New Order #10 1985 12 06 Central London Poly

News of this gig emerged in NME on 20 November, and in those days of ringing box offices and sending cheques, it was always in doubt whether tickets would be obtained. So it proved, with the cheque returned on December 2nd with a note that the gig had sold out. 

Chanced it anyway, and got in via a tout for the princely sum of £6.50 (the 50p part is odd).

Support were Quando Quango, who I enjoyed, though I don't recall any of the songs they played.

New Order came on around 11pm. The set was being filmed, but I've never seen any sign of footage.

At my second New Order gig, they played a sub hour (quite a lot sub) set, with no encore. At CLP they similarly played no encore, and the set was about 50 minutes long. The resemblances end there though - this was a magnificent show.

I seem to recall there was an almost audible gasp from the audience when they opened with Atmosphere, but in all honesty the setlist this night was pretty much perfect. Not a single duff song, and some wonderful extra flourishes like guitar embellishments in Dreams Never End and some slightly different lyrics on Weirdo.

New Order could have called it a day after this show as it's difficult to see how they could top this.

Set and song timings
1 Atmosphere	4:53
2 Dreams Never End	3:20
3 Procession	3:38
4 Sunrise	4:45
5 Lonesome Tonight	5:21
6 Weirdo	4:40
7 5-8-6	5:05
8 The Perfect Kiss	9:25
9 Face Up	5:03
10 Age Of Consent	4:40