OTD 2003: Hope, a War Child compilation for the benefit of children in Iraq released.
New Order contributed a pretty good cover version of Jimmy Cliff's 'Vietnam'
amzn.to/3v2By40

New Order OTD 1989: City Coliseum, Austin, Texas
Touched By The Hand Of God
Ceremony
Dream Attack
Run
Vanishing Point
1963
Your Silent Face
Mr Disco
Round & Round
Temptation
Bizarre Love Triangle
The Perfect Kiss
Fine Time

OTD 1985: New Order at Rotters, Doncaster with The Beloved. Admission £4.00.
The Perfect Kiss
Ceremony
Thieves Like Us
We All Stand
Hurt
Chosen Time
Confusion
Subculture
Sunrise
Blue Monday
Temptation
Images Gary Crawford

OTD 1981: New Order appeared at Victoria Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland. Supported by Foreign Press.
Doubts Even Here
Chosen Time
Dreams Never End
ICB
Senses
Denial
Procession
Ceremony
Photos: milnefaefife

Martin Hannett, genius, 31 May 1948 - 18 April 1991

Architect Of The Manchester Sound and producer for many Joy Division recordings. Seen here with Tony Wilson in Strawberry Recording Studio

New Order OTD 1981: St. Andrews University, Fife, Scotland
Doubts Even Here
Chosen Time
The Him
Dreams Never End
Truth
Senses
Denial In A
Lonely Place
Supported by Foreign Press

New Order Happy Mondays OTD 1985: Salford Uni Subculture Love Vigilantes The Village Silent Face As It Is When It Was This Time Of Night Temptation Age Of Consent Perfect Kiss In A Lonely Place 586 Sister Ray Photo: Tim Sinclair. Ticket + poster MDMA Archive

New Order OTD 1982: Le Palace, Paris A tough, silent, crowd. ‘a voice in the audience cried out, “Ay!” We all looked round and the guy carried on, saying, “Ze zound, she is a sheet!” We were speechless’ - Peter Hook, Substance FM broadcast, bootlegged on Paris Samedi Dix-sept LP

Ian Curtis and Deborah Woodruff got engaged OTD 1974 "The engagement ring held half a dozen small sapphires surrounding a minute diamond and cost £17.50 from Ratners What impressed me most of all was that Ian sold his guitar to pay for it" Deborah Curtis, Touching From a Distance

New Order OTD 1982: Ancienne Belgique, Brussels. Supported by Stockholm Monsters.
We All Stand
Ceremony
Dreams Never End
Hurt
The Him
Ultraviolence
Chosen Time
Senses
Everything's Gone Green
Temptation

What an honour - thank you!

See you at the ceremony…

Thank you all!

#joydivision
#neworder
#rockandrollhalloffame

New Order OTD 1983 Tiffany's, Glasgow, Scotland.
Blue Monday
Everything's Gone Green
Hurt
Truth
ICB
Senses
586
Age Of Consent
Temptation
Blue Monday
Confusion
Book excerpt: Substance by Peter Hook amzn.to/2v3Rm9B

Back home after an amazing run of shows in Europe - thanks again to everyone who came to see us!

Here are some photos from our show in Munich, Germany at Technikum…

Next stop London on Saturday 11th April at OVO Arena with The Damned!

www.peterhookandthelight.live

📸: Simon Lowery

Main web site updated with Newspaper Cuttings For A Band - modern day History in Cuttings
Currently £14.50 on Amazon amzn.to/48sRzGo

OTD 1979 Joy Division played live at Youth Centre, Walthamstow. “There’s fucking Nazi’s riding on the fucking tank!” - Peter Hook

OTD 2005: Waiting for the Sirens' Call, New Order’s 8th studio album was released in the UK on London Records It spent 4 weeks in the UK charts peaking at No 5

OTD 1989 New Order & Happy Mondays at Birmingham N.E.C.
Touched By The Hand Of God
Mr. Disco
Dream Attack
Vanishing Point
1963
Run
All The Way
True Faith
Ceremony
Round And Round
Bizarre Love Triangle
Temptation
Fine Time
The Perfect Kiss
Ticket: Mark Rodgers

Happy Birthday to Paul Morley.
He has written extensively about JD & authored the books, “Joy Division: Piece by Piece: Writing About Joy Division 1977-2007” (2007), and “Joy Division: Fragments” (2009)
Photo: (C) Kevin Cummins @kcmanc.bsky.social

OTD 1989: New Order & A Guy Called Gerald performed at Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre (SECC), Glasgow. Broadcast on Radio Clyde.
Bootlegged on SECCstasy LP
Ticket: tinyurl.com/5tftvnb6

New Order OTD 1983 The State Ballroom, Liverpool. The second of two nights
Truth
Leave Me Alone
Hurt
Chosen Time
Ultraviolence
Everything's Gone Green
Denial
Blue Monday
Temptation

New Order OTD 1983 The State Ballroom, Liverpool. The first of two nights.
586
Procession
Dreams Never End
Your Silent Face
We All Stand
Ultraviolence
The Village
Age Of Consent
In A Lonely Place
Ceremony
Photos Paul Baines tinyurl.com/4jby4rkv

New Brazilian book
All the Way: New Order, Joy Division e Projetos Paralelos by Luís Angelo Aracri and Ricardo Augusto Fernandes covers 45 years of history starting from 1976
belasletras.commercesuite.com.br/rock-alterna...

The Joy Division Live Archive Campaign have discovered a previously unheard recording of Isolation from an unknown concert.
Is it from the Rainbow … or somewhere else?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d21g...

New Order OTD 1981 at Boys' Club, Bedford with Section 25 and I.C.1
Organised by Dec Hickey author of From Heaven to Heaven: New Order Live: The Early Years,
B/W image: Rorschach Testing fanzine #1
Colour photo (C) Rod Coleman

Ian Curtis on the front of Underground magazine March 1988

OTD: 1979 Joy Division at Bowdon Vale Youth Club, Altrincham. Bootlegged & also filmed.
Photos (C) Martin O'Neill
joydiv.org/c140379.htm

OTD 1979: Joy Division appeared at Band On The Wall, Manchester. Supported by The Fireplace
Admission 70p
Possibly, but probably not, the source of the mysterious Band on The Wall bootleg recording
joydiv.org/c130379.htm

New Order OTD 1983: Recreation Centre, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Tolworth.
They japed Mark Johnson, Ideal For Living author, by announcing his scooter was causing an obstruction, he found it hoisted way out of reach on the lift gate of their lorry.
Bootlegged on Confused Dreams CD

New Order OTD 2012: Future Music Festival, Melbourne, Australia.
Crystal
Regret
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith
586
The Perfect Kiss
Blue Monday
Temptation
Photos: Anna Palmer tinyurl.com/y7ktp9o2