I feel so extraordinary somePoll's got a hold on me: NEW ORDER artist poll #37 (RESULTS thread)

think I saw New Order in the 80s live more than any other band

thanks for posting the images Bee OK! I didn't vote in this but I like the results

I love the early New Order live recordings/clips, where Barney looked like he (and the rest of them) wanted to be anywhere else but there, like the 1983 TOTP performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTb2rZ0SBg4

Anyone else going to the Hollywood Bowl shows this year?

well, Sumner's had COVID twice, so maybe he has immunity.

They've postponed twice already, once in 2020 and once in 2021. Fingers crossed for this time.

I think they have always been a very uneven band live. The first time I saw them was in 1985. They were simply brilliant, one of the three best shows I've ever seen. This is almost a perfect setlist:

New Order, August 16, 1985, Rainbow Music Hall, Denver, CO

Sunrise
This Time of Night
Hurt
Thieves Like Us
5 8 6
Everything's Gone Green
The Village
Subculture
Denial
Confusion
The Perfect Kiss

Encore:
Ceremony
Blue Monday

Encore 2:
Temptation

Saw them again the following year, and they were shit. Completely phoning it in. I almost took it personally.

I had tickets for the original Hollywood Bowl dates in 2020, not sure if I'm going to still go. I feel like I have seen them enough times now.

I'm still planning to go. Also planning to see Peter Hook and the Light in June. Hoping I won't be too depressed by either event.

I saw them in 2019 they were great very professional.