New Order - Brighton Centre 28 March 1986
This is the first cutting I've posted for a show I attended. This was on Good Friday 1986. The setlist was: STATE OF THE NATION LOVE VIGILANTES SUBCULTURE SHELLSHOCK CONFUSION LET'S GO 5-8-6 TEMPTATION AGE OF CONSENT SUNRISE THE PERFECT KISS This is the cassette bootleg I subsequently got: On leaving, there were bins near the exits filled with tickets. No idea why, but we used to try and find the lowest numbered ticket. I won: NME - SUPERGROUP! NEW ORDER Brighton Centre NEW Order are just another smooth supergroup chasing the Sminds, U2, The Cure. and The Banshees into clinical complacency, acceptable harmlessness. So it goes. Slick, bland, empty, their stance for challenge, atmosphere, and emotional meaning is now drowned in Vangelis sound effects, air-raid spotlights and Albrecht’s disturbing penchant for guitar solos. New Order - an artist, a worker, a lad and a lampshade. The beautiful Steven Morris shines as ever. The smartly spruced-up ...