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DATE. VENUE |
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Date: Tuesday 8 April 1980 |
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Venue: Derby Hall – Bury
(UK) |
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CONCERTS |
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DATE. VENUE |
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Date: Tuesday 8 April 1980 |
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Venue: Derby Hall – Bury
(UK) |
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SET LIST |
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01. Digital |
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02. Love will tear us apart |
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03. Heart and soul |
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04. The eternal |
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05. Decades |
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06. Passover |
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07. Sister ray |
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Total duration: about 20
minutes |
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DETAILS |
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Line-up: Ian Curtis (on Heart and soul, Decades and The eternal only) | Peter Hook | Stephen Morris | Bernard Sumner |
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Opening acts: Minny
Pops | A Certain Ratio | Section 25 |
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On Monday 7 April 1980,
the night before this concert, Ian Curtis took an overdose
of Phenobarbitone |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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Ticket price: £1
(advance) | £1.25 (doors) |
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MEMORIES |
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We had other singers
from Factory bands do most of the set then we'd do the instrumentals
and then Ian would come on and do Heart and soul and two slow ones
(Decades and The eternal). The idea was we
played all the fast ones with the lads and he'd come on at the end.
He really wanted to do it. So, when Ian went off a full scale riot ensued. One
of our roadies was badly bottled, and it was all going off and Ian saw this, thought it was his fault and
just crumbled. We took him back to hospital and it was a really
incredibly stupid thing to do. Our intentions were good, cheer him
up, make him forget about it all. Ironically it was these kids Rob met outside who said they were big fans
but didn't have any money. So he let them in free, they started
it all, real meatheads |
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Confusion reigned
supreme during Joy Division's set at Bury, and the following is
a rough reconstruction based on interviews with members of the audience.
The Minny Pops opened, and were followed by Section 25. When it
was time for Joy Division to go on stage, Ian was too ill to perform so the group jammed
with Section 25 for a while, with everyone rotating instruments
as the jam progressed. Section 25 went off stage and Joy Division
began playing their songs, with Alan Hempsall, of Crispy Ambulance
(renowned for his Ian Curtis impersonations),
and Simon Topping, of A Certain Ratio, standing in for Ian. By the time of The eternal, Ian was well enough to sing but could not continue
after Passover. Joy Division returned to jamming, but
some skinheads in the audience had lost all patience and one threw
a beer mug at Simon Topping and missed. A melee followed, with Rob diving off the mixing desk into a group
a skinheads. Terry defended the stage and equipment with a microphone
stand, but Twinny, the Joy Division roadie, was smashed in the back
of the head with a pint glass and had to be taken to the hospital.
Rob was also pretty banged up. Peter was kept in the dressing room and out of
the battle by the combination of the persuasion of Tony Wilson and his wife, Leslie,
and by Paul, of Section 25, holding him down |
