New Order play King George’s Hall, Blackburn.
‘Barney was beginning to dislike playing, especially in England, and sometimes he had a point: it was a completely different proposition to playing abroad. Abroad, for example, our audience was a fifty-fifty split male and female, but in the UK it was 90 per cent male and of those a lot seemed to be gagging for a fight. Here there was a mini football riot outside the gig with two sets of rival supporters fighting in the street. One side had been throwing half-bricks and someone on the other side had been hit on the head and sadly died. We didn’t find out until the next day. The thrower, as it turned out, a New Order fan, got life. I met him many years later. He still regretted it. Rightly so.’
27 January 1985
New Order play Tiffany’s, Leeds.
28 January 1985
New Order play Finsbury Park, Michael Sobell Sports Centre, London.
5 February 1985
New Order play Caley Palais, Edinburgh.
6 February 1985
New Order play Barrowlands, Glasgow.
‘Barrowlands was one of my favourite gigs to play ever. It just had a great atmosphere every single time we played there. The owner was a wonderful old gangster who always looked after you so well.’
Peter Hook’s daughter, Heather Lucille, is born.
‘What a beauty.’
14 March 1985
New Order play Lancaster University, Lancaster.
9 April 1985
New Order play the Tower Ballroom, Birmingham.
10 April 1985
New Order play the Mayfair, Swansea.
17 April 1985
New Order play the University, Salford, supported by Happy Mondays.
18 April 1985
New Order play Rotters, Doncaster.
19 April 1985
New Order play the Leisure Centre, Macclesfield, supported by Happy Mondays.
26 April 1985
‘Shellshock’ recorded at Yellow Two Studios at the request for a new track for Pretty in Pink by writer John Hughes. John Robie produces, Julia Nagle engineers.
New Order play Canton (club), Hong Kong, China.
May 1985
New Order: ‘The Perfect Kiss’
(FAC 123)
Twelve-inch track list:
|
‘The Perfect Kiss’ |
8.45 |
|
‘The Kiss of Death’ |
7.00 |
|
‘The Perfect Pit’ |
1.23 |
Run-out groove one: All these crabs . . .
Run-out groove two: are making me itch!
Seven-inch track list:
|
‘The Perfect Kiss’ (edit) |
3.47 |
|
‘The Kiss of Death’ (edit) |
3.00 |
Run-out groove one: That’s Soul Folks!
Run-out groove two: I feel it’s a Hottie!
Recorded and mixed in London, at Jam and Britannia Row Studios.
Engineered by Michael Johnson.
Produced by New Order.
Designed by Peter Saville.
Entered UK chart on 25 May 1985, remaining in the charts for 4 weeks, its peak position was number 46.
‘We had wanted to use a final sample to finish the twelve-inch track off, “That’s All Folks!” from the Warner Brothers cartoons. But we were quoted $30,000 for one use. And we were on their label. Just shows you . . . no favouritism.’
1 May 1985
New Order play Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
2 May 1985
New Order play Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
This Japanese gig results in the Pumped Full of Drugs video, directed by Tony Wilson and released in 1986.
3 May 1985
New Order play Club ‘D’, Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan.
‘This was a complete contrast to the other two gigs. It was a small club with no stage and about 200 capacity. They all went nuts. It was great.’
4 May 1985
New Order play Koseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan.
13 May 1985
New Order: Low-Life
(FACT 100)
Track list:
|
‘Love Vigilantes’ |
4.18 |
|
‘The Perfect Kiss’ |
4.48 |
|
‘This Time of Night’ |
4.43 |
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‘Sunrise’ |
5.58 |
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‘Elegia’ |
4.53 |
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‘Sooner Than You Think’ |
5.11 |
|
‘Sub-Culture’ |
4.54 |
|
‘Face Up’ |
5.03 |
Run-out groove one: The girls are here, there . . .
Run-out groove two: and everywhere! Thank God!
Recorded and mixed in London, at Jam and Britannia Row Studios.
Engineered by Mike Johnson.
Tape operators: Mark, Penny and Tim.
Produced by New Order.
