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[french_disko]

Great news from today's Daily Record -


A NEW ORDER FOR T

Feb 22 2005
Eighties legends to play Balado
By John Dingwall

ROCK legends New Order are to play at this summer's T in the Park. The Manchester band's performance was the highlight of the Shockwaves NME awards bash last week.
Frontman Bernard Sumner and bassist Peter Hook collected the Godlike Genius award.
Then they performed their massive Eighties hit Blue Monday and Love Will Tear Us Apart (by their earlier incarnation Joy Division) in front of an audience packed with celebrities.
Now Scots are to be among the first to see the group back in action.
Despite this summer's T in the Park festival selling out in record time, the latest big name act on the bill is down to festival boss Geoff Ellis's determination to provide the best ever line-up in the event's 12-year history.
He admitted he is close to signing the deal with New Order to play the festival in July.
'It's true I'm in talks with a number of bands for this summer's bill and we're very close to completing a deal to bring New Order to T in the Park for the first time,' said Geoff.
'It's going to happen and that's going to make me a very happy man.
'They are onmy all time wish-list of bands I've wanted at T in the Park since the festival began.'
With a new single Krafty and their eighth studio album Waiting For The Sirens' Call in the pipeline, the band are on the comeback trail.
New Order was formed in 1980 by the members of Joy Division after singer Ian Curtis killed himself.
They fused rock and dance music and hit the mainstream with 1983's million-seller Blue Monday, which became the biggest selling 12-inch single of all time.
In 1990, they topped the charts with the England World Cup song World In Motion, featuring a rap by ex-Celtic manager John Barnes.
Behind Manchester's Hacienda club, they were also largely responsible for nurturing the Madchester scene which spawned bands such as the Happy Mondays and Stone Roses.
New tracks on Waiting For The Sirens' Call include the single and Jetstream, which features Scissor Sisters singer Ana Mantronic on vocals. Their addition to the T in the Park bill will pit them alongside confirmed acts such as Keane, The Streets, Green Day and Foo Fighters.
More than 120 acts will perform on eight stages at the weekend festival, which is a complete sell-out.
And Geoff plans to put tickets for T in the Park 2006on sale immediately after this year's event.
He expects to sell out next year's festival within one week of tickets going on sale on July 11 - a full year in advance and without a single act having been announced.
'T in the Park is an event and people know they will see the best live acts available,' said Geoff.
'It's all about the music and has never been about just one band.
'That's why we intend to put the tickets on sale for next year's T in the Park immediately after this summer's festival.
'We will sell out in a week. It'll be a worldwide first for festivals.
'It will show just how popular T in the Park has become on the worldwide music festival circuit since the first one took place in 1994.'

[Johnny Mac]

bastard.... gonna be even more skint after TITP this year then.

[scottST]

wooo!

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[NARC]

See Hooky in the flesh at last! *Cue home-made "I Love Peter Hook" tshirt*

[HeinzHines]

I wasnt going to go....but now i think i really have to....

[french_disko]

Originally Posted by Korvainia

I wasnt going to go....but now i think i really have to....

I bought my ticket last July & since then had to endure poeople commenting on how "sh*t the line up is".

well, f*ck them - New Order, worth the price of the ticket alone.

I've also not seen them live for 11 years so I'm a wee bit excited.....

[HeinzHines]

Originally Posted by french_disko

I bought my ticket last July & since then had to endure poeople commenting on how "sh*t the line up is".

well, f*ck them - New Order, worth the price of the ticket alone.

I've also not seen them live for 11 years so I'm a wee bit excited.....

Yeah ive had my ticket since then aswell.....and i have been wrenching at the line up for months....but new order....fuck yeah....think i will go....

[unknown pleasures]

I'm saying 'bugger it' and going to see them in Barcelona in May instead, because it's going to cost about the same as TITP.

Oh, and there's probably going to be a brief UK tour April/May.

[bifta23]

Are you going to the Primavera Festival?? Crackin' line up

Alter Ego · American Music Club · Antony & The Johnsons · Art Brut · Astrud · Bertrand Betsch · Brigitte Fontaine · Broken Social Scene · Christina Rosenvinge · Coralie Clément · Daniel Darc · David Thomas & Two Pale Boys · Destroyer · Dogs Die in Hot Cars · Dominique A · Don Nino · Erase Errata · Erlend Øye · Experience · Françoiz Breut · Gang of Four · Grabba Grabba Tape · Gravenhurst · Helena · Iggy & The Stooges · Isis · Jesu · Jr. · Kompakt Sound System · Kristin Hersh · Les Georges Leningrad · Los Planetas · M83 · Maximo Park · Mercury Rev · Micah P. Hinson · Nacho Vegas · New Order · Nouvelle Vague · Oslø Telescopic · Parker & Lily · Piano Magic · Polysics · Psychic TV · Radio 4 · Ron Sexsmith · Sammy Jo DJ · Sondre Lerche · Sonic Youth · Sons & Daughters · Sophia · Sr. Chinarro · Steve Earle & The Dukes · Television Personalities · The Arcade Fire · The Czars · The Dirtbombs · The Go! Team · The Human League · The Married Monk · The Wedding Present · They Might Be Giants · Tim Hecker · Tortoise · Vetiver · Vic Chesnutt · Vitalic · Whignomy Brothers · Whitey · Wiley

Barcelona
26/27/28 May
http://www.primaverasound.com/

[unknown pleasures]

Hopefully, aye.

Even now the ticket prices have gone up, it's still only about £50 for three days.