: "Albert"
Subject: RE: (Fac33) My Review Of Area One In LA

>another suprise was that John Fruciante from the Chili Peppers >was there....

yea, he often mentions Bernard sumner as one of his favorite guitarists..flean and john frusciante are also big joy division fans and sometimes play around LA in their joy division cover band.

Albert

-Transcription-

Taken from CD from digital master. Just the right amount of crowd noise. Thanks GaoBest, as always.

_Intro_

BS: "Hello, we're New Order. And we're on fire. Please welcome to the stage, our guest guitarist, Mr. Billy Corgan. And over here, our new guitarist, with the leather trousers, Mr. Jim Morrison...sorry, Phil Cunningham."

_Atmosphere_

BS: (strums guitar) "Okay, this is Atmosphere."

They play Atmosphere. Good version, light on the whoops.

BS: "Thank you for an old Joy Division song which we're very proud of. It's gotta be one of the most beautiful songs ever written. To the second-most beautiful song ever written, also coincide...coincidentally by us, Regret."

_Regret_

The metronome makes its appearance here. Is it a musical effect or just so Bernard can keep time? I think it's the latter, given these are being taped near center stage.

BS: "Thank you. Thank you very much."

PH: "Here, I [can't make out last word]..." (in fact, I can't really make out any what he said). Barney interrupts. He does that a LOT.

_Crystal_

BS: "This is our new single Crystal. and if you go out and buy it immediately, I'll sleep with you...each and every one of you personally, and so will Billy, and so will Hooky. (BC laughs) We'll do anything to sell ourselves."

Which they play.

BS: "Thank you."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

Feedback.

BS: "All right, thank you. This is a song I don't think we've ever played here before, but then again, I could be lying. It's called Love Will Tear Us Apart.

PH: "Give a great [ ?] next to our friends from Texas. 1-2-3-4!"

Hooky shouts "Let's go!" about 1:55 in.

BS: "Thank you....thank you, thank you. We're gonna slow things down a little bit."

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Okay, this is Your Silent Face".

Some interesting feedback, and the melodica solo is cool. Small skip about 4:58 in.

BS: "Thank you."

Some girl yells for Billy to take off his hat, twice.

BS: "Billy, what's going on between the stage here with those girls?" I never knew...never knew you were that sort of guy."

BC: "I...I tell these girls that if they sleep with me, they can sleep with you."

BS: "Sloppy seconds."

BC: "That's assuming I can..." [Bernard interrupts him]

_Turn___My___Way_

BS: "All right, this is Turn My Way, featuring the sex stud himself, the star of the show, Mr. Billy Corgan, on vocals!"

Which he sings...

BS: "Thank you!"

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna play a song you all know now. It's Bizarre Love Triangle."

BS: "Thank you."

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

BS: (ugh) "Okay, this is another song. it's called Touched By The Hand Of God."

Starts out with the same sort of feedback that was present in YSF, but even more audible. Awesome.

BS: "'ack you."

BS: "Woo...Billy's girl got this sign that sign that says 'Please sleep with me or give me a guitar pick.'"

Girl yells out again "Take your hat off!"

BS: "What's that say?"

PH: "We're going to get the pick off of that side...[last two words mumbled]".

BC: "It's cheaper to, uh..."

BS: "It's cheaper, right."

_True___Faith_

BS: "True Faith"

As usual, it's the Perfecto mix.

BS: "Thank you."

PH: [Groans]

BS: "(grunts) I think we've had enough now, it's getting a bit hot up here."

_Temptation_

BS: "It's called Temptation."

Which. they play.

BS: "Thank you."

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Okay, here's a track from our new album, new album's called Get Ready, and this track is called 60 Miles An Hour. It's a protest against the speed limit. Not a very good subject for a song, but it sounds pretty good.

PH; "Whoa, thank you very much California, it's fucking great to be back! I suppose I gotta say goodbye to you now Billy."

BC: "Bye." (the freak fan's still calling for him to take his hat off)

PH: "Only PT...bye Hooky"

BS: "Billy, I like to thank you sincerely for helping us out on this tour, it's been a pleasure having you."

BC: "Thank you."

BS: "All the rumors about you have been completely unfounded. You are a really nice guy. Billy, put it there."

I assume they give each other five.

BS: "And you know, underneath that hat, he's even got hair!"

BS: "Bye Hooky, bye bye Hooky. Lippy, you're a nice guy as well, Lippy, come and say hello to the audience. Lippy, c'mon. Lippy, c'mere, c'mere..."

(Lippy is 'Phil' backwards)

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "All right, this is Blue Monday. Get into the groove, you motherfuckers!"

Phil (I presume) screws up on the keyboard parts a couple of times. Good stretch of feedback about 5:00 in.

BS: "Thanks a lot, it's great to be in LA again. You've been a fucking great audience, and what else can I say? Thanks, Billy! And thank you Lippy! Thank you Lippy!"

NO: 11 AUG 01 Mungersdorfer Stadium Cologne Germany

Review from Ceremony list:

Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 00:44:36 +0000
From: al.jarvis
Subject: (Fac33) Cologne Mungersdorfer stadium

Bizarre one this. Bought a standing ticket to be as near to the Order as possible but got into the stadium around 4pm (first band 5pm) to find out they'd already filled out their quota of fans stage-front so - after my initial disgust - settled down in the sun to sink beers and watch the bands from a bar at the far end of the pitch, what seemed like a million miles away.

Got talking to a German neworder bod though (dressed in Temptation 98 t-shirt) who was convinced we could genuinely get down the front after Ash's set. JJ72 and Ash came and went so me and 2 of my party made for the left hand side of the stage in order to gain access to the inner sanctum. 2 burly security guards were having none of it and refused a 100Dm bribe so we took another 20mins to wade through the assembled bodies (it seems German concert goers set themselves down in one spot for the entire duration and don't even need to move due the wandering Becks salesman replenishing their every liquid need) and finally made it to the right of the stage to be faced by a fresh-faced security guard on his own. And he wouldn't even accept a 300Dm (100 pounds in real money!) bribe to let us through! Of all the cheek. But just at that point the infamous Alex gave me a tap on the shoulder, and so there we were - me + 2 and Alex + 6, 10 English Neworder fans in all - marooned behind a barrier, more than yards back from the stage - when the band finally appeared.

Atmosphere started with Primal Scream drowning out the band, still playing on huge video screens either side of the stage. And it was all downhill from there. Absolutely NO-ONE else was up for this one. No atmosphere whatsoever. Cue Barney: "Are you all having a good time [pause] Cos it doesn't fucking look like you are." A huge Mexican wave started during 60mph and got a bigger cheer than the band had all evening. Blue Monday finally got the German heads nodding but all in all this gig seemed a totally pointless exercise. If ever a gig deserved World In Motion finale, it was this one. That might've ruffled a few feathers. Robbie, on the other hand, rocked the venue - he is the ultimate showman. Anyone who can get 60,000 Germans singing along to English-language songs and have 30% of them bedecked in Union Jacks is a winner in my book. A sound bloke. Quote of the night "I used to be in the Spice Girls [pause] Well, two of them". Boom boom. Not a bad day out, all in all, just a bit 'different' as New Order gigs go.

Set - same as America, minus TMW and True Faith.

Another review:

Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 22:19:36 +0200
From: Dreams.Never.End
Subject: (Fac33) Cologne Gig

Hi!

just returned home from the cologne gig - my first ever new order gig... (waited 11 years... hm, blabla...) anyway, it was more than an experience, already suggesting before that it will be a tough show due to the audience (best question I got asked by a teen girl - do you know who new order are? we think they are a boyband...) - incompetent organization (the already mentioned thing about getting into the first rows... you have x robbie fans sitting there the whole time and no chance due to wristbands been given out to them to get in there...), so we had to enjoy the band from the second circle + I have never ever seen a more igonrant audience before...

setlist has already been mentioned - lovely choice to let your silent face stay in the set (my bet was this would be out...) + leaving most of the people there totally bewildered. barney started to take the piss out of the audience + add more lovely comments as the gig continued. (do you like dance music? nah, you probably like marching music), temptation is a song about all the lovely things in life that we never do like poking in the nose... hm, and blue monday is about the soft-sex movies on german pay-tv in hotel rooms... hehehe, by the way, phil got a plastic bottle thrown at him - and at the end of blue monday hooky threw his bass into his amps...

so, you can say, quite a special night, enjoyed it a lot personally - a shame about the audience!!! very intense performance nevetheless!

can't wait for the autumn dates.... Dennis

Excerpt from a London Times article (Paul Connolly) My html preprocessing can't handle the commas in the link, so you'll have to cut/paste if you want to read the full article

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,146-2001286578,00.html

Bernard Sumner glares balefully at 60,000 apathetic German Robbie Williams fans in Cologne's Mungersdorfer stadium. "Do you like dance music?" he asks. No response. Even from way back in the crowd I can see him bristle at the lack of reaction. It's clear he's dying to let rip. He can't keep it in any longer and growls menacingly, "Do you like marching music?" and New Order rip into Touched by the Hand of God, one of their huge fund of classics. Backstage after the gig Sumner grins when I remind him of his comment. “That was the least offensive thing that sprang to mind. I had to keep biting my lip. Robbie Williams fans aren't really our audience." Peter Hook, the band's bearded bassist and master of melody, quite enjoyed the show. "As Bernard often tells me, 'You'd enjoy playing in Beirut.' But I like a challenge. After the show Robbie Williams hugged me and said 'Well done, you did well to get through that.' Mind you, Bernard was so annoyed I thought he was going to start World War III." New Order are playing at the request of Robbie Williams, but most of the crowd were probably still at primary school when the band released their last album, 1993's Republic. It's no surprise that the sight of these fortysomethings playing music that still sounds futuristic doesn't stir their hormones.

But for the few New Order aficionados in the crowd the sight of the band dubbed 'the post-punk Beatles' playing again after such a long hiatus is a near-religious experience. They are the most influential band of the past 25 years, without New Order there would be no U2, Primal Scream or Pet Shop Boys.

Transcription

As advertised, the source that I have sound like they came from the soundboard [note: it's probably FM] And also as advertised, the between-song comments here are especially good. i don't know how sincere they are, a lot of it is from Barney knowing the Germans understand not a word he says.

Since picked up the full FM version that was posted to STG by booomboom.

_Atmosphere_

Not complete, fade-in.

BS: "Thank you. Erm, all [can..?] me and Hooky. Can I have a bit more keyboards and drums, please."

(off-mic) BS: "Turn it down a little bit."

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is a song called Regret. Hope you like it."

They play Regret.

BS: "Okay, thank you. Hey Jerry, if you can cut Hooky on side fills a bit, that'd do me a big favor. And I'm not hearing Phil too well."

_Crystal_

BS: "Okay, this is our new single. It's called Crystal. Hope you like it so much you go out and buy it. We need your support."

PH: "Thank you" (may be Phil)

BS: "One two one two one two."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

PH: "This is another old song, ...a fucking well-deserved rest. One two three four!"

BS: "All right."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you."

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: [muttering] "...very professional...".

BS: "Hello. Are you having a good time here in Cologne? It doesn't fucking look like it. I've soon you best sort your fucking lives out. [guitar chords] And we're gonna play something you don't like. This is called Your Silent Face.

Bernard calls for Hooky right after the synths start up.

During intro...

BS: "This is very Bavarian song. Think of the mountains in Bavaria. Skiing! Naked saunas! I was gonna say something else, but I won't."

Barney whoops before the first verse.

And says "Thank you" in Deustche.

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, this is a song called Bizarre Love Tri...[mic cuts out]. Oh, fuck. And, uh..."

Barney whoops during the intro.

BS: "'k you. Very polite of you."

_Touched___By___The____Hand___Of___God_

BS: "I see you got a group there in Cologne? Do you like dance music. No? All right. Do you like marching music? Okay this is a song called Touched By The Hand Of God. [he giggles a bit delivering this line]" He ahhs and makes a couple other Barney-esque noises, including a grunt, whoop, and whistle

This version is a bit shambolic.

BS: "Thank you very much, very polite audience tonight."

PH: "Yes, you can." [dunno who he was responding to] Plucks bass a bit.

_Temptation_

(punter can be heard crying for "Blue Monday" right before Barney starts speaking)

BS: "Okay, this is a song...you probably have never heard of, actually looking at you, but in England [Hooky laughs] it's a very famous song [Hooky gasp-sighs]. It's called Temptation. [Phil chuckles]... It's about doing bad things, which obviously you never do, like picking your nose, and forgetting to cut your toenails."

They play Temptation.

BS: "Thank you. Thank you very much. Very kind of you..."

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

Electric guitar chord.

BS: "Ok, this is a...a new song off our new album, which is called Get Ready. It's called 60 Miles An Hour, which is the speed limit in England actually. So if you ever go to England, be careful how far... how fast you drive, because it's a lot faster than your speed limit, which I believe I believe is, eh, only a hundred kilometers an hour. Very interesting point there."

Hooky blows the intro.

PH: "Unh..."

Hooky's bassline is a bit different than the recorded version. You can also hear Phil Cunningham on backing vocals I think.

BS: "Thank you. Fuckin' 'ell, you liked that one? What did we do right there? Is there something...and you never heard it before, neither?"

Hooky strums a bit more.

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Okay, you might have heard this hoary old chestnut we're about to play, it's called...it called Blue Monday. It's about the porno channels in German hotels. Which are absolutely disgusting."

All the audience claps along to this one.

BS: "Thank you very much. Thank you very much. And, eh...you [might as well know?] we'll be back again soon. Keep your dick in your pants, bye bye!"

This was performed to commemorate John Peel's forty years in radio. New Order were originally scheduled to attend, but due to the event being postponed, were not able to be there at the rescheduled date, so instead, they performed a song on videotape and sent it in.

The date assigned represents the original air date, the song was probably taped a few days before. Available in Realmedia and as a .mp3.

For the first time ever, New Order (as New Order, that is) perfrom Transmission!

(Although Daniel Butt reported that there were rumors that NO was soundchecking this song during some of their '98 gigs)

BS: "Hallo, Jon, here's to...ah, 40 years in the business. Ehm, if you've not played our record 20 years ago, how long is it Hooky?"

PH: "It's a long time, I know that..."

BS: (continues) "If you've not played our record all those years ago, we wouldn't be here today, so thanks a lot.

PH: "Here's to the next 40 years, mate!"

BS: "Alright, this is a Joy Division song called Transmisson, and no spitting, please."

What's interesting about this performance is the locale, which looks to be at the Morris' (or is that the Gilberts'?) Macclesfield farm.

I think that's Phil Cunningham in the background (to the left behind Barney) playing guitar, he can only be seen a couple of times. It looks like Gillian wasn't present (or playing) during the performance.

I'd really like to know how he hooked up with New Order.

My opinion is that this is a pretty damn good version. No whoops... well, only one.

And as noted on the Ceremony list, there's indeed a poster of Touched By The Hand Of God hanging from one of the walls.

BS: "Thanks a lot, John. Keep on rookin'!"

NO: 04 OCT 01 Apollo Theatre - Manchester, England

Johnathan Scott sent in email to Ceremony AT the concert.

From: fourfortyfive
To: ceremony@monkey.org
Subject: (Fac33)

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:11:18

Crystal, TRANSMISSION!

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:13:17

Absolutelyt amazing!

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:19:23

Regret, Ceremony...

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:25:49

60 MPH

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:38:20

Your silent face, Slow Jam

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:42:15

Close Range

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:48:29

Touched By...

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:52:06

B.L.T.

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:02:00

True Faith

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:05:04

Temptation...fucking amazing!

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:16:32

Love Will...,Atmosphere

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:23:39

Encore about 2 mins away

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:28:10

Ruined in a day

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:34:24

Rock the Shack

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:43:55

Blue Monday. END. FANTASTASTIC!

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:45:36

A work OF GENIUS

Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 00:31:28 +0100 (GMT+01:00)

Just heard DAT of the gig. Great stuff. --
This was sent wirefree using Orange Mail (www.orange.net)

NME Review

Subject: (Fac33) From nme.com

THE DAWN OF A NEW ORDER WORLD

NEW ORDER started their UK tour on home turf last night (October 4) with their first major MANCHESTER show for nearly three years.

The band played the first night of a two-night residency at the Manchester Apollo to a suitably packed crowd of local fans and friends. Excepting a minor appearance to launch next year's Commonwealth Games, the last time they played in the city was New Year's Eve 1998.

The performance, at almost two hours in duration, was unusually long for a
band notoriously hostile to playing live. The band opened with recent single 'Crystal', and while the show was heavy with material from current album 'Get Ready', all three decades of their career were covered, with hits like 'Bizarre Love Triangle', 'True Faith' and 'Blue Monday'. The set also included three Joy Division songs - 'Transmission', 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' and 'Atmosphere'.

The hometown crowd were typically wild, with vocalist Bernard Sumner forced to ask people to move back after 'True Faith' because of fears of crushing at the front.

He joked, "Free drinks at the bar on me. That's only if you go now." Bassist Peter Hook responded "Fucking hell, that's a once-in-a-lifetime offer!"

Billy Corgan, who had accompanied the band on their US tour and at their comeback show at Liverpool Olympia in July, did not appear. However, Hooky acknowledged absent keyboard player Gillian Gilbert, calling into the crowd, "Are you alright G? Are they looking after you in there?"

New Order return to the Apollo tonight (October 5), then play Glasgow Barrowland (7-8), before playing three nights at London's Brixton Academy next week (October 10-12).

The next single from 'Get Ready' has been confirmed as '60 Miles An Hour', released on October 22.

Manchester Evening New Review:

From: "John Gardner"
To:
Subject: (Fac33) Manchester Evening News Review Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 20:14:14

'Rock legends return - New Order

WE hope you enjoy it, mused Bernard Sumner as New Order, the city's most enduring musical export and probably its most influential, took the stage for their first home-town gig for nearly three years. It would have been impossible for anyone in the sell-out house not to have enjoyed it.

They haven't changed much New Order were always the rock band dance fans liked and the dance act rock fans could get into but at the same time, they have, which explains why the audience comprised as many 40-somethings who remember them first time round as it did 20-somethings.

With former Marion man Phil Cunningham standing in for Gillian Gilbert on keyboards and guitar, that was also the case on stage.

The new album Get Ready is a bit mixed, but it does include a few gems. One such is Crystal, which kicked off the show. Its thumping bass-line allowed the leonine Peter Hook, whose bass is so low-slung these days it scrapes the floor, to show off his idiosyncratic playing style.

Whereas most bands treat gigs as a chance to showcase the new stuff, New Order, as they get older, are exhuming more and more of the Joy Division back catalogue, with a suitably sombre Transmission being the pick.

But what everyone wanted to hear were the New Order classics. Bizarre Love Triangle received a curious acid house treatment which didn't quite come off, while Touched by the Hand of God was touched instead by a dollop of funk which sounded little more than work-in-progress.

The highlight was unquestionably a majestic True Faith, with Temptation a close second. They could only finish the gig with one track, and a triumphant Blue Monday for which Gillian appeared duly concluded the show.'

Some other random comments:

> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 13:58:38
> From: "robert dawson"
> To:
> Subject: RE: (Fac33)
>
> Okay, so I went to the website and saw news items under the headings of > various NO/JD songs. Is that it? Was there some multimedia thing I > didn't catch? Otherwise what is the point of sending these song titles > (some 10 of them now) to the list?
>
> Am I just missing something sitting here with no sound card? >
> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 14:02:00
> From: "phi"
> To: ceremony@monkey.org
> Subject: RE: (Fac33)
>
>
> He's actually AT the concert. We're getting a blow by blow account > of what new order is playing right at this moment. >
> phi
>
> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 23:10:08
> From:
> To: "Ceremony"
> Subject: Re: (Fac33)
>
> So the whole setlist was...
>
> Crystal
> Transmission
> Regret
> Ceremony
> 60mph
> Your Silent Face
> Slow Jam
> Close Range
> Touched By The Hand Of God
> Bizarre Love Triangle
> True Faith
> Temptation
> Love Will Tear Us Apart
> Atmosphere
> Ruined In A Day
> Rock The Shack
> Blue Monday
>
> Wow!!!! Roll on London. Still happy I saw Love Vigilantes & Turn My Way > in Liverpool, but Ceremony and Transmission being added is a rocking bonus. >
> Still wish they'd stop ending on Blue Monday, I know they hate it, I > don't love it much either, its always a simmering out ending with that in > mind. Temptation or True Faith would be much better last - or Love Will > Tear...
>
> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 00:41:57 +0200 > From: "Have An (tilde) For Dinner"
> To: ceremony@monkey.org
> Subject: Re: (Fac33)
>
> >Bizarre Love Triangle
>
> Bloody hell. Does anyone think this should be banned > from their setlist ? The version they actually play > is really really boring, and lacks energy. I miss those > recordings of live versions they played in the 80's where > Bernard played guitar on that. BLT live 2k is really > boring ! argh !
>
> >Rock The Shack
>
> Boo.
>
> >Blue Monday
>
> Can't they just stop using the original version, and > press play. I was disappointed hearing that during the > US tour. Not that I don't give a shit about Blue Monday, > not at all, but the original version, on tape... Boo. >
> The setlist didn't differ much from the previous & recent > ones. I guess we'll get about the same stuff at each concert. > I mean, where is Perfect Kiss ? Any chance hearing a new > version of Round & Round ? How about Nineteen63 ? Any > surprise, apart from Transmission ? No new songs ? No > Sabotage or Player In The League ? These are good really... > Decades anyone ? Mind you, they removed Paradise, which was > a disaster at Reading... The rest of the Reading set was > wonderful.
>
> Not much variation, really. :(
>
> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 08:51:13
> From: "John Gardner"
> To: Have An (_tilde_) For Dinner
>
> Subject: Re: (Fac33)
>
> Listen up ya wee monkey, BLT was greeted with rapturous adulation as it > should be. Fuckin brill song.
>
> As for Blue Monday...well 'classic influential track' but my least > favourite NO song. Temptation has and always will be the best one to > end a gig with. New York 1981.
>
> Stockport Bear
>
> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 08:52:21
> From: "John Gardner"
> To:
> Subject: Re: (Fac33)
>
> > :Rock the Shack
> >
> > Queue for the bar just increased tenfold... > > --
> > Chris Sampson
>
> Nope that happened during Slow Jam and Close Range! :-) >
> Fantastic evening, even as an old bastard (aged 38) I was thankfully > surrounded by similar at the rear of the Apollo. Memories came flooding > back, and I can assure you when Transmission and Atmosphere were played > I was not the only one with a tear in my eye, truly magical performance, > even my bint was overwhelmed. Thankfully I'll be in attendance again this > evening!!
>
> '..I've done it before and I'll do it again...' Primitive Notion >
> So appropriate. :-)
>
> Stockport Bear
>
> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 13:41:16
> From: "Hibell, David (CAP, EEF)"
> To: ceremony@monkey.org
> Subject: (Fac33) - rock the shack
>
> anybody else there think that barney got pissed off about the reception > to that track?
>
> he did leave the stage a tad early during bm, leaving gillian on > keyboards & steve to go it alone before kim & gillian had a little dance > afterwards....

NO: 05 OCT 01 The Apollo Manchester

Writeup of main set only. The copy of this in my possession doesn't have the listed encore tracks.

AW: "Arthur Baker...just give us a couple of minutes, couple of minutes while the guys get ready cuz I just want to tell you something about these guys. It's not all dollars and dimes. I really love these guys, I love 'em. I love Hooky's legs, I love Bernard's bottom, and I love Steve's mouth. Eh, you listen...you know they've got their own musical influences, and we're very honoured tonight to have a guest here that's gonna be with 'em that's kind of launched them on their career. I want to give you a big Manchester welcome to Mr. Max Bygraves! Max."

"Max": Alright, it's not Max, it's Ken. To a fucking good time and let New Order rock the fucking house!"

AW: "So give them a welcome....it's JOY DIVISION!"

Chants of 'New Order' can be heard.

_Crystal_

BS: "I must apologize for, eh, Hooky's boyfriend's speech there. It's the big guy, it's the portly guy, he likes 'em big. Anyway, we're New Order, you're the audience, and this is Crystal."

He says this through some nice-sounding feedback.

Bernard messes up on the first line and/or the vocals weren't turned up on time.

BS: "Thank you. Wooo!"

PH: "You're very kind.

BS: "Well..." (or some similar interjection)

PH: (at the same time, making it hard to hear what Bernard said) "It's girls, not boys."

_Transmission_

BS: "It's not like chanting for New Order, because this is a Joy Division song, it's called Transmission."

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna play you a New Order song. This is called Regret."

Audience member says something in hard-to-decipher brogue near the start. Levels go up around the 2:20 point.

BS: "Thank you. Fucking hard work, this, you know."

_Ceremony_ follows.

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Eh, this is...this is a song off our new album, and it's called 60 Miles, uh, Miles An Hour, or 60 MPH ...I don't know what that it is in kilometers, I'll let you work it out for yourself."

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "'ank you. So we better chill things out a little bit now, because I don't know about you lot, but I'm getting pretty hot up here. And you know what, I don't like getting hot. I don't think anyone does really, do they? Well, not anyone from Manchester."

A few seconds pause.

BS: "Please welcome our new guitarist, Mr. Phillip Cunningham. Good Northern lad. Although he's too posh for us now, he lives in LA. Stuck up twat. Okay, this is Your Silent Face."

Playing goes a bit askew at 3:30 point.

Bernard doesn't sing the signature lines, but the fans fill it in just fine.

BS: "Thank you very much."

Fans chant...you know what...

_Slow___Jam_

BS: "Bunch of Manchester United fans in here tonight. (quite a few fans boo, it's mostly City folks) Good to hear it. I'm going to an England match tomorrow. Good to hear it. I think I've run out of things to say actually, you're right. This is Slow Jam, off our new album."

_Close___Range_

BS: "Eh, this is another song off the new album, it's called Close Range."

BS: "Thank you."

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

PH: "Heh heh he...three guesses [mumble]..."

Punter yells out the right answer.

PH: "Ah, you were here last night, you bastard."

BS: "Pardon? Excuse Hooky's sparkling wit there. He usually starts the swearing at this time of night, don't approve of it myself."

PH: "Fuck off."

BS: "See what I mean? Very...right. This is Touched By The Hand Of God."

Quite a few "woahs" throughout. As well as some good wah-wah from Phil.

BS: "'k you. Did you like the new dance? (chuckles) It's ridiculous, really, ain't it [word].... W've got to do something, don't we, in between singing. It's a bit of a hop, really innit, more than a dance.

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

This song is about Hooky and his boyfriend who came on earlier. Big fat Al. Oh, sorry, big fat Ken, and it's called...Bizarre Love Triangle."

PH: "Truth is stranger than fiction."

BS: "Or soon-to-be boyfriend..."

(at end)

BS: "Ohh, thank you."

Chants of...well...you know...Synth note.

_True___Faith_

BS: "Where's Hooky gone? He's like a fookin' Jack-in-the-Box, isn't he? You'll have to put a chain 'round your leg."

PH: "It's all my youthful energy, you see."

BS: "All right, this is True Faith."

punter: "One of the best songs...Bernard..."

BS: "Thank you. You know, we never ever ever ever get the end of that song right. And it's Hooky's fault, always."

PH: "You don't mean that, Barney..." [not 100% sure if that's what he actually says]

BS: "Sometimes it's Steve, and sometimes it's Phil, but it's never fucking me."

PH: "We can do it with more members of the band."

BS: "Actually, it's the audience's fault."

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay, this is a song that you all know and love. It is Temptation."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "In your one time, when you're ready.

Blood curdling scream near the end...

BS: "Thank you!"

_Atmosphere_

PH: "You certainly turned me a [mumble], fuck me. Right, Andrew. Andrew Fisher, we're all thinking about you, mate, this is for you. I hate that fucker...one, two, three, four..."

BS: "Thank you, good night. Been a fucking great audience..."

(recording fades)

NO: 07 OCT 01 Barrowland Glasgow Scotland

Setlist:

Sunday, Oct7

Rock The Shack Encore
(cancelled after 30 seconds when Bernard said "It's too fucking hard") Blue Monday Encore

Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 00:57:12
From: "colin kerr"
To:
Subject: Re: (Fac33) Glasgow Show this evening

Bless
they dropped rock the Shack after 30 seconds and no Ruined.

Quality not quantity tho'.
Totally blinding best ever I've heard version of Bizarre Love Triangle and the band were totally up for it tonight. Woops and hollars galore. Barney and Hooky having a right old spar between songs, Barney laughing and Steve laughing and singing along as well.

Despite not setting off the metal detectors I was frisked anyway. Glad I didn;t take my minidisc.

Got it in ok to the first manc night..but the band were a bit off at points plus I had a lady with me who insisted in talking during and between songs. ggrrrrrrrrrrrr

met up with Al and Jon and bumped into several other faces from the manc show. Sound blokes the lot of them :-)

Onto tomorrow night we go :-D!!!

Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 13:04:59
From: "Jonathan Scott"
To: ceremony@monkey.org
Subject: (Fac33) Glasgow/Last Orders...

As already mentioned by Colin, the Glasgow gig was something a bit special being described by one of the venue promoters as perhaps one of the most impressive gigs he had ever seen.

Ally and myself were left in the enviable position of viewing the bands soundcheck in the cavernous Barrowland along with perhaps only 8 others in attendance. Bernard completed "Rock The Shack" then exited stage left leaving the remaining members of the band to play "Crystal" with a member of the bands crew looking after vocals. A couple of run throughs seemed to please the band then Hooky hit us with "Transmission", again with a management member taking care of the vox.

Jonathan Scott.

From: Deron Pease
To: ceremony@monkey.org
Subject: (Fac33) Glasgow Gigs (more); plus setlist corrections Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 17:11:45

Hi Ceremony Gang.

Just wanted to share with you my New Order Glasgow experience: (setlist updates at end, if you want to skip my ramble)

I just got back to Boston from Glasgow and saw both shows there. I exploited having a good friend to visit as an excuse to fly over to see my favorite band!! Had to keep up my record of seeing them at least once every year they've toured since 1986. right?!

The Sunday night show absolutely blew the roof off the Barrowlands!!! It was truly amazing. We were down front-center of the stage, and the moment the boys stepped on stage the crowd started hopping. By the end of the first song, we were drenched, but everyone just kept going. Later as the night went on the sweat mixed with tears of joy.

It was quite nice of them to throw in a couple slower songs just to get a break from the aerobics. Bernard and Hooky were totally having a blast, smiling and telling the audience how great we were, and joking with each other about getting old, bragging over who had the better roadie. heh.

Brilliant show!

Afterward I waited around front trying to get a setlist or something cool, but I had to settle for one of Bernard's plectrums. No big deal, probably never even used, but I play guitar a bit so I can use with the pleasure of knowing where it came from!

I have to say, I love seeing NewOrder in the UK. There seems to be more camaraderie. More people know all the songs instead of just the hits. When you're in the pit hopping around, everyone is your Best friend. It's good fun!

Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 01:43:30 EST
From: GaoBest
To: ceremony@monkey.org
Subject: (Fac33) glasgow 10-7-01

hey guys
i'm starting to listen to this gig, my goodness they played "transmission" and it sounds fucking great! I'm so floored. I got this show on Monday and I'm finally having time to listen to it.

i like how before "your silent face" the crowd (at least the crowd surrounding the taper) is chanting "true faith" so my question is whether the entire audience was chanting this, or just a part of the crowd was chanting. Surely someone from this list attended and can advise on this.

Al Jarvis doesn't recall hearing this, so most likely it was only the part of the crowd around the taper.

NO: 08 OCT 01 Barrowlands Glasgow Scotland

Setlist:

Monday Oct8
swapped Transmission and Love Will Tear Us Apart.

(No Encore)

*actually I can't remember the exact placement of Atmosphere. Everything else OK.

Report of 10/8 from Johnathan Scott.

From: "Jonathan Scott"
To: ceremony@monkey.org
Subject: (Fac33) Glasgow Gigs
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 15:40:58

The Glasgow gigs were absolutely fantastic - knocking the MCR gigs well into second place (imho) - slightly diff. set than in MCR in that the set was a little shorter but the bands performance was phenomenal.

Great to meet many Ceremony boys at the gigs including Deron from Boston who came looking for me after the second show.

Last nights gig was slightly marred by the lack of an encore - something that is being blown way out of proportion by local press & radio & sadly by some greatly misinformed "fans". I was especially happy at last nights show as although it was my last of any major tour, Hooky dedicated "Touched by the Hand of God" to me anouncing that "this is for Kens mate Jonathan - He's on the slippery slope to hell..." before Barney intro'd the song as "Touched by the Hand of...the Promoter" an "in joke" that is best left untold on these pages...

The party at MAS was a bit of a hoot with many of the old boys dancing like loons to the sounds of tracks old and new and most notably The Happy Mondays & Stone Roses.

(...)

Jonathan - FourFortyFive.

From: GalacCon
Subject: (Fac33) Monday Glasgow gig
To:
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 09:02:14

They didn't do an encore on Monday night. Local radio station, Radio Clyde got lots of calls complaining. I heard some folk saying Hooky got spat at, and Barney too much abuse as well, which put the band in a bad mood.

Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 17:11:45
From: Deron Pease
To: ceremony@monkey.org Subject: (Fac33) Glasgow Gigs (more); plus setlist corrections Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 17:11:45

I have to say, I love seeing NewOrder in the UK. There seems to be more camaraderie. More people know all the songs instead of just the hits. When you're in the pit hopping around, everyone is your Best friend. It's good fun!

So for the Monday night show we decided to chill further back and just enjoy the sights and sounds. I'd already had the ecstatic gig experience, so night #2 was just gravy. It ended up having a very different feel to it from the beginning.

I don't know...the band wasn't into it? the crowd wasn't into it? It was a Monday night so audience wasn't rested and amp'd like they were on Sunday? Don't get me wrong, NO sounded fantastic!!

But they weren't joking around, there were fewer hands flying in the air, fewer Bernard "whoops!" and general banter, etc.

It ended on a bit of a bad note, with no encore and a surly boo-ing crowd.

I thought the show was still terrific, and all they were going to play was blue monday, anyway. But it was definitely a down note, contrary to the mile-high note of the night before. It might be interesting to hear the different shows. Anyone record both?? :)

To top the weekend off, while I was waiting at the airport for my flight, along walked Stephen Morris. What do you know! I gently approached him looking picking out a book to read and chatted with him for a while.

He had no idea (well he was going to tell) about what happened Mon night. And about touring the US, he said "we'll see", though he said they do like to play in CA (where I'm from and will be returning shortly).

So we just chatted a bit, I didn't want to impose too much. His personal assistant had questions for him, etc. Unfortunately, didn't see the others...

Though Arthur Baker was also in the airport, in fact he sat in the same row as me on the plane from Glasgow to Heathrow, just across the aisle. Of course I said hello to him, as well.

From http://worldinmotion.atinfopop.com/4/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=3334038731&f=9334038731&m=9514036241

Posted by FAC1000:

Speaking to PR Jonathon and Mass DJ Norman the news was one of the band collapsed back stage when they came off after Transmission.

O: 10 OCT 01 Brixton Academy

Setlist:

Crystal Transmission Regret
Ceremony 60 MPH Atmosphere Your Silent Face Close Range Touched by the Hand of God Bizarre Love Triangle True Faith Temptation Love Will Tear Us Apart

(encore) Rock the Shack (with bobby gillespie)
Blue Monday

Comments:

From: jo
To:
Subject: (Fac33) setlist 10/10/01
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 23:23:02

owww my ears really hurt... here's what was played tonight, it was bloody loud. And all the new songs were really distorted where I was sat, whereas the older ones came across brilliantly

From: "spiky"
To:
Subject: RE: (Fac33) setlist 10/10/01 Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:00:27

Bloody Bloody Loud!

Wasn't sure I was going to enjoy them after all this time, but a very chirpy Bernard and a seriously posing Hook-meister made for a very memorable set. I took 3 NO newbies along and they were as enthusiastic as the die hards.

Roll on tomorrow night

Spiky

From: Andrew Balgobin
Cc: ceremony@monkey.org
Subject: Re: (Fac33) setlist 10/10/01
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:08:42 +0100

Seconded. ear-splitting stuff, but hooky's mannerisms and barney's chat made for a very fine gig. the roof came off the place for LWTUA. andrew

From: "Mark"
Cc:
Subject: Re: (Fac33) setlist 10/10/01
ate: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 08:14:08

Well, no time for a review at the mo, but the sound mix was rough as hell : Close Range sounded awful and all over the place (I didn't recognise it) True Faith (The intro was near enough the same) and Rock The Shack (just terrible full stop)

More later, see you all tonight, I swear I saw some listees there...

Mark

From: "Steve Waller"
To: "New Order Mailing List (E-mail)" Subject: (Fac33) Brixton
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 11:20:20 +0100

For some reason I just knew Barney was going to do the countdown in Temptation!

I agree with Dan's comments on the songs, Close Range didn't really work, and to have dropped BM, TBTHOG and True Faith wouldn't have concerned me.

I'd also almost forgotten Barney throwing his towel into the audience and then asking for it back.

I quite like Turn My Way, so would've been pleased to hear that. Absolutely nothing from Technique or Low Life either - sacrilege!

(he also goes on, in a seperate message...)

I agree with the others - sound was really awful at first - just like a wall of guitars. It did get better though. I don't think I've ever seen the band as chirpy, and to see Hooky roaming all over the place was an oddity - think it even surprised Barney as he told him to go back to his corner. Other good bits of banter were Barney admitting that 60mph isn't really that fast, giving the crowd an introduction to the melodica, and admitting they'd made a hash of RTS before (and promptly doing it again). Liked the cheesy lights going with the colours in Temptation.

First time I've ever seen LWTUA or Transmission, so both made it special.

They even had a female backing singer - whatever next - dancers?!!!

Someone remind me who introduced them? I know it's Alan something...

So, tonight would be great if we could have Dreams Never End or Everything's Gone Green, but I think I may be disappointed!

One last thing - selling Technique t-shirts there?!! Was that remaindered stock?

From: Daniel Butt
Cc: ceremony@monkey.org
Subject: Re: (Fac33) Brixton last night Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 11:15:24

Agree about the sound, but it did improve, so you should be alright tonight. Funny, cos normally the Academy's pretty good like that. I couldn't hear much of what Barney was saying, but he was certainly talkative. Have to get a boot and find out :) If I'm being hyper-critical,

a couple of the bits of the set are sounding a bit over-familiar now, TBTHOG and the Perfecto style True Faith in particular. I do think they could do some reprogramming. Crystal and (to my slight surprise) 60MPH were both fantastic, really rocking, and it's always great seeing NO do a track for the first time. Ditto, of course, Your Silent Face, although I wish now that I hadn't known they were going to play it. Still, one of my favourite NO songs, and a real treat to hear it - and obviously the same goes for Transmission. No "wooh!" after "we can dance", Michael! In fact, the yelps seem to have an increasingly harder edge. Ceremony and BLT were terrific some great riffs from the Hookmeister. Close Range was pretty much a non-event - not my favourite song on the album, and not a particularly good version. Wish they'd done Primitive Notion instead.

Still, gave me a chance for a breather. No "Turn My Way", thankfully. Went off pre-encore with Barney saying something like "See you in another 15 years. Or maybe 15 minutes", which gave us a clue that we weren't going to be in a Glasgow situation. I really enjoyed "Rock the Shack"! Barney said they always cocked it up, and they did, although it was (allegedly) Hooky's fault. Blue Monday was Blue Monday. "Barney: "There's one song left. Now, which song haven't we played? It was a hit in 1981 or 2 or 3 or 4...") I really think they're wrong if they think they have to play it. Imagine the rection if they did Perfect Kiss, or Procession, or, damnit, Round & Round instead. Never mind - still good to see Hooky pounding that drum thing and chucking his sticks into the audience.

Out of guilt of not paying him enough attention in the past, I spent a goodly time watching Steve last night. The man is a legend. Many thanks to the bizarrely mysterious benefactor who draped a (bootleg) T-shirt over my shoulders as I was tying up a shoelace outside the front and then disappeared. I'm wearing it now. No thanks to the absolutely-off-his-tits goon at the front who flailed about like a drunken Cyberman, refused to allow his legs to support his body and then had to pulled out the front by the bouncers - only to reappear 3 minutes later. Moderate your intake, my man.

(Chris Au says "hey, i was one of guys who helped lift him over the barrier. he wasn't exactly impressed...")

Best moment - Temptation - Barney, "One, two, three, FOUR!"

Dan

From: Ashley Williams
To:
Subject: Re: (Fac33) what time.
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 09:28:45

They came on at 9:15 although it looked like it might be earlier but seemed as if they were having probs with one of the bass amps (i think). Finished at 10:50.

Tube strike starts at midnight tonight but service could be affected earlier. Depending on where you need to get to (mainline) trains go from Brixton to Victoria...tomorrow night should be more difficult... (political rant deleted)

ash.

Quoting glenn cox :

>
> Hello,
> Can anyone tell me what time they came on stage > and finished last night ? With the tube strike tonight > I am trying to find the best way back ...... >
> Glenn.

From: "Sijad Malik"
To: ceremony@monkey.org
Subject: Re: (Fac33) what time. (and setlist 10/10) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 08:34:27

they came on about 9.15 and finished about 11-ish. The tube strike starts at midnight so you should be alright.

The sound was loud yesterday, but the vocals were way too low. The new songs sounded shite and the audience didn't really respond, though I thought RTS was quite good. best bit though was Temptation followed by LWTUA, just amazing. I intend to get up at the front 2morro!

Transcription:

Alan Wise introduces. Recording is faded up.

AW: "...Arthur Baker. You won't guess who that was. That, my friends was Arthur Baker. Just one, just one minute of your time before the band come on. Because I want to tell you something about them that will touch ya. These guys love music. These guys love music. Just today, they came up to me they said, "Dad, we want you to come and listen to this guy." And they took me to an old tramp in Brixton. They said, "Just listen to the beautiful music he's singing." And, listen, he was going, "My old mum's a dustman..." Which just shows that those fucking cunts have got no taste. Welcome, the band formerly known as Joy Division, NEW ORDER!"

