Dreams Never End

It's been less than a year since I last saw New Order at the Brixton Academy but because my BBFK couldn't go then I decided to grab some more tickets for this year :)

So it was nice to have BBFK, Mr. Squiggles and another friend along for a night of London rush-hour traffic-jammery travel to the "new" Wembley Arena; basically the old Wembley Arena with a face-lift. Not bad.

The support group, Maximo Park, were pretty decent, but then came on the heroes...

...starting off with a Joy Division set, lots of jumping around and a few drunken sods in the crowd being a nuisance. And they played...

1. She's Lost Control
2. Shadowplay
3. These Days
4. Transmission,
5. Love Will Tear Us Apart
6. Atmosphere
7. Waiting For The Sirens' Call
8. Ceremony
9. Who's Joe
10. Crystal
11. Regret
12. Guilt Is A Useless Emotion
13. Bizarre Love Triangle
14. Temptation
15. The Perfect Kiss
16. Blue Monday
17. (lots of shouting "Encore, encore")
    
18. Love Vigilantes
19. Turn
20. True Faith

Not bad; a few bum notes here & there, some well out-of-key synths in "Blue Monday" and only one "whooo" from Barney, but a good gig nonetheless, although a little more poppy than last year's Academy gig which was darker, smaller, sweatier, more Joy Division territory...

I stood in front of my delicate little wench for most of the gig, protecting her as best I could from the staggering bodies & random fists and ended up with a few pull muscles in my arm from jettisoning the occasional retard from our little bit of space...

Then drove home, missing my junction on the M25 but eventually got us all home safely.

Thanks people, that was a good night :)

Encore!