Here, producer Martin Hannett and
Bernard Sumner are at Cargo Studio in Rochdale with an Arp Omni 2 paired with a Powertran Transcendent 2000. These synthesisers were used for tracks like 'Decades' & 'Heart and Soul' giving them their distinctive sound.

📸Daniel Meadows

On this day in 1980, Joy Division performed at Ajanta Theatre in Derby.

They played;

Dead Souls
Wilderness
Digital
Insight
Passover
Heart And Soul
Isolation
These Days
Transmission
She's Lost Control
Colony
Girls Don't Count

A very important difference...

29th February 1980.

On this day in 1980, Joy Division played at The Warehouse in Preston, with support from Section 25.

The gig was later released on CD in 1999, the cover of which is a scrambled image of the venue.

On April 12th Peter Hook & The Light will play an intimate mental health fundraising show in Manchester at the The Star and Garter.

Tickets only available via ballot which closes 11pm tonight - enter: skiddle.com/whats-on/Manch…

Winners notified March 1st.
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On this day in 1978, the band played their infamous first gig as Joy Divison at Pip's Disco in Manchester.

The advert in the Manchester Evening news still showed the band's previous name, Warsaw, to ensure fans were in attendance. #JoyDivision

Join John Wright on 6th January 2024, 45 years to the day since Joy Division set off on a walk across Manchester with photographer Kevin Cummins, for a very special live streamed walk through Manchester to find the places and spaces captured by Kevin that day. lnk.to/jZEjkp79

On this day in 1979, Joy Division played at Les Bains-Douches in Paris.

They performed at 16 song set including; Love Will Tear Us Apart, Colony, Atrocity Exhibition and She's Lost Control.

Photo by François Grillez

Tickets are on sale today for Peter Hook & The Light’s newly announced 2024 dates in North America, the UK & Ireland.

Hooky & his band will perform both Joy Division & New Order ‘Substance’ albums live plus selected extra ‘Substance’ era tracks.

Tickets: peterhookandthelight.live

On this day in 1979, Joy Division played at The Rainbow Theatre in London, supporting Buzzcocks.

The band played;

Dead Souls
Wilderness
Twenty Four Hours
Day Of The Lords
These Days
Interzone
Disorder
Atrocity Exhibition

Photo by Barry Plummer.

Just 2 weeks to go now until the Peter Hook & The Light European tour dates begin.

The band will perform both ‘Substance’ albums by Joy Division & New Order live in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland & France.

Tickets: peterhookandthelight.live

On this day in 1979, Joy Division performed at Electric Ballroom with support from The Distractions and A Certain Ratio.

This poster, now damaged, was used to promote the gig and reportedly sold on the merch stand for 50p, manned by Tony Wilson.

For #WorldMentalHealthDay , here's what happened when New Order talked about suicide prevention in Parliament to mark anniversary of Ian Curtis’ death

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This week, Peter Hook & The Light will be performing both Joy Division & New Order ‘Substance’ albums live in Wolverhampton, Liverpool & London:

12/10 - KK's Steelmill
13/10 - Liverpool Olympia
14/10 - Eventim Apollo

Get tickets: peterhookandthelight.live
#peterhookandthelight

Transmission, the debut single by Joy Division, was released on this day in 1979 on 7' vinyl, by Factory Records.

Pitchfork went on to place it at number 10 in its list of 'The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s'.

What's your favourite lyric from the song? #JoyDivision

Join stephen morris and Peter Saville on BBC Radio 6 Music at 11am, as they talk to maryanne hobbs about CP1919. A new digital, visual, and audio project created by the pair.

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

IAN CURTIS
as you've never heard him before..
Peter Saville & Stephen Morris share the story of their new digital artwork CP1919 and a world-exclusive extract of the soundtrack featuring Ian's voice..

Fri 11am BBC Radio 6 Music
+30 days BBC Sounds
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The animated, three-dimensional visuals in CP1919 – releasing next Monday, October 9 – are inspired by the original Unknown Pleasures cover, with the soundtrack created by stephen morris.

Preview the open edition: bit.ly/46sMlqO

In January 1980 Mark Reeder helped bring Joy Division to Berlin for a show at Kant Kino. The story behind that night is told in the German podcast series Grenzgänger - The History of The Berlin Sound.

Listen to episode 3 here: lnk.to/UaW0qDhn

Photo by Hermann Vaske