Bit typical that they swapped out "Behind Closed Doors" for "Heart & Soul." How weak.

What a superb all round excellent full on New Order day and night. In the day time went to the true faith exhibition at the art galley and then spent a small fortune in the shop! If you are visiting Manchester I recommend a visit to this exhibition. Then off to see a wonderful New Order show. Drank some stray dog at last, a nice hoppy ale and spent more money on a rather nice grey sweater.

What a set New Order played, nearly bought tears to my eyes to hear Ultraviolence, Dream Attack, vanishing point, All day Long. A superbl YSF. Enjoyed the JD tracks last night as well, excellent for Disorder and Decades. It seems harsh to add any critism but I was expecting TLU. And EGG. However a small gripe, this really was a new order gig to remember. I thought VP sounded huge, God knows why they never play this. I thought the criowd could have gone more wild, this is what we have been wanting from a New Order set list for ages, so nice not to to hear Blue Monday, and LWTUA for once. Danced the whole set, was a sweaty beast after, very hot in there though, would have sweated even if I stood still, which unbelievably some people did.

Really good stage set up, the 12 keyboard players partially hidden had a very kraftwerk-y feel about it. Great sound. Just wish it as longer. Spoke to Jarvis Cocker on the walk back to the hotel seems a nice bloke. Had a photo with my wife.

Just wish I could go again, these gigs are a must for NO obsessives. Just make sure you get a ticket you won't be disappointed.

I didn't do Thursday but was there last night. There were some minor changes to the set list... Times Change (never ever thought I'd type that in a live context) replaced Elegia which I was secretly relieved at because we already heard enough of Elegia in 2011-12; the band weren't onstage yet as an instrumental Times Change was played by the "synth-chestra". Heart And Soul made also an appearance and Ultraviolence sounded quite menacing once it got going... incredible to hear.

Without overstating things by the time we got a third of the way through the set I had already decided this was an easy highlight of having seen New Order live over the years (with or without you-know-who). It's definitely up there. Bar a few very minor technical glitches at the start the whole concept gelled together brilliantly and so hat off to both the band and visual designer. If you'd told me a year ago I'd be hearing Dream Attack, Shellshock, Vanishing Point or even Disorder I'd have been dismissive... Subculture was simply surreal (in a very good way). It's just such a shame that the set list will presumably return to normality afterwards but hopefully they'll keep a few of these 'resurrected' tracks on standby and swap them into the established running order occasionally. It would be nice for overseas fans to hear some of these tunes.

A shout out to the young keyboardists who added to the show... like energetic clones of Kraftwerk being kept trapped in square wardrobes

A decent live album of this concept would also be welcome. They've got 5 nights to capture the best versions of each song and paste them together into a nice souvenir for attendees and non-attendees alike. In other words: "Take our money!" etc.

A 1 minute snippet of Times Change from Saturday:

Good point about th space. Although sold out plenty of room to move about.

Surely Subculture will remain in future NewOrder sets, sounded immense as did Ultraviolence and VP and DA and..........I could go on. Will live long in the memory

Yes i was in there today, saw the limited edition silver vinyl PC&L and white vinyl Closer (each £35) but didn't snap up either as i'm not that obsessive.Didn't think Cummings small boxes of New Order postcards and the same for Joy Division were worth £30 nice as they were.Did you see also the birthday card type ones across to the right of the shop? Lego type cartoons of the band members and lyrics to one or two songs over different cards and also a couple of colour ones with "stitch" (?) writing listing Fac numbers and even a mention for The Vikings and the fact their sons and daughters of The Vikings are Fac384?


The exhibition is pretty good.Worth a visit and it's free entry.While i was at Manchester Art Gallery my attention was also drawn to a a gallery of photos by a a lady called Shirley Baker who has her photos collection "Women and Children; and Loitering Men" on display, it's incredible photos of the slums of Salford in the early 1960s to 1970s before they were all knocked down; all the kids and families in the battered old streets, a time and era gone forever.


On my way back to my car (tip: Great Jackson Street car park , about 10 minutes walk rom Manc city centre) is cheap- £4.50 per day though the machine doesn't take the new £1 coins yet) i stumbled across the Castlefield area and the where NO played almost a year ago. That canal area is great and topped off a great day out.

Well i say Lego type pictures or/and "stitched" writing but i don't know if that's the right description.But i found an image online anyway,

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