So New Order is embarking on their first North American tour since 2005 ... Oct. 18 at Roseland Ballroom. Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at 10.
Which is an excuse to post this video of "Ceremony" live at the Ukrainian National Home on Second Avenue (between Ninth and St. Mark's) from Nov. 19 1981.
Our buddy Karate Boogaloo has a lot more about this show, including a review of it by Tim Sommer, a correspondent for the UK magazine
Sounds:
"Standing around the Ukranian National Home on Manhattan's lower Second Avenue puts me in a sour mood. This is a prestigious gig in an odd venue, and the audience, like the hall, is truly pretentious in it's self-conscious unpretentiousness. The place is full of the cream of New York's pseudo-Continentals, the transparent and ridiculous '80's would-be bohemians with their long dark coats, scarves and faces. Unfortunately, very much the crowd you would expect for New Order. The evening's whole mood has been strongly anti-rock, so it's refreshing and pleasantly surprising when New Order's set begins brightly, with real strength and power."
Heh. Pseudo-Continentals!
See the rest of the post, including a video of the entire show, over at
Stupefaction.