Designed by Peter Saville Associates.
Photography by Trevor Key.
Entered UK chart on 25 May 1985, remaining in the charts for 10 weeks, its peak position was number 7.
15 May 1985
New Order play Canterbury Court, Perth, Australia.
17 May 1985
New Order play the Powerhouse, Melbourne, Australia.
18 May 1985
New Order play Selina’s, Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney, Australia.
‘Coogee Bay was gorgeous and this pub was huge, two thousand capacity. The doors opened at 6 p.m. and we weren’t on till 1 a.m., so I asked the promoter why was there such a long gap. “Aussies like a lot of drinking time, mate!” And sure enough they did, the place was full by 7 p.m. and everyone was completely pissed by the time we went on. We went down a storm, but it was so hot on stage that Dave Pils had to go and get two jugs of iced water to put down my leather trousers. I was in danger of keeling over. My boots filled up and held it all in . . . bliss.
‘After the show the promoter, Ken West, had noticed my growing hair and said, “Here, let me put that in a ponytail for you, at the back.” So began my glam rock phase. Thanks, Ken.’
20 May 1985
New Order play Easts Leagues Club, Brisbane, Australia.
23 May 1985
New Order play Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.
27 May 1985
New Order play the Wave, Honolulu, Hawaii.
14 June 1985
New Order play the Pink Punk, Pimm’s Event, New Hall College, Cambridge.
16 July 1985
New Order play the Haçienda, Manchester.
20 July 1985
New Order play the WOMAD Festival, Mersea Island, Essex.
‘We turned up early in the afternoon and there was nothing in our tent/dressing room apart from a scraggy donkey tied to the central pole. So anyway, the Pogues dressing room was next door and they were laughing, going, “Hey, you fucking Manc bastards, like your donkey!” When they left we went for a mooch round, and their dressing room was all done out like a palace with food of every description and tons of drink like a banquet. So we helped ourselves then went and got the donkey and tied it up in their tent. It ate everything, destroying the rest and shitting everywhere. We pissed ourselves, saying, “Them fucking Pogues, the cheeky bastards, that’ll teach them to take the piss out of us.” When they came back they went fucking berserk, it was handbags at dawn. The gig was awful. It rained while the Pogues were on, they were great, and half the audience disappeared to change, then it rained again, and a third disappeared, then it rained again and no one moved. By the time we came on everyone was soaked and miserable and we responded in kind. I remember Barney getting really upset about a review we got for it and me saying, “I thought you didn’t read reviews?”
‘ “Oh yeah,” he said.
‘I’ll never forget that donkey. I think it’s gone solo now.’
1 August 1985
New Order play Felt Forum, New York, supported by A Certain Ratio.
2 August 1985
New Order play Opera House, Boston, supported by A Certain Ratio.
‘There was a huge riot after this gig. We had finished the gig and retreated to the dressing room as usual. But this time it was miles away from the stage, a real Spinal Tap moment. We were right in the gods. We just sat there blissfully unaware that downstairs the audience had got upset because we hadn’t come back for an encore, so they smashed up the seats then invaded the stage and smashed the equipment. It then became a massive battle that spilled out onto the street. In the end, they had to call the mounted riot police. It went on for ages but the first thing we knew about it was when one of the roadies came in all bloodied and battered about twenty minutes later. We wondered where they were. So we had to stay in the gig for our own safety. Outside, our crew bus driver was desperately trying to keep the bus from being damaged. He was a Vietnam vet and he had to chase loads of kids away. His catchphrase was, “There’s going to be an inquireeey!” And when we came out later, when it had all quietened down, that was the first thing he said, “There’s going to be an inquireeey, Peter! There’s going to be an inquireeey!”
‘So we got in our small van to go back to the hotel. As we started to drive off, someone began throwing stones. I looked round to see about five kids, two girls and three boys.
‘The driver stopped and we got out, going, “What are you fucking doing, you cheeky bastards?” and they were going, “Fuck you, man, you assholes, you didn’t do an encore, you caused a riot, fuck you.”
