New Order - Blue Monday (Melbourne 1982) 

He's right, this was the first-ever performance of Blue Monday. As confirmed by the official New Order gigography. At the previous gig two days beforehand they played The Beach (the instrumental version of Blue Monday) :-)

This was recorded at the Order's second Melbourne gig (Seaview Ballroom, 27.11.82), just over a month after BM was recorded at Britannia Row in London (around 22nd October). Cool!

OMG at Barney/Bernards vocals on this!! Not that he has ever had a singing voice and that was half of the charm of New Order. Thanks so much for uploading!

I took this Video in the small lighting room above the stage in the main hall of the Crystal Ballroom. The owner of the Crystal Ballroom, who also owned Missing Link Record shop in the city, had me also run a AV cable to the big screen downstairs. I believe this was the first time played and definitely the first time Blue Monday was recorded. Here I am, over 40 years later, and I recorded Peter Hook & The Light doing it again at the Astor Theatre in Perth (28/05/24).

Barney still trying to "find" his "voice" then... Classic Classic N/O! This is what makes them different form other bands. We watched them grow and get awesomer with time. Barney singing regardless of how awful he sounded. Hookie messing up notes. The other two hitting two keys at once. Again..something only a N/O Fan can appreciate and love.

This is probably the closest ive ever heard to the original recorded version, probably due to all the equipment. The sequencer is nigh on identical!

My lord...I need a diaper change. This was such a disaster..I love it. I wish I had been there but I 2as shy of 10 lol. I live this. Classic. Best shit ever ..Thank u!!!!

According to setlistfm it's from November 1982. But how is that hard to believe? New Order often played songs live well before they saw the light of an official release. "Let's Go", the instrumental released in 1987 on the Salvation soundtrack was performed live as early as 1985. Proto-types of Temptation & EGG in late 1981 with Movement songs.

In the 1982-1983 version of this song, the LinnDrum and Oberheim DMX were heard. In 1983 versions of this song, the Oberheim DX was heard.

Was there. Great night 🖤

wowwww! really nice to see this, cos i was there that night! i recall talk then, of this being the first public performance of blue monday. how i loved to go to the seaview.... i saw them at powerhouse on albert park lake too, around that time maybe the year before.

I think my ears just flew South.

Woah! I've never heard this before, it's so amazing.

great great upload man.

Los mejores !

Wow !, i wish i had been there, and if i could back to the 80s, too !; thank you for share this jewel with us, regrettably the video quality, does not accompany at all, the technical perfection that subsequently acquired the song (lol)

lol to barney's voice @2:36

@soupfan1 This is the first time I've ever uploaded it.

Three days after my birthday.

Steve at the end looks like Ian. Bernard is drinking so much I think he needs to pee. Hooky, world's most underrated drummer. Gillian, in a dress!

gosh, tis is fantastic....why were their early shows so "in the dark"?

A few months ago I saw a clip captioned some like “first reaction of new order” when they first debuted their electronic style. The clip was fascinating with people sitting standing in the room not knowing how to move to the music. I have been so desperate to find this clip again, if anyone’s still on here and can help PLEASE!!!!

...there too

I'm pretty sure the set list read 'The Beach', i was really up close that night.

I've seen ufo's with better resolution

Was Blue Monday released as a single in Australia?

Don't think was ready for Endeavour will more easy coming through.

A damn right disaster and an absolute mess and we love them for it. Take away New Order and the 80s uk music scene would have been very different

I'm a massive New Order fan and this concert was shit. boring. Studio band only