New Order Play Special Show At Salford School

New Order played a very special one-off show on Friday afternoon – at a school in Salford.

The Manchester legends played an hour long set in the main hall of Oakwood High School at about 4.30pm.

The show was organised by head teacher Janis Triska at the school which deals with pupils with learning difficulties and specialises in arts, technology and music.

Ms Triska was inspired to organise the show after the school received an ‘Outstanding’ rating in its Ofsted report.

New Order treated pupils at the Eccles school to all the classics including ‘Blue Monday’, and ‘Bizarre Love Triangle.’

Afterwards Bernard Sumner told reporters, “Probably half the kids didn’t know who we were.

“It was still brilliant. We came to make people feel special, but they made us feel special. Creativity wasn’t big when me and Hooky were at school in Salford.”

Janis Triska told The Guardian afterwards: “It's been fabulous. I can't begin to describe what's happened. The children have had a whale of a time and it's so richly deserved for them and the staff who have worked equally as hard for the Ofsted inspection.

"The roadies are coming back in to do a talk to Year 10 and 12 about jobs in the industry and Bernie said he'd be coming back.

“The kids might not have known who they were before, but they all certainly do now."