‘This girl threw another stone, and a certain member of our entourage, for some insane reason, which is not like him because he’s such a shithouse usually, started running after her. He had a half-empty bottle in his hand and was chasing this girl, waving it over his head.
‘I took off after him and after a few yards caught him up, just as he went to swing the bottle at her head. I managed to grab his coat and pull him back and it missed her by a whisker. We stopped and she carried on. When we got back to the van, the promoter had come out, and guess what he said . . .’
4 August 1985
New Order play International Centre, Toronto, Canada, supported by A Certain Ratio.
5 August 1985
New Order play Agora Theatre, Akron, Ohio.
‘This was where one of our roadies was having sex with a girl on the bus. A member of our entourage, who was handy with a video camera, had noticed a gap in the curtains. Getting the lads to bring some flight cases out of the gig, he built himself a platform and filmed the happy couple inside. He still shows it to anyone who asks.’
6 August 1985
New Order play Bismarck Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, supported by A Certain Ratio.
New Order play Warner Theatre, Washington DC, supported by A Certain Ratio.
11 August 1985
New Order play Fox Theatre, Atlanta.
12 August 1985
New Order play McAlister Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, supported by A Certain Ratio.
14 August 1985
New Order play City Coliseum, Austin, Texas, supported by A Certain Ratio.
16 August 1985
New Order play Rainbow Music Hall, Denver, Colorado, supported by A Certain Ratio.
17 August 1985
New Order play the Coliseum, Utah State Fairgrounds, Salt Lake City, Utah, supported by A Certain Ratio.
‘It was the first time we’d played in an amusement park. It was great, because they took us on the rides and you’d go straight to the front of the queue (one of the perks of being in a band, that was). The trouble was, when you came off, and tried to buy your picture, the punters had bought them all. This gig was funny for me. Terry had been driving them lot back after soundcheck and got lost, turning up nearly an hour late. Barney was in a foul mood, even fouler than usual.’
New Order play Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, California, supported by A Certain Ratio.
22 August 1985
New Order play Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, supported by A Certain Ratio.
‘Tony made a surprise appearance here, and what was even more surprising was that he had a girl in tow. He introduced her as Debbie Diamond. “Wow,” I say, “what a name.” “It’s my porn star name,” she said. I laughed, thinking she was joking, and then it turned out she was one of America’s biggest porn stars, star of Debbie Does Dallas. Along with her co-star Ron Jeremy she was a legend. What the fuck Tony was doing with her was anyone’s guess. Pete Saville was well impressed.’
23 August 1985
New Order play Irvine Meadows, Irvine, California, supported by A Certain Ratio.
‘That morning I had woken up early to sunbathe by the pool in the Sunset Marquis. It was almost empty apart from a young couple and their toddler daughter close by. It was a beautiful morning, clear blue sky and not a breath of wind. The pool looked like a huge mirror. So I was sat there and the couple had breakfast delivered and while they were busy moving everything round on the small pool tables the toddler went to the edge of the water and was looking at her reflection. Next thing I knew she stepped straight in and without a sound disappeared into the pool. I jumped up and just as her ponytail was disappearing, grabbed it and pulled her out, carefully putting the suspended toddler back facing her mum and dad. She stood stock still for a minute, then burst out crying.
‘You need eyes in the back of your head as a parent, don’t you?’
New Order play the Guildhall, Preston, supported by Section 25.
‘Preston Guildhall. Fucking hell. Well I can safely say that there were no beautiful ex-models who made mocking-bird feeders and no ballet dancers. There was fuck all in Preston Guildhall bar a bunch of twats throwing beer.’
25 October 1985
New Order play University of London Union, supported by James and Grab Grab the Haddock.
‘Tonight’s message on my cabs read “Gary R.I.P.” for Gary Holton from the Heavy Metal Kids who had just died. A great character. I loved him in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
‘Barney was a bit squiffy and made some very witty comments, but the pièce de résistance was his X-rated version of ‘Love Vigilantes’ where he changed the lyrics:
When I walked through the door,
My wife she lay upon the floor,
Sucking cocks there were four,
And I said you dirty whore,
What are you doing on the floor?