Loud chants of NU ODAH NU ODAH NU ODAH.

BS: "Hello."

Hooky interrupts, can't make it out besides "You...". Bernard talks over it.

BS: "Sorry about that, I ain't got a clue what he wants."

Weird high-pitched female voice says, "Stand on me...I wan't to see 'em!".

BS: "Okay..."

She whines and then says, "Oh, stop it!"

BS: "It's been a while since we've played in London. Probably going back the region of fifteen years."

Female: "Fifteen years."

BS: "But believe you me, we've done some very interesting years in our private time. Hooky's got into Acid, 'en. Phil's gotten into bestiality. Stephen's gotten into the Beastie Boys."

_Crystal_

BS: "Anyway, this is Crystal."

Levels adjusted a bit downward at about 1:30. The woman continues to scream as if she's getting crushed, it's a bit unpleasant to listen to.

BS: "Thank you! Thank you."

Weird female voice mutters in another language, sounds like Chinese.

_Transmission_

PH: "That's very kind, you're very kind. This one's for Jane tonight, it's you're birthday, Jane. And we know what every girl wants on her birthday. Phil."

At 2:39, Hooky yells out (off-mic): "C'mon, you gits!"

BS: "Thank you. That was a bit of a surprise, wasn't it?"

Fade-out at this point.

_Regret_

BS: "I must apologize in advance for the whiteness of my trainers. They're not brand new, but they were a gift from Adidas [drum fill], our sponsors [cymbal crash] this evening. Only joking, we don't resort to sponsorship. Anyway, this is Regret."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you!"

_Ceremony_

BS: "Thank you very much. This next one, there's a group of English people that followed us around America recently on our tour when we supported Moby and, erm, there's a lot of requests for Ceremony, and this is for them."

A few seconds while they tune up a bit, and then they get right into it.

(at end)

BS: "Thank you!"

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Wow, it's hot. You want a towel? I've not got any, anyone got one? It's not...anyway...give it back when you've finished."

(this is where he throws his towel into the audience and then asks for it back)

BS: Okay, this is...off our new album, it's called 60 Miles An Hour, it's about not quite breaking the speed limit, but getting up close to it, because we're all rebels, basically."

BS: "Thank you!"

BS mutters something, and then says, "Anyone got a towel?"

_Your___Silent___Face_

(original CD I have of this recording doesn't tracksplit here)

BS: "Okay, just to show that we're not about just throbbing guitars, this song features a throbbing melodica. If you don't know what one of them is, I'll show ya. This song is called Your Silent Face."

BS: "Thank you."

_Atmosphere_ is missing from my version.

Edit at this point. Tape misses the first part of Bernard's introduction for the following song.

_Close___Range_

BS: "...a little bit now with a song off our new album called Close Range."

(at end)

BS: "Yo!"

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

PH: (menacingly) "I know I'd fucking jump at you, you tight cunt!"

BS: "We're professionals...tune up...is the first thing. Okay, this is Touched By The Hand Of God...and it's about...God."

Really good version.

BS: "Thank you!"

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "All I can see are these fucking trainers. Everybody need a little room? I bought them in Glasgow two days ago. Had to do something while I was warbling off. Okay, this is Bizarre Love Triangle, features Ayatollah Hook on bass, Ayatollah Morris on keyboards."

Yes, this is what he actually said, it seems...unless someone can prove me wrong.

BS: "Thank you!"

More loud shouts of NU ODAH NU ODAH...

_True___Faith_

BS: "You know, no matter how shit you get, it's nice to hear what a great bunch of songs we're written. Don't know if that makes you feel any better, but it certainly makes me feel better. And I'm not being [mutters] and this is True Faith, and we're just start fe...the gigs(?)"

(need a bit of help with the last part)

Intro funk-style guitar part is wretched. Bernard says "Whoa!" and people exclaim a bit...maybe he's dancing again.

BS: "Thank you!"

BS: "Well, thought that was young pants for a minute, Hooky."

PH: "He shouted, he didn't even fight me for that, you noticed."

Somebody cries for Mr. Disco.

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay, this is Temptation. No smart comments, nothing, just a beautiful song."

BS: "Good night(?)!"

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

PH: "Ready, Bernard. Tell me when."

BS: "Yeah, I'm ready, ready, ready.

PH: "Ok. No, you're wrong. 1-2-3-4!" (probably directed at heckler, not Bernard)

Barney yells "Come on!!" about 1:45 into the track, and Hooky says "Here we go!" about 2:12 in.

BS: "Thank you! See you again in fifteen years. More like fifteen minutes." Fade out.

Fade in.

Some fiddling and tuning goes on before the Order start the encore. Hooky says "Hey Hey", though it could have been Phil for all I know.

_Rock___The___Shack_

Humourously, the liner notes credit vocals to a "Billy Gillespie".

BS: "Yeah, please welcome...on stage with us, Bobby Gillespie from Primal Scream. We're gonna do a song off our album which he's featured on called Rock The Shack. We've played it six times, and fucked it up every single time. Actually if you wanna spot it, his guitar solo in the middle, let's give it another go. Here we go!"

And indeed they fuck up the intro.

BS: "Hang on...fucked up...whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. (can't make out whatever is repeated twice after this) Peter, pay attention please! I've gotta wait for you. Here we go, here we go again, start it, here we go. It's punk."

I hold the minority viewpoint that this is the better of two collaborations on the Get Ready album, but you probably wouldn't know it by listening to this. :)

BS: "Yeah! Thank you. Bobby Gillespie, all the way from Scotland!"

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Okay, let's see, what song haven't we played yet? It was a big hit in 1981...1982...1983...1984."

PH: "Let's go on, Bernard. Hahehehe."

BS: "This is Blue Monday."

Blue Monday is performed.

Really expressive instrumentation starting at the 5:30 point.

PH: "It's nice to be back, thank you. Good night, London(?) We could play for all bloody night, we're still up for it."

NO: 11 OCT 01 Brixton Academy

Setlist:

Crystal Transmission Regret
Ceremony 60 MPH Atmosphere Your Silent Face Close Range Touched by the Hand of God Bizarre Love Triangle True Faith Temptation Love Will Tear Us Apart

(encore) Ruined In A Day
Blue Monday

Comments:

From: "spiky"
To: "New Order Mailing List (E-mail)" Subject: (Fac33) Brixton PT2
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 23:56:55

Well night No.2 and, if I'm not mistaken, even louder and better than last night. Not as much banter tonight, but a fantastic atmosphere (that's the ambience not the song!)

Set was same as last night except Rock the Shack was replaced with Ruined in a Day.

I took some pix - if they're any good I'll post them somewhere - watch this space.

If anyone wants to go tomorrow, the scalpers/touts are knocking tickets out at pretty much face value, and there doesn't seem to be a shortage.

From: "spiky"
To:
Subject: (Fac33) Hookys Cryptic Amps
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 23:59:30

Last night "Apple" and "Pears"

Tonight "Heaven" and "Hell"

Who knows what mysticism Friday will bring!

Transcription

_Intro_

Alan Wise comperes.

AW: "You won't believe it, but the guy up there is Arthur Baker. How we got these people, I don't know. I want to give a big thank-you to Garlic, Garlic who performed before. Before I introduce to you five guys who love their work, they love it, and they're here to love it with you, they're called New Order!"

BS: "Okay, hello, we're New Order. As you know already. We'll start the set tonight with _Crystal_.

Bit of a dropout at 4:55.

BS: "Thank you! Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot.

Fans cheer out NU ORDAH, NU ORDAH...

BS: "If you bear with us, we're a little bit tired and emotional last night. Well, forget the emotion. This is _Transmission_."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you."

BS: "Okay, this is called _Regret_."

Another dropout about 0:50 in, tape tracking issues.

BS: "Thank you."

BS: "Okay, we're gonna hop back to the dark days of the past now. This is probably one of the last songs we wrote as Joy Division, and one of the very first songs we wrote as New Order. It's called _Ceremony_."

Fans chant out again...

Thank you. This is going to be our new single, which will be found on Top Of The Pops tonight. It's called...yes, we do have two jobs, it's called _60___Miles___An___Hour_, or get if you know by phone." (last phrase I can't fully parse)

BS: "Okay, just to chill you out a little bit noew, for my sake, we're gonna play _Your___Silent___Face_."

Somebody yells out "Hooky" in a slightly muffled voice, dunno who.

BS: "Okay, we're going to keep it low-down and moody now...and then... this is a song, my favorite song actually, _Atmosphere_."

Which they play.

BS: "We're gonna pick up the pace a little bit now, and uh, this is a track off our new album Get Ready, it's called _Close___Range_."

Version of the song resembles the 'Dream On' demo more than the rendition that ended up on the album, and is quite stirring.

BS: "Thank you."

BS: "Okay, this is _Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_"

(after)

BS: "That sound should be called 'Fucked' cuz, erm, cuz what have they asked us for, not to mention our manager. Peter, wait till after. He's got bored with me then."

BS: "Right, this is _Bizarre___Love___Triangle_"

(after)

BS: "Thank you!"

Some guitar noodling between tracks.

BS: "Okay, anyone know what we're gonna play next. One at a time, please. This is _True___Faith_."

BS: "Thank you. Do you know...we've played, we played how many gigs this week, Hooky? we played fucking six gigs this week, and we've never gotten the end of that song right. You know what, it's always my fault. It is."

PH: "Everything's always your fault."

BS: "Okay. [Hooky laughs] Anyway, we'll make sure we get the end of this one right. This is _Temptation_."

People "oh, oh oh oh" during the verses.

I like to introduce, from Clingham, our new guitarist. Dawn Zed, there she is, and my new, shiny new Adidas trainers. I always buy Adidas, er, ok, whenver I go out. I find them exteremely comfortable [cymbal crash], and since I've taken up jogging, they're the ones to run in. [kick drum]. Not that I...feel anything. Anyway...what were we doing? Oh, yeah, we're playing a set, aren't we. This is _Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_.

PH: "We're joined by the lovely Dawn, c'mon Dawn, take a bow."

BS: "C'mon, don't be shy, Dawn."

PH: "Woooo! Get right into it, let's fucking go. 1-2-3-4!"

They perform the JD classic.

BS: "Thank you. You're a great audience. Sorry we're a little bit fucked, but we are. Thank's a lot, you've been great!"

Hooky ends on a two-note bass vamp.

A couple of cuts during the pre-encore bit, and then a fade-out and fade-in to the home stretch.

PH: "(I bet?) you've got thirty years in Glasgow and gotten away with it, eh. No, fuck you, you Cockney bastards."

BS: "Oh yeah, yeah...Okay, one two one two. You want your bloody money's worth free(?)...don't you?"

A bit of guitar soundchecking.

BS: "Okay, this is _Ruined___In___A___Day_."

(at end)

BS: "Yeah! All right, from Ruined In A Day to _Blue___Monday_. Do you get it? Ruined In A Day. Blue Monday. Dead funny. Dead real funny. I thought."

Bernard yells out something I can't make out at 6:25 of this.

NO: 12 OCT 01 Brixton Academy

Setlist:
(same as 11 OCT)

Crystal Transmission Regret
Ceremony 60 MPH Atmosphere Your Silent Face Close Range Touched by the Hand of God Bizarre Love Triangle True Faith Temptation Love Will Tear Us Apart

(encore) Ruined In A Day
Blue Monday

From: "Al Jarvis"
To: "ML New Order" Subject: (Fac33) Brixton 12/10 - what a set! Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 10:32:58 +0100

Everything's Gone Green!
Thieves Like Us!
Age of Consent!
Dreams Never End!

Sadly, though it was just Arthur Baker doing the 2 former tracks, and Hooky giving us 45 second soundbites of the latter 2, Age of Consent at the end of the set, Dreams Never End at the end of the encores. Teasing little minx, that he is.

As for New Order, it was just a runthrough by numbers again last night. Yawn.

From: Andrew Balgobin
To: Ceremony Mailing List Subject: (Fac33) brixton 13/10/01
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 00:05:13

just got back from the gig. rough sounding to start with, improved immensely thereafter. magic moment - barney and hooky's handshake after a storming true faith.

GaoBest comments:

> That seems to be what people say about almost all NO gigs; why does this > always happen with them? It felt the same at Shoreline.

Chris Au replies:

> they seemed to be having more trouble tonight than have the last two > nights.

> barney kept signalling to someone that they were too loud.

A longer, much longer review

From: "Dave Stephenson"
To:
Subject: (Fac33) Bricks and Tonnes (a story of personal gig trauma!) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:00:07

Oich oich evil listees.

Brixton Academy on Friday the 12th then.......

It was my 4th New Order gig (Reading, Ally Pally and Liverpool being the other 3) but my girlfriend's 1st. And she was pretty excited about the whole thing in a way whcih made Beatlemania look tame. It took us 5 hours to get from Birmingham to Brixton - mainly due to spending a total of 1 hour in various service stations and hitting London at half past four. And as for the last little leg round the academy - that'll be 200 yards on 45 minutes then!

But, with car safely parked in the multi storey car park and eyes overdosed on people falling off skateboards, off we trotted to the front steps of the academy. After 4 years I finally managed to meet up with Chris Au who, by all accounts, is an all round top bloke. Off we headed to a local hostelry where I suddenly realised that I had been transported into an episode of late 80's Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's. After watching the pub fill up with both types of New Order fans (spotty students and football hooligans), hearing the words "Jonathan Scott" far too often and with Candice "entertaining" random old men with her drunken dancing (she hadn't eaten bless her) we decided to make the short hop skip and jump over to the main hall.

OK, so it was 2 hours until New Order were due to go on stage but we did get to listen to a band called "Haven" (I think) who were "OK" and then we got Arthur Baker "mixing". Ahhhh, now I expect you're all sat there going "no you young fool - he wasn't supposed to be mixing like they do in Gatecrasher and places - go and eat a piece of wood and behave" but I was personally impressed with AB. Because he managed to build up a fantastic atmosphere through his choice of rekkids. Candice and I arsed about with some "hilariarse" hard house dancing while Thieves Like Us was played and a whole host of "Wow - I haven't heard this record since I was this high" type stuff came on. Our apologies to Chris for making it look like you were standing with two spazmongs.

Anyhooooooo. After far too long a wait (it was half 9 by the time they arrived) New Order took the stage and so began the best gig I've seen them play. Not because it was technically brilliant or because the renditions of the songs they did were better than usual - it was just the fact that they were enjoying themselves so much. Candice did in fact behave like a 12 year old girl at a Westlife concert. Now, I'm no expert on these matters but I find it quite disturbing that a 25 year old woman swoons at a fat sweaty old man. But swoon she did and jumped around like Zebbedee when 60MPH, TBTHOG and True Faith made an appearance. We managed to make a small hole for ourselves in front of the dividing railings between the stage and the mixing desk so we had a good view whilst still being able to breathe.

Crystal is a fantastic opening song. BUT if you are going to open with it you need to take out the intro piano. It just needs to open with that guitar assault. Cos that's why Regret works so well to start off with - instant audience connection. Atmosphere was majestic as ever (although Candice finds JD depressing and so pretended to hang herself. I don't think that went down too well with the JD fans behind us!) and Transmission rocked. Close Range was also also a belter. Now there came a small problem though. Earlier in the gig we'd lost Chris who'd run off to the front so that he could get battered and bruised in the infamous New Order mosh pit. Fortunately he arrived back at our little haven of space as Temptation came on. There was I, admiring the cheesey blue / green / grey eyes lighting, bouncing like a mad loon and singing along at the top of my little voice when *BOSH* - goodnight Vienna. A lack of food, two pints of lager, no water intake and the heat made me pass out like a big girls blouse. No, it wasn't the sight of Hooky's trousers. Honest. So, there's me lying on the floor in the middle of a few hundred people and Candice is trying to pick me up. After about 30 seconds I come round and stand up. "Right" I say. "Lets get to the side so I can get some air" And off we trundle when *WHOOMPF* down I go again. Yes, I really am that shandy arsed. If it wasn't for Mr. Au being there then I'd have spent the rest of the gig on the floor cos I was literally out cold and NO-ONE was helping at all. Candice said afterwards that the people around us just went "oh look, he's fainted", turned round and kept on moshing. But Chris and Candice managed to haul my carcass to the side and bring me round. There are benefits of going out with a nurse!

Security came and let us outside for a bit which gave me some air and woke me up again. So back in we went just in time for the encore. Anyways, *HUGE* thanks to Chris for your help - from both of us. Much apologies for interrupting the gig for you and if there is any damage to your funky flashing shirt from me being a heavy twunt to carry then let me know and I'll send you a cheque. Hope you got home OK as well - would have loved to give you a lift but it would have added an extra couple of hours to our journey - evil London traffic! We didn't get back until 4:30 anyway! Was great to finally actually meet you in person - and we'll have to do it again sometime. Especially if you know people up in Shrewsbury - the entertainment capital of England ;-P.

The gig was fantastic though. Gillian and Kim dancing along behind the rest of em as well. And it looks to me that New Order are enjoying themselves so much that there's at least one more album in them. *Fingers crossed*

Fainting Jack

The intro to this gig comes to you from Alan Wise. I was able to match it to this night due to the writing on the monitor stacks.

(from audience recording)

AW: "...no fucking microphone. I can't believe that that's Arthur Baker up there, everyone. Arthur Baker, a round of applause. Arthur baker, the producer. How do we get people like that?"

(the video version starts here)

AW: "Many years ago, I met four young boys, and one young girl. Who had their owns minds they wanted to do it their way. They wanted to do it differently than everyone else. And they came to me and said, "Al, can you help us?". Ha. And now they've done three nights here, and if they could, they'd like to do another six. But can someone, someone tell them where else they can play? Just send a message in to their agent. I want to introduce to you a band that used to be known as, you all know this, used to be called Joy Division, you all know it! And now they got a new name, yeah, they're now called, welcome on stage, those fabulous guys from...New Order!"

BS: "What was all that about, then? I don't understand what he was saying. Hallo. We are New Order. And we're going to play for you tonight a set that's gonna make you jump up and down. Starting with _Crystal_."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you!"

_Transmission_

PH: "Thank you. I want to dedicate this one to my daughter, she's three today. God bless her!"

BS: "Thank you. I'd like to dedicate that to Pete Tong as well, whose been a big help up here. Nice one, Pete."

Chants for New Order...

BS: "All right, I'm knackered now. Can we go off?"

Hooky mumbles something I can't make out while Bernard's speaking.

BS: "Can't wait until...[mumble]...a break, young cunt!"

PH: (interrupting again) Eh, John Sims is in the house, Johnny! Get up, Johnny or what, give 'em a break, you old codge."

BS: "I can't wait for the slow ones. All right, this is _Regret_."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you!"

_Ceremony_

BS: "Eh, I got a bit more energy tonight, thank God. I apologize for the game last night, it was all my fault. Actually, it was all Bobby Gillespie's fault. Okay, this is Ceremony.

PH: "I'd just like to, eh...24/7 party people..."

BS: "Thank you!"

All right, oh fuck, we dropped down again. Well, I was just going to introduce you to Phil, our new guitarist, but I've just decided to sack him! [drum] What you looking at, Roger? You fucking sack [won't us]?"

PH: "You're not careful, we'll all sack you..."

Bernard ignores him.

BS: "So give him one more chance. All right, it's Phil Cunningham actually. Used to be in a band called Marion. [guitar] Okay, this is off our new album. I'm sure my record company would like to announce that it'll be our new single. Hopefully, you'll all buy it. It's called _60___Miles___An___Hour_."

BS: "I Was gonna suggest that all the people up there get up and move around, but we're gonna play a slow one now, so we'll save it 'till later."

More chants of New Order...which Bernard reacts to.

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "That's a horrible tune you know you sing. Can't you think of a better tune? Like New OrDEH! This is Your Silent Face."

At the 2:30 point, Bernard exclaims, "C'mon Hooky[?] [can't make out, delivered in a growl-type voice]" to what I presume must be somewhat deficient playing.

Some strumming at the end, and the sound of a guitar lead getting

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Well, a small technical problem up here, so please bear with us for a few seconds while we work it out. We're a very professional group, with a very professional set of roadies which are currently working on the problem. There you go! Okay, this is Atmosphere."

PH: "One, two, three, four..."

Tape edit at this pint.

_Close___Range_

BS: "This is a fast song off our new album, it's called Close Range."

Tape dropout at about 1:35 or so.

BS: "Thank you!"

BS: "Oh, it's got a bit hot now, innit. It's very hot for the time of year. It's October, you know. Being from Manchester, we're not used to the sort of sunny weather you get down here in London."

BS: "Okay, this is...eh, yeah, let's tune up.

PH: "Where's [can't make out]... So civilized, unlike you fuckers."

BS: "All right, _Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_."

Long pause at end.

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Fucking hell, it's hot. Then again, I'm a right moaning bastard. Okay, are you ready chaps? Okay, this is Bizarre Love Triangle."

Initial bass note is discongruously loud.

Some piano tinkles.

_True___Faith_

BS: "Okay, I like...I'd like to dedidcate...another dedication, there's lots tonight. I'd like to dedicate this song to John Sims, who is playing me in the film 24 Hour Party People. Actually, not to him but to his new, erm, little boy Ryan. C'mon, give it a bit! Will ya? Three, ya, you've got two. Just wait until the end, it's just started All right, ok. True Faith."

(at end)

BS: "It's the first time we've ever gotten the fucking end of that song right. Well, I get it right every night, but they fuck it up every night. Whoa."

BS: "Any Manchester United fans here?"

Initial cheers, than loads of boos.

Hooky laughs.

BS: "You're just fucking jealous (of us), aren't you? All right, this is _Temptation_."

Okay, well...hope you're having a good a time as I am. Trying to think of something witty to say [something], but couldn't. Anyway, this is, erm, going to be our last song, I'm afraid...and it's Love Will Tear Us Apart.

BS: "When you're ready Hooky, when you're ready. I've only waited two [somebody talks at the same time]...one two THREE FOUR!"

(at end)

BS: "Thank you, and thanks for waiting for so long and standing by us. You're a great bunch of fans, I mean that!"

Hooky ends things with a two note melody that persists for a while... and then he plays the bassline to Age Of Consent! Everybody claps along.

PH: "Only joking, you miserable Cockney cunt."

Punter around the taper yells out "Wanker".

_Rock___The___Shack_

BS: "Hooky's still there, is he? Has anyone got any deodorant, it's a bit hot up here. Andrew [something], if I fuck up this guitar, you're in trouble, mate. Okay, we're gonna challenge you a little bit with a very rocky song called Rock The Shack."

Hooky comes up with a bassline otherwise not heard in the song.

BS: "'ank you!"

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Okay, okay. Now we've deafened you with all those noisy guitars, we're going to groove you with some noisy bass drums. This is Blue Monday."

BS: "Thank you, you've been fucking great. So have we. Or pretty good."

Hooky then plays the bassline to Dreams Never End, initially playing it on the wrong fret. And then he plays something else, quite a lovely melody that I can't place....but it eventually starts cutting out. I find that these are the highlights of the show.

NO: 19 OCT 01 Later With Jools Holland

From: "spiky"
To: "Ceremony"
Subject: (Fac33) New Order on Later . . Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 00:42:05

Opened with storming Crystal, followed by an ok Regret and closed with a great 60mph and a crowd pleasing LWTUA.

Briefly interviewed with nothing hugely interesting said, but a clip of them performing Blue Monday live on Top of the Pops in 1983 (nice haircuts guys!)

Quick interview with Jeremy Vine who interviewed them in The Big Issue in August, and John Simms who plays Barney in the 24 Hour Party People movie. Bernard or Hooky shouted out that they gave the movie 6 out of 10.

Have recorded on VHS - will encode relevant parts to MPEG1 if anyone's got some webspace to host it for all to enjoy. Contact me privately if so.

TTFN

Spiky

Transcription. Not very exciting.

Crystal

BS: "Thank you!"

Regret

BS: "Regret" (can't quite make this out)

60 Miles An Hour

BS: "Thank you!"

LWTUA

BS: "'ack you very much, we'll play one more song for you tonight, which is an all-time favorite for us. It's a Joy Division song, called Love Will Tear Us Apart."

The last part of the performance is marred by rolling credits.

BS: "Thank you! Thanks a lot!"

NO: 11 NOV 01 Olympia - Paris, France

Some mentions on the Ceremony list:

Setlist was presumably as follows, according to Antoine's account:

Crystal
Transmission
Regret
Ceremony
60 Miles An Hour
Your Silent Face
Atmosphere
Close Range
Touched By The Hand Of God
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith
Temptation
Love Will Tear Us Apart

(encore)
Rock The Shack
Ruined In A Day
Blue Monday

Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 02:43:17 +0100
From: "N21"
To:
Subject: (Fac33) Paris gig

(...)

Emmm. WONDERFUL Paris gig.
Playlist is exactly the same as the UK shows. I am completely exhausted, back home after a 2hr drive in the fecking fog.
Tomorrow is me getting back to Paris AGAIN for the second show, but I'll make sure to review the gig just before leaving.

(...)

Encore was Rock The Shack, Ruined In A Day, "Blue Fucking Monday" as Bernard
+mentionned.
It was the "press-play" version, of course :o( Dodo !

N21

> http://www.new-order.net/no/audio/iv/851210-barney_speaks_french.mp3 >
> I hope either N21 or anybody else proficient in French can translate > what he's saying, assuming it's even understandable. The Barney of that
> time period was hard enough to understand in his native tongue. ;-)

Don't have time right now, I gotta get a new bone-breaking session tonight. They came onstage with Barney going like : "Je m'appelle New Order, Je m'appelle Bernard, Je m'appelle Pierre, Je m'appelle Stephane, Je m'appelle Phil Cunningham, Jem'appelle Crystal." - also I was right in front of Bernard, like 2nd or 3rd row, +with me head emerging from the whole audience (1m90) and bernard staring at me in the eyes during two third of the gig, finally pointing at me and admitting he never looked at me in a sexual way in his life before :op

Just before Transmission, he mocked at a guy wearing some bootleg Joy Division Tshirt, asking some guys where they were from ("Scotland", they shouted) and asking them what they wanted the band to play "no no we don't play Age Of Consent anymore..." Favorite bit was True Faith (with some additional Barney guitar riffs during the intro) and weakest moment was Bizarre Love Triangle cos I thought the song was slowed down a bit (in fact it seemed the whole set was slowed down), Bizarre Love Triangle, being one of my favorites, was not at its highest musical potential. Hook stayed for a minute or so at the end of LWTUA, playing bass for the song, the crowd chanting the chorus. Nice. At the encore, Bernard came back with his coat on, tlling the crowd he was ready to leave already, some roadie took his coat off, and then, as he was finishing with the synth bits during Blue Monday, the roadie put his coat on as he was still playing, and then he just left. It seems to me the set was beautifully rendered, it looks like they didn't fucked up one song at all. The beginning of the show was a bit injuring, everybody got crushed, I thought I couldn't stand it really. It went quieter during Your silent Face and Atmosphere, thank god :o)

Rock The Shack, despite being nicely played, didn't seem to gain much interest from the audience. But all in all the band wasn't very talkative. Hook performed his whole old floor-sweeping bass routine.

From: "Mike Serieys"
To: ceremony@monkey.org
Subject: (Fac33) Paris gig

Like, wow.

Right in front of Hooky throughout, who was regularly looking straight at me. My yells throughout of 'C'mon Hooky' were probably something to do with it, but still. Was hoping to get the drumstick, but he inexplicably gave it to someone in front of Barney.

Amusing bits as follows:

• Introduction in French - Quatre jeunes hommes plein de spunk...
• Hooky's bass breaking during Blue Monday, which was disappointing, but him playing the rest on a standard six string was worth seeing. And he managed it too, with finesse.
• The dedication of 'Touched by the foot of god' to Eric Cantona. As an Aston Villa fan, that was very funny, especially as Bernard has admitted to knowing nothing at all about football. Typical Man Utd fan.
• Understanding what they said, whilst the rest of the francophone crown were in stunned silence. Fantastic.

Anyway, just wish I could afford to go tonight, but hell, there's always France Inter.

My second NO concert, and definitely better than the last one.

Ciao,

Mike

NO: 12 NOV 01 Olympia - Paris, France

Setlist was presumably as follows, according to Antoine's account:

Crystal
Transmission
Regret
Ceremony
60 Miles An Hour
Your Silent Face
Atmosphere
Close Range
Touched By The Hand Of God
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith
Temptation
Love Will Tear Us Apart

(encore)
Rock The Shack
Ruined In A Day
Blue Monday

Report from gig by Antoine:

Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:50:30 +0100
From: "N21"
To:
Subject: (Fac33) Paris Gig, Nov 12th

Was too lazy to turn the computer on when back home, to give you tids'n'bits about my bithday gig. Nov, 12th, that is. So here they are.

Same same same same. Not as good as sunday's gig.

Your silent face BEFORE Atmosphere, not AFTER.

What about a change, Bernard. Noticed most of the audience weren't huge huge fans. Some came here to see some 80's band perform. A french guy said "see you in 14 years !" - a Brit fellow said "Sack Phil, he's pants"

Bernard introduced TBTHOG as a song to calm things a bit down. (WAHAHAHA) Some french twat spoiled me fun complaining about me bouncing way too much (hell where does he think he was in ? a tea room ? There were seats over at the balcony, you c*nt !)

Encore was RTS, RIAD, BM. Bernard introducing Blue Monday as Fucking Blue Monday, played 5.000 times... bla bla. I mean if they don't want it played, they shouldn't play it.

Fave bit was True Faith, again. Love that guitar. Weakest was BLT. Pah.

Introduced Phil in the middle of the gig, and then saying again, as on sunday "je m'appelle Bernard, je m'appelle Chtophen" (hey we are in France, not germany, bernard) "je m'appelle Hooky !"

I'm glad they took over that big fat bastard. Man, this guy should be topic of a documentary. This time, he came with Bananas over his shoulder, he's had the same jacket and pants for years, he came with a girl he must have annoyed backstage, she was here to translate. "they're not the rolling stones, they're not bananas, they fucking new order !"

Hook doesn't even smile a bit - Phil is a good guitarist really. Steve was mostly surrounded by smoke and the lights. Couldn't see him easily from down the front. Hook stayed to perform a couple of notes more from LWTUA, and Bernard came to turn off his bass amp. Bernard spotted reading lyrics from the monitors during Your Silent Face. Someone asked for the "Kiss Of Death" - Bernard wasn't too pleased to hear my request for "Vivid". :p

Something I noticed. I looked at Bernard's mouth during Temptation cos that old topic came to my mind... [...] from above hurt/hit/whatever the people down below. I looked at what he was saying, and I tend to think it was a V. As in Volts.

Gig was not as good. Bernard enjoyed I think, but I found it was a bit difficult at the beginning... I don't know.

>> The setlist is the same as yesterday, there will be 1 song less in >> the encore... Probably RTS or RIAD, since they always play Blue >> Monday...

So the encore was a three song set, really. RTS, RIAD, BM. Also, yes there was some altercation between some british fellow and Hooky - I think Bernard indeed said something to the extent of "we'll send you president bush"
I didn't find Hooky very pleased really. He was grimacing at people all the time. When he did so to me, I did the same.

N21

"Sabine's lover" confirmed that Gillian was backstage during this consert, and that parts of this concert were broadcast over FM.

And...

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 11:18:50 +0100
From: "N21"
To:
Subject: Re: (Fac33) RAM gig this Saturday (1st Dec) + other stuff ...

> Ally said:
> The band ignored him. At least it's not as bad as N21's "Vivid!" request > at the Paris gigs :D

BWAHAHA. Actually, that was on Monday, i was a bit disappointed that I thought I could piss Bernard off a bit. Vivid was the only Electronic song that came to my mind so it could be easily heard as a short single word. Bernard ignored it, but I saw at his face he wasn't too pleased...

Pah !

Writeup

I had two tracks on MP3 probably mastered from the FM broadcast. "Ceremony" and "Fucking Blue Monday". The Ceremony track has some French announcer saying a few words at the end. Throw in Transmission and Atmosphere as well.

I've since gotten the whole set (CD of the FM broadcast) There's also a very rare French promo with the entire soundboard also in existence)

_Crystal_

BS: "Bonjour. That's what I'm going to show you now. Supposed to be in Paris at the end. One two one two one two. Okay, We're going to start off the set tonight with a song off our new album, it's called Kristal"

(Bernard pronounces the song title like a french word)

BS: "Thank you! Merci Beaucoup."

French announcers talk at this point.

_Transmission_

BS: "We're going to continue with a...a very old song of ours by Joy Division. It's called Transmission."

This one sounds huge. Lots of feedback.

As the song ends, the announcers chatter.

Barney whoops.

Bs: "It's a lot hotter than last night."

_Regret_

BS: "This is Regret."

Audio distorts here. This happens at a couple other points in the broadcast.

_Ceremony_

What sounds like an edit between the last track and this one.

BS: "Thank you!"

_60___Miles___An___Hour_ (at the end of Ceremony)

The MP3 version has this:

BS: "Okay, we're gonna get things, erm, a bit more contemporary with our... this is, eh, 60 Miles An Hour from our new one."

(wonder if this is from the previous night)

The CD of the FM broadcast has this:

Okay, this is a track off our new album and it's called 60 Miles An Hour."

BS: "Thank you."

French announcer talks. Very annoyingly, he talks over Bernard making the following a bit difficult to make out.

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "This is (stress us?). Okay we're going to slow things down a little bit now. Eh, This is a very old song called Your Silent Face."

BS: "Thank you."

_Atmosphere_

(French transcription is probably very off, I know)

BS: "I hope you're enjoying yourselves. Eh, tripping up. Eh, je ne paux Bernard, je ne paux Stephan, Je ne paux Hooky. [Hooky says a couple of words but is interrupted]

BS: "Forturnately, I can't speak any better French than that, except, eh, 'voules voux [couple of words] si vous ples' This is Atmosphere!"

PH: "Alex! Alex [name-ends in 'enberg']...wherever you are, this is for you. 1-2-3-4!"

BS: "'k you!"

More French announcer chatter, again talking over Bernard.

_Close___Range_

BS: "Now we're gonna play a very contemporary-sounding New Order one here... this is a song called Close Range."

BS: "Thank you, merci beaucoup."

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

BS: "Thank you very much. Okay, ...say we'll play another song for a little bit because... [can't make out rest of sentence due to the damn annoucers]... but we're not going to, we're going to play a song called Touched By The Hand Of God."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Thank you. This is the last song before... [again, can't make out due to the damn announcers]"

PH: [can't make out due to announcers]

BS: "Okay, this is Bizarre Love Triangle."

They play BLT.

_True___Faith_

BS: "Thank you. We're having(?) a lot harder time than the the audience. Why don't you all want us to play next. True Faith? All right, then you've got it."

_Temptation_

BS: "Thank you. You having a good time? We're having a fucking great time. And we are in need of Bez(?) in time for the party after the show. I can assure you. Just cuz we [two words] we can tune up please. In the past I noticed it's very professional in the past we would have done it but not tonight...it's extra."

PH: "Asshole."

BS: "Fucking others in tune. Must be Phil fucking up here. Okay, this is Temptation."

They play Temptation.

BS: "Thanks a lot. Thank you very much."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

Very nice acoustic-type intro to this one. The announcers on the FM version proceed to talk all over it, bah. Barney yells "Come on!" about 3:12 in (3:42 on the FM version).

BS: "Thank you very much! You've been a fucking great audience. It's great to be back in Paris. It's a beautiful city, and you've been a beautiful audience. Thank you everyone!"

Before the track cuts out, the French announcer on the FM broadcast says "It's fucking New Order". (not present on the FM version, though) Haha. The announcers greet Barney and Hooky, who come backstage. Barney expresses his surprise that they're recording.

_Blue___Monday_

Here's Bernard's intro, which is going in the quotes file:

BS: "It's a fucking Blue Monday. I dread the day we ever fucking wrote it. Played it five thousand times. I never liked it in the first fucking place (at this point, Bernard is breaking down in giggles)...no, it's fantastic."

(the concert was played on a Monday)

The keyboard intro sequence gets flubbed. And the vocals are pretty flat, or alternate into the sort of singing he does on Get Ready. But the instrumentation at the end is a bit different than normal, and the quality here is superb.

About 3:30 in Barney starts talking to somebody. What about?

BS: "Hi, Andy. How are you? Ball's at a soft spot here, you know."

Barney sings the 'now I stand here waiting' part repeating waiting, as if it was being echoed.

And as things finish up:

BS: "Thank you! You've been fucking great! Thank you!"

Ends in feedback.

NO: 15 NOV 01 Columbiahalle - Berlin, Germany

Setlist was presumably as follows, according to Nicholas LeBlanc's message to Ceremony:

Crystal
Transmission
Regret
Ceremony
60 Miles An Hour
Your Silent Face
Atmosphere
Close Range
Touched By The Hand Of God
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith
Temptation
Love Will Tear Us Apart

(encore)
Rock The Shack
Blue Monday

From ESPN (info sent by Robert L.):

Sumner stuns Berliners with 1966 taunt
By Dale Johnson

Bernard Sumner shocked fans at a concert in Berlin this week (Nov 15th) when he dedicated a song to David Beckham and taunted them about the 1966 World Cup final.

Sumner, lead singer of New Order, was greeted by cheers when he welcomed Germany's qualification for next year's finals - they beat Ukraine in a play-off on Wednesday.

But those cheers soon turned to boos when he reminded the German crowd how England had beaten them 4-2 in the 1966 final.

'You didn't win in 1966,' quipped Sumner, an avowed Manchester United fan, before bassist Peter Hook intervened to assure the outraged audience that Sumner was only joking.

But memories of their one-sided, 5-1 defeat by England in a World Cup qualifying match in Munich in September were clearly still raw for many in the audience.

Introducing the band's hit song 'Touched by the hand of God', Bernard Sumner said: 'This song is dedicated to David Beckham - touched by the foot of God'.

Any bad feelings, though, were quickly forgotten as the Manchester band, best known for their hits 'Blue Monday' and 'True Faith', put in a storming performance.

Happily for Anglo-German relations, New Order did not play 'World in Motion', the song they wrote with Keith Allen for England's World Cup soccer campaign in 1990.

Transcription

summary: overall, an outstanding performance with excellent sound one of the best of the modern era.

_Crystal_

BS: "Of course we are New Order. Hello, Berlin! I'm sorry it's been so long since we played here last. It's not your fault, I assure you. It's, eh, nobody's fault. But hopefully, we're going to make up for it tonight and play a great set of songs, starting with Crystal."

(Barney strums guitar once or twice though this mini-speech)

BS: "Thank you!" (bass strum) "Thanks a lot. It's really good to be back here. Seriously."

_Transmission_

PH: "Here we go."

BS: "Okay, this is a song by Joy Division called Transmission."

Bernard (slightly) flubs the opening guitar intro.

Funny to hear Bernard yell "and we can daaaaaaaaaaaaanceeeee!".

BS: "Thank you. Danke schun."

_Regret_

BS: [sigh-squeals] "Okay, we're gonna return now with something a little bit more contemporary, from 1993 anyway, that's contemporary for us. This is Regret."

_Ceremony_

BS: "Thank you! No, we're not playing Blue Monday tonight, Peter doesn't want to play it. I do, but he doesn't, so..."

PH: "You know what I say fucking goes!"

Good rendition, ends in guitar rattle.

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Thank you! Okay, having a good time, everyone having a good time? Great. So are we. Sounded oh so sincere though, didn't it? Anyway, this is 60 Miles An Hour off our new album, Get Ready. Oh yeah, it's our new single as well. I'm sure the record company would like us to say that, and on behalf of them, I do."

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Thank you very much. Okay, we're gonna chill things out a little bit now because we're, we're all getting a bit carried away ourselves as well, and eh, yeah. This is called Your Silent Face, which was very influenced by Kraftwerk."

BS: (later on in the intro) "Think of Bavaria."

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Thank you. Also thought that was a German-sounding tune, I dunno why. And this one is a very English-sounding tune, it's called Atmosphere, it's a Joy Division song."

PH: "What if we scream at your pub. 1-2-3-4." (is that what he's really saying?)

NO play the JD chestnut.

BS: "Thank you. we'd like to dedicate that one to, erm, a very good old friend of ours, who was Ian Curtis. Rest in peace, Ian, rest in peace."

_Close___Range_

BS: "Back to our new album, this is a track off it called Close Range."

Very good rendition, better than the LP version.

Skip at 4:31 on my CD copy.

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

BS: "Thank you. I'm fucked. I'm fucked, but we're gonna play another one of those jump up and down songs. And it's about an English footballer called Davey Beckham. (cheers turn to boos). Have we got any England fans here tonight? Only joking, only joking! Listen, Germany won last night, so you'll get your own back in the World Cup, I'm sure. But remember, we beat you in 1966, which wasn't so long ago." (more booing)

PH: "He's only joking."

BS: "All right, I'm only joking. This is Touched By The Foot of God."

Cracking good version.

BS: "Thank you. I'm so polite, aren't I. I say 'Thank you' at the end...end of every song. That's cuz I'm glad it's over. Only joking!"

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, you notice that I do not have a guitar for this song. Can you guess what song it's going to be? I take that as a 'no' then (laughs). This is, eh, Bizarre Love Triangle. It's about a re...a...a relation me and Hooky and our wives had. It was very bizarre."

lyric: "I feel fine, I feel good...I feel like a piece of wood."

BS: "Merci beucoup. (grunts) Listen, Phil. That was only a fucking joke right, don't get any ideas right, you're not my type (cymbal crash, good one Steve!) At the moment."

_True___Faith_

BS: "Okay what songs you want to hear next. It's up to you. (folks shout out whatever) Sorry, what? (more shoutouts for whatever) I think you're saying 'True Faith', so this is True Faith.

If you think the audience has a lead on selecting which songs New Order will play, you're even more deluded than the punters in Berlin.

