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If you ever wanted to kill a lot of time, you could do worse than try to find a music fan in the North-west with a bad word to say about New Order. The were out in force for the band's first gig in two-and-a-half years at the Liverpool Olympia on July 18, along with the music critics and industry professionals who make up New Order's other die-hard constituency.
"The reason we did it in Liverpool is that when we last played Manchester our guest list was, like, a thousand people," says Peter Hook. "So we thought if we did it in Liverpool we wouldn't have as many. And we did it in Liverpool and we got 999."
Part of the explanation for this devotion is ...