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After returning from a January European tour, JOY DIVISION played three gigs with KILLING JOKE. The two bands co-headlined the third at the Lyceum, London on this day in 1980. Opening bands were A CERTAIN RATIO and SECTION 25. Several recordings exist - audience, soundboard and soundcheck. Five...

JOY DIVISION ("up until the recording date of this E.P. we were known as WARSAW") recorded their first EP for £400 at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham on this day in 1977. I’ve got a little book full of lyrics and I just fit something in. I have a...

Tickets were on sale at the union for £1.50, or £1.75 on the door. Food available, late bar. JOY DIVISION played their final concert on this day in 1980. With support from A CERTAIN RATIO, the gig took place at Birmingham Uni's High Hall - a student block,...

Live on this day in 1981, NEW ORDER performing the masterpiece "Ceremony". Written while they were still JOY DIVISION, the song was originally released in March of '81 and again that September with another JD original, "In a Lonely Place". JOY DIVISION recordings of "Ceremony" do exist: a couple of...

The 'Manchester' (including Salford and Rochdale) episode of Something Else (BBC) aired on this day in 1979. This was JOY DIVISION's third and final television appearance, the previous two being on local Granada TV. Also appearing on this episode are THE JAM, John Cooper Clarke, and an interview...

Tickets were on sale at the union for £1.50, or £1.75 on the door. Food available, late bar. JOY DIVISION played their final concert on this day in 1980. With support from A CERTAIN RATIO, the gig took place at Birmingham Uni's High Hall - a student block,...

Licht und Blindheit was the original edition of JOY DIVISION's Atmosphere b/w "Dead Souls", released by French label Sordide Sentimental on this day in 1980. After Curtis' death in May, Factory reissued Atmosphere with "She's Lost Control" on the B-side. The above video was produced by Anton Corbijn years later,...

Written by JOY DIVISION, released as NEW ORDER on this day in 1981 following Curtis' suicide on 18 May 1980. The lyrics for this song were never written down so the band attempted to use rehearsal recordings - like the one below - to decipher and transcribe the sung words....