Very good guitar intro here.

PH: "Tell you what. I'm fucking warm but you must be boiling. Because you got your fucking coat on, I can't believe it."

PC: "coat on?"
(not sure if this is in fact Phil getting picked on again)

BS: "Hooky, there's no need to swear, you know. I must apologize for Peter's foul language, you'll never hear me fucking swearing like that. Okay *sighs* okay, just having a breather. I'll tell you what, I just gotta tune the guitar up...someone's just been stabbed?"

PH: "Very important, tuning, I hope you have the competence for it."

BS: "I know how to tune guitars up."

PH: "In Manchester, if we don't tune them, we ain't performing."

BS: "Okay, I'm in tune. You in tune, Hooky?"

PH: "I am in tune, Bernard, yes."

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay, this is Temptation."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

PC: "Thank you."

BS: "Thank you."

BS: "Okay, this is the last song we're afraid, but it's a cracker."

Has acoustic guitar opening. Hooky SCREAMS out, "Let's go!", with Bernard "C'mon"'ing the audience at least three times before Hooky belts out a "Here we go!" at the bridge.

BS: "Thank you very much! You've been a fucking great audience. It's the Berlin, you've been fucking great."

_Rock___The___Shack_

BS: "We, we never ever ever do encores, but on this one evening we'll make an exception. We did, well we did in Paris as well and London and Manchester. Okay, we're gonna start with a ve...a very, guitar-based song, and we're gonna finish with a synthesizer-based song just to show our virtuosity. Okay, this is Rock The Shack."

A very good rendition. Hooky does backing vocals. No Gillepse to sing the second verse.

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Thank you. All right, for those of you who don't guitars, this is called Blauer Montag."

Wow, this sounds really really good. Has a sample of the old vocoder lines in it, too.

There's a brief cut at 1:33 that I think was put out by the broadcast, as all known copies seem to have it.

Bernard "hey, heys" shortly before 2:00, and whistles at about 2:08.

And this from TJ:

BS: "Naked saunas.....marching music......"

NO: 16 NOV 01 Palladium - Cologne, Germany

From webcast of this concert (224k RealVideo) 100 minutes!

A fan says that despite the official reports, the Order's performance was, after the first few songs, sloppy and error-ridden. I tend to agree with this assessment. In other words, this is a classic performance. If I wanted pitch perfect renditions, I'd just stick to the records.

I also have a CD, that may have been taken from a lossy source (maybe from the webcast stream). This version cuts out much of Bernards between-song dialogue, which is a shame.

The encore features a slight change, with Ruined In a Day appearing -after- Blue Monday, as the last song.

Transcription

_Crystal_

BS: "Sorry to keep you waiting, but we're only 20 minutes late. We played in Berlin last night, and we made the unfortunate mistake of going to a nightclub. So we're a bit tired and a bit emotional, but we'll do our best for you. This is Crystal."

Bernard waves and kisses to somebody out in the audience before going into the opening riff. I guess he's replaced his woo's with yelled "whaoas" and "heys". Hooky gets into it as well, too...one of the more emotional and energetic performances of this soon-to-be-classic that I've heard. A whistle near the end, too.

BS: "Thank you! Thank you very much."

_Transmission_

Bernard almost makes it through the opening riff without a mistake. ;-) Hooky's vocals are very prominent during the chorus. And Stephen Morris is still the hardest-working drummer in rock.

BS: "Danke schun. Of course, that was about Radio Angst live. My favorite radio station, Radio Angst...and uh, my favorite trainers, Adidas trainers, they're gone at the moment... not that we're sponsored by anyone, but eh, I just really like 'em. (guitar strum) Okay, we're gonna bring, erm, that was a Joy Division song. (turns to backstage, says 'feedback')

All but 'danke schun' are missing from the CD version I have.

_Regret_

BS: (continues): "That was a Joy Division song called Transmission, I'm getting a lot of feedback up here...but this is a New Order song called Regret."

NO play Regret.

BS: "Thank you. (guitar strum) You having a good time? Surprisingly, we've having a good time. We've been on tour for a whole week now, and I'll tell you it's taking it out of us. (turns to his right and says "hasn't it?") Even Phil."

(by 'it' does he mean "a lot"...I suppose so)

_Ceremony_

The camera pays an unusual amount of attention to Phil C. Hooky vocals pretty loud during the chorus here as well. Bernard flubs the first couple of notes during the solo. Otherwise, very good version....

BS: "Thank you! Jerry, can you set...ehm, give me more sound? Danke schun."

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: (continues): "Okay, this is a track off our new album, it's called "60 -Kilometers- Per Hour. (drums...few seconds pause) 1 2."

Hooky rolls up his sleeves as Bernard starts singing.

After he finishes out the tune with some guitar F/X, Barney pumps his fist up in the air and screams "Yeah!"

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "'ank you. All right, we're gonna kill it down a little bit not, a bit less time...a lower octane of song, ehm, we're gonna play a song off eh...Power, Corruption, and Lies...eh, think it's that's right, Steve?...Power, Corruption, and Lies...called Your Silent Face."

Of course, Phil handles the keyboard part for that one, quite admirably. Bernard's melodica is ok too. ;-) I think Hooky almost was going to play his part a bit early... During this song, you can clearly see that Bernard is wearing earplugs, which I first saw at around the time of the Jools Holland performance. I think they don't detract at all, I mean, Sinead O'Connor got away with them. Barney start's doing a silly guitar-in-hand dance near the end of the tune.

BS: "Thank you! (strum) I just got to tune notes, so bear with us. (spends a few seconds tuning his guitar) Shit, does anyone else tune a guitar up? I've done it."

_Atmosphere_

BS: (continues) "Okay, we're gonna play a song that we've...I don't, to my knowledge, I don't think we've ever played in Cologne before... we have, we actually played it once as Joy Division. This is a Joy Division song, and it's called Atmosphere."

Camera for the first time cuts to the audience, who are all waving their hands. No lighters, though. A bit of a cut-out in terms of the audio, right at the end of the the second verse, before the "People like you..." part. One "hey" after the "abandoned too soon" line.

After the song ends, Barney whispers something in Hooky's ear.

_Close___Range_

BS: "Okay, now we've chilled you out a little bit, we're gonna tee you off a little bit. Erm, and we're gonna play eh, a fairly uptempo song off our new album, and it's called Close Range."

The webcast breaks up a bit right when Bernard is about to sing. Speaking of which, Bernard ends up yelling quite a few lyrics, I don't know if they were having monitor problems. New drum pattern, or technical glitch...by the end of the song, they pull themselves together again...taking the advice of the lyrics, heh...except right at the end, Bernard is left hanging to dry, as everybody else stops playing when he continues to sing...he makes a face, goes "ha ha", and says:

BS: "Thought there was another chorus! Jerry, can you just.. I think it just might be compressing a little bit much, that could be the problem... [I think he's talking about his mic]. We should put another chorus on the end of that. Thank you, thank you."

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

(doesn't appear on the CD I have)

BS: "Okay, this is a song called Touched By The Hand Of God, and we've gonna get our resident DJ, Mr. Arthur Baker, who produced this song, to do a bit of on-llne DJ'ing for us."

Camera cuts to Arthur Baker in front of a pair of turntables, scratching, of all things, which you can barely hear. The webcast cuts off a bit in a couple places, pity. Bernard does a "1 2 3 4" before the last round of chorus.

BS: "Thank you, Arthur. And numero uno DJ, uh, Mr. International"

AB: "What's that, what did you say? Thank you folks!"

BS: "All the way from New York City...Boston....right."

BS: (taking a towel) "Ohahh, it's fucking hot here...we had a bit of a wild night last night so we're all a bit fucked. Anyway... (Hooky guffaws...feedback screeches) here's a guitar...(more feedback)

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Here's a song that doesn't contain any guitars whatsoever, for those of you of the dance music fraternity. This is Bizarre Love Triangle."

Webcast starts cutting off a bit. Barney actually jumps at one point, and starts dancing later. Scary.

At the end of the song, Hooky goes up to Barney and whispers something back to him, grabbing onto him

BS: "We've got a wheelchair...or a stretcher. Thank you, danke schun. (piano notes)" Barney takes a sip of something.

_True___Faith_

(left off of the CD version I have)

BS: "This is True Faith."

Hooky comes in a bit early, and his bass has an amazing amount of chorus on it. Sumner's guitar sounds especially funky. Too bad the stream breaks up a bit again, so I can't make out what Hooky blurts out..."W6N...". Nice touch, yelling out "of the things that cost you too much!" Of course, this has the "taking drugs with me" line. Hooky starts freeranging. Barney screams out "so demanding" as well.

BS: "Merci beaucoup, danke schur."

_Temptation_

Crowd starts yelling for Temptation.

BS: "Temptation it is then, you've got it!".

Neat...when Barney starts singing "oh you've got green eyes, oh you've got blue eyes, oh you've got grey eyes" the lights change colors to match. The latter guitar solos actually have a bit of wah-wah on them.

BS: "Yeah!!"

BS: (points off in the direction of the audience)

"I've like to apologize to all the people stuck behind the pillars over there. If you all come and see me after, hello...sorry about that, that's disgusting, I'll give you your money back, if you come and see me after the show, I'll give you your money back. If you can find me."

Barney swaps guitars...for the next tune, instead of his Gibson SG, he has a Rickenbacker, with a capo on the second fret."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna finish with a very special song."

Barney yells out "C'mon" a couple of times during one one of the choruses, with Hooky screaming "Here we go, Cologne!" The webcast desyncs a bit again, bad enough for the audio to completely cut out. What's strange is that Hooky's bass starts slowing down, almost like it's prerecorded (but it's not!)

BS: "Thank you. You've been a fucking great audience. I enjoyed it much more than the Robbie Williams concert. Is there any Robbie Williams fans here? Thank you very much, you've been great. Good night!" Hooky keeps playing bass throughout, and ends with a solo of the LWTUA melody, before waving and walking off.

Encore

(CD I have includes none of these)

Roadies come out and adjust stuff, as the fans clap and yell. New Order don't come on for a few minutes, but of course come back on.

_Rock___The___Shack_

BS: "My breath smells like your penis. Okay, hi, may name's Bernard, and I'm a Capricorn. This is Rock The Shack, off our new album."

I'm of the minority of NO fans who seems to like this tune, and they do it justice here. Song ends with Barney tuning down his low E string and strumming on that.

BS: {strums chord} "Thank you!". Meanwhile, Hooky pounds on his symdrums.

_Blue___Monday_

BS: (continues): "Okay, okay, that was a song full of guitars, now we're going to play for you a song full of synthesizers, it's called Blauer Montag, or Blauer Montag, or something like that, anyway."

Heh, they should just do the Hardfloor mix in the same fashion that they play the Perfecto remix of True Faith. Cunningham plays 'Crystal' style guitar...echo on the "waiting" part of "I stand her waiting...".

_Ruined___In___A___Day_

BS: "Thank you, we're gonna play one very last song for you. It's called Ruined In A Day."

The song is performed in an eerie, alluring green light.

BS: "Thank you, c'mon you've been fucking great. Thanks for being a great audience and we'll see you sometime again in the future, bye!"

The roadies come up and start taking things down...somebody got handed the setlist.

NO: 18 NOV 01 Cirkus - Stockholm, Sweden

Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 02:07:15
From: "Erik Myrhage"
To:
Subject: (Fac33) Stockholm

Al Jarvis reports the setlist as the following:

Setlist was presumably as follows, according to Nicholas LeBlanc's message to Ceremony:

Crystal
Transmission
Regret
Ceremony
60 Miles An Hour
Your Silent Face
Atmosphere
Close Range
Touched By The Hand Of God
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith
Temptation
Love Will Tear Us Apart

(encore)
Rock The Shack
Blue Monday

I just came home from the concert - Fantastic show!

Bernard dedicated the concert to Sven-Goran Eriksson (the Swedish coach of the English national football team)

Bernard gave Peter a kiss after True Faith

They played Transmission

Bernard claimed Stockholm to be his very favorite city in Europe

Another review, this one from Calle

Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 14:22:24
From: Calle
To: ceremony
Subject: (Fac33) new order in stockholm

..less than 48 hours after the gig..not bad at all... don't even know if the first posting ever made it to the list, but here we go again..

Since I'm on the digest, I don't have a clue what has been reported from Stockholm, but in short it can be summed in one word: brilliant!

In some more words (have you read about it before, nevermind, do it again..), it was...

...a great, small venue as earlier reported. Only 1,800 people in the crowd and a very intimate place for a concert.

...also great seeing the living legend - as it also said on Hookeys speakers - Arthur Baker lurking around before the concert, looking like a cross between a bum and santa claus, hanging with local swedish reggae star (!) Papa Dee.

..good to hear Baker do a great DJ-set before the concert, dropping Confusion, not-so-surprising "Walking on sunshine" and Clash "This is radio Clash" amongst some really bass-heavy stuff.

..brilliant to see the band entering the stage about 11.15 and playing for about 1 and a half hour.

The set started with Bernard apologizing for not playing in Sweden for so many years (they havent been here since 1983..) and than dedicate the whole set to Sven-Goran Eriksson (for non uk-residents or football interested people, a former swede who now manage the English soccer team). And, also, once again, he honoured Stockholm as Europes finest city.

The setlist was the same as the last concerts: Crystal / Transmission / Regret / Ceremony / 60 Miles an Hour / Your Silent Face / Atmosphere / Close Range / Touched by The Hand of God / Bizarre Love Triangle / True Faith / Temptation / Love Will Tear Us Apart

The encore included Rock The Shack and Blue Monday. I'm not 100 procent sure, but I think Bernard introduced Ruined in a day between the songs, but then Blue Monday kicked in instead. A fook-up, maybe?

Backstage I'm also rather sure both Gillian and her sister hung out, sipping wine.

Bernard was a bit stiff during the first part of the concert, excused himself and than started the famous freaky dancing. He was completley over the top during Blue Monday, but he must have been rather sober or else he would have fell over. You dont do this sort of dancing normally not ending up on the floor...

Hooky was also in great spirits, smiling and doing every trick the book and of course insulting the guards. He was even down in the crowd posing for some photos. What a brilliant entertainer!

Best part last: The Swedish national radio had there mobile recording studio at Cirkus, wich means this concert will be broadcast. On the radio. Crystal clear. I havent checked for a broadcasting date, but hopefully it won't be too long away. Great to hear this great stuff again.

well, I think this sums it up rather good. a great evening!

carl

(he later shared both the JW (I believe) and FM versions to DIME)

Writeup from CD. It's missing the first 4 tracks.

Arthur Baker introduces the group.

AB: "Good evening, good evening, Stockholm. My name's Arthur Baker, and I'd like to bring on the best band in the world, my good friends from Manchester, England, NEW ORDER!"

_Crystal_

BS: "Hello! It's been a long time since we've been to Stockholm, but it's a city we like very much. And, erm, I'd like to dedicate this set to eh, our finest living Englishman at the moment, Sven-Goran Eriksson."

Steve hits his kit.

PH: "I don't think there's anything to make you look more like a cunt, Alex, so there you go."

BS: "Okay, we're goint to start the set tonight with Crystal."

BS: "Jerry, can I have a little less Phil, and a bit more of my guitar, please, maybe a little bit of guitar in the wedges."

_Transmission_

BS: "This is Transmission."

(after)

BS: "'k you. Jerry, I think maybe we need a little more 'oomph' from the side fills."

_Regret_

PH: "Very kind of you, I'd like to dedicate you this song to all of you who came to see Revenge, cuz Sarge here has no regrets."

BS: "Okay, this is Regret."

PH: "Thank you. Bit less guitar, Jerry, bit of reverb on the voice, please."

_Ceremony_

BS: "Is everybody having a good time? I must apologize for the amount of time it's taken us to get back to Stockholm, because Stockholm is one of my...is my favorite city in the whole of Europe. Really, no, really it is, so hopefully we won't be so long next time."

BS: "Well, we're going to play an old song now, it's called Ceremony."

Hooky is prominent on the choruses.

BS: "'k you."

PH: "Okay, can we get this fucking picture thing sorted out here, right?" We only come once every twenty years, so if they want to take a fucking picture, let 'em take it, OK?"

Someone cries for Age Of Consent.

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Okay, the next song we're gonna play is off our wonderful new album, Raise The Pressure [Steve hits the cymbals at Bernard's quip] and is called '60 Miles An Hour'."

Bass riff is really off here during the synth bridge.

_Your___Silent____Face_

BS: "'ank you. Okay we're gonna, erm, [coughs] excuse my voice, it's, erm, a bit fucked. We're gonna tone down things a little bit with Your Silent Face."

BS: "Thank you! One two, one...two...one two one two one two. Jerry, can you give me...transmit a little more to me, I don't seem to be getting any reverb at all. [sigh] Hey, hey hey hey hey."

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Okay, okay...does anyone like Joy Division? Well, we're gonna play a song now which is my favorite Joy Division song. In fact, it's probably my favorite song that we've ever written. It's called Atmosphere. And it features Mr. Peter Hook on bass which is still(?), really."

PH: "Just bear with me a moment. Checking(?) him out to take that reunion tour."

BS: "Get on with it."

PH: (off-mic) "1-2-3-4!"

(at end)

BS: "Thank you very much. A bit more reverb, eh, Jerry please."

Another cry for Age Of Consent.

_Close___Range_

BS: "All right, we're gonna hop things up a bit now, and hope you jump around a little bit, because we've started getting a bit hot under the collar now. This is a track off our new album called 'Close Range'."

(at end)

BS: "Just have a quick drink...[ah...]"

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

BS: "Okay, this is a song of ours called Touched By The Hand Of God."

BS: "'ank you. [coughs and clears throat].

Then Hooky and who knows who else on stage starts doing it! A cacophony of throat clearing!

PH: "Fookin' hell."

Is everybody having a reasonably good time? The gap at the front of the stage is very wide. I'm sorry about that."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, anyway, this song, ah, is called Bizarre Love Triangle."

Partly way, Hooky looks to have screamed (off-mic) "Get out of there!!"

_True___Faith_

BS: "Okay, this is True Faith."

You can clearly hear Bernard's voice starting to give out.

Very interesting guitar intro.

Bernard sings the first verse, but apparently too early, so he yells out "one, two, three, four" and starts over.

BS: "We did that, but I'm not gay, really, honestly.

PH: "Can I just say, can I just say a thank you to Coatsey, my long-suffering roadie...for at least [glitch] I worked with [glitch] some time, aren't we, boy? (?) [Steve hits drums]

BS: "I'll tell you what, this is the last night of our tour. We've been on tour for seven days. That's right, seven fucking days. And we are fucking exhasuted. I know I stopped doing it. Even our new guitarist here, Phil Cunningham here, is exhausted. He spent so much money on watching porno films at the hotel that we're not going to make any profit on this tour."

[Steve hits the drums - in comedy routine style]

BS: "Is that true, Phil? Shake your head if that's not true."

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay, this is Temptation."

(after)

BS: "Thank you very much." (quite a bit of reverb)

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

PH: "Sounding like a bit of wind, that, Phil..."

Teaser acoustic chords, followed by the start of the song.

Hooky yells out, "Steve Morris on drums!"

During the second set choruses, Bernard yells "C'mon...yeeeah!" followed by Hooky saying, "Here we go."

BS: "I think that's the end. Thank you very much. We're all a bit fucked up here, not fucked up, just fucked, but thanks for bearing with us, you've been a great audience, [Swedish that sounds like: 'a little stucco, a little swen'], and erm, that's the end of our tour. Good night!"

Neat ascending sound effect, than the Swedish announcement says something to the effect of "That was New Order, live." The announcer isn't present on the webcast that was used to source the CD, though.

Cheering and stamping, and a cool sound effect later, the Order come back on.

_Rock___The___Shack_

BS: "Hello, everybody. Did you enjoy those wafery biscuit at the front? Okay, we never...Does Hooky sound a bit too loud? He sounds..."

BS: "This is the last show, and this is the last two songs of our..."

Hooky chimes in.

PH: "European tour".

BS: "One week tour, and this is Rock The Shack off our new album."

BS: "C'mon!"

Ends in a bit of wah-wah and feedback.

BS: "'k you."

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "For those of you who don't like guitars, I apologize. And by way of an apology, we'd like to play Blue Monday for you."

Lots of collossal guitar in this one, probably courtesy of Mr. Cunningham.

NO: 18 JAN 02 Ericsson Stadium - Auckland, New Zealand

A recording of this show has recently surfaced, done with a Sony TCD D7 DAT with Core Sound lapel mics.

_Crystal_

Brief cut during synth intro portion.

Bernard's vocals come in slightly late. At this point the taper is still adjusting levels.

BS: "Thank you, thank you. We got a slight technical problem with... so you have to bear with us for a minute...while we sort it out.

punter: "Sing...sing louder"

_Transmission_

BS: "Okay, this is a Joy Division song, it's called 'Transmission'.

PH: "I'd like to dedicate it to Kelvin, whose birthday it is today, so happy birthday Kelvin."

BS: "Fook off for yer birthday."

Not a nice thing to say there.

A false start, so the group have to begin again.

BS: "Thank you."

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is Regret."

_Ceremony_

PH: "Another thoughtful one, so let's go."

BS: "Thank you!"

Chants of the group's name.

BS: "All right, have you had a good day today. Sorry about the rain, we brought it from England with us. [Being?] from Manchester like we do, we love the rain. Isn't that right, Phil? This is Phil Cunningham, our new guitarist. We dragged him out on [?] to be where he is today, but he's still scum. You can't take the scum out of the boy. You can take the piss out of him, though, right.

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Okay, this is a track off our new album, it's called '60 MPH'. That's our boo order cheer. Or yell."

(at end)

BS: "'ack you!"

There's a couple of cuts in the recording at this point.

BS: "...'em while I tune up." [cut] "Now that I tune the guitar". [cut] "Joy Division, no longer...we will not play any songs by Joy Division tonight, we won't...oh, go on then. Seeing you're so emotional about it."

Some bloke in the audience starts singing 'Love Will Tear Us Apart', Bono-style.

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Okay, but not this next one. This next one is called 'Your Silent Face'".

He yells out the 'piss off' line.

BS: "'k you."

Cut.

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Okay, for all of those that are calling for Joy Division, this is a Joy Division song it's called Atmosphere...don't...we've never played it over here before. definitely haven't..."

Quite a good version.

More brief cuts.

_Close___Range_

BS: "Maybe the tuner is not working as well, it doesn't matter. This is off our new album, it's called Close Range."

(at end)

BS: "'Q".

BS: "Damien, you got a dead tuner here man."

Shouts of "Blue Monday" and "fuck you".

BS: "Can't possibly have you listen to out-of-tune guitars. It's not the old days now, you know. We're a very professional group these days, we're all members of the Musicians Union, apart from Steve of course, he's a drummer. [drum roll] With a sense of humour."

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

Taper says '...[something] record.'

BS: "Okay, This is 'Touched By The Hand Of God'."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "All right, this is 'Bizarre Love Triangle'."

_True___Faith_

BS: [talking during the intro] "Okay, this is 'True Faith'. New version of it. Hope you like it. We quite like it. It's quite housey, you see. Almost unrecognizable...from the original...see, here's the chorus, no [something]."

BS: "Phil. It's very hard to hear ...thank you."

A bit of chatter from person near taper and friend, the gist of it being the person talking is tired.

_Temptation_

BS: "What do you want to hear next?"

Hooky says something hard to make out.

BS: "Pardon? I can't understand your Kiwi accents, so what we're gonna play is Temptation."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

A near acoustic opening...

BS: "My 12 string guitar...go to our heads."

The recording doesn't capture the final song, _Blue___Monday_.

NO: 20 JAN 02 Gold Coast Parklands - Gold Coast, Australia

I have a CD kindly provided from GaoBest of this performance. Quality is excellent. The FM recording leaves out "Close Range", "True Faith", and "LWTUA". In addition to that, the video broadcasts leave out Love Vigilantes, Atmosphere, BLT, and BM.

Announcer: "...great recording we did of New Order, at the Gold Coast Big Day Out, on Sunday the 20th of January. The last time New Order toured Australia was way back in 1987, and this one of dates saw them headline the Big Day Out, but also coincided with the release of their seventh album, Get Ready, their first new album in eight years. The exciting part of seeing New Order back on the world stage is, as well, has been the amount of back catalogue they've included in their live sets. For the first time, they've gone back to their Joy Division days and done songs like 'Atmosphere' and 'Transmission' both of which are included in this 'Live at the Wireless' performance, and of course they've been doing some of their all-time classics, especially from the 80s, songs like 'Blue Monday, 'Temptation', and 'Bizarre Love Triangle'. All of those included in this 'Live At The Wireless' set at the Gold Coast Big Day Out. Here they are on Triple J, New Order!" (pronounced New Orrdaaahh)

_Crystal_

BS: "Hello. Sorry it's taken us so long to come back here. Are you having a good day today? It's a bit. it's a bit, a bit hot for us palmy[?] bastards. We only like it when it rains. Okay, we're New Order, and we're like Crystal."

Intro...Bernard calls out "One". Amusing to hear Mr. Sumner sing harmony with prerecorded female backing tracks. Well, maybe 'amusing' isn't the right word.

The frontman cries out to close the track.

BS: "Thank you. Thanks a lot. Thanks for having us back. Australia's changed a lot in fifteen years, for the better. (a few guitar stums interspersed)

_Transmission_

BS: "This is a Joy Division song, it's called Transmission." A few seconds later, he says quitely, "when you're quiet, mate". (don't know who this is addressed to)

The only thing I have of note is Bernard flubs the "touching from a distance" line, substituting another one in its place.

BS: "Thank you!"

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is a bit more poppy song, it's called Regret."

New Order play Regret, in a matter consistent with all other performances of that song.

BS: "Thank you!"

Recording I have (being from the Triple J brodcast) has "This is New Order, live at the Wireless on Triple J" interpolated.

_Love___Vigilantes_

BS: "Okay, erm...(Hooky mutters something about not saying anymore and trying to keep it down) this, this is a song that we've not played for a while so if it goes terribly wrong, er, bear with us. It's called Love Vigilante(sic)." (I don't hear him add the terminal plural)

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Okay, this one's bang up to date...it's off our our new album, it's called...er, whatever it's called, and when you hear this vocal, go to a record shop and buy the album tomorrow, that's what the point is....it's called 60 Miles An Hour. But you won't do that, because you're not robots. That's why we love you so much."

The band play a pretty good version of it.

BS: "Thank you! It's not a bad little tune, is it? Maybe you should all buy it tomorrow!"

And go right into _Atmosphere_.

BS: "'k you. Did that ever come out in Australia, have you ever heard that song before? Erm, well, I don't have to explain it then.

_Close___Range_ follows. It doesn't appear on the FM broadcast.

Bernard screams out the chorus on this one.

BS: "Okay, now that we've poisoned your ears with all of those guitars, we're going to abandon it for a minute. We're going to play, erm, an old favorite of ours called _Bizarre___Love___Triangle_..."

BLT starts up, and Bernard keeps talking...

BS: "...and it's about, it's about me, Phil, and Peter. Peter's on top of New Order and..."

PH: "It's bizarre".

BS: "And Phil is on the bottom."

I wonder how Steve feels about being left out. Probably relieved.

I think the vocals sound flat, but what else is new?

ANCR: "This is New Order...live at the Wireless on Triple J"

_True Faith_

Also missing from the FM broadcast.

BS: "More sequencers Jerry, more sequencers. Fuckin' 'ell. When you get to our age..."

An announcer's voice can be heard on the PA, which obscures what Bernard says at this point.

BS: "Don't know if this song ever came out in Australia, it's called True Faith."

(at end)

BS: "Jerry, time(?) for more vocalization please...[can't make out]...a bit out of tume. It's not my fault, of course."

_Temptation_

BS: "So, is everybody enjoying this so far? So are we. Em, we're gonna play a song now, it's called, uhh, Temptation."

The intro sounds a bit more arpeggio'ed than typical. Lots of classicsounding guitar, too.

He says, "Oh, it's the last *fucking* time", of course. And "1-2-3-4" is yelled out.

Very good stuff.

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

Another one not on the FM broadcast.

PH: (a bit off-mic) "Let's go. One-two-three-four..."

Bernard "C'mons" a few times, of course. Hooky yells for Steve... you know the drill.

BS: "Thank you! Sounded better than I did...that seemed very odd."

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Okay, this is our last song...and we're absolutely FUCKING sick of playing it, FUCKING hate it, but we'll play it for you."

PH: "Oooh, gotta go(?)...make an old man happy!"

Despite the strong feeling expressed, this performance of the worn chestnut breathes some life into the old mare. The vocoders are mixed in with Barney's vocals. There's a different-sounding guitar during the second version.

Barney sings "waiting" over and over a few times. Nice guitar solo in there too. Ends in drums

BS: "Thank you, sorry about the heavy rock guitar at the end of it, but I suppose it makes it a little bit different. Thank you, goodnight! See you again in...eh, 20 years."

ANCR: "And knowing them, they're not lying, either. On Triple J. Wasn't that special? New Order, live at the Wireless. A Triple J recording of their performance at the Gold Coast, Big Day Out, on the 20th of January, a Sunday evening, and nine songs from their set that they performed that night, ending of course with the classic Blue Monday. Before that, Temptation, Bizarre Love Triangle, Atmosphere, 60 Miles An Hour, Love Vigilantes, a track which went way back to 1985 for them, Regret, Transmission, and Crystal. Nice to hear a couple of the Joy Division tracks in the set as well. That, ah, set by New Order was recorded by Triple J Live producer Cameron McCauley, so thanks to him..."

NO: 23 JAN 02 Hodern Pavilion - Sydney, Australia

NME Review

http://www.nme.com/reviews/10158.htm

Highlights from the review:

English backpackers chant that Hooky's a fat twat and cheer at the fact that 'Salford Rules!' is written in duct tape on the amps.

Sumner attacks the last few versus of 'Close Range' with all the vigour of a man who's just come in from a ten mile run ("Are you ready to chill out?" he puffs at one stage. "I tell you what, I am.") .

I've had the opportunity to listen to a few tracks from this gig...and then the rest as somebody shared their superb quality audience tape on DIME.

This may be Arthur Baker introducing the band.

AB: "One of my favorite bands of all time may be here tonight, I'm not sure. What do you think? Yeah? Okay, the best band in the world ever, out of Manchester or anywhere else, NEW ORDER!"

_Crystal_

BS: "Hello! How you're doing? This isn't a big day out, but it's the next best thing. Okay, it's been a long time we've been to Australia and I must apologize for that. It's Peter's fault."

Somebody, maybe even Hooky himself, cries out 'Bullshit!'.

BS: "Okay, we're going to start out the set tonight with, er, Crystal."

(after song's complete)

BS: "Thank you! Jerry, can you turn up your...[equipment]"

_Transmission_

punter: "All right, don't tell anyone to get fucked(?)..."

PH: "This one's for a great friend of ours, it's so fucking to see you Frank, you fat bastard."

punter: "Good one!"

PH: "Transmission for you, mate!"

(at end)

punter: "Do you still hate fucking singing, you cunt?"

BS: "Course that was a Joy Division song."

punter: "You used to hate singin'!"

BS: "We ain't played it for a long long time."

_Regret_

BS: "And this is a New Order song off Republic, it's called Regret."

BS: "Jerry, I am a bit...a little bit too loud. My guitar."

punter: "A bit of Electronic. A little bit of Electronic. Johnny Marr. Johnny Marr. You [?] all that concert could, you prick. Hey, Georgie. Hey, Georgie."

_Ceremony_

PH: "Okay, Bernard."

BS: "Okay, we're going to keep this guitar-friendly for the time being. And this is a very old song of ours, it's kinda half ours and half Joy Divison's. It's called Ceremony."

Damn Aussies yelping thorughout this song.

BS: "Thank you!

punter: "You're ahead of your time!

BS: "Thank you, thanks a lot."

punter: "You're ahead of your time, you old fucking pony cack(?)"

PH: "I know that's at the end, so don't be daft!" (I don't know who or what this is directed at)

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Okay, we're going to bring things right up to date now. A track off our new album, which I'm sure you've all been to the shops and bought. Every one of you. All right, for the ones who haven't, go out and get it tomorrow. This is the new single, it's called 60 Miles An Hour."

Wah wah guitar at the end.

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Well, that's a bit high ... in it so far, so I think we're going to chill things out a little bit. You ready to chill out a little bit? I tell you what, I am."

Some fans start to chant.

Bernard doesn't sing the 'piss off' line, leaving it for the fans to fill in.

BS: "Thank you. One of our favorites. Just give us a second while we tune up, we're professional."

_Atmosphere_

BS: "I bet you've got no idea what we're going to play next, have you? Pardon, one at a time please. This is a song I don't think we've ever played in Australia before...this tour. It's called Atmosphere, it's a Joy Division."

Amazingly enough, he's right.

PH: "Okay, Phil. One two three four."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you."

_Close___Range_

Some muted guitar power chording.

BS: "Okay, this is Close Range off of our new album, and we want to see jumping up and down to this one. From now on, everyone's got to jump up and down, including me. Sounds a bit loud."

BS: "'k you. The drums were very, very, loud on that one. Very loud drums."

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

BS: "Please turn the drums down. Okay, this is Touched By The Hand Of God."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "I bet you're absolutely sick of guitars by now, and you want us to play a couple of our dance hits. Well, maybe I've read the situation all wrong. Pardon? Speak up, I can't hear you! I'm a fat twat. Oh, Peter is. Throw him out."

PH: "Fuck off, [can't make out, as Bernard is also speaking]

BS: "All right, this is Bizarre Love Triangle."

Bernard says something at 0:52, maybe 'bass drum'? Then he whistles.

BS: "Thank you!"

BS: "It's very hot up here, if anybody out there has got...is in charge of the air conditioning control, could you turn it down a bit so it is a bit cool. Turn it down to where it feels like we're in England."

_True___Faith_

BS: "This is True Faith."

After the first verse, Hooky makes the following pronouncement.

PH: "You're really good Sydney, fuck me!"

BS: "Thank you. Have the drums put up a little bit, please."

_Temptation_

BS: "Well, I gotta tune up for this one because it's a very special song. It's my favorite New Order song. It's our cover version of a Benny Hill song called 'Ernie The Milkman'. Okay, this is 'Temptation'."

(at end)

BS: "'k you!"

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "Okay, this is Love Will Tear Us Apart."

PH: "Onetwothreefour!"

At the 2:00 mark Hooky exhorts the crowd, "C'mon, louder Sydney!" then, satisfied, says "That's better" and "Steve, m... that ground[?]!".

BS: "Thank you, you've been a great audience. See you again! On Saturday."

Hooky ends things with a two-note vamp. Fans begin cheering for an encore, of course. A minute later, you can hear guitar being strummed and a fan says "they're tuning up his guitar, do you think he's gonna come back" and a female fan replies, "It's so funny, because Australia...[hard to make out rest]"

_Isolation_

Here's how Barney introduces it:

BS: "Thank you, you're a fucking great audience, in fact, you're better than we are. You've got a choice of Rock The Shack off our new album or Isolation. Which one...?"

The audience calls out for both, though I hear more for the latter than the former, Hooky gives it away by playing the bass riff for Isolation.

BS: "All right, we'll do both then. Rock The Shack first. Nononononono. Isolation first."

(the groop play Isolation)

BS: "'k you."

_Rock___The___Shack_

BS: "Okay, okay, this is Rock The Shack."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you!"

Some Hendrix-type guitar bits at the end.

_Blue___Monday_

Some weird drum sounds at the starts.

BS: "Thank you, good night. See you on Saturday night!"

Feedback and clapping at the end.

PH: "When you see your friends, tell 'em you've been goblined!"

Not sure what the last word is, actually, and nor does the crowd.

NO: 26 JAN 02 RAS Showgrounds - Sydney, Australia

Source taken from a CD with tracks sourced from MP3. Very-good quality audience recording, likely done by the same person who taped the worse-sounding version Queensland, but with a lot less distortion.

_Crystal_

PH: "Happy Australia day. Fuck it, c'mon!"

BS: "Hello. Hello hello hello hello. We are New Order, all the way from Manchester, home of Manchester United. Not Liverpool. (boos) And our first song we're gonna play for you is Crystal."

Fans cry out "New Order"

Brief edit.

_Transmission_

BS: "Okay, this is a Joy Division song. It's called Transmission."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you! I'm sorry it's been so long since we've been here... in Sydney. But the weather's just too nice for us. We only like to play places where it rains. Like Garbage, really."

_Love___Vigilantes_

Original source for this song was an audience tape->112kbps MP3. Decent sound...this is likely the same source as the present one I'm using for the writeup.

BS: "Okay, this is a...very old song by us called Love Vigilantes."

He flubs the lyrics, getting ahead of himself at one point.

lyric: "Oh I flew through the sky, my convictions...I would die. My convictions would not lie, I would see it soon."

(the next line is "For my country I would die/And I will see it soon')

The punters, of course, are singing along... Some feedback about 3:14 in.

BS: "Thank you...this is for Jerry, a bit of tattered guitar back in..." (I can't make this out very well). [some strumming]

Somebody very loudly cries out, "Bernard, you fat bastard..." which makes him say "Ok" and then cough-chuckle.

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is Regret."

(at end)

BS: "Jerry, can you set my guitar down a touch in my In-Ears, please.

BS: "You having a good time today? It's been a little bit too hot... for us...okay, okay, I need my melodica for this one, and it'll take me a second to get it.

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "This is off our new album, Get Ready, and it's called 60 Miles An Hour.

BS: "Thank you."

PH: "Hrm, I've been carried away on that one, hell, if you didn't notice. I should have fucking been carried away, I don't know which one it was.

Somebody calls out "Hooky, you're God." To that he responds, "I love you too."

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Okay, I'd like to dedicate this next song to Jessica and her family. Atmosphere."

PH: "All right, Freddy...one, two, three, four."

BS: "Thank you."

_Close___Range_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna pep up things up a little bit now." [Something about turning down something...]

PH: "I heard what you said down in front."

BS: "This is Close Range."

BS: "'Q!"

punter: "Fucking brilliant."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna play a couple of dance tunes now. Cuz that guitar was hurting my fucking fingers. And I need them later on. This is Bizarre Love Triangle."

PH: "[can't make out]...ceiling and not enough...have to cut down on the ceiling..."

_True___Faith_

BS: "Okay, this is True Faith."

BS: (during intro) "Sequencers, Jerry, sequencers".

BS: "We always spot the ending up on that one...but everybody else does. Get it right! [Morris drum hit] You get it right. Somebody might help(?) you can't get these days.

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay this is, eh. [cough] I don't like this, I thought it was all the same but it's not. This is, er, Temptation.

(during bridge)

BS: "Push him off"...

BS: "Thank you."

Bernard screams the "one, two, three, four" part. This was useful in distinguishing this version against the more common Adelaide show, as there was observed to be some confusion in the labelling of the common FM recoding which was attributed to this date but was really from Adelaide a few days earlier.

BS: "All right, I have to change this guitar for this one."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "Okay, let's see if Sydney rocks. This is Love Will Tear Us Apart."

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Okay...this is a song that we miss playing, that is the bane of my existence."

(this doesn't make much sense)

Bernard mutters something during the intro.

BS: "Thank you, you've been fucking great! FUCKING GREAT!! See you guys soon."

The tune ends with Phil vamping out.

BS: (introducing Atmosphere) "This one's about golf."

NO: 01 FEB 02 - RA&HS Showgrounds Adelaide, Australia

A robotic female announcement interrupts the taper or whoever it is that's saying "You think you...thank you."

Can I have your attention please? In the interest of your own safety, and the safety of others around you, please listen to the following announcement. Crowd surfing, pushing, and aggressive...endangers yourself and the safety of others. Participation in these activties may result in you being ejected from the venue.

Remember to drink plenty of water. Avoid excessive sun exposure and immediately seek first aid attention if you are feeling unwell. Enjoy the day, and think you for your support. This has been a Big Day Out safety announcement.

This recording was taped with Oade mics into a Sony D100 DAT, and is excellent-sounding.

_Crystal_

BS: "You all right? We're New Order. We've come all the way from Manchester England to bore the pants off you."

PH: "That's a nice welcome, thank you.!"

BS: "Okay, the first song from our repertoire...Jerry, can I have a bit more reverb?...for you tonight is called Crystal."

Thank you. Jerry, can you turn down a little bit...unusually. So you've been having a good day today? It's great to be back here in Australia, especially Adelaide. Hooky laughs.

BS: "It is, it's a cool place man."

PH: (Trying to get a word in edgewise) "You ready...for Tra..."

BS: "Not as cool as Manchester, but it's all right."

_Transmission_

PH: "Ready for Transmission? Forgot about you for a minute. One two three...four."

BS: (at end) "Hey! Thank you."

BS: "Damien, you got another Pernod n' orange please, that fucking line's over(?) with. Even though the(?) sponsor is here.... When you're finished, when you're ready...your own good time."

_Regret_

BS: "This is Regret."

Guitar bit here.

_Ceremony_

BS: "Okay! This is a very old song, and we wrote it just when we first started as New Order, just after the end of Joy Division, and it's called Ceremony. If I can still remember how to play it."

The guitar bit during the bridge is somewhat different (rude people would say "off"), but then recovers.

_60___Miles___An___HOur_

BS: "Okay, we're going to bring it a bit more up to date here with a track off our new album Get Ready which you've obviously all bought [can't make out next few words]. It's called '60 Miles An Hour'"

BS: "Thank you!"

Chimes (from the next song).

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Okay, new we're plunging the depths of our past again. This is one of my favorite songs, called Atmosphere."

Bass goes a bit ropey after the first verse.

BS: "Thanks a lot! Thank you."

_Close___Range_

BS: "I'm getting very polite in my old age. I never used to be like this, I'm bit of a creep now. Still, it's better than being a lot of a creep, innit? Okay this is Close Range off our new album."

He shouts out some verses as he did during the Sydney show.

BS: "Thank you."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

PH: "You want love? Just speak up. You can't all talk all at once."

