Joy Division & New Order Pics

#OnThisDay 1985 New Order @ Powerhouse, Melbourne Your Silent Face, Subculture, Face Up, Leave Me Alone, Let's Go, This Time Of Night, Thieves Like Us, Denial, Sunrise, Ceremony, The Perfect Kiss, Blue Monday, Love Will Tear Us Apart youtu.be/PKYlwtksa1g?si…

Electronic - Disappointed

46 Years ago today. The last photo of Ian Curtis. This photograph, taken on the morning of Thursday, May 15th, 1980, at the ‘Photo Me’ booth in Woolworths Macclesfield, was to be used for Ian Curtis' passport for Joy Division's first US tour.

Remembering ROB GRETTON who passed away on this day in 1999. Leading figure in the Manchester music scene. Manager of Joy Division and New Order, partner in Factory Records and founding partner of The Haçienda. Also ran his own record label, Rob's Records. #RobGretton #OnThisDay #FactoryRecords #NewOrder #JoyDivision

⚙️ Let's go out and have some fun

15.05.26 Happy Birthday to New Order's Tom Chapman, have a great day Tom!

#OnThisDay 1981 New Order @ L'Ancienne Belgique, Brussels The Him, Dreams Never End, Ceremony, Truth, In A Lonely Place, Procession, Senses, Denial, Everything's Gone Green (Debut) youtube.com/playlist?list=… EGG ⬇️

A very happy 54th birthday to Tom Chapman.

#OnThisDay 1999 Rob Gretton passed away, aged 46. Rob was the former manager of Joy Division and New Order, partner and co-director of Factory Records, and a founding partner of The Hacienda. R.I.P Rob 📷 Anton Corbijn

Music press reviews

#OnThisDay 1985 New Order's new single The Perfect Kiss was released on Factory Records. (FAC 123) The song only reached number 46 in the UK charts.

Music press reviews

#OnThisDay 1985 New Order's classic third studio album Low Life was released on Factory Records. (FACT 100) Low Life reached number 7 in the UK charts.

"Low-Life" by New Order is 41 now! 💯🎉🥳 As we all know, the cover features drummer Stephen Morris but with the first CD editions you could actually choose a version with a different band member on the front cover. Who would you pick today? I'd go with Gillian😍

Happy birthday Temptation 💙 Oh, you've got green eyes Oh, you've got blue eyes Oh, you've got grey eyes

⚙️ Stockport 7/79 📷

Thanks to everyone at Gigantic All Dayer in Bristol for a great show last night - here’s the setlist, including the first performance of ‘Round & Round’ since 2019… 👀 Next up for us will be Bearded Theory festival in Derbyshire on Friday 22nd May. peterhookandthelight.live