The biz had become stale and ripe for a shake up by this time - to think in a parallel universe the Pistols at the Free Trade Hall, TG at the ICA, Grundy, Buzzcocks, Damned had all occurred…and yet TOTP give airtime to the Steve Gibbons band!…
40 years tonight…since I first heard the immortal phrase ‘I’ve got a cock, it looks like the M1’…par for the course having seen Keith Allen in a leather jockstrap earlier in the evening!…
#OnThisDay 1981
New Order @ Bedford Boys' Club
Denial (debut), In A Lonely Place, Dreams Never End, Procession, Truth, ICB, Senses, Ceremony
The gig was organised by legendary New Order fan, Dec Hickey.
📸 Dec Hickey, Tom Locke, Rod Coleman
New Order OTD 1986 Liverpool City Council Benefit at Royal Court Theatre, “With Love from Manchester”. New Order got £65, the Smiths about £600, the Fall over £1000 expenses. So much for altruism!
mdmarchive.co.uk/artefact.ph…mdmarchive.co.uk/artefact/52…
New Order OTD 1983 Cardiff University Students' Union
In A Lonely Place
Age Of Consent
Ultraviolence
Chosen Time
We All Stand
Everything's Gone Green
The Village
Dreams Never End
Procession
Hurt
Temptation
Poster via @country_mile
New Order OTD 1985: Michael Sobell Sports Centre, Finsbury Park London.
"They left the electronics playing Blue Monday, and left the stage. Then a roadie came on and sang the Divine song..." -
@davidlynch333
Unofficial video still more info: factoryrecords.org/cerysmati…
New Order OTD 1986: Queen's College, Belfast.
Channel One interview and two tracks from the concert: youtube.com/watch?v=t9CncRpw…
No idea why the date is different on YouTube. They only played Belfast once.
New Order OTD 1985: King George's Hall, Blackburn
Tragically someone was killed by a half brick thrown in a two sided brawl outside. The perpetrator got life. Hooky met him years later and he expressed his regret.
Full story: Substance by Peter Hook amzn.to/2WlQzNJ
OTD 1983 New Order at The Hacienda, Manchester.
Bootlegged on the Radio Pictures LP
Your Silent Face
Temptation
Ceremony
Truth
Leave Me Alone
Denial
586
Age Of Consent
Blue Monday
Red poster tinyurl.com/y4bbroqt
B/W flyer @OmegaAuctionstinyurl.com/y3trk6xf
New Order OTD 1986: Saint Francis Xavier, Dublin. The first of two nights. With Stockholm Monsters.
Everything's Gone Green
Blue Monday
Dreams Never End
Bizarre Love Triangle
Thieves Like Us
Sooner Than You Think
Broken Promise
Subculture
Denial
State Of The Nation
Perfect Kiss
New Order OTD 1982: Imperial Cinema, Birmingham. Supported by Stockholm Monsters
Temptation
Denial
Chosen Time
ICB
Senses
Dreams Never End
In A Lonely Place
Ceremony
Ticket and photo @Birmingham_81
Flyer @MDMArchivetinyurl.com/y44bttqt
New Order OTD 1982: North London Polytechnic. Supported by the Stockholm Monsters. Admission £2.50
Dreams Never End
Denial
Truth
Senses
Hurt
Procession
Ceremony
Temptation
"New Order provide a much-needed slug of passion tonight" - Melody Maker