Sucking big fat cocks o’fuckin’ hell.
‘I nearly wet myself. He could be very funny.’
26 October 1985
New Order play Octagon, Sheffield University, Sheffield.
November 1985
New Order: ‘Sub-Culture’
(FAC 133)
|
‘Sub-Culture’ |
3.25 |
|
‘Dub-Vulture’ |
3.34 |
Twelve-inch track list:
|
‘Sub-Culture’ |
7.26 |
|
‘Dub-Vulture’ |
7.57 |
Twelve-inch track list USA:
|
‘Sub-Culture’ (remix) |
7.26 |
|
‘Dub-Vulture’ |
7.57 |
|
‘Sub-Culture’ (original LP version) |
4.57 |
Run-out groove one: The trouble with you is . . .
Run-out groove two: you’re a twat
Recorded at Village Recorder, Santa Monica, California.
Written by New Order.
Produced by New Order.
Remixed by John Robie.
Engineered by Michael Johnson.
Typography by Peter Saville Associates.
Entered UK chart on 9 November 1985, remaining in the charts for 4 weeks, its peak position was number 63.
‘I did not like this at all. I thought the off-time bass synth too loud and distracting and there were too, too many edits, and the girly backing vocals, oh God. I thought John was just showing off. We are friends now and even he admits, like we all do, how stupid and annoying we could be. I wasn’t alone in hating it. Pete Saville disliked it so much he refused to do a sleeve for it, and it went out in a plain black sleeve, “a mourning sleeve”, he said. We were in a studio that Fleetwood Mac had built. It was done out like an English stately home, all wood-panelled, like an old baronial hall with special lights for morning, afternoon and night. The owner was telling us that they came in with a three-year booking, if he built them a studio of their own. It was the best favour they could have done him.
‘He said, “I borrowed the money, built it and they paid for it five times over. Sometimes, they’ll come in just for half an hour.” It was him who told us the urban myth about Stevie Nicks having a girl who blew coke up her arse because her nose was so fucked. I wondered what her job description would have been.’
8 November 1985
New Order play Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead.
10 November 1985
New Order play Hammersmith Palais, London, supported by A Certain Ratio.
3 December 1985
New Order play the Haçienda, Manchester (first set matinee), supported by Happy Mondays.
‘This was done as a “homage” to Roger Eagle to emulate the matinees he used to do at Eric’s in Liverpool, the idea being kids could come to this one as they weren’t allowed in if you were selling alcohol. It went well. This was filmed for BBC’s The Old Grey Whistle Test. “As It Is When It Was” and “Sunrise” were both shown live on the programme.’
3 December 1985
New Order play the Haçienda, Manchester (second set).
5 December 1985
Proposed Haçienda party for Ruth Polsky’s birthday cancelled.
6 December 1985
New Order play Central London Polytechnic.
7 December 1985
New Order play Thames Hall, Fulcrum Centre, Slough.
10 December 1985
New Order play El Dorado, Paris, France, supported by Quando Quango.
‘This was a bus tour, and when we arrived the night before in Paris we got the bus driver to park on the Rue St Denis right in the heart of the red-light district. Within an hour seven of us had been with hookers. Naughty boys. Later we went to see Spandau Ballet and got lost backstage. We stumbled across their dressing room, stole all the beer and trashed the room. Ludicrously drunk, we returned to the auditorium and ended up on the balcony, where a certain member of our entourage took the opportunity to have a piss on the crowd and band below.’
11 December 1985
New Order play Salle Villar, Maison de la Culture, Rennes, France, supported by Quando Quango.
12 December 1985
New Order play Exo 7, Rouen, France, supported by Quando Quango.
13 December 1985
New Order play Salle du Baron, Orleans, France, supported by Quando Quango.
New Order play Rotterdam Arena, Rotterdam, Netherlands, supported by Quando Quango.
‘Diamonds are a manager’s best friend.’
17 December 1985
New Order play Manhattan Club, Leuven, Belgium, supported by Quando Quango.
‘Our manager crashes and burns.’