Bernard coughs.

PH: "Ten dollars a pair, yeah."

BS: "This is Bizarre Love Triangle."

BS: "Thank you. Wooh."

BS: "Ah, a little bit out of breath after that, so just give us a few minutes to recover. Getting on a bit now."

PH: (laughing) "A few days..."

When you get to our age.

PH: "When you get to our age..."

BS: "Fortunately, I'm a bit younger than Peter, so it's a good thing(?) I'm the singer...only by about twelve years...

_True___Faith_

BS: "Okay, this is True Faith."

Starts up with a bit of Hooky noodling.

Unusually, Bernard repeats "I feel so...I feel so...I feel so..." before going into the second verse.

BS: "Yo! Let's fucking have it!"

BS: "Sorry about that...that outburst. I had a bit of a late night last night drinking with the Prodigy, so it's all their fault.

_Temptation_

BS: "This is Temptation."

BS: "Thank you."

PH: "Any requests? Apart from "Fuck Off". I said, "Apart from 'Fuck Off'."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_ with stummed semi-acoustic guitar follows.

PH: "C'mon laddie(?)"

And right before the bridge, Hooky makes his usual "C'mon Steve" exhortation.

And then a "Where we going, here we go!" from him right before the end.

BS: "Cheers."

BS: "Okay, you need these guitars, eh? Say that and shove it someone's ass. I don't care who it is, as long as it's not mine. It won't fit anyway, cuz it's a 12-string." Steve hits the cymbal as a punchline accompaniment.

_Blue___Monday_

Quite an unusual start, as it looks like somebody manually plays the beat for the first measure until the sequencer kicks in.

A bit of off-mic chatter right before the main line of the song starts.

NO: 26 MAY 02 Le Zenith - Paris, France

Source: Audience tape-->VBR MP3

Another version (presumably from ATR) turned up with the Alan Wise Intro.

Counting 'Ceremony' , the Order play no less than six Joy Division tracks. Bernard is especially loquacious here.

AW: "...poor boys, though, you know, they've discovered the channels, the porn channels on the TV and we just can't get them away from it. Fuckin' hell. [chuckles] Listen, there's four young lads here from Macclesfield, they've never been to Paris before and they can't speak French. I want you to give them a warm welcome. Here they are, the boys from... what's the name of the band? [allowing the audience to fill in the blank] That's right, New Order!"

_Crystal_

BS: "Bonsoir, Paris. This is the first concert which we've played since Feburary, so bear with us, we might not be that tight."

BS: "This is Crystal."

Our favorite taper comments, "You're shite anyway, Barney."

BS: "Thank you! Jerry, could use some more vocal, I know, just turn the pack up first, that'll turn the record(?) Someone set it wrong."

Then Bernard turns his attention to the lighting guy.

BS: "Andy Liddle, can you hear me? Andy's our lighting guy, and he's just put a big horrible skid mark on the toilet in our dressing rooms. You can wipe it off after. He's been blaming it on you, Hooky."

_Transmission_

BS: "Okay, this is...eh, we're gonna eh, going to...our second song is a Joy Division song, it's called Transmission."

(at end)

BS: "Merci Beucoup"

PH: "All right, David, [you might as well] have this one mate."

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is 'No Regrets' by Edith Piaf."

Goes a bit off kilter between 3:15 - 3:20.

BS: "Thank you. Jerry, can I have a bit less of my guitar through the [DMF]? Just tune up. Let me just tune up. I know now [name?] can tune a guitar. I fucking can.

[Steve bangs the toms to the punch line]

_Ceremony_

Bass teaser.

BS: "Okay, this is Ceremony."

(at end)

BS: "'k you!"

Guitar strumming, with a touch of wah-wah.

PH: "You'll have to, eh, forgive the tuning noises. I've got a new roadie, Rex, and erm, me old roadie, Coatsey, whose over there is trying to fuck him up by fucking up all me equipment."

BS: "Even I can't underststand what you're saying, Hooky. I'll translate that for you."

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "The next song is called 60 Miles An Hour."

Features a "C'mon!" during the chorus.

My guitar's gone hopelessly out of tune, just like me voice, but I can do something about the guitar so let me change it, so just give me a few minutes. Parlez vous francais? Je parlez vous francais un petit. 'U e' de rouge lumiere 'de script'. 'Col me am' madame. [parts in single quotes not fully worked out]

I believe that is...is "Welcome...welcome to Paris, hope you have a good time. It's good to be back here again, we enjoyed it very much the last time we were here, and this is one of the only few places in Europe that we're coming back to, or maybe it's the last time we ever come here, who knows.

BS: "Get on my fuckin' guitar. Okay, okay. I'm sure Peter would like to say something on behalf of the band. [coughs a few times]"

PH: "This is Jason, Jason there normally works with Oasis, but he's decided to sweat it for a couple of days.

BS: "Welcome to our new guitarist, filthy Phil Cunningham."

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Okay, this is another Joy Division song, this is Atmosphere."

Bernard starts calling out French landmarks, while a female fan squeals her delight.

BS: "the ... de Concorde, the back [name], the new [name], the Eiffel Tower..."

BS: "That was a rather fast version...who's responsible? Must apologize for that, apparently it's our bass player's fault. A problem with the fucking drums there."

_Brutal_

New Order debut this track live right here.

BS: "Okay, this a song that you've probably never ever heard before, it can almost be described as a certain new song, but it isn't. it's a song called Brutal, and we wrote it for a film called _The___Beach_, which it didn't get much play in, but it's a good song anyway, so I hope you like it."

Not much different from the recorded version...the female backing vocals are the same, for instance.

BS: "Thank you! Thank you for bearing with one that you don't really know, but it's a good song, I feel."

_Close___Range_

A bit more tuning.

(at end)

BS: "Thank you."

BS: "Okay, this is another one off our last album, this is Close Range."

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "I'm getting genuinely worked up now, honestly, no bullshit!"

I swear I hear fans calling out "Stephen!" as the band tunes up...

BS: "It's been like...(long pause) okay, we're gonna play a song now that we have probably haven't played here in Paris since we played in Bains-Douches in 1978...was it? when was it, Peter? when? 1978, it was fuckin' 9, I told you I was right! It's a Joy Division song, it's called 'She's Lost Control'"

(I don't hear if Peter replied or if Barney was just taking the piss out of him...)

Features the same 1-2-3-4 that often graces Temptation. I THOUGHT SHE DIED AGAIN...and a few other screams from the vocalist.

Hooky mutters something I can't quite make out, as usual, starts out with, "Now fuck me..."

BS: "Thank you..."

BS: "I don't know where it's coming from, but Steve's snare drum went pretty loud on that track, I don't know where it's coming from."

BS: "Is everybody having a good time? You better fucking happy, because it took us an hour to get here from Manchester. A whole hour! Has anyone got a Pernod and orange please? When I fancy, I drink Pernod, a very fine drink."

_Bizarre___Live___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, this is Bizarre Love Triangle, innit. It's about when Hooky met Phil when he was in prison. Hooky was the daddy and Phil was the mummy. And ... in the group was a swinger."

BS: (during the bridge) "David Bechkam! Manchester United!"

(at end)

BS: "Can we go off now, I'm fucked."

_True___Faith_

Female fan calls for TF, and gets it.

BS: "Erm, this is an entirely live version of True Faith."

PH: (between verses) "Do we have a cor... bass." [can't 100% make out]

BS: "Yo! Let's hear it for Paris. Let's hear it for New Order."

PH: "Punch out, there it is, fucking technical...Is that you, Rex? It's all right."

BS: "Let's hear it for Manchester United. [boos] Yeah! All right, what about Wolverhampton Wanderers then? You know I got fucking Londerers in here tonight. No Arsenal fans, is there? Fucking wankers, the lot of you. You can suck Phil's cock after the gig. Or be the next fucking England(?)"

BS: "All right [coughs], let's give it a bit of a rest then."

_Temptation_

BS: "This is Temptation. In New Zealand, they call it 'Temptey'.

Bernard screams out "1-2-3-4" at the 6:30 mark or so.

BS: "'ank you. Thanks a lot. Where's the fucking..."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

Some teaser chords...

BS: "Okay, now we're going to head back to the past, and what a past we've got. This is Love Will Tear Us Apart."

BS: "When you're ready 'ooky, when you're fucking ready..."

BS: "Sorry about this, if you want your money back...I'll give it to you, you just go in our dressing room and I'll give it all back. I thought he was in the Musicians Union as well when we employed him. Three fucking notes(?) in, god. Do you want a speech for you to tune up, Hooky?"

PH: "Not easy being me, you know. Nasty kids, fookin' hell, they're bleedin' for me, I tell ya. But anyway, for all of you in here tonight and for Ian Curtis, God rest his soul, 1-2-3-4..."

Lots of "C'mon's" and the exhortation by Hooky for Steve to play (can't make out the exact wording).

Hooky also yells, "Here we go, Paris!".

This marks the end of the main set.

BS: "Thank you very much. You've been a great fucking audience! I'm glad we came out to Paris. See you again next week. Thank you. Avoir! Merci beucoup."

Alan Wise then steps up...

AW: "Why, those of you who wonder who's on next...no, not really. Listen, I want to introduce to you my best friend.... And you know, [word inaudible] you want to get rid of me. They say I'm too expensive. I only charge them a thousand pounds a time, and they say I'm not worth it. I want my job back for the fish and chips shop in Crumsfall(?). Don't you think the association with football lets them down, though? All that football rubbish. Well, that's because they rode the England world cup thing a few years ago. I think they're going to come back if you chant for them. One goes to the toilet, one has a drink of Red Bull, one has a wee wee, and they all take catatonic drugs. C'mon New Order! I'm going to whip you into a frenzy. Start stamping the floor. We want New Order! [audience cheers] I want New Order. I particularly want Bernard Sumner. C'mon, I know you got more zung(?) than that. C'mon, tell 'em to come back. Encore, encore. That's a good sign. More, more!..."

NO finally come back on.

AW: "Here they are!"

_Digital_

The first time New Order perform this one live (though they did soundcheck this song back in 1981!)

BS: "Just in case you're getting hungry...are there any Joy Division fans in here tonight? (Fans cry out affirmatively) Well, tonight is your night, because we're playing quite...seems like we've been playing quite a lot of Joy Division songs tonight (feedback comes in) This is a very rare Joy Division so...track...song, it's called, eh... (pause, as fans cry out)...it's called Digital." (Hooky strums)

And then they play it. Hooky says "what a night!" about 55 seconds in.

Both Hooky and Phil do the "Day in, day out part."

Glad to hear them play this, after all these years, as it's one of my favorite JD tracks...songs.

BS: "Thought that was wrong. Sp...[?] image then..."

PH: "Think you'll find your own then..."

_Rock___The___Shack_

PH: "All right, it's like 19 fucking 77 all over again, innit? You know what we're going to play now? Novelty, right!"

BS: "Okay, this is a song that we wrote with Primal Scream, it's called 'Rock The Track'...[laughs]...Rock The Shack...Rock The Jock!"

BS: "Enough of those guitars, they're so fucking noisy, aren't they? Get on your nerves after a bit, all that scratching sound."

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Let's have a bit of synthesizer heaven. This is a...very old song of ours, very famous song. We fucking hate it, but I'm sure you love it, so we play it just for you. It's called Blue Monday. As the Japanese say, 'Brue Monday'."

Bernard "heys" a couple of times before the first verse.

Ends with the intro sequence kick drum, which slows down.

The backing PA music actually comes on.

_Your___Silent___Face_

A rare second encore from the group.

BS: "We're gonna do two encores. We're gonna play something a bit more relaxing. It's called Your Silent Face."

BS: "Thank you very much. You've been a fantastic audience! It's been great to play in Paris and we hope to come back soon. Merci beucoup, avoir!"

NO: 09 JUN 02 Finsbury Park Festival - London, England

From "NewOrder 511" DVD.

The live versions of Ceremony and Temptation played at Finsbury loop as the backing music for the 'Set List 01' and 'Set List 02' display portions.

A unique instrumental mix of Vicious Streak on the title screen, which appears more in full for the 'Earlier in the Day'.

HELLO, why haven't I seen this version released on a record? It's BRILLIANT, at least until it's mixed into the Alan Wise intro.

AW: "And what you've been waiting for is six little boys from Manchester (can't make out phrase here). Welcome if you will, the six little boys from Manchester, the New...uh, Thingies."

BS: "Hello. We're sorry and like to apologize for the rain. How do you think I feel, I got my fucking trainers on. Always remember, no matter how bad it is out there for you, it's worse for us backstage. Here's (can't make out)"

_Crystal_

BS: "This is Dawn (Zee), our singer...Phil Cunningham, our guitarist."

Heh, Barney's wearing in-the-ear style headphones, and I'm sure the autocue's close-by.

Steve's wearing a t-shirt with a cracking egg with an "I am Deuf" voice bubble. Cool. And as remarked elsewhere, the onstage monitors read "BYE BYE | DEE DEE", may he rest in peace.

Interesting skip dance by Mr. Sumner during the portion where they're supposed to be rockin' out. Monty Python and Ian Curtis would be proud.

BS: "Yeeeawwww! All right, thanks for putting up with the weather today. We'll have to try extra hard to make it worth it. Cuz I wouldn't fuckin' come out on a day like today, we really apprecate you who have done made the effort."

The band then rip into _Transmission_.

In the video, you can see that there's a Confederate flag(!) on the bridge of Barney's red Gibson guitar. His vocals are notably flat, and during the "touching from a distance" line he loses his cadence.

Barney's shirt has an alien on it, and Hooky's has something incomprehensible. Everybody's wearing black t-shirts, and Hooky's wearing jeans(!), not some black leather thing that's waaay too tight.

BS: "'k you! Whoo! What a beautiful day for an open air festival, couldn't picked a nicer day!"

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is Regret."

New Order play Regret. Personally, this one's sounding a bit tired. But's its OK.

BS: "Yeaah! Merci Beucoup"

_Ceremony_

PH: "This one's for Dee Dee Ramone, God rest his soul. He can keep Ian company until I get there."

A blistering version. They really take it down during the bridge and then pick up to finish out the song.

BS: "'k you! Is everybody having a nice time? (cheers) Well, that's all that matters. Personally, I'd still...I'd rather sit at home watching Stars_On_Sunday...or the World Cup. Is it on anymore, Stars_On_Sunday? No? All right, then."

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "All right. This is 60 Miles An Hour."

The best live version I've heard of this, I think. Doesn't hurt that the sound quality is pristine. A couple of bum bass notes, too. :)

BS: "'k you!

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Too quiet now, Hooky[?]"

Yes, this version features a couple of yelps as is endemic to many of the post-98 performances of this song.

BS: "'k you!

_Brutal_

BS: "Okay, this is...this next one is a song that a few of you will have heard, did it for a film called _The_Beach_, and it's called Brutal, and um, we've only played it live once before, so if the rest of band mess it up, please bear with them."

Haha.

Phil's playing the solo. Dawn Zee's doing backing vocals here as well. "It's all right" is repeated many times as the final refrain, unlike the soundtrack version.

BS: "'k you! Thank you for bearing with us with our new one, we wanted to play a new one tonight."

_Close___Range_

BS: "Okay, this is Close Range."

This one turned into a juggernaut while no one was looking. Dawn Zee on backing vox.

I love how Barney yells out "YOU'RE PRETTY HIGH" here. Has anybody noticed that the "how can I ever make you understand" line (both lyrically and musically) is cribbed from Electronic's "Reality"?

Ah, the rum swapping of instruments.

_She's___Lost___Control_

BS: "It's called She's Lost Control." Hooky stares out with his arms folded. You can catch Barney sneaking glances at the autocue a couple of times. :)

BS: "Thank you, that song...the second time we've played that in 25 years. For obvious reasons."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Again, I must apologize for the rain. But as soon as we go on stage, the rain goes away. I think if you live in Manchester like we do, except for Phil there comes from a plain little place called Oswaldwhistle, you get used to the rain, so FUCK THE RAIN! Here's a little story about a bizarre love triangle."

Barney gives Hooky a hug between verses.

Then Barney goes up to Phil, pats him on the back, rubs his head, and tells him, "I said I love you."

During the break after, Hooky starts to make a huge racket rattling all the strings on his bass.

Barney is hopelessly out of tune.

BS: "Whoo..."

_True___Faith_

BS: "This is True Faith."

Perfecto mix, of course. Unusually, Barney plays guitar during the intro, while Hooky hugs Dawn Zee and pinches poor Phil in the bottom. Dawn Zee on backing. Between first and second verses, Hooky yells out something insane and unintelligable. Of course, this version has the "drugs" reference and Barney shouting out some of the lyrics.

The band looks like they're having a tremendous amount of fun on stage! The whistle from Happy Monday's "Step On" makes an appearance too.

Colossally, bloody good, this.

BS: "Thank you!"

_Temptation_

BS: "Do we want Hooky to turn his bass down a little bit? (faking Hooky voice) YES! (meanwhile Hooky goes up to his amp and pretends to turn it down) Actually, this song is all me anyway, all me, you know. I wrote it, it's all my lyrics, you know, we don't need anybody else so if you want a break, go fuck off for a bit. (Hooky actually walks off stage left) This is my song, it's called Temptation. (calling back to Hooky) You can help me out a little bit if you want."

The split-screen mudslide footage is cute.

BS: "Cheers, thanks!"

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "(clears throat) All right, Hooky. This is Love Will Tear Us Apart".

Hooky screams into the mic. Barney picks up a Rickenbaker for this song. And glancing into the autocue. About midway, the energy level picks up, making an otherwise ok performance better. Though the "C'mon's" are a bit cheesy. Near the end, Hooky yells something else I can't make out.

BS: "Thank you, good night, you've been a really good audience. Cheers!"

(encore break cut out)

_Digital_

BS: "I'm very very sorry about the rain, it's really been awful. Everybody is getting wet, including me. Thank you very much, you're very, very appreciative. It's a bit dumb to say, but I don't care, I'm not very eloquent. We're gonna play a song here tonight that we've haven't played for 25 years...it's called Digital."

PH: "Yeah, you gotta thank _24_Hour_Party_People_, you gotta thank _24_Hour_Party_People_ for one thing, it's this."

BS: "Tonight's dedicated to to Mr. John Simm. John, can you say hello, where are you? John, John, come here!"

John Simm, who plays Barney in the aformentioned movie, appears onstage.

(during intro)

PH: "Where is Ralf Little? Where is Ralf Little?"

Barney calls for John to john in on-mic to join him for the "Day in, day out..."

PH: (before second chorus) "C'mon John, don't be shy(?)..."

Barney makes a hash of the guitar solo...and calls back for John, who helps out on the closing "Don't ever fade away" bit.

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Yawoo! Thank you, John. The next song, we've got a choice of Rock The Shack or Blue Monday, what do you want to hear? (cheers) Whoa, one at a time, one a time. Do you want Blue Monday? If you want Blue Monday, put your hands up. If you want Rock The Shack, get your penises out. It's Rock The Shack then. No, we're doing Blue Monday, Blue Monday."

As Hooky starts to beat on the syndrums, Barney goes up to him and whispers something in his ear, and points backstage. Don't know what that's about. Steve Morris comes out from behind the drum kit and takes keyboards. Phil plays a different guitar line than what I've heard before during the second verse. And Barney goes on keyboards, too.

_World___In___Motion_

Left off of the DVD. Bah!

_Your___Silent___Face_

You can't tell from the editing that NO had gone off stage again and come back. For the first time, you can actually _see_ the autocue, it's an LCD monitor!

BS: "Where's Hooky?" (huh? He's right next to you!)

Well, later, Hooky goes off somewhere to sit down. Maybe the old geezer is tired. The first song in rock to ever feature a melodica solo. And the best bassline ever.

BS: "Thank you very much, it's been great playing London again. You've been a fucking great audience, thanks for putting up with us. Hope to see you again soon, good night."

PH: "Thank you very much, God bless, take care."

NO: 15 JUN 02 Hultsfred Festival - Hultsfred, Sweden

All I have from this one is SLC and KW1, as well as some Realmedia of the videos for this one. Barney actually looks decent in this one, unlike some of his 2001 appearances. He has a star on his t-shirt.

Transcription has taken so long due to the length of most of Bernard's between-song banter.

_Crystal_

Barney spends much of the bridge tuning his guitar!

BS: "Yo! Thank you very much! Thanks a lot."

_Transmission_

BS: "It's great to be here in Sweden. It's one of my favorite countries. Seriously, it is, I mean that! The girls are so beautiful here and...the girls are so beautiful here and...the girls are so beautiful here. This is a Joy Division song, it's called Transmission."

Afterwards...Bernard whispers in Hooky's ear.

BS: "Thank you very much."

_Regret_

BS: "Is this been a good festival for you? (cheers) What's been the highlight of the festival so far? What about the Chemical Brothers? (cheers) Very good friends of ours...What about England beating... beating... Denmark, today? (he smiles having japed the crowd) We got a Swedish coach anyway, haven't we anyway, we got a Swedish coach. Right, Hooky? Yo? This is Regret."

Some weird vocal gremlins when Bernard sings 'Just what they all say... just before they fall apart."

BS: (at end) "Yo!"

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Find it hard to get a sequencer Jerry, or Roger? Is the sequencer there? You know, to sequence stuff? Okay, Just give me a second, I'm going to have a drink. (guitar riff) and...tune up... we're very professional these days, we have to be in tune with each other, we realize that. Even Steve (he bangs his kit here). You tune them drums up! Okay, be patient, be patient! This is a track off our new album, which is called Get Ready. It's called 60 Miles An Hour, which is 120 kilometers an hour. It's about erm, driving really fast. Sequencers up. Especially top lines."

He messes a couple lines, can't even read the autocue right. At least his glasses disguise him a bit there.

Hooky plays loudly over the bridge.

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Yo! Jerry, maybe we need a bit more side fill and a bit more of the kind of, er, sequence stuff, especially the high stuff. Apart from that, it's all right, I think.

PH: "One, two, three, four."

BS: "This is Atmosphere. A bit more fill, Jerry, A bit more fill. And side fills."

PH: "One, two, three, four."

_Brutal_

BS: (tuning guitar) "Let me find a place on the guitar to play this [a couple of other words mumbled] Okay, this is a song that you ne... probably never heard before, and we did it for a film called "The Beach", the Beach staring Leonardo...eh...DiCaprio, and em, it's called Brutal."

_Shes___Lost___Control_

PH: "Oh, we've having some fucking problems tonight. Such is life. What would life be like without problems? Lucky you, I think you've got a lot of f ucking problems, you know what I mean? [cackles]"

BS: (interrupting) "Okay, this is a song..."

PH: "We're not into perfect."

BS: "This is a song from, eh, when we were in a group called Joy Division, and it's called She's Lost Control."

BS: "Featuring Stephanie DeMorris on drum, Pierre Hook on bass, and Mr. Phil Cunningulus on...er, lick."

They play SLC.

BS: "Thank you very much."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

Here Bernard is wearing sunglasses and white hi-tops, and indulges in some freaky dancing.

BS: "Thank you very much. That was going back quite a few years in our repetoire. What we are going to play for you now, for those that don't like guitars, is our synthesizer set. And we're going to start with a song called Bizarre Love Triangle. And it's all about when Peter, our bass player...here, met Phil in prison, and they were sharing a cell with someone called Big Daddy, and is about the bizarre love triangle that went on in that cell."

(oh...kay...)

BS: (gesturing towards Roger Lyons) "And that's Big Daddy over there behind that little computer, his name's Roger. We all met in prison."

A few seconds later.

BS: "David Beckham!"

_True___Faith_

Phil is playing a few notes on piano in between.

BS: "Has anyone got like a stretcher...or some pure oxygen? So are you enjoying our set so far? [cheers] We're trying very hard to give you a good time because we know that you've all been stuck there in the pissing rain all day. Now, us being from England, we're used to all that rain, but you being from beautiful Sweden, it never rains here, is that right?"

[more cheers]

BS: "Well, I believe from all the porno films I've seen in the hotels here you're very keen on pissing on each other. Is that right? Cuz... if there's anyone [giggling] that wants to piss on Phil here at the end of the show, please come backstage. All right, ok. This is a song called True Faith."

Ouch. Sucks to be Phil, I guess.

BS: (when Hooky starts playing his bass): "Fucking 'ell, that's a bit loud."

This is an "afraid what they'll see" version.

BS: "Thank you."

Hooky ends it with a big bass vamp.

BS: "Hello everybody, my name's Bernard. Give us a second while we tune up, please. The band are out of tune, therefore I am singing out of tune. Even you're out of tune.

Heckler can be heard shouting out something or another.

BS: "You speak English very well, did you learn it from a book?"

PH: "I beg your pardon, that's no way to talk to Bernard."

BS: "My name's Bernard." (in strange accent)

_Temptation_

BS: "This is Temptation."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "Ok, this is the last song we're going to play tonight. Well, you know what? It's getting very late, and you should all be back in your tents in bed."

Strummed guitar chords, and Hooky's 1-2-3-4 count-in.

(at the end)

BS: "Yo! Thank you very much. You've been a great audience. We've been a great band. We've enjoyed each other very much. Let's hear it for Sweden! And Manchester! Goodnight, everyone."

(first encore)

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "We came back for more. You should all be asleep in your tents because if you look at the sky over there it's getting light. This is, erm...erm, Blue Monday, I believe, ya. It's fucking crap, innit?"

As well as a bit more muttering a bit into the intro.

After the part where Barney says "now I stand here waiting", he calls out "bass sequencer".

Ends in wails of feedback.

BS: "Well, I'm sorry about all the corny feedback at the end. Everyone does that, don't they? Every fucking band...every band you've seen at this festival." Bernard pulls away from the mic.

_World___In___Motion_

BS: "All right, in view of England...all right in view England's, eh, 3-nil victory over Denmark tonight, we just got to rub it in a little bit, and this is our England World Cup song from a few years ago. It's called 'World In Motion'.

Somebody in an a "Bench" shirt does the John Barnes rap bit. Who is this? Hooky calls out "All together now!" as the music thins out so folks can sing along.

PH: (near the end, a singalong bit) "All together now."

PH: (singing) "We're playing this song..."

BS: [interrupting] "Thank you!"

PH: (singing) "We're singing for England...."

He sings this very slowly, so Barney interrupts again.

BS: "Hang on, hang on, hang on, wait a minute, [muttering...]...you're probably wondering why we're singing that song in Sweden..."

PH: (singing) "Arrividercci, it's one-on-one...."

BS: "It's finished!"

PH: "I'm just enjoying it!"

BS: "We're singing that song because we've been graced with the great Swedish person in England, Sven Goran Ericsson [the coach of the team]. We've got a few good players as well, though."

(second encore)

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "My name's Bernard." (in that strange voice he used earlier)

BS: "Okay, we're gonna chill things out a little bit now, because this really is the last song, it's called 'Your Silent Face'."

_Great_ version, as always.

BS: "Thank you, it's been great to play Sweden. You've been a great audience. Thank you very much for putting up with us! Thank you, good bye."

Hooky closes out with a thunderous bass solo.

NO: 22 JUN 02 - Hurricane Festival Germany

Source posted by dropdeadfred in EZT. The neat part is when you can hear the rain coming down.

Band is introduced in German. Would be good to get a translation at some point. House PA music comes, and is faded out.

Then Alan Wise starts talking. We catch him in progress.

AW: "...pitch, from the band. I want to introduce to you somebody that's only sixteen, the ones that's next to this bugger(?)... C'mon Paul Romaine...this guy's from Manchester, we all got our Manchester culture, it's not one suburb, now look at him, now he's ruined for life. Unlike the guys I'm going to introduce to you, five lovely boys, New Order!."

BS: "Hello! Sorry about the rain. Boy Garbage say "We're only happy when it rains", and as Travis say, what does Travis say Hooky? Hooky watch your level, man.

_Crystal_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna start with Crystal."

Bernard calls "C'mon!" and whistles before the "keep it coming" part.

BS: [whistles] "Yoooo! Who gives a fuck about the rain?" Well, that's it, I do. It's quite uncomfortable and it's making my guitar strings go rusty."

Hooky stums bass a bit, and is cut off by Bernard.

BS: "Hooky can you turn down a little bit, please? Jerry, where are you? Jerry? Jerry?"

_Transmission_

BS: "We can go way back into history now, we're gonna play a song by Joy Division called Transmission."

Opening is a bit shaky here.

BS: "Yo! Danke schun.

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, have you had a good festival so far? I'm sorry about the rain but we're English, and we're from Manchester, and everywhere we go it fucking rains. You don't know what it's like, honestly. But after a few years, you get used to it. In fact, we don't really regret it, so this is Regret."

BS: "Yeah! Okay, let's tune up, just give us a second."

BS: "I'm really going to apologize about the rain. Jerry, can you put a bit more top on the vocal, a bit more guitar and a bit more top on it, a bit more compression on the vocal.

Twangy guitar strum.

BS: "I'm coming for the rabbit out of your ass at the same time." (what the hell is this about?)

_Ceremony_

BS: "Did anyone see England get beat in the World Cup yesterday? It was really sad, wasn't it? Because we didn't GET TO PLAY GERMANY!"

Morris hits a rim shot.

BS: "Eins-spei-drei-free-foo...Eins-spei-drei"

Digital stutter at 1:40.

BS: "Yeaaahhhhay. Thank you, thank you, thanks for putting up with the rain. C'mon, rain more, it's not enough! It's not raining enough and we want it to rain some more cuz we're not wet enough.

BS: "Is everybody having a good time at this festival? Don't think about what you're gonna do when you get back to your tents and all your tents are going to be really wet when you wake up in the morning, your sleeping bag's gonna be wet. Come and stay at our hotel. No matter how bad it is for you lot out there, it's worse for us staying at a ho... [cuts]

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna play a song now, it's called 60 Miles An Hour, which is about how many...it's about 100 kilometers an hour, and it's off our new album which is called Get Ready."

Scream at 3:22, followed by fairly sloppy guitar playing.

BS: "Yooo! [whistles] All right, Davey, my guitar's out of tune, I need the 330."

BS: "...out of tune."

Sounds of instuments being tuned, most notably a keyboard that sounds like somebody is hitting random keys on. A true cachophony of noises.

BS: "Let...let it rain some more, it's not raining quite enough."

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna chill things out a little bit now, we're gonna play two long, slow songs, first one is called Your Silent Face."

At 2:40...

BS: "Yo!"

BS: "Thank you, merci beaucoup, danke schun. All right, please stop raining, please stop raining, I give in! We are aware everybody's wet, Jerry, mate, here monitor's fucked, so we have mainly my voice through these wedges, I mean I'm hearing it mainly from out front, can't be through here, just a buzz. Can I have Steve down, Steve down a bit.

BS: "Okay, despite the rain, is anybody having a reasonably good time? I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm..." [cut]

_The___Beach_

We're gonna play a song now that you've probably never heard before, it's a song from a film called The Beach, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and it's a very rare New Order song, we've only playhed it three times. well, we've only palyed it twice, and this is the third time. So, listen!

Actually, Bernard was right when he said "three".

BS: "Danke schun, Baader-Meinhorf"

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "Okay, we're going to play an old Joy Division song now, we're not going to play a song called Close Range, we're going to play a song called She's Lost Control. By Joy Division, which is a group we used to be in a long, long time ago. Hope you enjoy it. And it goes something like this."

[whistles]

Hooky's bassline falters, given the conditions, quite understandable. Bernard yells at him like a madman.

BS: "HEY HOOKY, YOU GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!"

Which he does, of course.

BS: "Thank you!"

Ends with synth.

PH: "I want to tell you all God bless you, you fuckers. You fucking... Fucking shit man, you're welcome. It's fucking horrendous, isn't it? Stevie(?), mate, it's all your fault, you bastard. They'll gonna give you another vascectomy later."

BS: "Sorry about..." [cut]

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, we're going to leap forward a few decades to the 1980s, with Bizarre Love Triangle. It's about when Hooky met Phil in prison. Hooky was Big Daddy, and Phil was Mummy."

Glitch at 2:18.

BS: (at end) "Yeah!"

PH: "Oh!"

Long pause, and a feedback squall.

_Temptation_

BS: "We are going to play a song for you now that's called Temptation."

Hooky makes a sound like a stuck pig. Or was that Bernard. One of them.

The sound gets noticably better here, a lot less muffled. A storming version, too. In fact, the performances from hereon in are top-notch, in my opinion.

BS: "Yo!"

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

Unusual intro with guitar being strummed, probably because everything's soaked.

BS: "This is Love Will Tear Us Apart. Hooky's just g... fucking with his bass, he can't play it."

PH: "C'mon you fucking..."

Somebody says something close to the mic I can't make out right after he says this.

BS: "Thank you very much. You've been an absolutely fantastic audience for putting up with this rain. Well, I say FUCK THE RAIN! But we have got nice hotels for that too. Thanks very much, Hamburg, you're grand, you've been a fucking great audience. We'll come back and play in June again. Thank you. Danke schun!"

Fans clap a bit, and then somebody starts to play guitar on stage a bit. Girls cry from "Blauer Montag"...

PH: "What are you fuckers like, anybody want to go home? [chuckles] I love you all, jesus christ, I've never seen a fucking better sight in my life. I've never been this wet in me fucking life, either. All right, God bless you!"

BS: "Bonjour? Jerry? Can't seem to [something] Must've tried...

_Digital_

BS: "Digital, by Joy Division."

PH: "Jerry, more bass please!"

At 0:50 Bernard says somthing like, "Gary, fill."

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Thank you!"

PH: "I give this one to Miles...you...fucking...cockney swa..." (can't make out this at all, can anybody help?)

BS: "Now if you two would just turn around a little bit.

Hooky says something else, I can't make out, still whining about something.

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna finish now with a song that we have to play everywhere everwhere, anywhere we play, we have to play Blue Monday. AND WE FUCKING HATE IT!!.

Bernard barks 1-2-3-4 in German during the intro.

He starts to stumble on the last part on the first verse, almost speak-singing here.

After the second verse, Bernard loses it.

BS: "ARGH! THIS IS RIDICULOUS
IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS AND STUPID."

And a bit later on...

BS: "FUCKING' GREAT!"

Announcer: "New Order, [rest is in German]"

NO: 23 JUN 02 Southside Festival - Germany

Received from DIME. This is a very good quality audience recording, slightly distant, with lots of audience participation in the forms of claps, whistles, and German punters calling out for "Confusion".

Female announcer speaks (in German)...and then is drowned out by claps and whistles.

Bass and then guitar and some keys to Crystal can be heard. Inexplicably, some krauts start chanting for 'Confusion'.

_Crystal_

BS: "Hey! We are...New Order. And we hear we played like shit the night before. But we hope you'll enjoy the set tonight. We'll start with a song off our last album, it's called Crystal."

Volume increase at 1:42.

BS: "Peter!"

Loud whistling at end.

BS: "Jerry, can someone bring these please? Eahh! I'm tired, and it's only the first song."

_Transmission_

BS: "This is an old song by our former group Joy Division. It's called Transmission. Hooky's got a few problems here, because we played in Hamburg last night. And the gig got totally rained out, and the stage was an inch deep in rain. We've got a few problems in our equipment. Hooky's got a few problems with his equipment anyway. [he strums bass] Bear with us, bear with us."

More bass strumming, into the intro, followed by a bum note.

Bernard whistles at 3:17. Ouch.
Digital stutter at 4:05.

BS: "Thank you!"

BS: "We've got better rooms, we had a lot of problems last night, and our gear got soaking wet. But we're gonna soldier on. Turn Hooky down a bit, Jerry, the side fill. You're right, Hooky..."

Hooky is soundchecking the bassline to the next song, meanwhile.

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is a song called Regret."

BS: "Thank you!" More calls for Confusion.

_Ceremony_

Annoying whistling at about 0:10 in.

A scuffle at 3:50 and some chatter (in English and then German) at the 4:00 mark. Digital stutter at 4:47.

BS: "Hey! Thank you very much." Hooky strums bass.

Loud German chattering here, followed by feedback.

_Sixty___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Sorry about that feedback. For this is a song off our last album, called 60 Miles An Hour.

BS: (at end) "'k you!"

Punter calls out for Blue Monday a couple of times.

BS: "Is everyone having a good time? Think you've had a good festival?

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "We're gonna chill things out a little bit with a slow song. It's very beautiful. It's called Your Silent Face."

At, 2:06, BS: "C'mon...child(?), make the front...it'll cause you trouble(?), man."

Bernard sings "so why don't you shut up" instead of the usual "piss off".

BS: "Thank you. Brutal mess, man(?). Listen, If you can chill out a bit at the front because we don't want anyone to get hurt, I see people are getting crushed up front. We don't want anyone to get hurt. We want everyone to have a good time, and no one to get hurt. A bit like the World Cup.

_Brutal_

BS: "Okay, this is, erm, a song we did for a film called 'The Beach'. We very rarely play it live. It's called Brutal."

Dawn Zee vocals are prominent in this one.

BS: "Okay! Damien, can I have the SG, please? Listen, man, you've got to chill out in front because someone's gonna get seriously hurt. C'mon, you've got a great couple of days in this festival, we don't want anybody to get hurt. C'mon, just chill out and have a good time!"

The old Bernard would have said the same thing, but then quipped that he really didn't give a fuck, but it sounded good to say.

_Close___Range_

BS: "Okay, this is Close Range."

Digital glitch at 2:32.

This version is somewhat unformed.

BS: "Listen, chill out, chill out, we don't want anyone to get hurt. It's fucking hot in here, we've come here for a good time, we don't want any broken bones."

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "Okay, this is a Joy Division song, it's called She's Lost Control, and it features Mr. Peter Hook on bass. That's Stephen Morris on drums, and Mr. Phil Cunningham, who's my assistant."

This is a *very interesting* quip, as Cunningham _was_ Bernard's assistant during Twisted Tenderness (at least the live promotional performances on music shows and the like)

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Jerry, Hooky's busting me out, but I'm coming from Phil's monitors or something. Okay, you may noticed that I've put my guitar down, [Hooky exclaims something I can't make out at this point] so we'll start playing songs that feature the synthesizer. This is Bizarre Love Triangle."

Some German chatter at 3:00 mark.

_True___Faith_

BS: "Okay, this is an old hit of ours, it's called True Faith."

PH: "Always(?) love your enemy." [What's this about?]

BS: (at end) "Thank you!"

PH: "You're very kind."

BS: "Thank you for the shoe. It's my size as well."

Good one.

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna play a song called Temptation."

BS: "Danke schun"

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "I'm afraid it's come to that time of night, and this is our last song. It's an oldie but a goodie, it's called Love Will Tear Us Apart."

Hooky does his standard "Here we go!" during the bridge.

BS: "Thank you very much you've been a fantastic audience in Sttutgart. As we say, Merci Beaucoup."

Fans start chanting 'New Order'...

BS: "Okay, this is my, um, favorite song that we've ever written. It's called Atmosphere. It's a song by Joy Division. We are Joy Division."

BS: "Hey, wrong tune."

BS: "Danke schun, danke schun."

Folks call out for "Rock The Shack". How weird.

_Digital_

BS: "What will we play next, Hooky? This is Blue Monday, I guess..." [The drum machine beats start]

BS: "Whoa, it's not, whoa it's not, c'mon...whoa whoa...this is Digital...

BS: (at end) "Thank you!"

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "This is Blauer Montag. Das ich Blauer Montag." Somebody's still calling ot for RTS, go figure.

Ear splitting whistle by Bernard at 1:40.

BS: "Thank you, good night, you've been a great audience! Thank you Stuttgart, Germany. Hope you win the World Cup!"

NO: 25 JUN 02 Lansdowne Road - Dublin, Ireland

Source is from Alex Staszko's master. The tape comes in slightly late, missing the first few seconds of Crystal. Levels fluctuate as Alex is presumably trying to get the best sound levels, so the bass is distorted while this is going on.

See http://www.music-dash.co.uk/live/archivelive.asp?item=54 for his account of the gig.
_Crystal_

BS: "One - two."

_Transmission_

BS: "Thank you guys! For this next song, we'd like to welcome from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Frusciante. Hey, Wait a minute, he got a bigger cheer than I did! This is a Joy Division song called Transmission."

BS: "Thank you! Thank you, John!"

_Regret_

Lots os chatter before this one.

BS: "I'm out of breath in there. I'm out of breath. This is an old song of ours called Regret."

BS: "Thank you. Okay, just give us a second while we tuning up."

Punters grouse, "For fook's sake"...Hooky tunes bass and reprises a bit of Regret's bassline.

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "This is a track off our last album, it's called 60 Miles An Hour."

The band are completely out of sync, especially Hooky, resulting in a breakdown.

BS: "I'm sorry we fucked the start of it up. This time we'll get it right. And you know what, it adds a bit of anarchy to the show."

The second attempt isn't much better to be honest.

Folks start chanting, just as they would on a football pitch.

BS: "Is everyone in the crowd having a good time. It's all right here, it's not bad, it's all right. Well, we got a beautiful sunny day today for this festival. We just played in Germany, I'll tell you, it pissed down all the time. It's three for Manchester, we play for joy(?)"

Somebody calls out "Win the fucking England Cup".

_Your___Silent___Face_

Okay, this is going to chill you out a little bit, so that you get a break. This is Your Silent Face, [mutters] beautiful song.

BS: "Muchas gracias!"

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Okay, this is a Joy Division song, it's called Atmosphere."

BS: "Merci beaucoup!"

Some Ole chanting.

_Close___Range_

BS: "All right. This is Close Range."

BS: "Thank you!"

Sound of a guitar buzzing

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "Must apologize for my assistant guitarist there. His equipment isn't up too much. He has very small equipment, whereas I have superb equipment. Sow(?) yer fuckin' life out, here we go."

BS: "Thank you very much. Most of you probably heard...never heard that song before. We wrote it a very long time ago. It's called She's Lost Control."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "This next song we're gonna play now does not feature any guitars whatsoever. It's a bit of a dance tune, it's called Bizarre Love Triangle. It's about when Hooky met Phil in prison. Hooky was Big Daddy, and Phil was mommy."

