NO: 11 OCT 2001 Academy, Brixton

Scan from Renco Terhoeven

Setlist

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] Ruined In A Day, Blue Monday

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.


Comments

From: "spiky"
To: "New Order Mailing List (E-mail)" <ceremony@monkey.org> 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: <ceremony@monkey.org>
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!

Versions

All three Brixton shows were taped by UKBT, Sony D6c / AT-9400.  I don't have these recordings currently, as at one time, I must have since I have put out transcriptions...but know who does, maybe these will be featured in time for their 40th/50th anniversary.