This year’s Bluedot Festival at Cheshire’s Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom will be one of particular importance to purists of seventies and eighties electronic, new wave music.

Both Kraftwerk and New Order are co-headliners for the event running from July 18-21. On the Friday,(18th) Hot Chip, the indie electronic juggernaut will close the days music, while the Saturday night brings Kraftwerk and their spectacular 3-D show. The Sunday night is the turn of New Order to close out the three-day event.

Whatever your views might be of outfits who do not include all the original members-Peter Hook has long departed New Order, and Ralf Hütter is Kraftwerks only remaining founding member.

The fact remains the names and the music will truly make this a worthwhile event, for those willing to or contemplating the adventure to Cheshire, below is the most recent New Order setlist from January of this year along with the average set performed by Kraftwerk-the mouthwatering prospect of seeing these two acts could make this one concert to certainly look forward to.

New Order 2019 Setlist;

Singularity
Ceremony
Age of Consent
Restless
Crystal
Academic
Your Silent Face
Tutti Frutti
Subculture
Bizarre Love Triangle
Vanishing Point
World (First time since 2014)
Plastic
The Perfect Kiss
True Faith
Blue Monday
Temptation

Encore:
Atmosphere
Decades
Love Will Tear Us Apart
The Piano Echoes (UNKLE song)

Average Kraftwerk Setlist;

Numbers
Computer World
Computer Love
Home Computer
The Man-Machine
Spacelab
The Model
Neon Lights
Autobahn
Airwaves
Electric Café
Geiger Counter
Radioactivity
Tour de France 1983
Tour de France Étape 2
Trans-Europe Express
Metal on Metal
Abzug
Boing Boom Tschak
Techno Pop

Encore:
The Robots
Encore 2:
Planet of Visions
Aéro Dynamik

Kevin Burke 05/03/19

Since 1981, Ministry has drenched millions with their sonic psychotic sounds with releases such as “Filth Pig”, “The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste”, “Psalm 69”, “In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up”. Since the 80s, founder Al Jourgensen, has been combining elements of industrial synth pop, punk, metal and even dub in a way that is instantly recognizable and has influenced many other bands. Jourgensen, not a fan of touring, a point he has spoken about openly, this year however he is giving audiences and fans an avalanche of gigs across Europe and the United Kingdom.

On the back of last year’s triumphant release AmeriKKKant, a concept album which delves into the state of a nation, fans will get the chance to see the songs and legendary favorites played live and very loud.

EU & UK Tour Dates 2019:
16.06. AT Nickelsdorf - Novarock
17.06. DE Lindau - Club Vaudeville
18.06. FR Strasbourg - Laiterie
20.06. FR Clisson - Hellfest / Knotfest
22.06. BE Dessel - Graspop
23.06. NL Nijmegen - Doornroosje
25.06. NO Oslo - Vulkan Arena
26.06. DK Aarhus - Voxhall
27.06. DE Hannover - Pavillon
30.06. DE Berlin - Huxleys
02.07. UK Bristol - SWX
03.07. UK Glasgow - SWG3
04.07. UK Birmingham - O2 Institute
06.07. UK London - O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
07.07. FR Paris - La Machine du Moulin Rouge
09.07. DE Bochum @ Matrix
10.07. CZ Prague - Roxy
11.07. HU Budapest - A38
12.07. RO Timisoara - Rock la Mures
13.07. SK Kosice - Collosseum Club
15.07. LVA Riga - Melna Piektdiena (w/ Dying Fetus)
16.07. ES Tallinn - Rock Cafe (w/ Dying Fetus)
17.07. FI Tampere - Pakkahuone (w/ Dying Fetus)
19.07. SE Gävle - Gefle Metal Festival

Kevin Burke 5/03/19

Today, 33 years ago, American Industrial band Ministry released their second studio album Twitch. Unlike their synth-pop sounding debut album With Sympathy and due to the influences of bands like Front 242 and Cabaret Voltaire, Twitch received a more dark and aggressive production approach by Adrian Sherwoord and the bands head and voice Al Jourgensen.

Over The Shoulder, accompanied by a video directed by Peter Christopherson (Throbbing Gristle /Coil) was the only single taken from this album.

In 1990 Twitch was reissued on CD and contained two extra tracks, being the exclusive tracks on the Over The Shoulder 12” single until that time.

Tracklist Twitch:
1. Just Like You
2. We Believe
3. All Day Remix
4. The Angel
5. Over the Shoulder
6. My Possession
7. Where You at Now? / Crash & Burn / Twitch" (Version II)

CD bonus tracks
8. Over the Shoulder (12" Version)
9. Isle of Man" (Version II)

DISCOGS

Today it’s exactly 34 years ago that The Sister of Mercy released their first studio album First and Last and Always. It was released on 11 March 1985 through Merciful Release and WEA, with Elektra Records handling the US release.

The album was recorded during the second half of 1984 and multiple recording sessions took place in various recording studios. It was mixed and produced by David M.Allen who also produced for the likes of The Cure, Depeche mode, Wire and The Human League.

Less then a month later, on 1 April, lead guitarist and band co-founder Gary Marx played his last concert with The Sisters of Mercy before deciding to leave the band. Later Eldritch would suggest the song ‘Walk Away’ was directed at Marx.

Although Wayne Hussey and Gary Marx wrote and sang some of the initial lyrics for some of the demo tracks, Eldritch eventually wrote all the final lyrics as they would appear on the finished album. Both Wayne and Marx re-used some of those lyrics later for their own projects The Mission and Ghost Dance.

Two (demo) songs that didn’t make the album, Serpents Kiss and Wake, would later be re-recorded and released by The Mission.

To represent Dr. Avalanche, The Sisters Of Mercy’s nickname for their drum machine, an Oberheim DMX drum machine was acquired for the recording of this album.

The album went silver (with 60,000 sold) in the UK on 30 October 1987 and gold (with 100,000 sold) on 8 May 1989. Its highest position in the UK album charts was no. 14. In Germany, the group's second largest market after the UK, the album went gold (with 250,000 sold) in 2011. Its highest position in the German album charts was no. 40.

Nevertheless, the production of the album left the band initially in enormous debt. According to Andrew Eldritch, the album recouped the production costs only by 1988.

First Last And Alway - Track listing

2006 CD re-issue Bonus Tracks

The Sisters Of Mercy - Personnel

• Andrew Eldritch – vocals, sleeve design, mixing
• Craig Adams – bass guitar
• Wayne Hussey – guitar, vocals
• Gary Marx – guitar
• Doktor Avalanche (drum machine) – drums

DISCOGS

Industrial/Rock band 51 PEG are pleased to announce the release of their new album AVOID. This is their first release after a 14 year hiatus.

After garnering a following in the Mid-Atlantic region in the mid-2000's and sharing the stage with acts such as 30 Seconds to Mars, Orgy, and The Birthday Massacre, the band is back with a 16-track offering that builds on their unique blend of the alt rock, goth, prog, and industrial genres.

51 Peg formed in 1998, with the release of their first album "Strange Appointments" coming in 2000 which drew comparisons to a varied group of artists like Peter Murphy, Depeche Mode, and Orgy. The follow-up album "Esc Ctrl" featured a more focused and polished sound, and pushed the band forward in popularity. The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2007 but was offered a reunion show in 2016 which proved to be successful.

Building on that momentum and with the combined experience gathered over the years in other projects, the band decided to write their most ambitious material yet. Listen to the latest evolution of the band’s sound at 51peg.com.

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