BS: "Thank you. Jerry couldn't believe our ballad(?). (breaths hard) I fucking golf now. That was BS."

Bass strumming.

BS: "Is everybody having a good summer's evening here in Dublin? You said no! Wouldn't you rather be at home watching television now" What's wrong with you? Still...Phil, stop fucking around and get on with it!"

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay, this is Temptation."

BS: "Thank you very much."

PH: "Where's my fat ugly mate gone down here, who the wrecks up on yer fat ugly cunt, there you are!" [chuckles] Oh, delightful, I love to see children enjoying themselves, but you go out and watch yer mum and dad [something] you fat twat."

BS: "What did he say? I can't ever heard what he said."

[Like to figure out what *that* was about]

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

Cut at 3:25. Whoops. I guess that's how it was.

Writeup missing the encore tracks, ATRs tape cut short it seems.

NO: 29 JUN 02 Roskilde Festival - Roskilde, Denmark

The sound is more gig-like than some of the other "cleaner" recordings. The FM broadcast (or the webcast thereof) doesn't include the first three songs. There's also an audience version as well that is very listenable, though there's static in certain places, and yet another version with Bernard's hello.

_Crystal_

(not present on FM broadcast)

BS: "Hello, we're New Order. I'll say that again. We're New Order."

BS: "Hooky, you're a bit loud there man. Okay, this is Crystal. C'mon Phil, not again! It's just a piece of gear."

At 02:36, 5:10, and 5:32, there's static in the right channel (mic connection problems).

(at end)

BS: "Okay, Jerry a bit more top on the voice, a bit more top on the guitar, a bit more top on the guitar track, a bit more top on the drums, a bit less top on the bass [cackles slightly] apart from that, it's alright."

_Transmission_

BS: "This is Transmission."

Bernard's guitar into is a bit off at the start.

BS: "Whoa, thank you. Whoa. Jerry, drums down a bit."

_Regret_

lady announcer, with British accent:

"...to the Orange stage where the four members of New Order are playing right now. And I'm waiting for a signal, and we are broadcasting now!"

Only the last minute or so of this song is broadcast. Naturally, the audience versions captures it in full.

BS: "Yooowwww! Hooky, where are you? Hello, Peter? Just turn it down a little bit, please."

_Ceremony_

BS: "We call him the wandering minstrel."

Sounds fantastic, except for the first few seconds, where there's no sound in the right channel! The audience version doesn't have this problem.

On the audience versions, there's static at 2:07 (same deal as Crystal above).

BS: "Thank you."

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Where's that fucking music coming from? Turn the disco off!"

(one of the other stages was playing techno or somesuch, which you can hear throughout this gig.)

Bernard continues:

BS: "It's not a fucking wedding you know, it's a rock concert! This is 60 Miles An Hour, it's off our latest album, which is called Get Ready. Get fucking ready, because here we come!"

Hooky's bass is out of time with the rest of the group in the intro.

On the audience version, there's static at 4:03 (same deal as above).

BS: "Thank you. Merci Beaucoup."

_Atmosphere_

Hooky plays bass riff a bit.

BS: "Okay, we're gonna hop back a few years now, about 23, to be precise. This is a song called Atmosphere."

They play it.

BS: "Thank you! Jerry, you better take this [Gibson] 330 out in front, otherwise it's going to feedback like fuck. And we can do with a little bit more fill." (not Phil).

_Brutal_

BS: "Okay, is everybody having a good time? Okay, we're going to stop all that, because we're going to play a fucking down song. [Steve pounds skins twice] Because we're miserable bastards from Manchester. But we beat England in the World Cup. And we beat Scotland in the World Cup. Or Scotland weren't even in the World Cup. [Steve hits cymbals to signify a punchline delivered]"

(after)

BS: "Yo, thank you!"

_Close___Range_

BS: "Jerry, can I have the keyboard..st....up."

BS: "Thank you. I am fucked."

_Shes___Lost___Control_

PH: "Anyway, this one's for John Entwistle...God bless him, got the best band in Heaven...fuck me."

BS: "This is She's Lost Control."

A very good version of this as well. In the future, I will have slightly more substantive comments.

BS: "Thank you very much."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "This is...this next song...a song called Bizarre Love Triangle, and the lyrics are about when Hooky met Phil in prison, Hooky was Big Daddy, Phil was mommy, and they formed a bizarre love triangle."

They play the song.

On the audience version, you can hear some Bernard say something off-mic, but it's almost impossible to make out.

BS: "You have to excuse us, we've gone on tour for a week, and we're all fucked. Whole week."

_True___Faith_

BS: "Okay, this is True Faith."

Hooky yells out "Morning Sun!" at 2:25. A bit later on, he says, "I love you.".

Hooky ends it with a monsterous riff.

BS: "Turn the fucking disco off!". Never thought to ever hear him utter those words, but again, he's directing this towards an adjacent stage.

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay, this is Temptation."

after...

BS: "Yooooo! Thank you very much. Is everyone having a good time?" [cheers] "That's what we...what we're all here for."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

A few emphatic "c'mon's" and "yeah's" here.

BS: "Thank you, you've been a great audience! It's been great to play here in Copenhagen. Thank you, good night!"

A bell rings, and there's some clapping, as well as some strummed bass. Cheers go on for a minute or two until the Order come back on stage.

_Blue___Monday_

PH: "Hey, it's been a long time, Roskilde, and God bless you, you're still as good as I remember. So, just for you, because we never normally play it...Roger, it it!"

Static at 0:30 on audience version.

BS: (at about 0:50) "Hah!" (at 1:20) "Bass sequencer up." (at 1:30) "Hey, hah!". At 1:35, there's the famous god-awful whistling, another one at 2:10.

lyric: "If it wasn't for your big penis, I'd be a heavenly person today."

BS: "Thank you."

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "We're gonna leave...we're gonna play one more song for you, and then we're gonna leave the stage for our very good friends Primal Scream, whom will be...I'll be staying to watch...all the way from sunny Scotland. This is a song that we've not played too much, it's called Your Silent Face."

BS: "Thank you, good night, you've been a fantastic audience! Good night..." (broadcast version fades at this point) Denmark, good Night Copenhagen!"

NO: 13 JUL 02 Old Trafford Cricket Ground - Manchester, England

Have this from MP3s made from 'move cd 1'. Audience recording, very trebly, but still listenable.

An unknown individual introduces Alan Wise:

"Congratulations Manchester on a fantastic rendition of "Anarchy In The UK". Fantastic. Right. I am not here to compere or introduce Joy Division or New Order. My job is to introduce Alan Wise, who always introduces Joy Division / New Order. Ladies and gentlemen, a big hand for Alan Wise!"

AW: "Ladies and gentlemen [he slurs this] things are changin', and I've been thinking about them, like every New Order fan, I've been thinkin'. Cricket's changing, innit? First of all the five day game, then the three day game, then the limited over game, and now six wankers that take drugs on the stage. Welcome to Old Trafford, New Order!"

_Love___Vigilantes_

PH: "Good evening, nice to be back. Thank you!"

BS: "Hello! It's a beautiful night here in Manchester, and we're gonna play our hearts out for you. This is Love Vigilantes."

Bernard screams "yeah!" at the end. Chants of "New Order" start up.

_Crystal_

BS: "This is Crystal."

_Transmission_

BS: "Great playing our hometown of Old Trafford. We're gonna head back to the tender years of our youth. This is a Joy Division song called Transmission.

_Regret_

PH: "This one's for you, Bowser! Happy Birthday, mate! No regrets!"

BS: "Okay we're gonna pump it up a little bit now, this is a song called Regret."

Bernard screams "Yeah" at the end.

_60___Miles___An___Hour_

BS: "Is everyone having a good time? Great."

Somebody strums, and there's female chatter.

BS: "Just give us one second while we tune up. All right, now we're tuned up. This is 60 Miles An Hour."

(at end)

BS: "Yeaahh! Jacko, you got the 330 please?"

_Brutal_

BS: "Okay, uh...we're going to do this song which is very difficult on this particular guitar I've got. It's a song we've never played here in Manchester, we did it for a film called 'The Beach', and it's called Brutal."

Solid rendition.

BS: "Thank you we gotta play something new, something old, something borrowed, something blue. Jerry can you turn the BB's down a little bit, please."

_Shes___Lost___Control_

(some muttering I can't make out"

PH: "Well, I suppose we should dedicate this one to John Entwhistle, God bless him. Cuz I fucking loved him and I don't care about you. Thank you Steve, any time you're ready."

BS: "This is She's Lost Control."

Which they play.

BS: "Merci Beucoup."

BS: "This is going to be our last gig for some thing because we're gonna go back into the studio and record another album. So please enjoy it as much as we're enjoying it. We're give you each a form at the end of the show, and if you can give us marks, A, B, or C, A is very, very good, B is okay, and C is dogshit. We hope not to get many C's."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, this is Bizarre Love Triangle."

Barney whistles loudly at the start.

Brief dropout near end.

BS: "Richard, [breath] please..." [can't totally make this out] Barney pants.

BS: "Thank you very much. Can you go home now?"

PH: "Fucking lost it a bit here, did anyone notice? All right, Twinny! Where are you mate? Twinny!"

_Touched___By___The___Hand___Of___God_

BS: "This is Touched By The Hand Of God"

At 3:57, Barney yells out "1-2-3-4", in German.

BS: "Thank you." Somebody woos, don't know if it was on stage.

BS: "Is this guitar out of tune, I can't fucking tell. Is there a musiciam in the audience. There's none on fucking stage. Only a joke, only a joke!"

Crowd starts to chant, "New Order, New Order..."

BS: "Kindly think of a better tune than that, I like the chant, I like the words, but we need a better tune guys. How about this one?"

The band then play _True___Faith_ (Perfecto version)

PH: (growls out at 4:25) "Fookin' 'ell, how's [odds]?"

BS: "Okay, okay, we're getting warmed up a little bit now. You lot getting warmed up. We're having a rare beautiful day here in Man, the shun...the sun is shining down on us. Make the most of it. Okay, let us tune up one more time. Give us five minutes.

I suppose we gotta say hello to Martha Boulton, who's wife(?)...the first day on earth today, God bless her.

_Temptation_

Alrighty, all right, this is Temptation. We all want to sing all ong, which is, "Up down, turn around, please don't let me hit the ground.".

lyric: "Last fucking time!"

BS: "Thank you!" Hooky vamps a bit.

_World___In___Motion_

BS: "All right, all right. We got a special guest to introduce. His last record flopped, so he's come crawling back to us. Please welcome, Fathers(?) himself, Mr. Keith Allen. Here he is, the king of cool... the Prince of Darkness himself, the Prince Of Darkness.

The PA chews up whatever it was that Keith was saying, all I can make out is "Living legend."

I wrote a song for Keith, we wrote a song for Keith, a World Cup song, it's called 'World In Motion'!

A bit chaotic right before the intro, three people talk at once.

Fans yell out "Wales" at the End.

BS: "Thanks a lot, you've been a fucking great audience. It's great to play at Old Trafford. Hail, Manchester. Hail, Rome. Good night! Thank you, Keith Allen, thank you Peter Hook, thank you Stephen Morris, thank you, Phil Cunningham, thank you everyone here."

_Digital_

BS: "No rest for the wicked."

Indeed.

Barney yells out "Status Quo" at 2:15, probably in reference to the riffs. Haha.

BS: "Sometimes, you know, it's a competition with New Order who finishes the fucking song last. And I always seem to lose!"

_LWTUA_

Some silence in the beginning. Guy and gal start altering "c'mon" calls.

PH: "This one dedicated to all of you, Manchester, because I'm fucking proud to live here. Thank fuck for that. 1-2-3-4!"

At 2:05, Barney yells out, "C'mon!" and "Yeah". Hooky yells out, "Stephen Morris." Followed by an ear-piercing whistle and a "yeah".

BS: "Thank you very much.

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "You gotta ask yourself, could they have possibly have any more good tunes to play tonight? Well they thought it was all over, it is now."

This is the version with Kylie's 'Just Can't Get You Out Of My Head' mixed in. I guess not. :)

Nah, it's actually pretty good.

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Thank you, you've been been absolutely fucking great audience. I'm sorry for swearing, but on occasions like this I've been known to. I'm going to chill you out tonight with a really sort of chilled-out song just to send you all home happy, it's called Your Silent Face."

At 2:10 Barney states, "Jacko, man."

BS: "Thank you very much, It's been an honor playing in front of you here. You've been a fucking great audience. Old Trafford's great, Manchester's great, Salford's great, we're great, everything's great, what do we got to worry about? Good night!"

Only a little bit more before tape is faded out.

NO: 17 FEB 05 NME Music Awards - Hammersmith Palais, London

Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys introduce the winners of the NME's "God-Like Genius" award, to a standing ovation.

The first thing Hooky does is hug Tennant and Low. The second thing is to toss out the script containing (I assume) the prepared acceptance script. Then Bernard says a few words. Alan Wise and former band member Gillian Gilbert are on stage as well, looking surprisingly attractive. Phil Cunningham doesn't get up on stage, since this involves the "previous incarnation".

The trophy is a hand, with (of course) a raised middle finger.

Announcer: "We're near the end, these are the Vinegar Strokes [clears throat]. So it's an alternative band, the Vinegar Strokes. Anyway, and so we come to the last award of the night, Godlike Genius. To tell you a bit more about this very special award, please welcome Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe from the Pet Shop Boys."

They come out to "You Were Always On My Mind" playing on the PA.

Neil Tennant: "Hi. Good Evening. I think few musicians manage to change the landscape of music once, but three of the people in this band have done it twice. Their first group's unearthly post-punk was as original and influential as the Velvet Underground had been 20 years previously. Their second group combinded rock guitars and electronics in a way that never had been done before, spawning the best selling 12" single ever, and inspiring generations of bands. The club they owned, or co-owned, the Hacienda, became the northern crucible of rave culture. We all went. Classic singles like True Faith, Regret, or Temptation, continue to unite students and football hooligans alike in dancefloor ecstasy. 28 years from their first release as Joy Division, they're still the epitome of Northern cool. Ladies and gentlemen, the winners of the Godlike Geniuses award, uh...New Order."

The band come out to "True Faith" playing.

BS: "I'd like to thank Neil for a windersful speech, but Chris, I notice you didn't say anything. Is the feeling mutual or reciprocated, or did it stick in your throat? I'd like to thank Tony Wilson of Factory Records for making this IMpossible, and I'ld like to thank the rest of the band for putting up with my ego for the last 25 years. Over to Hooky, talking about egos."

PH: "Ah, I think we should say a word for Rob Gretton, Ian Curtis, Martin Hannet, the people that aren't with us, so eh...this has really touched me tonight, and really...thanks." Hooky than exhibits quite an extraordinary tittering laugh, while holding back tears.

BS: "Thank you everyone, and we're honored to get this award, as the NME helped us in Joy Division when we started out and we were 20 years old, and I hope they continue doing the same thing for many years to come. Thank you!"

Announcer: "Absolutely brilliant and truly deserved. Oh God, that's it, it's finished, it's finished, but for one little thing. Firstly, thank you so much for bearing with us and hope you've enjoyed yourselves, hope you're pissed up or what4ever, probably had a joint or something, oh, I don't know what you do. Settle down. And now we have the biggest treat of them all. For the first time ever at the NME awards, a live performance by the Godlike Geniuses. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please give it up to a band whose records you should never throw at zombies! New Order!"

[last comment is in reference to a scen in 'Shaun Of The Dead' where one of the protagonists throws a Blue Monday sleeve at one of the undead after him]

_Krafty_

Phil is on both guitar and keyboards. Bernard has an earpiece now, and during the first verse is reading from an autocue. This version has Dawn Zee backing vocals, which sound pre-recorded. The audience cheering sounds overdubbed, the audience stands mostly still, those tossers, one of the ladies in the front is even being poured champagne.

Bernard sings, "Mountains, rivers, and the human race" (instead of "lakes").

The mix is bass and vocal heavy.

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

Bernard starts with a "1, 2, 3, 4" count-up. He's playing this with a Rickenbaker brown sunburst.

Shot of the Gilbert sisters dancing along...heh.

Hooky yells out, "Ready, Steeevve!" during the bridge and grunts a bit later on, with Bernard crying "C'mon" as well.

There are waaay too many cuts.

_Blue___Monday__

This has fully mated with the Kylie song, which is probably for the better. A couple of whistles after the KW mellotron bit starts, as well as a "Hey". Broadcast fades this out after three minutes, pity.

The broadcast is titled 'Le Live De Le Semaine'. or "Live This Week"...

There's an announce who introduces the tracks (in French) while "I Told You So" plays in the background.

_Jetstream_

The band are depicted coming up on stage and strapping their instruments on.

BS: "Bonjour, Je Ne P... New Order". I'm told while he meant to say, "We are New Order", he humorously ended up stating "I am New Order".

_Hey___Now___What___You___Doing_

(at end)

BS: "Merci Beaucoup".

_Krafty_

BS: "Hey, this is Krafty."

A bit of actual tuning (playing scales) after this one finishes up.

BS: "Yo. Thank you, thank you."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "We would like to dedicate this to em, our good old friend Ian Curtis who died, erm, 25 years ago, in eh this May, coming this May. We would like to ddedicate this song to him because he helped write it. Thank you."

Bernard mistakenly skips "Is my timing that flawed" line, so he has to lamely sing the "Respect runs so dry" line twice.

BS: "Thank you. What a fantastic audience, and it's been great. It's gonna be "si vous plez" back [couple words] France. Merci beaucoup. Au revoir. See you tomorrow, see you next week, see you next year."

NO: 20 AUG 85 Henry J. Kaiser Convention Centre - Oakland CA

Transcription from THO recording, which was done 5 feet away from the stage facing Hooky, but unfortunately suffers the effects of "brickwalling" (input preamp gain overload), which can for the most part be treated with crackle removal and from buzzing from the LCD screen, which luckily was a problem only at the very start.

However, in late 2009, a second version surfaced, which will be used to fill in on what the THO version misses.

NOOL gets a namecheck in the conversation between THO and GaoBest that fills up the seven minutes before the band go on. Some choice quotes:

"OG's, I don't believe I said OGs."

Regarding whether THO would get sleep before the trip to Coachella, "not much time to sleep". Indeed, this was the case, didn't feel like sleeping.

"This place is filling up pretty good". We had talked about the venue not selling out, but it turns out it was nearly full by the time the band started to play.

There's mention of Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough) having once been a NO roadie. We also talked about the new "No" logo, which I argued was kind of a continuation of the orange line used in Republic, erm Get Ready's thematic artwork.

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "Hello. I'm back."

BS: "Hi, we're New Order, of course. It's wonderful to be back in San Francisco. I'm ashamed...we've forgot to wear some flowers in our hair."

BS: "Okay, emm...thanks to the Chemical Brothers for playing with us on this gig. We're all...are really big fans of theirs, and em, I thought they did a great set. I'll say that more sincerly...I thought they were fucking great."

BS: "Now, it's been 25 years since the singer of our first group Joy Division died, Ian Curtis. We'd like to remember him tonight by starting with a song that features Hooky's wonderful bass lines called 'She's Lost Control'.

(at end)

BS: "Thank you! Cheers, thanks a lot. Whoo!"

_Love___Vigilantes_

BS: "Dark song, but we're going to brighten things up a little now."

PH: 'This one's for your boys in Iraq, God bless 'em."

BS: "It's called 'Love Vigilantes'"

(at end)

BS: "Oh, thank you!"

[ 'She's Lost Control' and 'Love Vigilantes' were not recorded on the THO version due to the recorder being bumped, which either caused it to pause or not properly save. I remember Barney saying "I am New Order" (in reference to his badly mangled French intro at CANAL+)...which he amended to "We are New Order". Hooky dedicated Love Vigilantes to "your boys in Iraq". ]

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is Regret."

[ The first minute on the THO version wasn't recorded, again due to the technical problems with the recorder. ]

BS: "Woooh! Thank you. Jerry, can I have a bit less DBs here?"

Hooky riffs for a second or so.

BS: "Okay, it's a long time since we've played here, but it really is genuinely good to be back. We're gonna play a track off the, er, new album, which is called "No" apparently. And, eh, it's called _Hey___Now___What___You___Doing_."

During the "writing songs on your home computer" lyric, Bernard makes hand-striking-keyboard gestures.

BS: "Thank you! Thanks for Phil on that one, that was his riff. Oh God, is it hot! I tell you what, it's hotter than England here. I hope it's not going to be this hot at Coachella because if it is, I won't...I won't be able to to take it and I have to storm offstage like Morrissey does."

The taper guffaws loudly at this comment.

PH: "That big poof".

BS: "Right, this is _Krafty_". The band then proceed to play it.

BS: "Wooh! A bit less kick drum, Dave, please. We're only waiting for number one, two, three, or four, it's definitely one of them. Well, for us, that's quite a fun track, is it, it's quite optimistic."

Someone cries for "Temptation".

_Transmission_

PH: "This one's for the young boy that very kindly gave me the Factory CD last night, I really enjoyed it, so thank you."

(This is in reference to Hooky's DJ stint at the Popscene club the previous night)

PH: "Okay, Phil."

This version has the synth drone intro restored, unlike the 2002 version, which I remember as not having it. A great improvement, in my opinion.

BS: "Thank you. Jerry, a bit less of my voice please, and a tad more of my guitar. Whooh! I'm knackered now, I tell ya. I'm not as young as I used to be. Neither is anyone, actually."

Phil drops in a house piano bit.

BS: "Okay, we're gonna hop things up now for you disco bunnies in the audience and play some dance tracks. Did I say 'tracks'? What I meant to say was 'track'. It's called _True___Faith_.

Also another really good acid squiggle effect during the bridge. Apparently Roger Lyons (at the direction from the band, of course) had made several improvements to the songs over the 2002 versions.

_Run___Wild_

Debut version. Everybody was shocked to hear this one!

BS: "A bit more Hooky, Jerry. So we took you up with that one. So now, we're gonna take you _down_. Andy Liddle, please make sure we can see the guitar on this one because it's very tricky. It involves chords with suspenders in them. Okay, this is "Run Wild".

Excellent bass work from Hook.

lyric: "Good times, bad times, around the corner."

BS: "That's the first time we ever played that live, so, er, if it was...if it was shit, if it...ask for your money back at the desk and I'll personally guarantee it."

Needless to say, it was not shit. Much better than when they had dug up Guilty Partner during their end-of-1998 UK gigs.

Here is where THO yells out for "We All Stand", in homage to ATR.

PH: "All right, love, all right." [turns out he was reacting to Viking Gary down front]

BS: "Okay, we're gonna groove things up a little bit..."

PH: (simultaneously) "You're gonna have a fucking heart attack!" Ouch.

BS: (continuing) "...now. That was a beautiful song, one of my favorite songs. Well, that's not saying anything really, is it? Wha...what does that mean, 'one of your favorite songs'?"

_Jetstream_

BS: "here's another one of my favorite songs. It's off the new album. It's called Jetstream.

Which the band play, probably the weakest song of the set.

BS: "Thank you! Has anyone got a glass of water please instead of this...wine. You can all serve this wine later, right, yeah. Over there please, Phil [directing him to place the water on top of his amp rather than giving it to him]. This is our roadie Phil. Well, he's Peter's roadie. Say hello to the audience, Phil."

At this point, a female individual that had apparently elbowed her way to the front started screaming maniacally, much to the consternation of those around her.

BS: (continuing) "All the way from England, very fantastic. Okay, we're gonna bore the ass out of you with another track off the new album. And this is the title track off the new album, and it's...it's actually is pretty good, you know. It's all right. It's called _Waiting___For___The___Sirens'___Call_.

Which in my opinion, is the best of the new songs played tonight.

BS: "Thank you. Whoa. So, we're trying to concentrate on the playing tonight. A little...a little less jumping, but we're getting to playing right. It was always our vice. it was either jumping around and the playing was shit, or the playing's good. Which you want?"

More shouts for Temptation, etc.

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "I suppose it'll have to be the bleeding jumping around, won't it. This is Bizarre Love Triangle, and it's about a relationship between Peter and Stephen and Ian Curtis that happened a long long time ago and they all prefer to forget about it. We don't talk about it anymore."

The band take Bernard by surprise by triggering the song early (BS: "whoa, wot's that?"), in an attempt to get him to shut up.

Bernard's dancing is truly remarkable, as at one point he actually starts to roll on the floor, which is why you can hear the taper singing "Like A Virgin". Near the end, Hooky really starts going wild with his bass, meriting the cries of "How low can you go?" and "Lower!" from the same loudmouthed taper.

BS: "Ohh, merci beaucoup. thank you. [clears throat] Okay, so I got a bit carried away there. This is _Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_. [waits a few seconds] Hooky starts this one, don't _you_ Hooky.

PH: "Yes, and I like to take my time, in bed as well as on stage. Ha ha ha ha."

Good one!

[THO version: Brief internal cut on recording when synths come in.]

Bernard messes up the lyrics, reciting the same line twice.

During the song Hooky yells out, "Go get 'em, boys!" in reference to a crowd surfer, and when the gel-spiked youth was about to be grabbed by security, "Don't let them take you, boy!". Hooky also yells out, "here we go!" at the usual place in the song and urges the band "C'mon, San Francisco"..."c'mon...c'mon!!!" and "at full speed!" near the end.

BS: "Cheers, thanks a lot. It's a good song, innit? I'm getting too old for this game."

Fans cry for Temptation again. There's a fairly long pause here between songs.

BS: (quoting from 'Working Overtime') "House music all night long. Where did it all go wrong?" This is _Temptation_.

According to David Sultan of WiM, Bernard pulls the ligament of his foot dancing during this song. This affects his mobility for the rest of the US gigs (unfortunately or fortunately as he later remarked during the Coachella appearance)

BS: "Cheers, thank you. What's next? If I could reach, I'd give you all a sip of my wine, but I don't think it'd last too long.

He then sings the John Phillips tune. "If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. If you're going, c'mon lads, [Hooky joins him] to San Francisco da na na, [finishing] some happy people there."

The new recording fades out after 'Cheers, thank you.'...and doesn't capture the acapella bit or the intro to 'Crystal'.

_Crystal_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna round up this corral of songs, we're gonna ride this rodeo. And this is, [softly] uh, what was it, Crystal ending? Crystal, I think."

A very good version thereof.

BS: "Thank you, San Francisco! We did our best, we hope it's good enough. Goodbye, thank you!"

(fade out/in on new version)

The band come back on to encore with _Blue___Monday_. They also had planned on playing Atmosphere, but could not due to the strict time curfew of the venue.

[ This song wasn't recorded on the THO version, again, due to recorder getting paused by mistake.]

This version features the Kylie samples at the end and had Hooky bass riffs and beating the symdrums all the way to the end, breathing more life than wont into this hoary chestnut.

N0: 01 MAY 05 Coachella Festival - Indio, CA

Abbreviated set (about an hour) due to the scheduling.

Bernard was wearing a shirt with "Muhammad Ali" on the back, which was strange. Hooky was wearing a black Adidas pullover, and Stephen has a shirt with "Bant" (umlaut over the a) on it.

New Order opened with _Atmosphere_, which was supposed to be the first Oakland encore track but wasn't played due to venue time limits.

BS: "Hello, everyone! We're New Order, all the way from England. I'm afraid I've hurt my foot, got bit by a shark surfing in LA. But we'll do our best, and eh, we're gonna start with a Joy Division song, it's called..."

And indeed, _Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_ was dedicated to David Sultan of WiM, with a joking admonition to "fook off" right afterwards of course.

gregv reports:

PH: "I've got these fucking phtographers up in my tits. Fuck off, the lot of you." He was looking and pointing at specific photographers in the pit when he said it. Hilarious.

Part of the mood may have come from the fact that they had to follow on the heels of Gang of Four, who managed to pull out one of the most amazingly true performances of their career- but then, this isn't a Gang of Four board!

Back to the boys.

Atmosphere. They opened the freaking set with it. Love Will Tear Us Apart. Hooky dedicated it to Steve, followed by "you bastard." [this isn't correct, actually, see above]

Bernard had sprained/injured his foot and mentioned it a couple of times during the show, i.e., he announced that they were going to do a dance song and asked that we take care of the dancing because he could not. Enter: "Bizarre Love Triangle."

The sound engineer messed up the bass in the mix for the first couple songs but got it straightened out. Stuff from "Siren" included "Waiting for the Siren's Call," "Hey Now What You Doing," "Krafty," and "Jetstream" (with the Scissor Sister vocal on tape).

Only "Crystal" showed up from Get Ready, but it was massively well performed and well received. Maybe the best song of the night.

"Blue Monday" got the attention of just about everyone at Coachella when they wrapped the set with it, but then, it's "Blue Monday" and they're New Order so no doubt.

Feeling totally fortunate to have seen this great band tonight.

Transcription

Made from MP3 files of what I believe is the DPA recording of the gig. Also have another version from AK in lossless form, though it seems to be monaural.

This was the first time that Temptation hadn't been played since the '93 Dublin Point Depot performance. Before that you'd have to go to 1987, to both the Finsbury Park London and first New York Pier 84 gigs (during the prior Australian tour, they had alternated nights with and without this tune.

BS: "Hello, everyone. We are New Order, all the way from England."

(missing from DPA version)

BS: "I'm afraid we're gonna be a little bit static again. I hurt my foot. I got bit by a shark when I was surfing in LA. But we'll do our best."

UK punter #1: "C'mon, Barney lad." (DPA)

_Atmosphere_

BS: "And, eh, We're gonna start with a Joy Division song. It's called Atmosphere."

PH: "1, 2, 3, 4".

(at the end)

BS: "Cheers, thanks, where's the bleeding wine?"

BS: "You know that...chime thing, Jerry, that's a bit loud."

PH: "Philip, my radio is crapping out again.

Guitar chord, and arpeggio.

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

punter: "Sarah!" (AK)

BS: "This is, eh, a song off our new album called Waiting For The Sirens' Call. And the album is as well. Oh, look, a helicopter!" (to laughs)

BS: "Cheers, thank you. Jerry, can I have a bit more fill please?"

punter chick: "Woooh...Confusion!" (AK) Unlikely.

_Regret_

BS: "Okay. We're gonna...eh, we're going to play Regret now."

(at end)

BS: "Wooh! Cheers, thank you."

PH: "How do I get rid of these fucking photographers? They're getting on me tits. C'mon, fuck off the lot of ya."

UK punter #2: "Absolutely!" (DPA)

PH: (mumbling) "Fuck, I didn't say that, baldie..."

UK punter #2: "Barney, fuck them off, fuck them all off" (DPA)

BS: "I like (them) to take photgraphs of me, I don't mind."

UK punter #2: "Manchester, na na na, Manchester..." (DPA)

PH: "Ready, Phil?"

UK punter #2" "na na na..." (DPA)

_Transmission_

BS: "'ank you! Cheers, thanks a lot. Is everyone having a good time here? It's a beautiful setting, it really is. (US punter: "Yeah dude") I wish I lived here. It sure beats Manchester."

(all comments from the DPA version)

US punter: "A bit warmer..."
UK punter: "It doesn't beat Liverpool!"

BS: "Has anyone been there? Has anybody been to Manchester?"

UK punter #1: "I live there, lad."

BS: "Was that a yes or was that a no?"

UK punter #2: "Manchester...wank wank wank!"

BS: "And did you like it? [shouts of both 'Yes' and 'No'...mixed with no? That's the right answer. We've got a good football team, though."

_Hey___Now___What___You___Doing_

BS: "This is Hey Now What You Doing, off the new album."

punter: "Fuck off!" (DPA)

BS: "Fantastic(?), thank you!"

_Krafty_

BS: "Okay, this is another one off our new album, another one! All of this starts...get over it, it's called Krafty."

Synth washes at the point where we usually hear Hooky's bass, which appears to have conked out again.

Encoding glitch (or watermark) at 3:53. (DPA)

BS: "Cheers, thank you." Hooky strums a bit of bass.

_Jetstream_

Third new one in a row. The intro (to 0:31) sounds like it was taken from a different recording!

BS: "Another new track off our album! Another one! This is Jetstream."

(present on AK version, but DPA version is cut, and another version was used to patch it)

BS: "Thank you."

Girl shouts for "Confusion" again (AK version).

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Now we're gonna play a dance tune. Unfortunately, I cannot dance at all because I've torn a ligament in my foot, so you'll have to do the dancing for us. (scream, AK) Peter here is a bad hand at ballet (UK punter: "c'mon Hooky lad", DPA) Phil on here has been personally trained by Michael Jackson, so I'm hoping they're gonna cover for me tonight. This is Bizarre Love Triangle."

Audience singalong in effect.

BS: "Thank you."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "All right, you don't have to dance to this one, though I suppose you could if you wanted to."

PH: "This one's for you David, fuck you."

The starting bass is a bit odd, almost like the Cure's Boys Don't Cry. Another glitch at 0:32.

PH: (at 2:00) "C'mon, Steve!" (at 3:07) "Here we go!".

BS: "Cheers, thank you, thank you!"

punter: "Thank you, God."

_Crystal_

BS: "Okay, this is Crystal."

PH: "It's nice isn't it, atmosphereic." Sound of guitar lead getting unplugged.

Lots of cheers after this one.

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Okay, we can only play for an hour, unfortunately or fortunately depending on which way you're looking at it. And yy foot is hurting man. Eh..em....We're gonna play Blue Monday, I believe."

Features Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" vocals at the start, as well as somewhat interesting instrumentation.

BS: "Thank you. I'm sorry we weren't more animated, but that's life. Thank you very much." Hooky closes out the set with a slow version of the BM bass riff.

On the AK version, the annoying chick that yelled for "Confusion", starts saying, "I'm such a fucking..." at the 5:30 mark. At the end she says, "What, is this show over! ...Nine Inch Nails is next, it'll be right here. All right, Nine Inch Nails..."

PH: "Good night, thank you, God Bless!"

Haha, somebody calls her "bitch" at the very end.

NO: 03 MAY 05 Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL

From Drew C's writeup for his bootleg:

From venue to DAD in less than 24 hours, I present to you the world's greatest band live from the world's crappiest venue, New Order at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, IL. The sound in the hall is terrible but you'd never know it from this recording - it turned out miles and miles better than I'd ever have dreamed! I was somewhere between 50-100 feet from the stage, smack-dab in the center of the hall, so I got a decent stereo mix from both PA stacks. Of course it would have been less boomy right in front of a stack, but I couldn't get there. So I settled for the second-best place, and it turned out really wonderfully good, especially after some magic EQ work to cut down some of the boominess.

The band were in terrific form last night, full of vim and vigor. Quite talkative too, lots of joking around by Bernard punctuated by the occasional rimshot (!) from Steve. And of course we can't forget that Viking bass god Hooky, as marvelous as ever. I tended to tracksplit on the song intros by Barney, so you'll find most of the banter at the ends of the songs.

Some notables:

Steve kicked off Hey Now What You Doing too fast, causing Barney to remark afterwards that it was the "punk version" - and that it must have been because of all the crystal meth and hotel porn Steve was addicted to. Hilarious. Preview it here:

http://www.new-order.net/no/audio/lv/BarneySays/050503-Steves_on_crystal_meth.mp3 Hooky dedicated Transmission to Joe Shanahan, owner of the Metro/Smart Bar/Double Door, because "because he makes Chicago feel like home for me".

After Transmission, Barney says that he's going to get his foot amputated tomorrow, and that Hooky was kind enough to do it with one of his bass strings (Barney had hurt his foot onstage a few days ago and couldn't dance around as much as he wanted to).

There are loads more quips, I'll let you discover them yourselves when you listen ;)

Unfortunately due to equipment mishaps I missed the first 30sec-1min or so of Love Vigilantes, including Barney's intro stating he'd hurt his foot surfing in Los Angeles when it was bitten by a shark, hehe... that's why it fades in rather than a cold start. There's also what sounds like a skip, if that's the right word, 20 seconds into Love Vigilantes - that's the spot where I got bumped while my finger was resting on the mic switch, causing it to switch off and on. I edited out the gap this caused, but unfortunately you can hear it as a skip instead. Oh well.

Also, my setup doesn't have a strong enough attenuator at the preamp feed, so there are a few spots where it's overloading (even though I'd manually adjusted the levels down enough). It's not really enough to warrant mention, but I thought I would anyway. So there you go... Hope you enjoy it as much as I did - it was one of the best gigs I've ever seen!

Transcription

_Love___Vigilantes_

Faded up on Drew's recording. It's reported (as above) that Barney said he had hurt his foot surfing in LA when it was bitten by a shark. And the aforementioned skip is there.

BS: "Ah, thank you."

BS: "Listen, that little song, it was originally, uh, written about the war in Vietnam. Apart from getting bitten by sharks...it's not commonly known this, but I once served in Vietnam [cymbal crash from Steve] as a photographer, and I got wounded in the foot here which is why I'm limping tonight. The next song is off our last album, which is called "Get Ready", which is still available in the shops (cheers) and it's _Crystal_.

Cheers and woos here.

BS: "Thank you!"

BS: "It's been a long time since we played in Chicago. Too long! It's these miserable bastards who won't play here. It was a joke! We love Chicago because it reminds us of Manchester. Especially as cold like it is today...it's lovely and cold compared to LA. To be in Chicago upon a cold day.

_Regret_

BS: "This is Regret."

BS: "Cheers, thank you. We're doing our best, we're doing our best in the circumstances that we're under. It's all that we can do, innit. Okay, this is uh, a track off our our new album, the album is called "Waiting For The Sirens' Call". I'm sure you all know that, anyway, but if any way ... that hasn't gotten it ... It's pretty good really. This is called _Hey___Now___What___You___Doing.

BS: "Thank you."

BS: "You [unintelligible], it was a bit bloody fast that, Steve. I don't know if Phil's going to be in the hospital tonight. Hey, that was Hey Now What You Doing, the punk version. Sorry, Steve our drummer is just sitting with the crystal meth and speed and all that stuff there, we tried to talk him out of it but he won't listen to us [cymbal crash] and hotel poronography as well [another cymbal crash]. I see you've cleaned up. That was a joke, I'm only joking. Okay, ah, next song...is _Krafty_, which of course is our new single, I think."

BS: "Cheers, thank you. That's a brilliant and happy song. I don't mind playing it(?)"

_Transmission_

PH: "Uh, I'd like to dedicate this one to Joe Shanahan because he makes Chicago feel like home for me. I'm very greateful for that. And to the rest of the boys. Hit it, Phil!"

Somebody laughs during the second verse.

_True___Faith_

BS: "Thank you. That of course is a Joy Division song called Transmission. [Barney's voice is cracking here] I'm running out of breath, has anyone got any? OK, that's enough of that rock shit, we want you all to start dancing now. We're gonna play a dance tune. Unfortunately, I can't dance because of my foot. Actually, I've got to have it amputated tomorrow. Hooky's kindly offered to do it for me. [cymbal crash] So knock me on the anesthetic tonight and eh, he's gonna cut it off with one of...one of his bass strings. Enough of my yacking, this is True Faith.

This features the "taking drugs with me" lyric.

BS: "Thank you. Is everybody enjoying themselves as much as we are? Thank you. We do appreciate it."

_Run___Wild_

The band tunes a bit.

BS: "Okay, we're gonna tune the situation down a little bit and play a song...slow song, it's a...it's a good song off the last album, it's called Run Wild."

Some chatter during the song.

BS: "Thank you, thank you. Wooh! Drinks are on me, if you all go to the bar now, you'll get a free drink on me. The drinks are free."

PH: "You told me that 28 years ago and you never paid for it..."

BS: "Including you, Hooky."

_Jetstream_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna leap forward a couple of years in time to our current album and this is Jetstream.

BS: "Thank you! Nice little touch by Philip at the end there, do it again, Phil. [he does] Don't get ideas upon the stage. Sacked! That's a good fun song, we're still all getting happier now as we're getting older [mumbled]...I'm still in my 20s, Hooky's in his 30s, Steve's an old-timer. [cymbal crash]"

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "Okay, back to the new album, we're gonna play, eh, my favorite track which of course means it's the best track of the album, and it's called Waiting For The Sirens' Call.

BS: "Thank you." (Hooky strums bass)

BS: "Oakley dokley, this is _Bizarre___Love___Triangle_."

BS: "We're getting pretty into it [mumble]. Cheers, thank you. Hooky's looking a bit slutty, you see the state of his hair. That cut [referring to Hooky's hair], you look like a bloody girl... that's the difference these days."

PH: "Thank you very much. Bet you say that to all the boys, don't you?"

BS: "Okay, we...we're gonna play _Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_."

Hooky mumbles something and then shouts "yeah", and yells during the bridge in the usual manner that he does during latterday performances of this track.

BS: "Thank you. ...as well."

PH: "I think old Ian Curtis helped us ... [unintelligible]."

BS: "Unfortunately, though we're all having [a great time] this is our last song (boos). C'mon, you only paid about 5 dollars to get in, what do you expect? Bleedin' Michael Jackson, y'know? That was a joke. All right, it's the last one, but it's a good one and John, I need to...the lights on a little bit so I can see what I'm playing. It's called _Tempatation_."

BS: "Thank you Chicago! As always, you've been one of the best audiences in the world and I really do mean that. Chicago is our second home, and... I'd like to thank these guys who've come all from England. The Vikings. [referring to the front row.] I don't know why they do that unless they're fooking nuts. But uh, thanks everyone and we'll see everyone in 20 years! That was a joke."

New Order leave the stage. And then come back.

BS: "Thank you. [mutters to soundman] If you tune the guitar... Right, okay, we added an encore and you got a choice of two songs, and we want you to decide which songs we play. The choices are Atmosphere and Your Silent Face. Who wants Atmosphere? (cheers) Who wants Your Silent Face? (louder cheers) We'll play both of them. Do you want us to play both? All right, it'll cost you extra, you can pay me on the way out, and then free drinks like I mentioned before."

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Okay, let's start with Atmosphere."

