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DATE. VENUE |
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Date: Wednesday 27 December 1978 |
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Venue: Hope and Anchor –
London (Islington) (UK) |
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CONCERTS |
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DATE. VENUE |
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Date: Wednesday 27 December 1978 |
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Venue: Hope and Anchor –
London (Islington) (UK) |
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DETAILS |
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Line-up: Ian Curtis | Peter Hook | Stephen Morris | Bernard Sumner |
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Audience: about 20 people |
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First London concert
by Joy Division |
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On their way back
to Manchester, the band members saw Ian Curtis having his first
recognizable epileptic fit |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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Ticket price: 60p |
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MEMORIES |
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Joy Division were
to play their London debut at the Hope and Anchor, but Bernard was in bed with flu. After some discussion
it was decided that the gig had to come first, so Bernard was bundled into the back of the car wrapped
up in a sleeping bag. As a first London gig, the Hope and Anchor
was a disappointment. Expecting the glamour of the capital city,
Joy Division hadn't realized they would be playing in a pub cellar
and that all the equipment would have to be lowered in through a
trap-door. The small audience was not enough to spark the exhilaration
needed to spur the band on. Disappointment turned to turmoil on
the way home. Bernard remembers that Ian's conversation about the gig had taken
a rather negative turn and Ian had told me when he came home that there
was even talk of him leaving the band. As Bernard tried to keep himself warm, Ian began to tug at his sleeping bag. A struggle
followed and once Ian had the bag he wrapped it around his head
so tight that Bernard couldn't wrestle it from him. Eventually,
Ian's seizure surfaced and he lashed out, seeming
to punch at the windows. Steve pulled over to the side of the road and
when the fit was over they took him to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital |
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PRESS REVIEW |
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Sounds (UK) (Saturday
13 January
1979) – review written by Nick
Tester |
