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New Order at the Apollo - 10/10Ged Camera (gig: 14/11/05)
They came. They saw. They realised they didn't have to conquer anyone. Tonight was the closest New Order could get to throwing a not-so-private party for the legions of hometown fans, and they played as if it was, right down to the occasional glitch. |
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 | | New Order (pic: Andy Stubbs) |
There's no need to win people over when you can reel off Ceremony, Love Vigilantes, Crystal and Regret as your opening four numbers, but it wasn’t a night for taking it easy. As Hooky prowled that stage with a menacing grin, the old, the young and the in-between moved as one to the tunes relayed by the pied pipers of Manchester music. Monitors that relay the lyrics may now be required by Sumner, but it is after all over two decades since they released Transmission, and the sell out 3,000 plus crowd didn't mind. They wanted to be indulged and move their bodies to some of the greatest slices of music ever created - and that they
did.
 | | New Order (pic: Andy Stubbs) |
As he refreshed himself between songs, the usually quiet Sumner was relaxed enough to request for, and get, the crowd to show more enthusiasm for new numbers such as Krafty and Turn, but the reality was that these were merely to precursors to a traipse though music as timeless now as when first released, such as heartbreakingly wonderful Your Silent Face. Such turns garnered no complaints down the front, and the audience were happy with the mix, happy that the boys have avoided the move forward, spared the indulgences in new styles, and ignored the re-imaginings. This was a band and a crowd simply savouring something precious. Even Anthony H Wilson turned up, so it must have been a special occasion… | | | last updated: 15/11/05 | | | Have Your Say | | |
Andy Griffith
Gobsmackingly brilliant. For a band that continue to look like they're in it for a laugh (like Bernard messing round with Phil's keyboards at the start of Blue Monday), they really are unbelievably good live. Predictably, the old classics were better received than the newer stuff, but that's not too surprising given the average age of the audience was probably mid-30s. Well worth every penny of the not-inconsiderable ticket price!
Pete
Fantastic night out - Atmosphere was just beautiful. New Order sound better with each passing year. Has Manchester produced a band that could compete with these? I thought not.......
Graham Lamb, Whitefield
This was the fourth time I've seen the legends that are New Order and this was possibly on a a par with the first time, which was at The Apollo aswell, in the late 90's. Quite simply, a Greatest Hits setlist to die for, rightly sidestepping most of the last patchy album, they hurtled into all the old classics, one after another came powering from the stage, from Hooky's inimitable sounding bass to Steve's crashing drums, they were a band in the form of their life, Temptation, Regret and Ceremony made the hairs of the neck stand up while Shadowplay, Love Will Tear Us Apart etc all did justice to their formative years....my only gripe would be, yet again, playing nothing from my own personal favourite LP, Technique....well done lads, don't jack it in just yet 'eh ?
Jeff, Manc
I've seen the Gorillaz gig and White Stripes in Blackpool both of which were awesome but this was just the best. 3,000 people? In 5 years time 30,000 will claim they were there
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