PH: "Well, here we go. This is where I say to Phil 1-2-3-4."

(afterwards)

BS: "Thank you! Thank you. That was, erm, a very beautiful song by Joy Division, and now we're going to play a very beautiful song by New Order, if I can find my melodica."

punter #1: "We love you, Bernard"
punter #2: "Ceremony."
punter #3: "Yes, thank you!"

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Thank you!" Hooky ends it with a bass solo. "Okay".

BS: "All right. All right. Thinking all it could be and should be. Is it over boys? Thank you very much. You've been a...you've been an absolutely fantastic audience in Chicago. You know you get this bullshit all the time, we been to every town, but we want you to know that (it's) no bullshit, and that we really really mean it, and that we're gonna finish tonight with _Blue___Monday_.

This version also features Kylie's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" samples.

punter: "Wow!" Tape fades out.

NO: 05 MAY 05 Hammerstein Ballroom - New York City

A total of two audience masters, one from a 'boldcaptain' (taped with CSB's > Sony M1 DAT) and the other from DM1993 (Sony ECM-717 > TC-D8). Both versions were seeded to DIME.

The complete video, as aired on Australian TV, has also surfaced. At one point this was considered for release, but never was officially put out.

intro music is a Kraftwerk tune into an updating-sounding Ennio Moricone track.

The bc version misses out on this.

announcer: "C'mon world, gotta welcome them now!"

BS: "C'mon, we want a better welcome than that! It's been about 20 years since we've played here, but we are on time. Absolutely on time, and feeling fine."

Mic being scraped around as it was being adjusted (boldcaptain version)

_Love___Vigilantes_

BS: "Hello, New York. We are New Order...as if you didn't know. And we're gonna start tonight with a song, it a good ol' redneck song, it's called Love Vigilantes."

Bernard calls out "C'mon" during the middle of this to get the fans worked up...

BS: "Wooh! Thank you! That song is about Vietnam. I got shot in the foot, and that's why I can't dance around too much [Hooky twang bass] with my sore foot."

_Crystal_

BS: "However, the next song we're gonna play is off our last album and it's called, eh, Crystal."

Silence in bc version between 1:22-1:32.

BS: "'k you! Wooh! Thank you. Okay, is everyone having a good time? (cheers)

_Regret_

BS: "Whew, don't get too excited. We're gonna play Regret."

(at end)

BS: "Whoo! Black power."

BS: "Thanks. At this stage I'd like to introduce Phil Cunningham, our new guitarist. And keyboard programming, as you can see by the...rack of technology right behind him. His brain is bigger than it looks. And you work all that stuff, Phil?"

_Hey___Now___What___Youre___Doing_

BS: "We're gonna do ehh...we're starting to eh...a grand marathon of tracks off our new album, right. It's obvious that we want you buy the album, that's why we're here. Track's called 'Hey Now What You're Doing'.

(at end)

BS: "Thank you." A bit of a pause between songs, where you can hear cheering and call-outs.

_Krafty_

BS: "Okay, now my guitar's in tune, it must have been me. Hey, the next one is...". The last sentence is off-mic, can't be heard at all on the DM93 but can be faintly heard on bc's.

PH: "All right, kids."

Countup ("1-2-3-4" between verse and chorus), only heard on the bc version.

BS: "Thank you! Just gotta tune up, won't be a sec."

Somebody calls for '1963' a couple of times. (DM93)

Hooky cackles.

PH: "It's the ugliest fucking front row I've ever seen in my life. I feel _perfectly_ at home."

_Transmission_

BS: "Okay, this is a song by Joy Division, it's called Transmission. Really fast version of it."

BS: "Thank you. Running out of breath, has anyone got any... uhhh... When you get to your mid-20s, you just can't do anything. So, erm, that was hard, that was where we started out, as a rock band all those years ago, in like 1978, and eh, we're gonna take it to the mid-80s with a song called _True___Faith_."

BS: "We need a bit of your technology, Phil. We need you to twirl those knobs..."

BS: "Thank you. Hope you enjoyed that as much as I did. We always have a bit...a little bit trouble getting the end of that song right, but Steve gave us a very big hint at the end on his drums there [cymbal crash] and we got it right."

_Run___Wild_

BS: "Okay, all that fun now, we're gonna chill things out a little bit with, eh, a pretty soulful song off our last album. It's the last track off the last album, it's called Run Wild."

Intro is still a bit shaky.

After the first verse:

BS: "Turn the strings up, Di(?)!" (Dian Barton)

BS: "Thank you. Thanks for being so sympathetic with a song that isn't designed for banging heads together. But nevertheless, it's an important song."

_Jetstream_

Now, eh, the next, eh, start, the next part of the set, I'd like to introduce Ana Matronic from the Scissor Sisters, I hope she's coming from this side of the stage. Ana...she's a hometown girl, all the way from New York City."

AM: "Long communte, very long communte."

BS: "She's got an english heart though."

AM; "Ha ha ha."

BS: "And, eh, this is a song that's we think's gonna be our next single, it's called Jetstream."

(at end)

BS: "'k you! Thank you, Ana, it's been only a pleasure...having you.

AM: "Thank you!"

BS: "No, thank you!"

AM: "Let's hear it for New Order! Fuck..."

BS: "She's fucking great, man, she's great. Whooh. All right, do you want us to play some more, or do you want us to fuck off. Oh, be indifferent, eh, be indifferent. All right, if you want us to fuck off, we'll play some more, if you want us to play some more, we'll fuck off. We'll show you what indifference is, we're from Manchester, home of cunts. I'm joking of course, it's my dry English sense of humor. And, eh, I just need to change guitar. 330 please. C'mon man you got to be having a good time tonight! We are, and I'm not allowed to, the doctor says I'm not allowed to."

(the last bit was obviously left off of the broadcast)

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "Okay, what we're gonna play next is another track off our new album, and it's the title track, and it's called 'Waiting For The Sirens Call'".

(at end)

BS: "'k you. Cheers. Thanks a lot! I want to be(?)...back after the show please. All you're doing is the video cameras.

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, the next song is a real personal challenge for me because I was surfing when we played in LA, and, erm, my buddy fell of his surfboard, and got attacked by a shark. I've known him for a very long time, and I rescued him, but the shark bit me in the foot, so I'm can't dance very well [cymbal crash]. My buddy escaped completely uninjured, but that's the sort of guy that I am. Don't want a medal, just a bit of sympathy. [At this point everyone "Awwws"] Anyway, this is Bizarre Love Triangle."

Of course, the above is complete rubbish, which I think everybody knew.

BS: "Thank you. [syndrum] Is there a doctor in the house?" [Phil plays a keyboard line]

PH: "Ok, du du du [hums some melody, clears his throat, and then cough] You're ready, Bernard?

BS: "Don't [something] again, the small string, Jerry."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

PH: "And now it's a good old-fashioned sing-along. We have a lot of these up north."

PH: "1-2-3-4!"

During the "Love Will Tear Us Apart" chorus, Bernard yells "Faster!" twice. Later, he shouts, "2-3-4!".

And there's a point where he sounds like MES singing one of the verses, very, very odd.

BS: "Thank you very much, that was eh, Love Will Tear Apart Us, crossed with Anarchy In The UK. All right, you said 3 more songs after."

The last sentence sounds garbled...not 100% of the wording or if Barney meant for that to be heard.

_Temptation_

BS: "Guess that was a solo song called Love Will Tear Us Apart. And this is Temptation."

Nothing happens.

BS: "And this is Temptation." The track starts.

BS: "Thank you very much. According to my list, that's it. Who wants this guitar? Spoilsport. [referring to the roadie who takes his guitar off him] It's been great playing New York again, hopefully we'll return...me a sign, and if you clap loud enough, we might come back in five minutes."

(encore)

BS: "I've got...whoa...yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. That means I'm optimistic like Michael Jackson, because he always does that and he's gonna fucking losing it. (sotto voce) Right, Atmosphere. Thank you very much."

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "Eh, Since it's been, eh, twenty-five years since, ehm, our original lead singer, Ian Curtis, died, we're gonna fu...we're gonna do two Joy Division songs to start our encore. This is 'She's Lost Control', one-two-three-four, two-three-two-four two-three...that's about right. How's Hooky on the bass?"

Hooky helps out during the chorus.

BS: "Thank you very much. It's been quite some time since we played that song [yeah, about 6 days before]. Thank you. I told you about my sore foot...aww [something] man, it's killing me. Ian...Ian might have died, but bloody hell, he didn't have to live with this."

PH: "You ready for all your box of Trix? Ha ha."

BS: "I don't get legendary status, do I, because I got a sore fucking foot."

Hooky laughs.

BS: "And getting laughed at."

_Atmosphere_

PH: "One, two, three, four."

BS: "Thank you. For some strange reason, my mic's distorting... out of phase, out there...but if it's OK, lets leave it."

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Hey, what the hell...this is Blue Monday, and we use a vocoder, so just pretend I'm a vocoder."

Lots of Kylie mixed in. Can't get it out of my head.

BS: "Thank you, New York. Good night, you've been a great audience!"

Hooky outros with the BM bassline along with the synth effects. Good stuff.

NO: 27 MAY 05 - Primavera Sound Festival - Barcelona Spain

Captured for immortality by none other than ATR.

BS: "Hello, Spain. Viva Espana. Que pasa. I'm sorry it's so long since we last played here. But Peter our bass player got a bad case of diarrhea and didn't wanna come back."

_Love___Vigilantes_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna start the set tonight with a song called Love Vigilantes."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you, cheers."

BS: "Okay, that was an old one. Don't know how old, but it was gold."

_Crystal_

BS: "Okay, erm...we're st...gonna play the first track of an album we've been told today that none of you like herein Spain...so fuck you! This is Crystal."

(at end)

BS: "Ya, thank you!"

Punter calls for SC.

Shouts

PH: "A few bum notes, so it must be you bastards in Blackburn putting me off. Why can't you keep in the mountain(?) end where you belong?"

[can't quite make out the latter part]

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is Regret."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you."

BS: "Gee, it's hot in Spain. It's even hotter than Manchester. Is there anyone there that knows how to tune a guitar up?"

_Hey___Now___What___You___Doing_

BS: "You don't care if my guitar's in tune, do you? If you don't, I don't. Anyway, here's..."

BS: "Okay, this is Hey Now, What You're Doing off our new album."

(at conclusion)

BS: "Thank you! Thank you."

BS: "Thank you. I know this is a cliche, but is everybody having a good time? [cheers] Well, good."

punter: "Some Joy Division!"

_Krafty_

BS: "Okay, we're going to play another track off our most recent album, I believe it's called 'Waiting For The Sirens' Call', alright, you kids are...[something] it's called Krafty."

BS: "Thank you, thank you."

Shouts near the taper of 'Nuorder'...the usual.

PH: "Alright. Gary, you out there? We're running out of clothes up here mate, you better send some quick. All right, this one's for you, who's ever getting married, good luck to you."

_Transmission_

BS: "Okay, this is Transmission by Joy Division which is really us."

BS: "Cheers, thanks a lot."

_Run___Wild_

BS: "Calm down, calm down. If you talk all at once, I can't understand what you're saying. Okay, what we're going to do right now, right here right now is chill things out a little bit with a song off the album you all hate, so I've been told by journalists in Spain, obviously wasting my breath. This is Run Wild, is it? Yes it is, yes it is."

After less than a minute, the rendition breaks down.

BS: "I'm sorry, my assistant guitarist fucked up. If you do that again, you're sacked!"

[punter asks Alex for water]

PH: "Tell him to fuck off, Phil. I got yer back mate. Fuck off!"

BS: "Can't get any, can't get any [quality] help these days. It's in.... it's in B flat."

They restart the song, and this time make it all the way through.

BS: "'Q. Well, if you don't like that, there's something wrong with you. Or alternatively, there's something wrong with me. Which, of course there is, if you're going to get philosophical about it, there's something wrong with all of us, isn't there? For example, my friend here Phil here has a very small penis, but he doesn't like people to know about it. And his mate over there, Chris, can't get an erection, and he really doesn't want...people to know about it, isn't that right, Chris? Surrections." [cymbal crash, courtesy of Steve]

_Jetstream_

BS: "All right, we'll get on with it, enough of my chit-chat! This is Jetstream off the new album."

PH: "Yeah."

BS: "Thank you, Jerry could you put a little bit extra on his guitar, please. Thank you, we're gonna play another track off our new album, obviously we want you to go out and buy it. You obviously all bought it, so don't buy it again."

[punter: Alright, is that taping?]

BS: "If you do, if you go into a small disc...and attempt to mention my name at the record shop..."

BS: "Would you just go over..." [probably talking

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "This is again off our new album, another one, another one. This is 'Waiting For The Sirens' Call', the title track."

BS: "Thank you."

A bit of a long pause between tracks.

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "That's another good song, if I do say so myself. Okay, we've bored the ass of you with new songs and old songs. But now we're going to start playing everybody's favorites because we are whores. And let's face it, it's been a long time since we've played in Barcelona. [person near the taper shouts something out]. So as an audience, I think you deserve it. And we're gonna start with Bizarre Love Triangle."

Nice ending, until somebody drops their bass.

BS: "Thank you, excuse the set where we all get our breath...we're getting on a bit, you know."

_True___Faith_

BS: "Okay, this is True Faith."

The backing vocals (Dawn Zee?) are really loud in the mix.

PH: (during bridge) "Here we go! Here we go! Oh, oh, oh, owww..."

BS: "Muchas gracias."

some keyboards.

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

PH: "Does you good sometimes to fucking jet, you know what I mean? You don't want to make a cunt of yourself there. Sorry darling. Swore there. Sorry, baby. My daughter's there. She doesn't know to swear. This is for all of you."

Usual, "C'mon Steve" from Hooky.

BS: "I'm not sure it was there, Hooky."

PH: "Anyway, I want to dedicate this one to Iggy Pop, because I fucking love him."

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay, I told you we were going to give you some classics. You've heard every classic in the book tonight. Well, here's another one. It's called Temptation."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you, you've been a fantastic audience. It's really great to play in Spain again, thank you good night!"

A couple of syndrum hits.

_Blue___Monday_

A quite rare version without an introduction from Bernard!

Has the Kylie samples, of course.

BS: "Cheers, thank you very much, Barcelona. Y viva Espana."

NO: 28 MAY 05 - Parque Tejo (Super Bock, Super Rock) - Lisbon, Portugal

Taped by a "Stutter" using SBC M570 mics into a Nomad Jukebox 3, just in front of the soundboard and posted to DIME>

Taper Comments:
This was one of my first successful tapings outdoors... Initialy, I was not very confident on the abilities of my MIC outdoors (not really made for recording live gigs despite its good performance indoors) since the weather was extremely windy (as you may hear at some points of the recording), and also because the main sponsor of the festival was a beer brand (Cheap beer = Lots of screamers) but, most importantly, the awful acoustic the venue had. I can nearly say that this recording sounds better than the live concert was itself! You can hear some people around me talking throught the recording, but nothing out of this world. There are some volume oscilations here and there, and the overall volume is not very loud "per se", I like it just as it is but, if you don't like it, maybe you should consider raising a few dB with Cool Edit or any other program, feel free to do so. As for the band, they really seemed to enjoy this concert more than anything else! It was their first time in Portugal and the audience was really excited about hearing NO live for the very first time live! They had some real competition that day with bands like The Hives or Moby, but I think most of the people present in that festival day was there for New Order. Bernard screwed up Krafty by shouting the words which made Peter furious, starting a small fight on stage (you cannot hear it though). The band delivered us a nice setlist in an exceptional mood, and promised to return soon to Portugal. I was thrilled for watching one of my favorite bands in such a great performance! As for the recording itself, I think it's pretty good, considering all the adversities I had to record this (weather/screamers/mics), I was pleasantly surprised with the overall quality of the recording. I'll give it a B!

Transcription

Some audience chatter (in Portugese) at start. Morris drops in a drum fill.

_Love___Vigilantes_

BS: "Hello, Portugal. [house keyboard plonking] Long day for Christopher Columbus. We're New Order. On my left, I've got Peter Hook, otherwise known as Hooky. "

PH: "One two. Hello, everybody."

BS: "On my right, I've got filthy Phil, Phil Cunningham, Phil Cunningham." [guitar riff]

BS: "Right behind me, I've got Stephen Paul David Morris. [cymbal crash]. Or as we call him, Boris Morris. [another cymbal crash]"

BS: "Okay, This is Love Vigilantes. A bit brighter on the voice, Jerry."

You can hear the sound of Velcro getting pulled at the end. This is endemic to HD-based recorders, since they are often held in protective cases with Velcro lateches.

BS: "Thank you. Jerry, can you hockey[?] once in a while, can you move this microphone?"

_Crystal_

BS: "Is everyone having a good festival? Well, all right, we'll soon put a stop to all than then. We're gonna play a song off our, er, last album, called Get Ready...and...just a minute, just a minute. This is called Crystal."

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

Some strumming here.

BS: "Anyone got any good micstands, you'd think at a festival like this, they don't get wobble like this. Just give us a second while we tune up, please. Or don't you care? Go home without detention. Call his name."

I don't get what Bernard is on about with the "detention" comment, unless he just excused the audience.

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, I think we can safely say we're in tune now, so this is Regret."

Near the end, somebody with what sounds like an Irish brogue says "There ya go...". There's some chattering afterwards, would be good to get a translation.

BS: "Jerry, you're keeping in side fills, you're blasting 'im man.

_Hey___Now___What___You___Doing_

BS: "Okay, that was an old but a goldie, we're gonna play a newie that's very bluey...it's called, eh, "Road To Ruin".

Interesting in that Bernard uses the working title.

A silence between songs, at least before

_Krafty_

BS: "Alright, this is Krafty."

I almost jumped out of my seat when I first heard the following.

Bernard sings, "We've got violence, wars, and killing two", starts in on the next line, and then all OF A SUDDEN *screams* "SHRUNK DOWN IN A TWO FOOT TUBE. He then screws up, skips a verse on the autocue and sings "I've heard the world is a beautiful place, and then shouts out "WITH VIOLENCE WARS AND THE HUMAN RACE."

OH THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO BE, AND THIS IS WHAT WHAT I WANT TO DO. The chorus is also screamed as well...for this verse and the next.

All this confirms that there's prerecorded harmony/backing vocals.

The taper records that Bernard's antics infuriated Hooky, and there was a small fight on stage.

_Transmission_

BS: "Okay, this is Transmission."

A few stereo shifts as the taper moves around.

A couple of quick edits at this point.

_Run___Wild_

BS: "Okay, this is Run Wild."

False start after the intro bit.

BS: "All right, we'll try...Phil, we'll try that again." [Bernard mutters something about how it might have been his fault].

Somebody mistakenly identifies this as 'Slow Jam'.

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "Okay, she's lost control." While he says this, Phil plays a keyboard riff that wouldn't be out of place in a Madonna song. There's the sound of somebody unwrapping something during the bass intro.

BS: "Thank you!"

BS: "Okay, take you out of Joy Division now. No. Oh, we have a winner here, don't we? Parlez vous Ingles? Nah? Parlez vous Mancunian? Manchester United? [audience yells affirmatively] Oh yeah, you understand that, don't you? Because we whipped your fucking ass."

Play nice, Barney.

_Waititng___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "Okay this is, er, the title track of our next, our new...new album, which is called Waiting For The Sirens Call, also the album is called Waiting For The Sirens Call, please go out and buy it, that is why we're here tonight. This is called 'promotion'."

BS: "Thank you."

PH: "Just turn the bass and snare down a bit, Jerry, we need that down." [not sure on wording on last part, it's mumbled]

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, from guitar-orientated rock to twat-orientated dance music. This is Bizarre Love Triangle. Turn the fucking lights off."

Interesting ending with the keyboard bits.

BS: "Jerry, I'm on the monitors now. Jerry, I'm on the wedges, the pack has fallen apart. Whoa, life in the real world suddenly. Hope you're enjoying it."

Phil plays tentative house piano.

BS: "Right. Hello, everyone. I've lost my earphones, and suddenly I'm in a festival with 30,000 Portugese people. All of 'em Manchester United fans. Oh sorry, I'm wrong, there's one person that's booing here in the front. He's obviously a Liverpool fan."

_True___Faith_

BS: "Okay, this is True Faith."

What sound like people around the taper have a conversation throughout the introduction.

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

More synth chords...

PH: "This one's for you, uh, with the t-shirt, because you've been waving at me. Do you know what it is? Get ready, Bernard."

Guitar stuffming.

PH: "You OK? For you, yeah you!"

Bernard loudly yells "C'mon" during the chorus.

BS: "Cheers, thank you! That should be the end of our set, obviously. But we're in Portugal, we're gonna chip in one more for free."

_Temptation_

BS: "Oi! Okay, this is Temptation."

More yelling from Bernard (the "last time" line).

BS: "Thank you! We've warmed you up for the end, and we've warmed up ourselves in the process. Thank you, goodnight!"

There's about two minutes on this recording between the main set and the inevitable encore.

PH?: "Hey hey"

_Atmosphere_

Phil plays the Atmosphere chimes as a bit of a teaser.

BS: "You won us over. We never normally play encores, but we'll make an exception tonight (he stumbles over the word 'tonight'). Erm, since it's been 25 years, erm, since the death of Ian Curtis, we're playing a few Joy Division songs tonight. So this is the last of those and it's called Atmosphere."

The usual sorts of whistles (both from the audience and Bernard)...

BS: "Thank you. God bless you, Ian. You should be fucking here now, man."

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Okay, we know you're all disco bunnies at heart. And there's one song that we've not played yet. It's our *favorite* song to play, and I never get tired of playing it. [machine beats start up] It's called FUCKING Blue Monday."

Another synthy ending, like BLT.

BS: "Cheers! Thank you! The drinks are on me. You've been a great audience. See you again soon, hopefully. Bye bye!"

Ends with the house PA going on playing an old show tune, of all things.

NO: 10 JUN 05 Southside Festival - Germany

From really clear audience DAT recording, so clear it captures the hum coming from NO's amps, which apparently was a problem with the sound of the venue

Annoying German announcer at start doing a call-and-response tease with the band name. The video footage shows that he's a blonde guy, figures.

Full recording of new intro tape (Ennio Morricone's "For A Few Dollars More"), often mistaken (by yours truly as well!) as being "The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly"). This would appear hereafter throughout the remaining 2005-6 dates.

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Hello. Mein Damen und Herren. Wir sind New Order. And eh... Das is Your Silent Face."

Bernard is inexplicibly wearing a shirt reading "Muhammad Ali" on the back. A few errors with the melodica playing.

_Crystal_

BS: "Well, thank you. I fear we're just about to pull that one off, just about. [guitar] Okay, is everyone having a good festival so far? Ya von, mein herr. Okay, we're gonna, eh play a song off our last album, not our more recent one, the last album was called Get Ready, and this is Crystal."

PH: "Andy, would you turn this fucking light off here or what? Thank you."

Poor Andy Liddle.

Even more inexplicibly, Hooky is wearing a shirt reading "RUN-DMC".

Between verses, we get one of the piercing whistles Bernard is (in)famous for. Internal edit in webcast.

BS: "Thank you! Cheers, thanks a lot. Jerry, the guitar's come down a litle bit too much. Topline synths are a bit too loud, the piano... [some noodling] Damien, I need the 330, please."

He goes sidestage to swap guitars.

_Regret_

Bernard comes back to the mic with his Gibson 330.

BS: "Okay, this is Regret."

(after)

BS: "Yoooo! Damien, I'm going to stay with this guitar. Jerry, can you turn down the dB's a little bit off the track."

BS: "Is everybody staying here tomorrow? You're not going to be here tomorrow? Well, it's going to rain. Sorry."

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "I'm ready, is everyone else ready? And We're ready. This is Waiting For The Siren's Call."

BS: "Cheers. Glad you liked that, we put quite a bit of work into it."

_Jetstream_

BS: "Okay, eh, we're gonna play Jetstream next."

BS: "Thank you!"

_Love___Vigilantes_

Melodica teaser.

BS: "This is Love Vigilantes"

(in strained rockist voice...)

BS: "Aww right, this is Love Vigilantes!"

(at end)

BS: "A classic(?) if I ever heard one. That was about the Vietnam War. And my part in it."

_Transmission_

BS: "Thank you. That was Transmission by Joy Division. Whoo! Which of course, was us."

BS: "Just chill out for a minute while we have a drink, right? It's cold, isn't it? Even for us from England, this is cold. My heart bleeds for you all in your tents tonight, must be fucking freezing in those tents. But bet there's a few nice birds out there, isn't there."

PH: "Doing loads of shagging then."

BS: "That's why I'm in Europe."

_Run___Wild_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna play a very sensitive song off of, erm, Get Ready. It's called Run Wild."

Which they play.

BS: "And if that doesn't touch your soul, you ain't got one."

Some audience member yells out "Geeve it to meee!". (DAT version)

_Hey___Now___What___You___Doing_

BS: "Okay, this is "Road To Ruin".

Another one yells out "New Order rocks."

_Krafty_

BS: "Okay, well, another...another new song! We're playing all the new songs for you, right, tonight. We're playing the whole new album. Here's Krafty."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, we've bored the ass off of you with the new ones, now we're gonna play some hoary chestnuts that we know you fucking love because you like them. Thank you very much Damien for your lev... [can't make out last word]."

BS: "Eh, right, this is...is Bizarre Love Triangle."

A new bit where Bernard repeats "Every time" a few times.

BS: "Wow, thank you. Woo! Thought you'd like that one. So fucking predictable. Even more predictable than we are."

_True___Faith_

BS: "If you liked that one, you'll like this one. It's called True Fucking Faith."

Another internal edit in webcam version.

BS: "Thank you."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

Puntess cries out for "Blue Monday".

PH: "I want to dedicate this one to Sku Req(?), cuz I knew him when he was nothing, and he's still fucking nothing."

Somebody says "Arsehor" in reaction.

BS: "This is Love Will Tear Us Apart."

Big ending on this one, with quite a bit of noodling.

More shouting for Blue Monday. They really love their Blauer Montag in Deutschland.

BS: "Thank you. I can't understand what you're saying if you all talk at the same time.

_Temptation_

BS: "This is Temptation."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you, good night. Cheers, thanks a lot."

Encore break of about a minute and a half follows.

The following quip can be heard:

"We don't want a blue Saturday, we want a Blue Monday."

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "It's Blue Monday"

PH: "This one's for you Alex. Your faith inspires me every day."

Hooky could also be saying "face" or "fame", hard to tell. I bet it's "face".

Not the Kylie version, but there's a nice little keyboard riff before the Kraftwerk choral sample.

BS: "Cheers, thanks a lot, bye bye."

_Soundcheck_

The Southside broadcast has a bit of the soundcheck where you can hear New Order soundchecking "Warsaw". This is followed by somebody going "hey, hey two two...wasn't like that at fuckin' Glastonbury"...and "the whole thing is..." "fucking, the whole stage is fuckin' [?]... Phil's is particularly nasty..." "everything, the buzz is coming off of everything, Wes..." and similar desultory comments regarding the sound.

NO: 12 JUN 05 Hurricane Festival - Hamburg, Germany

Writeup courtesy of the only known native HD capture of a New Order perofrmance. (1080i H.264). Contains only five songs (Crystal, Krafty, True Faith, LWTUA, and Blue Monday).

_Crystal_

BS: "Okay, we're going to start the set tonight with a track off er... Get Ready, called Crystal."

(at end)

BS: "Yeah!"

_Krafty_

BS: "This is Krafty...Andy..." (faded out in broadcast)

[perhaps referring to Liddle...but it's outdoors?]

_True___Faith_

BS: "True Faith...and we want you all to sing on the chorus. I know it's real corny, but fuck it, let's...let's be corny for once."

BS: "'k you!"

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

Bernard completely messes up the first line, singing "Routine bites hard, resentment runs low" instead of "ambitions are low"...which of course causes him to mess up the second line as he's thrown himself off track.

He "2-3-4's" after the first chorus.

Hooky stands on the drum pedestal during the bridge.

The 'Cmon' count = 4.

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Okay, this is Blauer Montag."

Features deliciously horrid dancing at the start, as well as Kylie bits during the intro.

Bernard giggles through singing the "ship in the harbor" line, maybe in reaction to Phil doing a little jig, but more likely, somebody throwing a beach ball up on stage. While the ending credits roll, Hooky can be seeing heading said ball and then kicking it back to the audience.

NO: 24 JUN 05 Hyde Park - London

Old Blue reports:

"I think [Alan Wise] has been taking note of your DAD seeds, the intro went something along the lines of "Some people like skiffle, some like blues, some like surf rock but here's a band that covers it all, New Order"

And here's what he said.

AW: "Hey, it's quite jolly out there, innit? Now, some people like skiffle music, some like folk, some like jazz, and some like us like R&B. The trick is to get somebody that plays everything, isn't it. We think we've found that for you because we got a band here that likes to please and play everything for you. Welcome, if you will, the Orders!"

BS: "Oh...if you(?) can turn up the [can't make out]"

A pity this didn't make the XFM recording.

Gig writeup taken from various sources, mostly from the XFM recording.

BS: "Hope we can do, eh, justice to your enthusiasm. I don't believe in sponsorship, but I'd like to thank the Clear Channel and O2 for making this all possible. (some folks boo at the mention of the sponsors) Whoa! And Adidas of course."

Morris follows with a "punchline" cymbal crash at the mention of Adidas. Bernard was decked out in Adidas through much of the '05 dates, you see.

_Crystal_

BS: "Okay we're gonna start the proceedings tonight with a little song called Crystal."

Dawn Zee does live backing vocals here.

BS: "Whoa, thank you, thank you, cheers. Whoo. And sorry about the rain, we must have brought it down from Manchester with us."

Chants of "New Order, New Order" throughout.

PH: "Just want to say happy birthday to Lauren, darling, happy 14th birthday. Many of them, love."

_Regret_ follows. Unusually for this tour, it's not introduced!

BS: "Thank you. [replying to the incessant chanting] C'mon, you got to think of a better tune than that. Even we can."

_Love___Vigilantes_

BS: "Okay, this is, eh, Krafty. No it's not, no it's not, no it's not, hang on! I got it wrong, hang on. This is Love Vigilantes."

Bernard flubs a note on the melodica intro.

(at end)

BS: "Yeah! Whoop. Roger, no one's panicking...what's...what's happening mate? All right, don't worry, don't worry, let's stay cool, let's stay cool."

It appears that the autocue has stopped working, guaranteeing that we don't have the same old renditions!

Bernard then addresses the chanting head-on...well, for him at least.

BS: "If you all speak at the same time, we can't understand what you're saying. So this guy in the orange shirt, what are you saying, man? Meanwhile, I know we...we...we are New Order. We know, I know, we're stupid Mancunians, but fuck me, I know the name of our group!"

_Krafty_

BS: "Okay, this is Krafty."

No guitar for Bernard for this one during the first part of song, but a roadie hands him his 335 for the part near the end.

_True___Faith_

BS: "Yeah! Okay, uh, Damien, have you got an SG there? Have you got an SG? No? Okay, guys, do you mind if we do...listen, Hooky...let's do True Faith cuz my SG's not ready, I can't play it...True Faith, True Faith."

Fans cheer when Bernard mentions the song title.

Dawn Zee sings backing vocals here.

BBC4 has no qualms about airing the "taking drugs with me" line.

BS: "Thank you. Cheers!"

Yet more chanting.

_Transmission_

BS: "Okay, how we doin' Rog, any...any good news for me? Okay, we're gonna play Transmission now, a Joy Division song."

Never heard wah-wah guitar used in this song before, and if I never hear it again, it'd be too soon.

BS: "Cheers, thank you!"

_Run___Wild_

Bernard is holding a plastic cup with wine in it.

BS: "Okay, I know it's a cliche, but is everyone having a good time? That's our aim in life, it has been for the past twenty-odd years, or what's been life, is to have a good time and fuck everything else, and we've achieved it, so hopefully we can share a little bit of that with you by playing a really down and miserable song."

Now we see the effects of the missing autocue.

lyrics: "Far and wide, sweet and sinful, Jehovah knows I've been sinful. But all the time, I think of you, I can not lie ... tell me what to do. High and low, like a cruel game. Satan knows that we all are the same...but if Jesus Christ to take your hand, I won't let go, I won't let go...

Far and wide, sweet and sinful, all the things that I'd been thinking, Lying alone, for Jesus sake, I can't believe, I took your fate. You're the kind of person that I always wanted to be with. When you're really cool, and you always say the right things to me. Now I'll tell you something, well my heart beats for you deep inside. You'll never be a burden, and my love for you will never die.

If Jesus comes to take your hand, I won't let go, I won't go (x2) Whoo!

Yeaaah! Whoo!

Good times around the corner, good times around the corner Good times around the corner, I swear it's getting warmer Good times around the corner, good times around the corner Good times around the corner, I'm gonna live to get high. I'm gonna live till I die."

BS: "'k you! Notice that it's "Q" and not "Thank You". It's Q, cuz I've got hay fever. Anyone got hay fever in the audience?" Come backstage after and I'll give you a snort of something that'll sort you out. Aller-eaze, it's called."

_Jetstream_

Well, my personal preference is Claritin...eh, Neil Claritin, very good. Okay, this is Jetstream."

Think it's Dawn Zee still doing backing vocals, no Ana here.

BS: "Thank you!"

Shouts for "New Order" get really loud at this point.

Morris taps the syndrums a bit.

BS: "Okay, we just gotta tune up for a second. Just to prove it's not all on tape, you know."

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "Okay, this is Waiting For The Sirens' Call. Oh, and it's raining again. And we like it God, we're from Manchester, please rain a little bit more, we love it."

An XFM promo appears at this point, after the track.

PH: "Hooky's sleepy out there, innit? [coughs and sighs] Always lost for words on occasions like this. There's only two that spring to mind."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, this is Bizarre Love Triangle."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you. [clears throat] Has anybody got a spare set of lungs out there...that you don't want."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "Okay, this is a word-free Love Will Tear Us Apart, never tried it before." (probably a reference to the missing autocue)

PH: "This is best set of fucking da...mosh pit dancing I've ever seen in my fucking life. You all must be over 40, you bunch of fucking daft bastards. You're making me feel guilty, fucking hell!"

And of course, this sounds absolutely massive.

Hooky yells out "Ready, Steve!" between verses.

Another XFM station promo.

_Temptation_

BS: "That was first ever indie air...indie record. And if there's any wank-faced journalists in the audience, fuck you. Unless you like us. And the next song we're gonna play is the second ever indie record, which is called Temptation."

The audience "oh ohh's along to the melody, very impressive to hear this.

Another XFM promo, this time during the song, right after the "eyes" bit.

BS: "Thank you, good night, you've been a fantastic audience. A few technical problems here on stage so I hope you bear with us. Thank you very much, good night!"

Yet another XFM bit.

PH: "Good night everybody, good bye."

Encore break of a couple of minutes or so.

PH: "Gives you wings!" (He must be holding a can of Red Bull)

BS: "Hello again. We've have got a few technical problems, so you'll have to bear with us. Quite severe ones. So, please feel sorry for us."

_Atmosphere_

PH: "Ready, Phil. I'd like to dedicate this to everybody who can't be with us tonight."

Bernard mumbles the line after "Life rebuilding", meaning the autocue's still out. Actually, he's not done too badly without it.

The singer lets out a blood-curdling scream near the end.

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "Hooky, are you anywhere to be found? Hooky, where are you? Oh, Phil wants to do She's Lost Control. Yup, man, yup...allright, this is... I don't want to give the game away, but this is She's Lost Control."

Another XFM promo during the intro of the song.

Lots of Phil keyboards in this one.

_Blue___Monday_

And one more XFM promo bit.

BS: "Guess which song this is. Blue fucking Monday, yo! But we love it."

Bernard starts to change things a bit with the phrasing.

BS: "Thank you. Hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have. Let's hear if Hyde Park can compete(?) from London. Thank you very much, good night.

announcer: "New Order, live on XFM. At the O2 wireless festival, Hyde Park. Day one over. What a day we had. Brilliant, some great bands. Moby, the Bravery, Graham Coxon, Psychedelic Furs, Dresden Dolls. On the XFM stage we had Boy Kill Boy performance, Rilo Kiley, Vicious Spoons, the Dears, Hard-Fi. You'll be able to hear all that over the next coming days. That, I promise you."

There's more in the way of announcer chatter, with the most notable thing mentioned was that he didn't think there was quite enough swearing!

NO: 25 JUN 05 Glastonbury Festival

Writeup from BBC3 broadcast.

BS: "I was Turtle's dad. One two one two one two one two. Jerry, my pack's not working. My pack ain't working."

Hooky plays his bass during the last-minute soundchecking.

PH: "I know there's quite a few of you, isn't there? [chuckles]. Well done, a great day, a great day."

_Crystal_

BS: "One two one two, that worked, yeah. Right, now we got rid of our technical gremlins, we're gonna start the set tonight with Crystal."

Dawn Zee is along for backing vocals.

_Regret_

The BBC3 broadcast is missing most of this song.

BS: "Yo, thank you very much."

PH: "That was shaky that, a bit shaky that."

_Love___Vigilantes_

BS: "Okay, this is a song called Love Vigilantes."

Bernard's playing a modern black-and-white melodica, rather than the classic Hohner green-and-white 25 keyer.

BS: "Thank you. Cheers, thanks a lot. Woo."

Chants of "New Order" at this point.

_Krafty_

BS: "All right, straight into Krafty."

BS: "'k you. Cheers, thanks a lot."

More chanting of the group's name.

BS: "Would you stop and give us a few seconds while we tune up, cuz we're dead professional these days."

PH: "Would be a lot better with a bit of mud on, don't we?"

_Transmission_

BS: "There we go, sound a lot better now. Erm, we're gonna hop back 25 years now to a track that we wrote in our previous group Joy Division and erm, we like to do this in memory of our dear friend Ian Curtis who died 25 years ago. Thinking(?) of John Peel and Rob Gretton."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you. Whoo! I'm all out of breath, has anyone got any? You know what it's like when you get to our age, Hooky."

PH: "You should have seen him rooting about at 3:00 this morning."

BS: "Okay, this is True Faith. Fellas, you want to groove(?) that way. If you don't, you can fuck off."

_True___Faith_

Both Hooky and Dawn Zee perform backing vocals, at one point they share a mic and he puts his arm around her while they sing together.

BS: "'k you! I really enjoying it, we're having a fucking great time up here. I shouldn't swear because this is on television.

_Run___Wild_

(only have this on the .mkv version)

BS: "Hey, we're gonna chill things out a little bit now with a track off of our album called Get Ready...and...this is called Run Wild."

_Jetstream_ (with Ana Matronic)

BS: "Er, for this one, I'd like to introduce our special guest, from the Scissor Sisters, Ana Matronic. She's dressed ... a bit here. She's making me look ... right?"

Ana comes out in a full-length satin pink robe.

AM: "It's the only place in the entire festival that I can wear heels. How's everybody doing? I hope you're as pleased to be here as I am!"

BS: "Okay, this is Jetstream."

They hug at the end of the song.

AM: "Let's hear it for New Order!"

BS: "Thank you, Ana. She's a star."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "Well, guess what we're gonna play now. This is Love Will Tear Us Apart." `
PH: "1-2-3-4!"

Never noticed this before, but Hooky has a capo on the second fret of his Eccleshall, at least for this song.

_Temptation_

(only have this on the .mkv version)

BS: "All right, this is Temptation."

Hooky starts wandering around the pit era, at one point even looking through one of the video cameras positioned there.

_World___In___Motion_

BS: "I'm not quite sure what's going on. But at this point in the proceedings I'm supposed to, erm, invite our friend Keith Allen on stage to perform World In Motion with us."

Keith Allen comes in riding on a horse, or rather, on two people stuffed into a horse costume.

BS: (giggling) "You didn't mention the horse."

KA: "Well, thank you very much."
(his mic wasn't working, so this was only caught by the ambient mics)

BS: "Thank you.

KA: "Ladies and gentlemen, New Order, coolest band in the world."

BS: "Well, we were the coolest band in the world till you did that."

KA: "Nah, shut up. The only band in the world that could get Ian Brown and Bobby Gillepsie in there." ['there' being the "horse"]

KA: (still having mic problems) One-two-three, one-two-three, one two."

BS: "Okay. Is there any football fans in the audience? No? Okay, this is World In Motion..." [song starts, obscuring the last part of Bernard's spoken intro]

Near the end, Hooky yells out, "All together now!"

KA: "Thank you."

BS: "Thank you, Keith."

They hug.

PH: "I don't whether our career's beginning or whether it's all over."

BS: "Thank you Bobby, Ian Brown [Phil kicks the "horse"]. And thank you, er, cuz that's it. That's all we've got time for. Cheers, thanks a lot, you've been a great audience."

NO: 30 JUN 05 Rock Werchter Festival - Belgium

A few tracks were broadcast on Belgian radio.

These include Crystal, Love Vigilantes, Krafty, Transmission, Love Will Tear Us Apart, and Blue Monday. All the good stuff said between tracks has been excised, of course.

There's also a shaky (but watchable) video of the last 37m of the gig, with audio recorded in mono, but pretty clear nonetheless.

_Crystal_

The broadcast version is missing the first part of the song.

BS: "Woo! Thank you. Thanks a lot."

_Love___Vigilantes_

BS: "Woo! 'ank You."

_Krafty_

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

_Transmission_

PH: "This one's for you, boys."

BS: "This is Transmisison."

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

Only the last 2:30 appears on the video version. Due to traffic a lot of concert-goers arrived to this one late.

BS: "Thanks a lot. Thank you."

PH: "I can see you there. [cackles] It's you, yes!"

BS: "Let's hear it for the wrong Vikings in the front. All right lads. [in hoarse shouty voice] Manchester United...will never be divided." Don't know about you lot but I'm fucking knackered whenever I attend these festivals, this is about the bloody tenth one I've done and I tell you, I always give 100% of what I've got but that's not much."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "This is Bizarre Love Triangle, it's about...a consensual relationship between Phil, Steve, and Hooky and it really freaked me out so I wrote a song about it. You got to admit, it's a pretty gruesome prospect, haven't you? That bloody beard, oh dear!"

