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DATE. VENUE

Date: Monday 27 August 1979

Venue: Rock & Music Festival – Leigh (UK)


 

SET LIST

01. Disorder
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02. Leaders of men
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03. Colony
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04. Insight
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05. Digital
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06. Dead souls
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07. Shadowplay
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08. She's lost control
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08. The sound of music
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09. Transmission
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10. Interzone
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Total duration: about 40 minutes


 

DETAILS

Line-up: Ian Curtis | Peter Hook | Stephen Morris | Bernard Sumner

Concert organization: Factory Records | Zoo Records

Audience: about 250 people

Other bands:
– Saturday 25: Hot Ice | Armageddon | Gog | Visual Arts | Steroid Kiddies | Exodus
– Sunday 26: Inertia | The Risk | Sister Ray | Cool Hand | Karma Sutra | Supercharge
– Monday 27: The Distractions | Echo And The Bunnymen | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | A Certain Ratio | Teardrop Explodes

This festival was held on Bank Holiday Weekend (Saturday 25–Monday 27 August). It was known under the name "Zoo meets Factory halfway"; Zoo being located in Liverpool and Factory in Manchester, both labels found Leigh was halfway

The poster for the event became FAC 15
300 posters were printed


 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Ticket price: £2 (daily ticket) | £5 (three-day ticket)


 

PHOTOS

Kevin Cummins


 

PRESS REVIEWS

Melody Maker (UK) (Saturday 8 September 1979) – review written by Jon Savage

City Fun (UK) (September 1979) – review written by Kev Komma