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A VITAL GLEAM NEW ORDER Goldiggers, Chippenham IN this age of musical compromise and half-baked ideologies, there are still pockets of resistance where certain groups and individuals make their own way and as such are landed with the responsibility of supporting the need for greater commitment and relevance. Whatever theories are proposed and dissected in relation to what New Order represent (and believe me there are enough of them), or why they still choose a solitary approach, there can be little doubt over their maintained ability to simply ignore all the barbed criticism and animosity which is laid at their door. For one, the watery eye of nostalgia is not their way, nor meeting convention even half way, with promises never made and expectations never met. Tonight's show at Virgin's recently acquired Goldiggers Club was a reinforcement of the positive growth New Order are making, in their own time and on their own terms. The solemn and rarely heard "In ...