The videotaper spends the first part of the song walking closer to the proceedings.

BS: "Merci Beaucoup. Bit hot up here."

I've been though so many festivals, I've run out of funny things to say, I've resorted to 'It's a bit hot up here'. Not exactly the [connection you want?] is it? You probably don't understand a word I'm saying, since I'm talking really fast, I'm talking in a really strong Mancunian accent. You can't understand...a fucking word I'm saying, can you? Is that yes? Oh dear, I apologize then, in advance."

_True___Faith_

BS: "All right, for the next song, I need a guitar please...Jason, Jason, Jason. [you can then see Jason rush out to hand it to him]. Okay, this is True Faith."

BS: "Thank you. And we got the end right as well, that's...that's very uncommon. They all got a bit of a youth conponent(?)"

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "Okay, you got to take this song very seriously, because this is a song by Joy Division. Of course, they were a very serious band, that group. Unlike(?) New Order."

Hooky points at someone in the audience, and proceeds to tear this person a new one.

PH: "I bet if got...If I got a [p...unintelligable], come and sit next to me, you cunt, because you're a fucking dickhead."

BS: "This is Love Will Tear Us Apart."

Hooky yells out something which I can't make out during the last part of the song. Guitar outro coda.

(at end)

BS: "Thank you, cheers."

BS: "Thanks for singing it out loud as well. We appreciate it as much as you appreciate it."

_Temptation_

Hooky starts humming to fill in the silence.

BS: "This is Temptation."

Very good rendition.

BS: "Thank you very much. It's not even our best song, but it's a good one. It is our best song, actually. And that (some) may say that it's our most famous one, Damien."

_Blue___Monday_

We're going to play for you now our most famous song. Or as I just said, it's not our best song, it's our most famous song, but that's the way the world turns, innit. It's that the most popular songs aren't necessarily your best song. This is Blue Monday."

It has the high pitched keyboard effects pretty much throughout. Female announcer can be heard at about 5:45 on the broadcast version. Excellent Phil guitar in this, too.

For Blue Monday, instead of the screen, the videotaper films the stage, at least for a part of the song.

BS: "Thanks a lot, you've been a really great audience, and we've been a very great group. Cheers, thanks a lot Belgium, see you again in 20 years. Well, maybe not that long actually. Thank you, good night!"

NO: 02 JUL 05 - Traffic Festival - Torino (Turin) Italy

Source are MP3's made available by NOOL, taken from an audience recording (in mono), as well as a DVB broadcast.

_Crystal_

(not broadcast)

BS: "I don't need a transmitter because I'm half from the international language of love. And I speak the language of music, and music needs no translation, and this is Crystal."

Some distortion is evident on this track.

BS: "Yeah, thank you! Cheers, thanks a lot, Turin. Thanks for cheering, Turin. You know, there's a very famous person from Manchester who is called Alan Turing. I'm sure Tony knows all about that. Oh dear."

Fans shout out for stuff, the taper apparently drops what sounds like his change on the mic, while something like the drumbeat for 'In A Lonely Place' makes an appearance.

BS: "Has a good groove, don't it? I'd like to play that at my funeral, actually."

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is Regret."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you, thank you."

_Love___Vigilantes_

(not broadcast)

BS: "Okay, right, well, the next song, next... [rest is muttered] ...Hooky... Okay, this is Love Vigilantes."

At the end comes one of the strangest Bernard pronouncements heard in quite a while.

BS: "Thank you, cheers."

PH: "What do you mean, cheers?"

BS: "You know, we took the ending of that song from an horrible Stevie Wonder song, which one was it, "I Just Called To Say I Love You". You check the ending of that song off, it's horrible. It's so horrible, we copied it. You don't know what I'm saying, do you, because you're Italian."

I daresay he's correct, only the Brits in the audience likely understand what he's rambling about.

BS: "Manchester United...will never be defeated."

That *does* get a reaction out of the crowd, not a pleasant one, of course.

_Krafty_

BS: "Anyway, whereever we're from, we're all here to have a good time. It's a beautiful evening here in Turin. And we're gonna play a good-time song for you now, it's called Krafty, which was one of our singles."

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thank you!"

BS: "I've got to tune up for a minute, very professional these days. It's perfectly tuned, Dave, why, you don't even need to touch it.... When I said 'professional' I was referring to our road crew, not us, of course. We're still punks, aren't we? [cymbal crash] with a small P."

(only the first sentence in included in the broadcast)

_Transmission_

BS: "This is a Joy Division song, it's called Transmission."

BS: "Thank you. Thank you very much."

Italian punter screams something in between these tracks.

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Okay, that was a Joy Division song. We're gonna play another Joy Division song, and it's called Atmosphere."

_Everythings___Gone___Green_

BS: "Cheers, thank you. Nlw you have to bear with us, erm, with this next song, because I think we've not played it for erm, many, many years. We've not, I've not really got a fucking clue on how to play it really, played it once in the soundcheck today, so if it sounds shite, it's punk, right? This is Everything's Gone Green. It's got really miserable fucking lyrics."

BS: "Thank you!"

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "Okay, the next track we're going to play, is we're going to bring you up to date a little bit, is "Waiting For The Siren's Call".

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thank you. Jerry, can you turn my guitar down a little bit now please."

BS: "Okay, we've just got to change out the guitars, won't be a second. 330, Damien."

"Haus" Keyboard plonking.

_True___Faith_

BS: "Okay, erm...ooh, we're gonna play a dance tune now called True Faith. It's this red light Andy, I can see it, you know, I'm not daft."

Poor Andy.

Quite a bit of distortion on this track.

Cheers, thank you."

Edit at end suggests this was sourced from audio tape!

A/B split at this point. This misses out on some spacey keyboards and Bernard hocking up a lung that's present on the FM version.

BS: "I'm coughing better today, I'm coughing better today. Okay, this is _Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

Intro is truncated slightly.

BS: (sounding a bit out of breath) "Cheers, thanks a lot."

PH: "All right, Phil. You know that I can't see you over there, it's pretty dark."

BS: "Tell you what, I don't know how hot it is down there, but it's pretty hot up here, with those lights. Staying over here isn't very funny, I didn't say it in the first place....but you're not really charming, that's why. "

Bernard may have been responding to Hooky's jibe due to the lights being dimmed, not sure.

During the middle of this a female punter swears and calls for something in her native tongue.

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna play another Joy Division tune, because it's 25 years since Ian Curtis died, our good old friend Ian. Having to play Love Will Tear Us Apart now. You started talking..."

Some muttering, and then the songs starts.

BS: "Thank you, cheers."

Ends in a bit of bass feedback."

_Temptation_

(not broadcast)

BS: "There's still more, there's still more."

BS: "Guys, here's another one. Right, ok, now I can tell you off. This is Temptation."

BS: "Cheers, thanks a lot, you've been a great audience. It's been an honor playing Turin for you, got a lot in common with Manchester. Don't know what but fin... we have(?)..."

Encore break at this point.

_Your___Silent___Face_

(not broadcast)

Tape break at this point.

BS: "We never ever ever do encores, but tonight we'll make an exception."

Uh huh.

BS: "Is everyone having a good festvial? What you doing after the show, because we don't...we'd like for all of you to come back to our hotel and party with us. We're staying at Hotel Bastardos. Anyway, enough of my yacking, this is called Your Silent Face."

I guess there was no vacancies at the Hotel Tuat.

BS: "Thank you. I'm sorry about the chord at the end from our Phil Cunningham. [Phil plays something offkey] What chord was that, Phil, play it again..."

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "Thank you, thank you. And we dunno...we're gonna play She's Lost Control by Joy Division."

BS: "Cheers, thank you! Cheerful that one, innit?"

Rough edit between SLC and _Blue___Monday_. The broadcast has a male announcer talking...of course, over Bernard's pronouncement.

Phil throws in the keyboard line to Trans-Europe Express at the start.

Very much a "kitchen-sink" version. Bravo.

A couple minutes after the end with punters cheering for the group to come back on.

NO: 9 JUL 05 T In The Park - Balado, Scotland

Incomplete broadcast from BBC3. Features brief interview with Hooky and Stephen, interesting bits being that Hooky cops to the '86 Playhouse gig as being crap, and that the bassist Interpol was stalking him, wanting to stroke his equipment, hopefully meaning his musical instrument!

_Regret_

BS: "We're gonna start with Regret."

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thank you. All, right I'm ready for bed now."

Viking soundtrack of "NUUUH ODDDAH", of course...

_Krafty_

BS: "Okay, this is our recent #5 hit single. It's Krafty."

It appears that underneath his green blazer, Bernard is wearing the 2005 issue green Ceremony T-shirt! What bands wear their own shirts?

BS: "Cheers, thank you. Whoa, thank you, thanks very much. Just chill out a bit while we have a drink."

_Crystal_

BS: "Right, this is Crystal, and we've got a very special guest, but wait and see. Okay, Rog."

After Dawn Zee's cauterwauling intro vocals...

BS: "Please welcome Brandon Flowers from the Killers."

As dire as you can imagine it, and I actually like the Killers.

'Need a little time to wake up' line sung by Brandon (appropriately) a few times here.

BS: "Thank you, a big hand to Brandon...and the Killers, we're big fans of theirs, thank you."

_Atmosphere_

BS: "You start this one, Hooky."

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

Edited, so there's no stage comments beforehand.

Hooky calls out, "Ready, Steve!" before bridge.

Bernard chirps out "C'mon!" and "hey, hey, hey". to get the audience more into it. Hooky cries out, "Here we go!"

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

NO: 10 JUL 05 Oxegen Festival - Nass Co. Kildare Ireland

Announcer: "The Monday morning, the last two of [?] six, in other words, twelve 'till two o'clock. And it's not very often you get to see a band who really did do something original, did launch new music rather than acres of hype, who always did their own thing and let others follow, well one of those bands is New Order, and they're headlining [?] on the ticket stage axiom[?] set the level for all the young pretenders to, [Bernard at this point says, "Okay"], well, pretend they can reach I suppose."

(the following from Bernard doesn't appear on the FM version, you have to go to ATR's recording to hear it, as the FM doesn't have Regret, Krafty, or Love Vigilantes)

BS: "Hi, everyone. You know...[what up]"

BS: "Okay, the size of the audience...I guess the Foo Fighters... they don't even know who we are [fans boo]...but you know what? They sound like the fucking Fall! [fans cheer]."

PH: "80,000 people can't be wrong, can they?" (a reference to the Fall's greatest hits album)

_Regret_

BS: "This is a tune to our songs they can whistle along to, especially this one, it's called Regret."

_Krafty_

BS: "Thank you, and cheers. Hey, [name, sounds like Mourie], my voice is a little bit distorted. Hooky's a little bit loud, and Phil's a little bit loud. Cheers, thank you, have you had a good festival?" [cheers] For once, the sun's been shining down on you...on this wonderful country you have is yours. [anyway] I'll be careful what I say, Andy. It's sunny, anyway, sunny....Which takes us nicely into a nice sunny song that we...off our last album called Krafty."

At some points members in the crowd are much louder in the mix than Bernard is...could be they were having mic issues.

BS: "Thank you, cheers. Thank you."

Keyboard twinkle.

Announcer: "Now if you hear someone shout, "Boogie on, Bernie", at the front of the stage, that was probably me. New Order, live from 2FM, at Oxegen."

_Crystal_

A spirited performance.

BS: "Okay, yo one two one two."

BS: "Okay, uh...this is Crystal. Okay I was going to tell you what this song was about but I haven't f...got a bleeding clue what it's about. It's about breaking glass. Okay, this is Crystal."

(near end of song)

PH: "Ready? You ready baldie? You ready? You ready?"

BS: "Cheers, thank you. Whoa, whoa one two, one two."

BS: "Jerry, can you take a little bit of bottom off of me voice, and put a bit of top on, it's quite boomy up here."

_Transmission_

Punters (Vikings really) chant "New Order".

PH: "You're gonna get a fuckin' heart attack, you." (probably referring to Gary, the 'baldie' bits as well)

BS: "Just give us a second while we tune."

PH: "Shall we play, you ready? Ah, this is for everybody who loves music."

At 3:16, Hooky cries out "All together, Alex!"

BS: "Cheers, thank you very much."

(following dialogue and song is not on the FM version)

He coughs.

BS: "Thank you very much, a little bit out of breath after that one. Normally, at this stage of our set, we play a slow song. But, we're not going to tonight. All right, you don't like the slow songs? All right, you should be watching the fucking Foo Fighters, shouldn't you? [cymbal crash from Steve] We like to think there's a little bit of subtlety in our ...[audience these days] but obviously not!

More chants of the group's name.

_Love___Vigilantes_

BS: "So I'm gonna don my, gonna don my redneck heart, because we're gonna play a redneck song now."

Bernard plays his melodica softly a bit.

BS: "It's called Love Vigilantes, that's what [Kinks-like?]"

A "1-2-3-4" gets thrown in between verses.

BS: "Thank you. That song was about my experiences in Vietnam. Which amount to nothing. Which means that song's about nothing. I'll leave you thinking about that one."

BS: "So is everybody camping here tonight, you all in tents? Does it get a bit hot like at eight o'clock in the morning, when you're all hung over? But you still want to shag your girlfriend, don't you. Nothing will put you off. Even the flies." [he grunts and says something in a quiet voice]

BS: "Right, we're not playing a slow one, but I'm going to talk a load of shit for a bit just so we can get our breath back because Hooky's getting on a bit now....and I'm still [foofs] in sweating all of this energy...and Phil's got a sweaty ass...Steve on the drums has definitely got a sweaty ass and [drum roll] he gets off on it."

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "All right, all right, all right. Erm, this is off our latest album, Waiting For The Sirens' Call, and the track is called Waiting For The Sirens' Call".

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

Announcer: "You're listening to New Order, live at Oxegen on 2FM live."

(the broadcast cuts out Bernard's comments between songs)

BS: "Jerry, seems I've got my pack on full, can you send me more gain, my pack's on full and it sounds distorted."

_True___Faith_

BS: "Okay...okay, we're gonna play a dancey tune now, because we know everyone likes dancing. This is True Faith. One two one two. A bit brighter, please, a bit brighter."

BS: (at about 1:00 in) "More bass sequencer!"

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

BS: "Have we got a...[rest unintelligible]"

Punters shout out for Everything's Gone Green and Slow Jam.

PH: "Yes? [while Bernard talks] Aww, can't hear you...wish I could hear you."

BS: [interrupting] "Jerry, take a bit of the bottom of the...take a bit of the bottom off of Phil's keyboards as well, there's a right boom on the stange from all of the...low bottom."

PH: "God, you're fucking louder than the PA, you." [laughs]

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, now we've hit on a bit of a dance tip. We could carry on, or we can go on a Foo Fighters sort of stylee. [crowd groans] All right, I'm getting the message that you're speaking to me...we're going to play Bizarre Love Triangle next."

During the middle of BLT, Alex yells out, "Stop touching my microphone, dickhead!"

BS: "Cheers, thanks. Muchas gracias. Whoo!"

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "This is Damien, my guitar roadie. If there's any young ladies in the audience that fancy him, he's free, you know. He's more of a worm than a snake in the trouser department, but he's a good lookin' guy."

You can clearly hear audience members say various and sundry into the ambient mics.

At 3:26 Bernard cries, "We need your help!"

Near the end, the mic lead to Alex's rig gets pulled out a bit, as the sound shifts to mono. It stays that way until partway through SLC.

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

BS: "[Mutters something that ends in] shirt, have you, Steve?"

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay...believe it or not, we still got some more good songs left. Eh, the front of you are going "Oooooohhhhhaa Oooooohhhhhaa". That's what we're gonna play that one, "Oooooohhhhhaa"."

PH: "He's a charmer, innie?..."

One of Bernard's more interesting vocal efforts.

BS: "Cheers, thank you. You've been a fantastic audience. I know cuz it says on the autocue here. Thank you very much!"

Brilliant!

Announcer: "This is 2FM live, and New Order live, at Oxegen 05, recorded by 2FM." (cuts off Barney, making it difficult to make out the start of what he says next, which even on the audience recording is hard to decipher.

(the rest isn't on the FM recording, but is captured in ATR's recording)

BS: "Thank you, you lot have been fucking great, hope you have a great festival, because we've really enjoyed playing to you...from all our heart, cheers, thank you."

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "Cheers, thank you. Nice again, in the floor. He's a bit desperate, he's not had a shag since 1964. Right, all right, I've just been told...we wanted to play three songs in our encore, the powers that be will let us only do two [boos]

(this is on the FM)

BS: "So, if you have...we could play the third one in all the time I'm wasting in talking. So you got a choice, we could play a Joy Division song. You've got a choice, and we want you to cheer for which one you want, the first one is Atmosphere [moderate cheering] and the second one is She's Lost Control [louder cheering]. I think She's Lost Control wins."

BS: "Cheers, thank you! Oh, oh, what's that? Three songs? Three? There he is, Mr. Spoilsport!" [fans boo]

(following was left off the FM broadcast)

BS: "All right, we can't say no to your dad, can you? How dare you come onstage with a shirt like that, you know you're not fucking in line mate, you're in Ireland. No one tells me what to do. No one! Kiss my ass. We'll just play the two though."

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "This is Blue Monday."

At this point, Alex's DAT starts cutting out during the intro portion.

Another interesting filter effect. In general, New Order have much improved the sound of their albatross.

Announcer: "And there you go, that's New Order, live, mixed by Mark McVeigh(?), produced by Paul McLean(?) for 2FM live at the Ticket Stage, Oxegen, [something] '05 New Order.... [upcoming accouncement of Kaiser Chiefs set, talking over Hooky's signoff, I believe only the second sentence makes it to the FM braodcast]

PH: "Thanks everyone, it was really nice to be back. Thank you so much. Good night, God bless. Take care."

BS: "Cheers, thank you very much. We've enjoyed playing to you, and we hope it's not so long before we come back to Ireland again, you've been a great audience, good night!" [sadly, this was the last time NO would play Ireland]

And one more shot off the bow.

BS: "Cheers, you can all get pissed now, because that's what we're gonna do."

NO: 14 JUL 05 Arvikafestivalen - Sweden

The beginning of the end?

Johnny Giles reported that Hooky played a snatch of DNE in between KW1 and Sirens.

Full audience tape made available by Species. Heavy bass on this one.

Starts with a bit of Ennio Morricone as the pre-gig backign tape.

_Crystal_

BS: "Hello. I don't know where we are in Sweden, but it's very nice. That was witty, wasn't it? [repeating to himself] I don't know where we are in Sweden, but it's very nice. Mancunian humor, we're funny people, we say(?). Okay, we'd like to, erm, dedicate this whole set to Ian Curtis, whose birthday, whose birthday occurs at 12:00 tonight. Get more gain on this backch... Jerry, put more gain from you."

BS: "Right, okay, this is Crystal."

BS: "Yeah, one one one one one."

The fans start doing the cooing backing vocals bit.

BS: "Yeahhh! Thank you."

BS: "Okay, is this the first night of your festival in Sweden, whereever you are? Hope you're having a really good one. It's supposed to rain tomorrow, but it always rains at all the best festivals."

BS: "You know what I don't like about festivals, I don't like the smell of fookin' burgers. [drum crash] Especially when you've got a massive chunk of... I don't know if you've got chunky beans in Sweden, do you? It's a good thing."

_Regret_

BS: "This is Regret."

BS: "Thank you, thank you. The smell of burgers is overpowering..."

_Love___Vigilantes_ follows.

BS: "Thank you. Cheers, thanks a lot."

Phil tinkles the ivories.

BS: "Some water. Sarge, you got some fizzy water, please?"

BS: "Okay, are you enjoying yourselves so far? [can't make out next phrase amid cheering and clapping]. I'm just going to have a drink of water. And then we're going to launch into _Krafty_."

BS: "Cheers, thank you, thank you very much. It's a good one, that one. ...to shit.

_Transmission_

PH: "If someone had told me 28 years ago that we'd still be playing(?), I'd've laughed my bollocks off."

BS: "This is Transmission."

BS: "Cheers, thank you. That was of course, Transmission by Joy Division, who are us minus one member."

_Atmosphere_

(at end)

BS: "Thank you very much, cheers, thank you."

PH: "Ahh, one two three four."

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna do something whic we've never done before, which is to play slow songs in succession, one after another song. That was a Joy Division song, and this is a New Order song, it's called Your Silent Face."

BS: "Thank you."

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "Okay, thanks for being a really great audience. Are you enjoying it so far because we're really enjoying playing to you. What a creep! I've been known in certain cases in my life to be a creep, but this time I need it. This is a track off our new album, and it's called Waiting For The Sirens Call."

BS: "Synths up, Jerry."

At 1:45, Bernard yells out "Hold that chorus[?]".

_True___Faith_

BS: "Cheers, thank you. Especially, for the little kid who's on his dad's shoulders over there. He's really getting into it. If you all know what you need to do, just look at that little kid over there who's...who's cool...he's small(?) then, but he's cool. This is True Faith.

BS: "Cheers, thank you. Wooh! Thank you very much, this is David, my guitar roadie. He's desperate to meet a few nice young ladies. He hasn't got a girlfriend at the moment, he's free."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "This is Bizarre Love Triangle. It's about a homosexual relationship between Peter, our bass player, Steve, and our ... guitarist, Phil."

BS: "Thank you, cheers."

A bit of guitar tuning.

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "Phil's come up, this is Hooky's roadie, he's a bit desperate as well. That's the first time I've seen him come up on the stage, actually, because David got mentioned. This is Love Will Tear Us Apart!"

A few "C'mon's" by Barney, and Hooky calls out "Ready, Steve?" at the bridge.

BS: "Thank you, cheers, woo! It's a good song, innit? It's not shite, let's put it that way."

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay, this is our...this is the last song we're gonna do. I'd like to dedicate it to the little kid on his dad's shoulder over there, it's so cool, the little kid with mommy on his dad's shoulder. It's what we called a chaf in Manchester. Erm, this is for Sweden as well, my favorite country. It actually is true, for one I am not bullshitting, it's true. I'd like to live here, if only I got a free house here. This is Temptation."

BS: "Cheers, thank you very much. It's been an honor to play in your country. Such lovely people, it's fantastic to play here. Thank you for having us. Good night!"

The group come back on for the encore.

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "Cheers, thank you, cheers."

Somebody near taper says something (in Swedish)

BS: "Erm, what we'll do now is gonna play a song that we've not played much live, but we're gonna play it here in uh, Sweden. We've not played it for 25 years since Ian died but we're gonna try and play it tonight. We've not rehearsed it, so just bear with us. Er, see the QG Hooky, Phil, it's in the QG. Steve, the beat is like this [makes beatbox sounds!]. It's called She's Lost Control...(mumble)...It's called She's Lost Control, it's a Joy Division song. [intro starts] That's it."

Pure bullshit, of course.

And then he starts to sing Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell" along to the drumbeat! Bloody brilliant.

BS: "3...4...fucking... That was a moment lost forever, that."

PH: "I got it, I got it, I really enjoyed it. Ring my fucking bell anytime, Bernard."

BS: "One-two". And then Hooky starts in with the bass riff.

After the chorus, Bernard says something to Hooky...

BS: "'k you. Thank you! Not bad. That's the first time we've played it in 25 years. Steve fucked up a bit, Phil fucked up a bit, Hooky fucked up a bit, but I was all right. It's always the case...sorry... sure if you've have...got any of our bootlegs, you know that's the [here Hooky starts to twack his bass loudly to shut up Barney] story every time."

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Okay, we're...we're...we're gonna play a song [to close]?...it's quite long this song, it's a good gap-filler. It's quite long. It's called Blue Monday."

At about 5:45, a very familiar keyboard riff, that of The Perfect Kiss, can be heard.

[as reported by Johnny Giles]

Apparently, Phil and Hooky rocked out so much that Bernard felt he had to come back on stage to apologize for his bandmates' excessive activity. Hooky looked very unhappy with Bernard's comment and continuted to play.

BS: "Thank you very much. I've sorry about the over...little bit of overindulgency on that...thank you very much, it's been great playing Sweden again, we love your country and we love your...well, we love you. Cheers, thank you."

Then Bernard went back on the mic to explain that Phil and Hooky were warming up for their next gig where they'd be playing with Deep Purple. This caused Hooky to pick up his bass over his head and throw it in the pit.

BS: "Let me explain, at the next festival we're doing, we're playing with Deep Purple, so we're just practicing tonight. Thank you, good night."

A bit more chatter before the tape ends.

NO: 22 JUL 05 Les Vieilles Charrues - Brittany, France

Video Broadcast includes Crystal/Krafty/Regret/Transmission. The rest of the tracks were broadcast on FM.

Phil appears to wear a shirt that says "NICKED". Steve has on his space invader shirt.
Bernard has a green pullover.

_Crystal_

BS: "...What we do..." (Announcer blurts something here)

(at end)

BS: "Woo, thank you! Thank you!"

BS: "Just give us a second and we'll tune up please, That's pretty out there, Damien, I need to change it. Jerry can you give me a bit less keyboards, please, a little bit of top on my voice a little bit of reverb over my voice. Yeah, is everyone having a good festival? I shall bloody well hope so."

[Morris hits his syndrums]

BS: "Okay, this is nice out, we've played about fourteen festival this year, but this is especially a nice atmosphere, this one here in France tonight. No, I mean it, I mean it. It's a good atmosphere. But we're not going to play Atmosphere."

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is Regret."

The attractive female presenter stands behind the barricade and points toward the band.

(at end)

BS: "Merci Beaucoup."

Some strummed guitar chords.

_Krafty_

BS: "Thank you very much. Whoo! Okay, we're gonna play, erm, Krafty next."

They play Krafty.

BS: "Cheers, thank you!"

PH: "Ready, Phil!"

_Transmission_

BS: "Thank you very much. This is Transmission."

(after)

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

BS: "Whooh, I'm out of breath now."

_Atmosphere_

BS: "It's nice to play a slow one now, especially for our...our drummer, Steve, our drummer. I think he finds that one a little bit of a challenge...."

The announcers talk though a bit of the intro. A cut as sources change between TV broadcast and FM simulcast.

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "Thanks for letting us do a slow one. Jerry, this mic's a little bit distorted, I don't know if it's the mic or what... again. It's good to do a slow one, but now that we're all breaking a sweat, it's good to play some, eh...faster ones, in a minute. This is Waiting For The Sirens' Call, of the album by the same name."

(during intro)

BS: "Synths up.

_True___Faith_

BS: "Thank you. It's great to play in France, and we hope to come back and play a major tour someday. Just chatting a little bit while my guitar gets tuned up. This is True Faith, Jerry I'm a little bit distorted, so turn the gain down a bit, and I'll ta... a bit here."

BS: "Feel free to dance."

Funky guitar intro, very nice.

PH: "Cu..... here we gooooooooo...."

After bridge...

BS: "...two, three, four!"

BS: "Thank you, cheers!"

Hooky vamps a bit at the end.

PH: "Thought that was Deep Purple, liked it."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Cheers, thank you.

_Love___Will___Tear__Us___Apart_

BS: "Thank you very much. Hope you're enjoying it. I'm afraid it's started raining, if you haven't noticed."

Bernard does a couple of "C'mon's", as he typically does here.

BS: "Whooo! That's for Ian Curtis, a real friend. It's for everybody else in France, cuz, erm, when we first started as Joy Division, France embraced us very much and we never forgot it, thank you."

French translation here.

_Temptation_

BS: "I'd like to dedicate this next song, for, er, all the people who are victims of terrorism and all the people in London who have died recently, who've suffered, erm, at the hands of bad people. Also, anyone's who suffered from loss. We're living in a pretty tough world at the moment, and we're like to hope the music helps out a little bit and puts us in touch with ourselves. This is Temptation, it's off of...se...girls(?)"

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thank you very much, you've been a great audience. It's been an honor to play in your country, thank you. That's it, folks!"

More from the French announcer.

Encore tracks.

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "We never know we're gonna do encores. This year we're... (the announcers talk over the intro, argh!) This is She's Lost Control."

BS: "Merci Beaucoup. Thank you very much."

French announcer talks at this point.

_Everythings___Gone___Green_

BS: "Woo, cheers, thank you for being a great audience. We've got a group of fans over here from England They're called the Vikings. I don't know why because they're from England, not Denmark. They should be called the Hooligans. And, erm, they've requested that we play an old New Order song called Everything's Gone Green. We've not rehearsed it so if it sounds shite let us know and we'll stop."

A more solid version than Torino's.

BS: "Thank you."

PH: "Didn't go too badly that, did it?"

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Sometimes, I get the impression in New Order it's a competition to see who can finish last. We're getting closer and closer to Deep Purple, it's very relevant that we play with Deep Purple tonight, because every day in every way we become purpler and purpler, especially certain pats of our anatomy. Cheers, anyway, and we're gonna play one more song tonight. As the Japanese say, it's called "Brue Monday".

Hooky cries out during the bridge, "Monday, let see the punters, man. Let's see the punters!"

At the 5:30 point:

PH: "Andy, let's have the lights on, man! Yeah, that's better. Fookin' hell, put 50p in the meter, Andy, fuck me."

(at end)

PH: "Looks nice there Andy, looks really nice. [laughs] See you in thirty years!"

Cool filter sweep effects.

BS: "And thank you very much, I'm sorry about the, erm, aural masturbation at the end. But we've got all somthing there for us. Au revoir monsieur, au revoir madame, je ne paid(?) New Order."

And, you guessed it, the announcers talk at the end.

NO: 31 JUL 05 Fuji Rock Festival - Japan

Video (billed as a pt.1) only featuers Crystal, Krafty (partly sung in Japanese) and Love Will Tear Us Apart.

New Order performed on the Green Stage.

_Crystal_

BS: "Thank you, cheers, thank you!"

_Krafty_

BS: "More bass sequencer, Jerry. Ready? Here we go."

As noted above, Bernard sings the first and last verses in Japanese.

BS: "Thank you!"

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

Bernard does his usual "C'mon" exhortations.

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

NO: 12 OCT 05 - Queen Elizabeth Hall London (John Peel Day)

Three tracks (Transmission/Atmosphere/Warsaw) were aired on Radio 1. The others were filmed by at least two different audience members.

Feargal Sharkey introduces the group.

_Transmission_

BS: "Cheers, thank you. And thank you Feargal for such a wonderful introduction. But really, tonight's not about us, it's about John, so eveything we do is memory of him."

BS: "Now we'll calm you all, but now paradoxically..." [he stumbles saying this way, which is why this was likely cut from the BBC broadcast]

BS: "We're gonna play a Joy Division set for you tonight, and we're gonna start with Transmission."

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thank you!"

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "Whoo. Of cource, we're playing this concert tonight because John Peel was the first person to ever play Joy Division nationwide live on air in the UK. And we feel that we owe him a debt for doing that because if it was wasn't for John we would have gone fucking nowhere.

Drums start up...

BS: "This is She's Lost Control."

PH: "A little bit more guitar please, Jerry. A bit more of Bernard's guitar please."

BS: "Thank you, cheers. There are a few technical problems up here..."

I presume at this point somebody yelled out for LWTUA.

PH: "C'mon lads, now. That's one you know we're doing."

_Shadowplay_

BS: "Okay, thank you very much, this is Shadowplay."

Looks like the guitar sound was still acting up.

Definitely a surprise to see that this had been dug out and redusted.

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

PH: "I want to dedicate this one to my daughter, Jessica, she's seven today."

Folks shout, "New Order, New Order!"

Bernard hears this and makes the following quip.

BS: "Well, we're not going to play any New Order songs for you tonight because John, I don't think John did any Hooky, did John play any New Order songs, not a one."

Midway, Bernard gives up on the guitar and pics up the mic off its stand, and even dances a bit like he's peforming BLT.

BS: "All right, calm down a bit, calm down a bit! Fookin' hell, you would think it was Madonna up here tonight. It's not Madonna, it's prima donna. I'm not in front [whining to?] you, but could I have a guitar that works, please?"

Sarge exorts the crowd to move back.

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Okay, so we're approaching the end of our set now, and my guitar's finally working now."

The BBC broadcast resumes at this point.

_Atmosphere_

BS: "Okay, this is one of John's...most...I think it was his most forward track that people liked, it's a Joy Division song of course called Atmosphere."

After the first verse he says, "Move back a bit, move back a bit!"

BS: "Thank you very much, but listen, chill out, chill out. We don't want anyone to get hurt in front of here, especially me. C'mon, we don't want another Altamont, we don't want another Altamont."

_Warsaw_

PH: "Let's do this one for Ian, lads."

Storming rendition of this tune, not heard from the lads in 25 years.

Sarge has to do more work keeping the hordes at bay.

BS: "Wooo! Thank you very much for supporting us all these years. Thanks for Jonathan for including us, of course. Cheers, thank you!"

PH: "Good night, everybody!"

NO: 14 NOV 05 The Apollo - Manchester

There's a webcast of this performance, as well as at least a couple different audience tapes, all of which was used for the purposes of this writeup. Intrestingly enough, the webcast seems to have been in mono.

The song on the PA right before Alan Wise takes the stage was Afrika Bambataa's "Planet Rock"...

The chanting begins.

_Alan___Wise___Intro_

AW: "Shut up that horrible music. All right, you'll just have to wait two minutes, cuz the band are on the toilet. But I want to dedicate a little something to the person that's largely forgotten about, the man whose working behind the scenes to entertain you, I want to give a big cheer for Mr. Simon Mirande. He's normally not here at the gig, but he's the man making all this possible for you. So think of Simon in your prayers tonight, as I will. And now I want to introduce four crazy lads, [at this point somebody throws an object at Alan, which connects] fookin' hell that's the cam, that's the fine, around five thousand pounds, that's just cost Simon five thousand pound, folks. I want to introduce five crazy lads who in their own way with their mop hair want to change the world with their own crazy views, from Unsworth, the fabulous Beezles..."

_Ceremony_

BS: "Hello. I didn't realize Alan used the same microphone as me 'till just now. We were...[few words unintelligible] those horrible coats he always wears. Right...we're going to start these proceedings tonight with a Ceremony."

PH: "We dedicate this to Phil Grubb, and tell his brother Darren we're thinking about you, man."

The monitor speakers on the backline had his name scrawled on him, though amusingly enough, they had "Chubb" written on until somebody corrected it just before the group went on.

Hooky is very promiment on backing vocals. Excellent version of this time-honored classic.

BS: "Yeah! I like the pulse ending there Steve, very good that... a very nice improvisation from Steve there, thank you."

Lots of chants for "New Order" here.

BS: "Okay, hopufully we're going to have a really good night together here, we played Brixton Academy on Thursday, and, as an audience we got to beat that, cuz this is Manchester, innit."

_Love___Vigilantes_

BS: "Okay, this is Love Vigilantes."

The whole audience sounds like they're singing along.

BS: "Yeah! Cheers, thank you."

Chanting gets really loud here.

_Crystal_

BS: "Okay, the next song we going to play features guest vocalist Dawn Zee. Please give her a big hand. From Manchester, from er, Moss Side. She's a lovely girl but a bit of a trouble-causer. She nearly got me arrested last week!"

Hrm, don't know if he's joshing or if something DID happen.

BS: "Anyway, this is Crystal."

BS: "Thank you! Cheers, thank you."

PH: "All right, G. We need the oxygen pumps working. Good."

Muttering close to the taper as well as the classic "Manchester, la la la."

_Regret_

BS: "All right, is everyone having a good time? Right...we're not sure you like that. This is Regret."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you very much, cheers. Whoo!"

More chants of...you know what...

_Krafty_

Phil tinkles the keys here a bit.

BS: "Okay, er, we're gonna bring things a decade or so up to date... and this is Krafty."

Somewhat tepid response.

BS: "C'mon, sound a bit more enthusiastic, yeah!" Bernard than slurs something mocking the crowd: "It might work..."

BS: "Woo, thank you very much. As we're professional now, give me a minute while we tune up. I bet fucking Jennifer Lopez doesn't do this... but she wouldn't, would she, she doesn't play guitar. [still tuning] I'll try to think of something else, fast."

_Turn_

BS: "Okay, this is a song we're only played once before, so if we cock it up, bear with us. It's a song off our last album, and it's called Turn."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you."

Bernard then mutters something about his microphone, I think. More chanting.

_Transmission_

BS: "Is that it? Can we go home now? See that pale water...used to be wine, and before than it was Pernod, before that it was Asta Spumante, and before that it was brown ale, before that it was mild, before that it was Coca-Cola, before that it was mother's milk. And now it's Perrier water."

PH: (to end Bernard's spiel) "Hit it, Phil."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you."

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Whoo! So you're still having a good time? Well, thank you very much, that was the plan. Now for your sake, not for our sake, we're gonna slow things down a little bit now [some folks boo]. I know it's a little bit of a cliche there, I heard a few people boo there, obviously we'll speed things up a little bit at the end. This is Your Silent Face."

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "He's very good, isn't he, he's very good. (directed at Hooky, strangely enough). Well that was supposed to be a breather, but it wasn't much of a breather. Okay, we're gonna go to, eh, our last album, whatever the fucking hell...it was called Waiting For the Sirens' Call, wasn't it, yeah. We're gonna play Waiting For The Sirens' Call, which we've never played in Manchester before. So we're gonna premiere it for you. Here we go."

_True___Faith_

BS: "Thank you, cheers! Thank you. I had a dream this morning, right, that I threw one of my guitar picks out, and it hit one of the audience in the eye, and he sued me. So, if anyone tries to do it, I've already beaten you to the post."

PH: (at 1:16 in) "Yeah! It's like 1988 all over again!"

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Thank you, thank you very much."

PH: "All right Stefan, where are you? There are, fuck me, a million people called Stefan. Hehehehehe."

BS: "Great, we've got a nice relaxing one next."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "Thank you. You can see from our screens here, that we've got a slow, relaxing one next. Actually, it's Love Will Tear Us Apart."

_Temptation_

BS: "Where can it possibly go from there? Anyone that good would be walking off stage now and not do the encore. But we like to think we're a cut above the rest. This is Temptation."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you, cheers!"

_Blue___Monday_

BS: "Now where can it possibly go from that one? Here's where. This is for the Manchester Evening News."

Like the most recent performances, this has a synth line not far removed from The Perfect Kiss, very nice touch.

BS: "Cheers, thanks a lot, you've been a great audience! It's great to play Manchester again, thank you!"

About a couple of minutes of break between main set and encore. After about 50 seconds folks start clapping and chanting for the Order.

_Shadowplay_

BS: "Do you realize how knackered we are? Okay, we're gonna play another... Joy Division medley for you now. If you can see the neck of my guitar, Andy, please...this is Shadowplay."

BS: "Thank you!"

_Warsaw_

BS: "We're gonna play our one and only pogo one(?) for you tonight...I think it was...was it called Warsaw? Never played it in Manchester I don't think. I could be wrong. Let's...[can't make out rest here]".

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "Whoo. Right. At this point we let you decide what we're gonna play next. So long last, it's one of these two songs...Atmosphere [cheers] or She's Lost Control [slightly more cheering]

BS: (not able to discern a clear winner) "Oh, c'mon make your mind up, what it's gonna be? I can't understand you if you're mumbling, you know? Atmosphere? [more cheers] She's Lost Control? [decidedly louder cheers]

BS: "I guess we'll have to play both, won't we? I guess we'll play She's Lost Control first." Which they do.

(at end)

BS: "Merci Beaucoup. Thank you. We can't go now Hooky, no, we can't go home just yet, there's one more to play. It's a very beautiful song, I think it's the most beautiful song most certainly Joy Division's ever wrote, it's called Atmosphere."

_Atmosphere_

PH: "I'd like to dedicate this to your wife Bernard, cuz she's been bopping up bollocks up there. C'mon, Sarah, this one's for you, darling."

BS: "Thanks a lot, it's been great playing in Manchester. You've been ace, and we've...I think we've been pretty good as well. It's always nice to play your hometown. Good night everyone! Have a safe journey home."

PH: "Good night and God bless!"

NO; 18 NOV 05 Oakwood High School - Eccles, Salford

From worldinmotion.net:

New Order go back to school
Secret gig in a primary school for Hooky and the boys New Order finished their recebt mini-tour with a special performance at Oakwood High School in Eccles, Salford (November 18).

Playing in front of 200 children who weren't even born when the band began, the gig came about after an associate of the group mistakenly rang up the school and got talking to the Deputy Head.

Frontman Bernard Sumner then visited the school, which specialises in art and technology for children with complex learning difficulties, and promptly promised to play a gig in the assembly hall for a special art class.

"I had a bad experience at school," Sumner told NME.COM, "and it's nice to see that the education authorities have changed their attitude towards creativity. We don't make things in Manchester anymore since the big industries closed down, but it's a very creative place. Just look at the bands. It's just really nice to see the education authorities, after what I was told, investing in creativity instead of putting it on the back burner."

Playing for little under an hour before the 3 o'clock bell, the band tore through hits old and new, with Sumner quipping; "I'd heard our audiences were getting younger! Where's the music teacher? We can't read music you know, it's all up here."

But the show was not without its share of rock'n'roll behaviour. Before dedicating 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' to head teacher Janis Triska, bassist Peter Hook said: "I promised I wouldn't swear... but FUCK OFF!" and promptly brought the pre-pubescent house down.

New Order played:

'Crystal'
'Regret'
'Krafty'
'Turn'
'Transmission'
'Your Silent Face'
'Waiting For The Sirens' Call'
'True Faith'
'Bizarre Love Triangle'
'Love Will Tear Up Apart'
'Blue Monday'
'Temptation'

NO: 28 JAN 06 Manchester vs. Cancer - Evening News Arena Manchester

During the Doves set:

BS: "It's not New Order. Isn't Manchester great? It's really great that all you people have turned up for an event like tonight which is really really important. Everyone knows somebody who's suffered in some way from cancer and we thank everybody for coming and thanks for donating the money. Right, I'm not turning into Bob Geldolf, don't worry, I'm still a bit of a twat. And this is isn't no love [?], he stood next for me, stealing for the good.[?]"

