Dave G Kelly
New Order ¦ SFX ¦ Dublin ¦ 1983-04-26
Two words: Blue Monday.
It had just been released the previous month and would go on to dominate the summer of '83 both at home and in the clubs around Europe (at least where I was on holidays nanyways).
So you can guess what they closed the set with. They still weren't bothered with encores back then, so closing with Blue Monday pretty much lifted the roof off the venerable venue. Technical problems at the start of it meant that we got an extended remix ("Just press the f*ckin' play button for f*cks sake!" :) ).
The evening had started off with the perennial SFX support band du jour Blue In Heaven opening the affair with a vibrant set.
This was the second time the Manchester merry pranksters played Dublin and it was a much more satisfactory affair than their previous visit here (my ticket for that one in March '82 is lost to the winds of time unfortunately). Finishing off the set with the following run of songs: Ceremony, Temptation, Confusion and Blue Monday pointed to a brighter and more dancier future.
It was the night they shook off the ghosts of their past. No more would they be grey trench coated gothic doom-mongers. Which was a pity as I wished they'd told me. Joking... I think I got the memo all right.
There was even a moment of hilarity when Hooky made a mess of the intro to The Age of Consent and had to restart.
Times, they were a changin'.
Two things of note: Only a fiver and ticket number 0018!
More of my old Concert Tickets.
New Order ¦ SFX ¦ Dublin ¦ 1983-04-26
Two words: Blue Monday.
It had just been released the previous month and would go on to dominate the summer of '83 both at home and in the clubs around Europe (at least where I was on holidays nanyways).
So you can guess what they closed the set with. They still weren't bothered with encores back then, so closing with Blue Monday pretty much lifted the roof off the venerable venue. Technical problems at the start of it meant that we got an extended remix ("Just press the f*ckin' play button for f*cks sake!" :) ).
The evening had started off with the perennial SFX support band du jour Blue In Heaven opening the affair with a vibrant set.
This was the second time the Manchester merry pranksters played Dublin and it was a much more satisfactory affair than their previous visit here (my ticket for that one in March '82 is lost to the winds of time unfortunately). Finishing off the set with the following run of songs: Ceremony, Temptation, Confusion and Blue Monday pointed to a brighter and more dancier future.
It was the night they shook off the ghosts of their past. No more would they be grey trench coated gothic doom-mongers. Which was a pity as I wished they'd told me. Joking... I think I got the memo all right.
There was even a moment of hilarity when Hooky made a mess of the intro to The Age of Consent and had to restart.
Times, they were a changin'.
Two things of note: Only a fiver and ticket number 0018!
More of my old Concert Tickets.