Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Finsbury Park Live 2002 - New Order / Oasis

Long before Wireless, New Order all wired up ... 2002. Support was The Cooper Temple Clause, Air and Echo & The Bunnymen. Oh the crowds :)

... and the same year, Oasis. Supported by Brimful of Asha, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club & The Charlatans

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Permalink Reply by Katie K on July 9, 2015 at 23:17

Not forgetting the Fleadh every year for years, Madstock, The free RISE festivals that Ken Livingstone used to put on, the Cure 1993, The Essential Festival in 1997. Showing my age. Ahem.

Katie

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Permalink Reply by matt on July 10, 2015 at 7:45

Forgotten about the Fleadh which was on regularly. Only complaints I remember were about whether the line-up was any good or not! Yes Pav I think you're right, too much keyboard activism these days :)
Lets not forget that the Finsbury Park area has a wonderful history of live music going back to many great acts of the day in venues such as the Rainbow Theatre; The Faces, Queen, Pink Floyd, The Who, Hendrix, Bob Marley, Iron Maiden, Van Morrison, The Ramones to name a few.
These days God pays better than the music industry for venues such as the Rainbow so all you heathens are banished to dancing in Finsbury Park where often the heavens will rain down upon you :).
Maybe the 'community' should look to working together to opening up a new indoor venue 'The Church of Later Day Musicians' - security on the door would be so much easier to manage.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on July 10, 2015 at 8:29

And remember, Frank Zappa fell off the stage at the Rainbow

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Permalink Reply by Steve on July 10, 2015 at 8:40

Ah yes the Fleadh how could you forget! I recall Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Joe Strummer, The Waterboys etc, etc some great stuff. I also recall Boris banning the Cuba Solidarity Campaign from the Rise/Respect festival before he closed it down. Some want this unfunny joker running the country - if that happens perhaps we should Matt at the Rainbow to say a few prayers

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Permalink Reply by matt on July 10, 2015 at 14:48

Oh wow you went to the Rainbow ... what was the venue like? Any good?

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Permalink Reply by Steve on July 10, 2015 at 17:05

My recall was the Rainbow was like a smaller more intimate version of say Hammersmith Odeon, one of the best venues of it's type. Here's a link to a good site giving a bit of history and lists some of the great bands and when they played. http://www.rainbowhistory.x10.mx/1980.htm Enjoy!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on July 10, 2015 at 8:26

Pride in 2000 with The Blessed Kyle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/814224.stm

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Permalink Reply by Lou on July 10, 2015 at 9:47

New Order's Finsbury Park gig I will always remember as one of my favs - it chucked down all day - proper biblical torrential rain and it was completely miserable. The decision to step out the front door that morning looked worse every minute, our garbage bags for ponchos not doing much except making us very sweaty underneath. We struggled through Echo, our pints quickly refilling with water, hid under a tent until we emerged still soaked to watch Air when the heavens opened again.

New Order walked on and the sun came out and if I recall correctly, it did not rain again. Sometimes they are Ok and other times they are awesome and that day they were awesome. I think they made extra effort - Barney kept trying to wind us up saying that conditions were 'worse back stage' to a chorus of moans from the crowd. Everyone was in a really good mood and there was a lot of love in the air - I think you had to be a huge fan to bother going out on such a horrible day.

I danced my mud socked docs into the ground. Even better - I could walk home! And then they released in on DVD.

My other mate went to Oasis concert and reported that it was really nasty - very aggressive and missiles of body fluids (and solids) flying all over the place. She said the crowd were a complete opposite to the New Order gig the week before.

10 years ago the first headliner of Wireless was actually New Order (plus Moby). How it has changed... :(

Just got my Brixton tix for New Order in November, so am very happy (yeah I know they are not the same without Hooky... whatever).

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Permalink Reply by Katie K on July 10, 2015 at 10:53

Oh god the rain. I had somehow forgotten even being there until you mentioned the rain. Just remembered I saw the Sex Pistols in FP in 1996 too. NO were much better!

Katie