_Vicious_ (Lou Reed)

BS: "Okay, we're going to do a track called Viscuous, Viscuous, by Lou Reed." (I believe he's intentionally mispronouncing the title!)

He then does a fairly decent job singing here. Johnny Marr is also on guitar.

BS: "Woo! 'k you!. Thank you. Right in front there, cheers, thanks a lot. But from New York a song called Lou Reed we're going to take you all the way to Wolverhamption, and a guy called (what's his name?) Take It Easy from Wolverhamption, this is 'Ghost In My House'."

Yes, it's the Fall song! Mark E. Smith would be turning in his grave, if only he were dead. Again, good stuff.

BS: "Cheers, thanks a lot. Cheers, thanks a lot. I like to thank the Doves for having me and Johnny, and Johnny for turning up, and I like to thank myself. And I'll see you shortly. Keep it up!"

The inimitatable Alan Wise introduces the proceedings:

AW: "Oh well. Thank you, Tin Tin. Ladies and gentlemen, watch the boys sing themselves out, I want to to introduce to you the man, they caught the ball roll in... [?] Mr. Anthony Wilson!"

The crowd shows their appreciation by booing very loudly.

AHW: "One, two, three. That was Alan Wise, who normally introduces New Order. All we have to say, ladies and gentlemen, the inventors of modern music, New Order!"

Bernard goes up to the mic.

BS: "We love him really, though. He's a good chap, Tony."

BS: "And, I'd like to thank the DJ for playing Coldplay just before we came on stage."

The DJ actually played Kraftwerk's 'Tour De France'. This is in reference to Coldplay's appropriation of Kraftwerk's 'Computer Love' in their song Talk, as the taper explains to a girl in the crowd. Not to defend Coldplay, but I guess New Order either don't realize or don't care that Kraftwerk gave them permission to use it, as Hooky had made a similar dig before.

BS: "Okay, we're...obviously, we're New Order."

PH: "Hey, let's fookin' tear the house down then. Hit it, Phil!"

The first song performed is _Transmission_.

_Shes___Lost___Control_

BS: "Woo! Thank you. Wow, I know we're New Order. A lot of you like New Order, but we're here to play Joy Division today, so we're here to play Joy Division as well, because they were pretty good too. This is She's Lost Control."

Hooky plucks his bass a few times at the end of the song.

PH: "Just want to say goodbye to a few people. Goodbye Rob Griley(?), goodbye Mikey Williams, and goodbye Brian Clancy, rest in peace."

_Shadowplay_

BS: "Jerry, my guitar please. Throw it anywhere, don't know where it is. I know..we have to do it...I have to do it with this one. My guitar keeps coming in the right, Jerry."

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

PH: "Andy, a little bit of light man, I can't see these fuckers. Thank you. That's better. There you are."

BS: "And it's really good for all these bands from Manchester to get... to get together. Whereever we play in the world everyone's telling else, like in America and everywhere, what a great place Manchester is for bands. And, er, oh, you know, to...Andy Rourke...he's got this whole things together, we'd like to thank him for that. And it's great that all these bands are finally playing with each other, because Manchester is a great place."

_Atmosphere_ follows.

Bernard coughs.

_Twenty___Four___Hours_

BS: "I'm coughing better today, thank you. Er, we're going to do a song now, that apart from rehearsals we've not placed...we've not played, since... you know, our dear friend Ian Curtis died, and it's called 24 Hours. So bear with us."

PH: "Oh, I dedicate this one to Andy Rourke. Because tonight, Andy, you're number one!"

Hooky shouts "Where's the light, Andy?" about a minute in.

_Warsaw_

BS: "One two, one two, bring my guitar please, Jerry. Maybe through the [can't make out]...there."

PH: "This is going all too quickly, isn't it? All right, Phil."

BS: "Woo! Thank you! Obviously, that was one of our more punky songs that we played at the start of Joy Division before we got...you know..."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

PH: "Natalie, this is for you, love."

BS: (continuing) "Before we got melodic and started doing lovely little tunes like this...lovely bitch like this, they used to say, I don't mean to be derogatory. This is 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'."

Hooky yells out, "C'mon, love!".

(at end)

BS: "I'm afraid that's it from us." Folks groan.

_Ceremony_

BS: "No, it isn't...we forgot...we've actually forgotten to play a song. Who's fault was it then, whose fault?"

PH: "It was not mine because I remembered, you see, now...old twat. Now last but by no means least."

BS: "Okay, I hope I don't have to explain this. This is Ceremony."

A storming version.

BS: "Cheers, thank you. I'm pretty sure that's it then, it was very nice. That's it. You've been great, thanks for turning up. It's...you know... just brilliant, I was gonna to say. I'm on the verge of gushing, so good night, thank you."

Hooky's bass notes linger...

The band join in on Happy Mondays' 'Wrote For Luck' during the all-star encore, with you-know-who's bass present throughout.

NO: 03 JUn 06 Ejekt Festival - Athens, Greece

Recording (what made it) courtesy of TJ, remarkable for the sheer awfulness (according to him, not me!) of having inebreiated English cheering and singing along to the hits, plus the recording level is way too high, sounding distored.

Bernard says something about getting something which can't be made out.

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "...a song about Joy Division. This is Love Will Tear Us Apart."

Recorder cuts off for a few seconds.

Bit of a discussion about SLC being next, which it's not. None of the other fan discussion/interaction/singing will be noted unless relevant.

BS: "Hey, is anyone from England here? Everyone. It's quite...quite a turn."

_Crystal_

BS: "Okay, this is Crystal."

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, is everyone having a good time so far? Okay, this is a song called Regret."

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thanks a lot!"

_24___Hours_

BS: "Our next song, we're gonna hop back to Joy Division again, this is 24 Hours."

Bernard uses a more expressive voice than normal when singing some of the lyrics.

Lots of folks near the front call out for Sarge.

_Krafty_

BS: "Lower Hooky actually, Jerry. We're going to bring things bang up to date now. This is a tune on the ...new single...it's called Krafty."

"Next one wins the sweep", with Transmission being the odds on favorite.

BS: "Could have sworn it was out out of tune, must be out of playing it."

_Working___Overtime_

BS: "Okay, in the key of C, this is Working Overtime."

So much for winning...

_Transmission_ follows.

The tape cuts.

NO: 08 JUL 06 Summer Pops '06 - Big Top Arena Central Docks - Liverpool

Recording done by Schoff, an excellent-sounding one it is, too. NOOL should have plenty of info regarding the gig itself, suffice it to say that security was extra-tight, to the consternation of Hooky.

The inimitatable Alan Wise takes the stage...

AW: [coughs/laughs twice] "I've undone me fly, mother...(?) Ah, Liverpool! Liverpool. So much more beautiful than Manchester. [this is greeted with boos] Which is so ugly compared to Liverpool (somebody starts chanting 'Manchester la la la'). Still, being by the water, you could get hit by a tsunami. Do you know know what a tsunami is? Well, here's one you've been waiting for, your own tsunami from Manchester, the fabulous Four Tops!"

Fade out/in on recording.

Guitar strum.

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "All right, Liverpool. Obviously, we're New Order. And I'm Bernard Sumner, and I'm just checking my on-stage sound, everything seems to be all right, this is Love Will Tear Us Apart."

Bernard flubs the second line, I guess he was having problems reading the autocue.

Hooky cries "Here we go, Steve" as he frequently does after the choruses.

BS: "Cheers, thank you! You know about what we're gonna start a set with."

PH: "Just want to say hello to Pete wylie. Glad that he's still alive almost."

_Crystal_

BS: "Okay, this is Crystal."

_Regret_

BS: "Cheers, thank you. Whoo! That's a great song to play live out. Ch...very else but g... [can't make out what he says here] I regret what you said, as it includes the next song, this is Regret.

Fans start shouting "Nu ordah" nearby...

_Twenty___Four___Hours_

Reverb on Bernard's vocals is pretty noticeable.

BS: "Cheers, thank you. That was obviously a song by Joy Division called 24 Hours, not 24 Hour Party People by the Happy Mondays, don't ever get confused. However, there's a lot of New Order fans here tonight, so just for them I'm going to play one or two New Order songs, this is Krafty."

New Order next play _Krafty_.

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

PH: "Hey, we realize that you boys in yellow, you boys in yellow have a got a tough job, but uh, chill out a bit, eh lads. Fuckin' hell! We're meant to be enjoying ourselves."

_Working___Overtime_

BS: "Okay, this is called Working Overtime. 1-2-3-4."

Already sounds an improvement over the LP version.

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

_Transmission_

BS: "Whoo! Okay, we're doing a few rocky ones at the start, I hope you like them. We never know with New Order whether we're getting a dance audience or a rock audience. So, being em, crowd pleasers we like to chuck in a few in of each. So we've just played all those rocky ones, guess what we're going to do now, we're going to play another rocky one, it's called Transmission."

Hooky's backing is pretty loud here.

BS: "Cheers, thank you." Third song in a row he says that.

Fans start shouting "Nu ordah" again...bit of a pause between tracks.

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Whoa. Okay, for your sake as much as ours...as ours, we're going to slow things down a little bit now. If I wasn't knackered, it'd be all right...getting on a bit. All right, this is Your Silent Face.

Bernard plays melodica off-mic.

BS: "You could chill out a little bit to this one."

lyric: "A thought that never changes remains the worst time."

The singer lets the fans sing the "piss off" bit.

BS: "Cheers, thank you, it's one of my favorites. Didn't have to be hard, fast, and bum, bum, bum...in your face". Meanwhile Hooky starts humming to himself (which is why Bernard was doing 'bum bum bum', a weird little busk, that...but little does the listener suspect Hooky's about to blow his lid with respect to the security.

PH: "Hey, we have another complaint about you cunts in yellow. I think you're being intimidating, actually, and it's pissing me off. Right? So back off, for fuck's sake!! I'm watching it from up here, you know. I can see it, and as far as I'm concerned, it's YOU that's been starting it. One more and I'll fuck off, and then you deal with it, right?"

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "This is Waiting For The Sirens' Call".

Pretty clear there's use of prerecorded vocals here, since you can hear Bernard singing along with himself.

BS: "Cheers, thank you. That's my favorite song off the last album, hope you like it as well."

PH: "Fucking hate it when you know how a tune you just played is shit. I hate that. You can blame them. Ha ha ha." He's referring to the 'cunts in yellow', of course.

_Turn_

BS: "Okay, this is one called _Turn_."

Another obvious appearance of pre-recorded vocals at one point.

PH: "[mumbles] Oh, they've brought in the big guns now. Yay hey! We're all bullied at school, you know."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Cheers, Shelly. All right, that's...that's enough of that fucking rocky stuff. Hate it when someone gives me a microphone covered in vaseline, wonder where it's...where it's been. Okay, this is Bizarre Love Triangle...[tremendous cheering]...talk on the subject...while we're on the subject."

A couple more cries of you know what...

_True___Faith_

BS: "Okay, this next track...er, we've had a lot of hell with this track. This re...we're gonna play partially the remix, and er, it was remixed by a group not too far away from Liverpool called K-Klass...oi, who? K-Klass, K-Klass. This is..."

PH: "Forgot what it's fucking called..."

BS: "True Faith, True faith."

BS: (at end) "Thank you!"

Some piano keys, too.

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay, this is my all-time favorite New Order song, it's called Temptation."

At end...

BS: "Cheers, thank you. It's a good song that one, you know [something]..." We've gone all...all night without mentioning Wayne Rooney. You got any Portugal fans here. All right, we don't want to end on a sour note, do we? Any Manchester United fans here? [they really take that poorly, as one can imagine]. It's a good job we did the last...last, last glasses in New Order, innit?" (can't 100% parse the last night).

_The___Perfect___Kiss_

Fully realize they resurrected it for the fans, so I won't be too harsh on it. This version may be a grower.

This song segues into _Blue___Monday_, which mixes Kyle's "set me free" vocals mixed it.

BS: "Cheers, thank you Liverpool, we always love playing here, and it's the truth, it's not bullshit. Thank you, good night."

A few minutes between main set and encore. Fans clap loudly, and finally the group come back on.

_Ceremony_

PH: "Thought for one minute you might have gone then. We come back, we know fun(?) here. Always wrong."

BS: "Sorry that took so long. Phil decided that was a good time for a shit for some reason. I would've waited a bit longer, meself."

Hooky goes apeshit, yelling "yeaaaah!" and "come on, everyone". At 4:10 or so he says something I'd like to make out.

BS: "Thank you! Cheers, thanks a lot."

_Shadowplay_

BS: "We've kind of...kind of wrote that in Joy Division, and played it in New Order. This one was writting in Joy Division, and played in Joy Division, it's Shadowplay."

Good version, it is.

BS: "Cheers, thanks a lot. It's been great playing here. Hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have. Good night."

Phil and Hooky play an outro piece to finish up.

NO: 14 JUL 06 Vinas Viejas - Boardilla del Monte (Madrid) Spain

Writeup based on FM broadcast carried by Radio 3 in Spain.

_Crystal_

BS: "Cheers, thank you very much. Thank you!

_Regret_

BS: "I can tell you're gonna be a great audience already. And it's only the first song. All we need is a litte bit of enthusiasm, we won't give it back."

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

BS: "Eh, Jerry, can I(?)..."

(obscured by announcer who talks over Bernard's comment)

_Ceremony_ is interrupted on the broadcast by, of all things, a Moby song, which is inexplicably faded into the chorus of that song, which features Hooky singing along quite loudly. What's really strange is that it sounds like the broadcaster kept an open mic throughout this song, as you can hear talking in parallel at several points.

Announcer talks, but there will be no denying being unable to make out what Hooky has to say, as his ire seems directed to some obnoxious individual attempting to take pictures in the pit area.

PH: "Just because you got a camera, you think you own the fucking place. Go on, piss off!"

BS: "Okay..."

(some guitar twiddling)

PH: "That's better, innit, just me and you. Isn't that better, eh?"

_24___Hours_ follows.

Bernard's vocals pretty quiet in the mix.

BS: "Thank you!"

More announcer chatter.

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

PH: "I'd like to dedicate this to you lot..."

[rest unintelligible due to that blasted announcer, but he says something about "loving all of you"]

PH: "Oh, I'm gonna love you too."

BS: "Okay, this is Love Will Tear Us Apart, a song by Joy Division."

Hooky once again yells, "Here we go, Steve!"

More announcer explaining

Feedback squall/guitar stumming.

_Working___Overtime_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna try a new song out on you now. It's from our last album, and it's called Working Overtime. And it goes like this... One-two-three-four."

Hooky works overtime on delivering the chorus here. Best version of this so far.

BS: "Thank you, it's nice to have a bit of anarchy in the set."

More announcer chatter.

Bernard continues.

BS: I don't mean as in the Sex Pistols, I mean as in the possibility of fucking up. That's what life is all about."

_Transmission_

BS: "This is Transmission."

The annoucers (turns out there's two of them) seem very estatic about it.

Keyboard bit in between.

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna chill things out a little bit now (one of the announcers goes 'yeah' in response), with a song off...er... I think it's off Low-life or one of those albums, it's called Your Silent Face."

Bernard shouts at the end.

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "Here we go, all right's, that's..." [again, obscured by the announcers...]

BS: "...song off of our last album, Waiting For The Sirens Call. Very moody."

Bernard yells for the backing vocals to be turned down between verses, and puts emphasis on the word "Spain" for the benefit of the audience.

Yet more announcer chatter.

_Turn_

BS: "Okay, this is the guitartastic part of our set, and we're going to play a very guitar-heavy song..."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, that's enough guitars. No more guitars. (Announcer: 'no mas guitares') Now we're gonna play some dance tunes for you, starting with Bizarre Love Triangle. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do."

_True___Faith_

Phil plays a bit of scales on the piano.

BS: "This is True Faith"

Hooky (and Phil) try something different here, and it actually sounds really good.

BS: "Cheers, thank you!"

The announcers

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay, this is Temptation. Or, as they say in New Zealand, Timp-tation"

(At end)

BS: "Thank you, cheers, that's it folks. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. It won't be difficult. Thank you, good night."

Announcer goes on for quite a bit about Ian Curtis and Joy Division.

PH: "Haven't got much time, we really can't do the build-up of tension.

BS: "Guess what, we're doing an encore!"

_The___Perfect___Kiss_

BS: "Okay, this is a song that we've not played in a long time. About five days being that..."

Great, now we get a female announcer who also decides it's good to talk over the intro."

This version is, again, surprisingly good. The band (sans Hooky of course) may be going through the motions at this point, but the arrangement is quite pleasing to the ears...but is cut off by the stupid broadcast, argh!

NO: 15 JUL 06 Anilla Olimpica - Montjuic (Barcelona) Spain

Writeup based on ATR audence recording.

Intro is the Ennio Morricone's "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly."

_Crystal_

BS: "Hi, Barcelona. We're New Order, and it's great to be back here again (Alex: "Is it? Fuck.) If it's good enough for Freddy Mercury, it's good enough for us. This is Crystal."

BS: "Yeah! Woo. Cheers, thank you."

Shout out for "We All Stand".

BS: "We're knackered as well."

_Regret_

BS: [playing on all the cheers for the name of the group]

"Yes, we are New Order, very good spotting it. This is Regret."

(at end of song)

BS: "Yes, thank you. Muchas gracias."

_Ceremony_

PH: "[coughs] Ah ha ha ha ha ha. I want to dedicated this one to Chris York. Thanks for looking after me, Yorkie. And, happy birthday, old bastard."

BS: "Yeah! Woo. Cheers, thanks a log."

Calls for "We All Stand" again. "Alex, We All Stand!".

_24___Hours_

BS: "Okay, this is 24 Hours. A song by Joy Division played by New Order."

Alex says something at 2:53..."They just started playing it", I think.

_Love___Vigilantes_

Guitar and melodica tuneups.

BS: "Okay, all right, all right, all right. This song starts with a melodica obviously, I've got one I'm carrying now. And, it's one of those rare things in life, it's a pro-war song. It's called Love Vigilantes."

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thank you. Of couse, it's not a pro-war song, it's not a pro-war song, I was only joking." [someone shouts for 'Alex'] "If you can still joke abou those things in this terrible age that we live in."

_Working___Overtime_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna try a song that we've not played that often. It's bit of a rocky one, it's called Working Overtime, and it goes just...like...this."

More beg-Barney, take-the-piss cries for 'We All Stand'.

_Transmission_

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

Lots more chants.

PH: "I'll have you (?) when it's not."

_Krafty_

BS: "This is Krafty"

BS: "Thank You."

_Your___Silent___Face_

Singing "Manchester la-la-la..."

BS: "Okay, this is You're Silent Face. We'll stop saying 'okay'. Okay? This one's for Bobby."

Bernard comes in late into the second verse, causing a weird reverb effect on his vocals.

People start chanting for Jarvo.

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay, this is the danced-up part of our set, and we're starting it with Bizarre Love Triangle."

_True___Faith_

BS: "Will someone turn the iPod off, that's going on on the other stage. Okay, this is True Faith."

Hooky comes up with a really good bass intro for this version.

BS: "Cheers, thank you! Muchachas graciassass. [yes, he simulates echo!]

_Temptation_

Punters call for "Stephen" and "Sunrise, Sunrise, Barney, c'mon!".

BS: "Okay, this is er, one of our all time classic songs. I know there's a host of them...[mutters: 'getting...'] Temptation.

BS: "Yes, thank you. Thank you."

More cries for "Stephen".

_Love___Will___Tear___Us__Part_

BS: "Okay, I'll just wait for Hooky to tune up. I'm afraid this is the last one in the set. We've played for fucking ages, c'mon! We don't normally play this long, but for Barcelona, we make special gift for you. This is Love Will Tear Us Apart."

Hooky cries, "Here we go Barcelona!" at about the two minute mark.

And a "Here we go, Steve" from him at the three minute mark.

BS: "Cheers, thank you. You've been a fucking great audience. As I said, thank you very much, you've been a great audience. I can see what Freddy Mercury saw in Barcelona. Good night. Adios!"

Lots of chants from the UK contingent for "Nuorder"...

They're only off for a minute, as you can hear guitar at the 5:00 point.

Then the crowd in general starts doing a football chant...

_The___Perfect___Kiss_

BS: "Thank you." [bass notes] We're gonna play one more...more song for you. Okay, this is Perfect Kiss."

Hooky mutters something at 3:50...something about getting tossed out...

_Blue___Monday_

Segue from previous track.

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thank you. We've had a great night, I hope you have as well. Barcelona, you're fucking great. Good night."

NO: 02 SEP 06 Stradbally Hall Estate (Electric Picnic) - Ireland

FM broadcast (DIME seed) missing first four songs performed, with Love Vigilantes being faded in on this particular capture.

Luckily, we have a complete audience recording to fill in the gaps.

Alan Wise handles the introduction here.

AW: "...Steve. Right, I see a few familiar faces. Do you know that just across the sea, fifty years ago, four mop-headed lads from Liverpool...was it?...decided to change the face of music. And here they are, in Dublin, the Beatles. Sorry, New Order!"

BS: "Hope you're going to enjoy the set tonight, we've ridden in especially for you. Let's start with a song called Cristal [pronounced French-style]"

At the end, Hooky makes quite a strange pronouncement, even by his standards.

PH: "Now how you do you know that she was actually going to grant me a big wish. You took my fairy away."

BS (speaking through Hooky): "Cheers, thank you."

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is a little wrong...a little song that that went wrong in the Eighties and it's called Regret."

Mic gets knocked between 1:25 - 1:30, with the stereo field shifting as a result.

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

A bit of hard riffing afterwards, whilst Bernard tunes up.

_Ceremony_

BS: "Okay, sorry about that, I was just tuning up. I'm very professional these days. The next song we're gonna play was written in the last two weeks of Ian Curtis' life, and er, it was actually written with the guys in Joy Division, but we've always played it as New Order. This is Ceremony."

_Twenty__Four___Hours_

BS: "Okay, so good so far. Have to bear with me a little bit, I'm not very well tonight, that's not why I'm jumping about as much as normal. I need a bit of sympathy! [people groan] I feel terrible, honestly. (The) things I have to go through."

First line is very low in the mix, and some of the other lines of the first verse can barely be heard.

BS: "Thank you! I know you're filming it for TV, but can we, eh, kill the lights a little bit. We're trying to get a bit of a vibe going up here. Who gives a fuck about the TV?"

PH: "Just kill that light, maybe, that big one up there, mate. Thank you. That's a lot better."

Chants after _Love___Vigilantes_.

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "You know, now a change the time there(?) on the song. Jason? Okay, this is a song of our last album called, the album is called Waiting For The Sirens' Call and the track is also called Waiting For The Siren's Call. You might notice a recurring theme there somewhere."

BS: "Cheers, thank you!"

_Transmission_

BS: "Okay, we're really gonna rock you up now with a track called Transmission."

BS: "Cheers, thanks.

PC: "Thanks a lot."

Then the sound of a guitar lead getting unplugged.

_Krafty_

BS: "Okay this is, uh, bringing it up a bit more up-to-date, this is a track off our last album, whatever the fuck that was called, and it's called Krafty. Just can't sell stuff, y'know. My record company want me to, but I just can't put my heart into it. Buy it if you like it, if you don't, fuck it up."

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna chill out a little bit now with this one. Well, a bit. And off the... that, we're gonna build it up again to a raucous ending...of course, that's what we do...this is Your Silent Face."

Idiot announcers leave their mics open, so you can hear every bit of clatter. At the end they comment, "not a dry eye in the house".

Some interesting 'orchestral' keyboard samples.

BS: "Thank you, Jerry. Right, that's all the rock shit over with. I don't mean shit, you know, I mean, like, like like, they say in New York, shit as in good, like bad, you know like we say it's bad? I mean it's good you know, I should have said it's good, I'm embarrassing meself now."

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Okay this is Biz...bloody Bizarre Love Triangle, bloody Bizarre Love Triangle."

Annoying voiceover..."the windows are shaking now".

And another one after the song, telling folks they have a sister broadcast...

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

BS: "Cheers, thanks a lot. I know it's corny to say it, but is everyone having a good time? If you're not, I'll give your money back personally. I'll announce my name and address at the end of the show."

_True___Faith_

BS: "This is True Faith."

A couple of glitches during this song (broadcast version).

Announcer voiceover at end, talking through Bernard's pronouncement.

BS: "Cheers, thank you! You know what, we were gonna drop that one as well. Maybe we'll keep it in the set."

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay, this is my favorite New Order song, it's called Temptation.

PH: "Okay, out goes the Sugababes, then..." [can't make out the rest]

Bernard laughs.

(afterwards)

BS: "I could have sworn that was it. Most bands, that's all that they would give you, I tell you. But we like to think that we're a little bit different."

PH: "Just a quick dedication before we go, I'd like to congratulate Kelly Osborne and Matty on their marriage today, but don't tell her Mom and Dad because they're gonna fucking kill her."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "This is Love Will Tear Us Apart, we want you to sing on the choruses, please."

Lots of exhortations, including one for Kelly.

BS: "Cheers, thank you! I was gonna say 'Dublin' but i guess you're from all over Ireland. You're a fucking gerat audience, and we're definitely come back, might be twenty years, but we'll definitely come back. Thank you!"

BS: "Cheers!"

Announcer: "Do you want me to fill? Okay, Bernard is wearing a grey hoodie, and Hooky has been wearing black, playing his bass dangling around his ankles with a pool cue. Stephen is looking very sweaty now, his shirt is open to his navel. Someone's coming on with some bits of sponge. Now, it's the magic sponge there. Okay, some sort of argument here. Misunderstanding. Andy...okay, we've another sponge now. And there goes the shirt, ok? Ah, Stephen's topless now. Crowd are having none of this, they want them back on stage..."

PH: "See, Wes just said to me, then he said, "Fookin' 'ell, Hooky, don't you know it's a quick turnaround. That's fuckin' rock n' roll, innit, a quick turnaround? Yes!"

Stephen drum crash.

Announcer: "Ah, the cat's out of the bag."

BS: "We've got a slight problem, we can't find our guitarist. Oh he's there! You blue bastard."

PH: "Ha ha ha ha, you ain't get that scarf caught in the scaffolding then, did you, Phil? Ain't holding you back.

BS: "The problem is, he's only semi-pro. The rest of us turned professional a long time ago."

_The___Perfect___Kiss_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna play a song for you now we've not played very often live for a long time, eh, we used to play a lot live, but... and it was called 'A Perfect Kiss'."

PH: "What's your friend called?"

Cuts off right at the start of the seque to _Blue___Monday_, go figure. However, the audience recording is complete.

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

Hooky finishes off with the BM bass melody.

BS: "Thank you everyone, good night, God bless and be careful out there."

Fans call out for 'One More Tune' but are denied.

NO: 09 OCT 06 International Centre - Bournemouth

Shouts of 'New Order' and 'ooky!' greet the listener of this recording.

Intro is Ennio Morricone's "For A Few Dollars More".

The group take the stage.

_Crystal_

BS: "Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. Hullo. Hi. We're New Order. I think's it's been round about eighteen years since we last played in...er, whereever we are...Bournemouth. Hopefully we'll gonna make up for that tonight by playing a top set up here. Okay, here we go. Join in if you want."

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

There's a guitar riff here that sounds familiar but I can't place.

_Whos___Joe_

BS: "Okay, we're going to do a track off of our last album now, it's called Who's Joe."

The live debut of this song.

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

Some more guitaring.

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is a hoary old chestnut that's we're...that's fallen down from the chestnut tree, it's called Regret."

BS: "Muchas gracias."

The crowd are heard chanting the group's name.

_Ceremony_

BS: "Thank you. Can anyone play guitar? Are you in are out(?).

PH: "You have to shout just one ten decibels louder. Don't have a fucking heart attack. For you, this is 24 Hours."

Hooky may have either been making a sardonic joke or honestly misspoke.

BS: "It's a good song that, but it does sound a little bit like an ice cream van in the middle, you know, the break?"

BS: "Okay."

PH: "You lot are going to have a fucking heart attack. It's like an orgy of daft dancing. Fucking hell, I thought I was embarrassing, you lot take the fucking cake."

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "Okay, this is Waiting For The Sirens' Call."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you. That's one of our favorite songs, that one."

A familiar voice shouts for 'Age Of Consent'.

PH: "I wish I could hear what pearls of wisdom you were saying." [chuckles] Stop fucking waving at me, you're like a mink."

_These___Days_

BS: "Okay, we're going to play a song for you now that we haven't played... there's an even bigger gap between us playing this song than between us playing here in Bournemouth. In fact, probably, possibly, although I could be lying, the last time we played it was probably with Joy Division, and it's called These Days."

In fact, the last time was at Derby on April 19th, 1980.

BS: "Thank you. Life was so simple in those days, and so were the songs."

Some guitar tuning.

_Transmission_

BS: "Okay, this is Transmission."

_Krafty_

BS: "Thank you. Sorry about the feedback. Oh, how angry we were in those days. Very angry. Don't know (what) about, but we were. But, now, we're much more pleasant chipper chaps. And this is Krafty, a very optimistic song."

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thank you! Thank you. Jerry, can I have a little bit more on my voice please, just a tad, top pole(?) please. Sarge, can I have another drink as well...please, you don't get breathalyzed at gigs here, do you?"

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "All right. Are you enjoying yourselves, so far? [cheers] Okay, we are, but you got to realize that this our first gig in a long time, and we're still warming up to that peak...the peak of the set. [keys] So after Transmission, we need to chill a litle bit, so this is Your Silent Face."

lyric: "So why don't you..." Fans shout, "Piss off!" Bernard replies, "That's right!"

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

A keyboard melody.

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Cheers, Jerry. All right, that's gone through all the Joy Division bit, and the new bit, and now what we're gonna play is some dance tunes for (you). But there's a few bald heads out there, hope you don't mind me saying so, we all got our own hair. So hope you're still up for a bit of dancing, if you know what I mean. This is Bizarre Love Triangle."

(a few seconds into the intro)

PH: "Go ahead, Andy, c'mon lad."

BS: "Voila...voila..."

Hooky's bass is off kilter between the first and second verses (before the first chorus).

BS: "Cheers, thanks a lot. Get me a wheelchair."

_Temptation_

BS: "Right, I don't know about you, but I'm a little bit out of breath after that. And you know you have to give as good as you get. So on the next one, you're doing the fucking dancing, all right? Else, we'll give you your money after the show [cymbal] Hang on a minute, I got that wrong. No, we'll make you pay on your way out, that's all we need. Twice. All right, this is Temptation."

(after)

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

Fade out/in on the recording.

_The___Perfect___Kiss_

BS: "Okay, we're gonna...gonna keep it a bit on a dance. Let's face it, we're all fucking past ours now, aren't we. Hey, Hooky. ...of our age."

PH says something I can't make out, not replying to Bernard, something like "give me a minute, Joe."

BS: "We might have owned a club, but we're sure let(?) this club for you. All right, all right, this is The Perfect Kiss."

Mic gets bumped at 1:34 and the recording becomes muffled for a period of time afterwards, until about 3:14.

TPK segues into _Blue___Monday_.

Some Kylie samples in there too.

BS: "Cheers, thank you very much. Black power!"

And the main set ends, the punters finding that last bit very amusing.

(encore)

BS: "I don't know which hand signal to give...that, or..."

_Shadowplay_

BS: "This is probably why people used to call us miserable cunts, this song. ...I'm older, I can understand it really. Yo."

(at end)

BS: "You sounded like you're fucking auditioning for Deep Purple then, Phil."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "Okay, this is Love Will Tear Us Apart. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do."

PH: "See you in 25 years then."

BS: "Thank you Bournemouth. I'm very sorry we left you so long. There must be a reason, but I can't think of it. Thank you, you've been a great audience, cheers, thanks for having us, good night!"

Fans chant, "we want more"...but the band is done.

NO: 11 OCT 06 Carling Academy - Newcastle

Ennio Morricone's "For A Few Dollars More" is the intro music here.

_Crystal_

BS: "Yo yo. Hello, Newcastle! Sorry it's been so long since we last played here. But it's good to be back. Eh, hope you enjoy this concert as much as we do, we're going to start the set with a song called Crystal."

(at end)

_Regret_

BS: "Cheers, thank you! Wooh! Cheers, thank you very much. Okay, er, we're gonna play an oldie but goldie, it's called Regret."

BS: "Okay, thank you".

_Ceremony_

PH: "Watch your ticker, you...fucking hell."

BS: "Cheers, thank you."

PH: "You are out, aren't ya? [laughs]."

Some guitar stumming/tuning here, as well as whistles and shoutouts.

_Whos___Joe_

BS: "Okay, this a track off of our last album, which was called Waiting For The Sirens' Call, this is a track called 'Who's Joe'."

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thanks."

More tuning.

_These___Days_

BS: "Okay, that song is the second time we ever played that live...live. So you have to bear with us. This next song, is a Joy Division song, is called These Days, and we've only played this twice as well, so will be special when we play it tonight for you."

BS: "Cheers, thank you!"

_Transmission_

Fans shout out the band's name.

PH: "We know!"

BS: "Transmission. It got me 'round, this one."

(at end)

BS: "Thank you!"

_Krafty_

BS: "Cheers. We might play a couple of Joy Division tracks tonight, but we're going to play something up to date. This is Krafty. Cause you can't live in the past, you know."

After the song finishes...

BS: "Yeah, thank you! Woo!"

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens___Call_

BS: "Hey, we're gonna chill it out a little bit now. Sort of, in a different way. This is 'Waiting For The Sirens' call', the title t rack off of our last album."

_Your___Silent___Face_

Whistles.

BS: "Anyway, that was a new one. We're not allowed that song. So we're now going to play a song featuring a melodica. It's called 'Your Silent Face'."

_Guilt___Is___A___Useless___Emotion_

BS: "Okay. We've been through our rocky set...rocky bit...we've been through our mellow bit, now we're gonna play for you dance tunes up here. So you all hope you fucking dance up here in Newcastle. Have you ever made it to Glasgow, they could dance...alright [can't make out this bit]...as good as it gets(?)."

BS: "Oi, oi, this is a new track, it's called Guilt Is A Useless Emotion."

Hooky's bassline mimics the heartbeat on the LP version.

_Bizarre___Love___Triangle_

BS: "Thank you. That was actually the first time we ever played that song live. So we were a bit scared, you know, but seems to have gone down all right...keeping it on the dance tip, this is _Bizarre___Love___Triangle_.

BS: "Woo! Whoah!"

BS: "Thank you, thanks very much, one of our favorite songs, that. Obviously that bullshit or will come out anyway..." [can't quite make this part out]

_Temptation_

BS: "Okay, folks, hang on, this is my all-time favorite New Order song , it's called Temptation."

Lots of audience participation here.

BS: "Thank you very much, good to see you getting into it all, especially the people in the, er, terrace or whatever it's called, the circle(?). Thank you!"

_The___Perfect___Kiss_

BS: "We gonna keep our dance vibe, this is The Perfect Kiss."

Segues into _Blue___Monday_

Hooky mutters something that has "That ruined...fucking...", can't make out.

BS: "Cheers, thank you very much! Goodnight. Thanks, you've been a great audience, good night!"

The Order leave the stage for several minutes, but come back on for a two-song encore.

_Shadowplay_

PH: "We preferred the old days when we didn't do 'em, fuckin' hell, life was much simpler then."

BS: "Hallo Hallo Hallo Hallo. Okay, since eh, they shot...Joy...a film about Joy Division this year, and we've actually seen bits of it, and it's quite apt to play a couple Joy Division track, so we'll start with Shadowplay."

_Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_

BS: "Right, this is the last song we're gonna play, and it really is the last one, and we want everyone to sing...to join in the chorus, especially the people up there, because I've noticed they've not been moving around as much as the people down here....and they played less than you did over there...I can't hear this guitar, Damien.'

Hooky yells, "Take it away, Steve!" before the bridge.

BS: "Cheers, thank you very much! It's been fantastic to play here. Hope it won't be so long next time. Thank you, good night!

NO: 16 OCT 06 Empress Ballroom - Blackpool

Recording courtesy of Schoff.

The intro piece is Ennio Morricone's "For A Few Dollars More" with the band played before coming on throughout the 2006 UK dates.

_Crystal_

BS: "Yo. Hello. Jerry, turn the gerry(?) down a little bit, please. Hi, we're New Order, obviously, and before we start, I can't fail to mention how much I enjoyed Section 25 tonight. It's been a long time since we played with those guys and I thought they were fantastic. However, this is Crystal.

(only a few people cheer)

BS: "C'mon, you can do better than that!"

The louder cheers obscure Bernard's following comment, "I hear Germans got flowers for Manchester." or something like that.

The last time NO and SXXV had played together was back at the Preston Guildhall on October 22, 1985, well over 20 years prior.

BS: "Cheers, thank you!"

The chants start.

BS: "Cheers, thanks a lot!"

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, we're going to go straight to Regret now."

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thank you. Just chill out a little bit at the front please, we've only just begun. If you're killing each other now, just wait until the end of the set."

More chants.

_Ceremony_

BS: "Okay, we're going to attempt to play Ceremony now. Before, we played it...last few gigs, we're not sure where it is on the, er, guitars. If we get it wrong, we'll just start again...you know, punk style."

PH: "Old age, it's a fucker, innit. Hello, Twinny, you out there, man? Salford!"

_Who's___Joe_

BS: "Cheers, thanks a lot! And if you'll excuse me tonight, I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself...I've got...I've got tonsilitis or something, my singing's a bit worse than it normally is, which is pretty bad. However, you seem like a good audience to me, and I'm sure you can make up for any shortcomings by singing along on the chorus. This is a track off our last album, it's called 'Who's Joe'."

_These___Days_

BS: "Cheers, thank you very myuch. I know we got these old classic tunes, but you got to allow us one or two new ones. You know, you've got to look, as well as looking back, even it doesn't really sell good. However, after just saying that, we're going to play an old Joy Division song called 'These Days'."

_Twenty___Four___Hours_

BS: "Thank you. Woo! Okay, after my little speech about playing new stuff, we're gonna play another old one. This is 24 Hours."

BS: "Thanks very much, thank you."

More chanting. Bless.

_Krafty_

BS: "Okay, back to the future now. This is Krafty."

BS: "Thank you, cheers!"

BS: "Thanks a lot. It's great to be hear in Blackpool. Obviously, we... we all come down here in the summer for the holidays, it being just down the road from Manchester. So next summer, look about the streets and you may see one of New Order, in the amuse...bloody out in amusement arcades. Honestly, I'm not taking the amusement out of you(?)."

_Waiting___For___The___Sirens'___Call_

BS: "Okay, this is Waiting For The Sirens' Call."

BS: "Thank you, cheers. Let's not get too carried away guys, so leave some...[can't make out] Calm down.

_Your___Silent___Face_

BS: "Okay, um, next on my set list I have it written down you see, is a track we call (you can have that) eh, KW1, which is short for Kraftwerk One, which we thought it sounded a bit like Kraftwerk when we wrote it. It's actually called Your Silent Face."

During the intro, Bernard comments, "It features the melodica."

Hooky ends it with bass playing.

_Guilt___Is___A___Useless___Emotion_

BS: "Okay (clears throat). Well, that's the comteplative part of the set, and eh, what we're gonna do now is switch into dance mode, so we want all the people in the back to really get into this, but we want all the people in the front not to, to keep really still. Now, I'm only joking. Eh, this is a song off our last song, and it's called Guilt Is A Useless Emotion."

A little bit different with Hooky's opening bass riff, which doesn't seem to fit the song. Maybe he was echoing the heartbeat that's present in the recorded version (which also is present here at the end).

BS: "Okay, the next song is _Bizarre___Love___Triangle_."

BS: "Cheers, thank you!"

Some Phil riffing

_Temptation_

BS: "You okay? Okay, so you really got to fucking into it now, cuz this is our best song. It's called Temptation."

The chants start again...

_The___Perfect___Kiss_

BS: "Okay? (clears throat) Great. (coughs) Can't think of anything to say, really. Except that this is The Perfect Kiss."

Segues immediately into _Blue___Monday_.

Includes a bit of TPK as well as Kylie.

BS: "Cheers, thanks a lot. You don't want this microphone. Thanks a lot, Blackpool. Sorry it's been so long. Goodnight!"

(encore)

_Turn_

PH: "Ha ha!"

BS: "You're lucky, we never used to do encores. How, how times have changed. This is a track called Turn."

_Shadowplay_ follows.

BS: "Very macho that track, innit? Little bit of the bug side from me. The next track is very beautiful, it's Love Will Tear Us Apart, it's our last song tonight, so pr... with us."

And with that, _Love___Will___Tear___Us___Apart_, in its current bar-band singalong, makes its appearance. Plenty of c'mons to be had.

BS: "Cheers, thank you very much. We better go out and start to sell ...older. Good night, thanks a lot, see you again in like 20 years, bye bye."

NO: 18 OCT 06 Academy - Glasgow

Intro is Ennio Morricone's "For A Few Dollars More".

BS: "All right, Glasgow."

BS: "Hello."

BS: "Just noticed this shirt, it looks like a bird shit on my shoulder. Don't let it put you off."

_True___Faith_

BS: "Ok, this is True Faith."

Unusual for this to be the opening track.

BS: "Cheers, thank you. Thanks a lot."

_Regret_

BS: "Okay, this is Regret."

PH: "You knew that was coming, didn't you? You knew!"

_Ceremony_

BS: "Thank you. Look how bright it is. It's like being in Boobs(?)."

Unusually, Hooky's vocals are louder than Bernard's during the choruses.

_Whos___Joe_

BS: "Thank you! Okay new, we're gonna play a slightly new song now, hope you can take it, hope we can take it, it's called Who's Joe."

(at end)

BS: "Cheers, thank you very much."

_These___Days_

BS: "Okay, the next track is called These Days."