Peter Hook & The Light Announce New “Joy Division : A Celebration” Dates For April 2023 Performing “Unknown Pleasures” & “Closer” In Full Across England, Scotland & Wales.

 

 

 

 

An Evening With Peter Hook & The Light

“Joy Division : A Celebration”

April 2023

Thursday 13th April           O2 Academy, Edinburgh

Friday 14th April                 Old Fire Station, Carlisle

Saturday 15th April            Foundry, Sheffield

Thursday 20th April           Junction. Cambridge

Friday 21st April                 Assembly Rooms, Leamington Spa

Saturday 22nd April            Tramshed, Cardiff

Thursday 27th April           1865, Southampton

Friday 28th April                 Sub89, Reading

Saturday 29th April            Cheese & Grain, Frome

Tickets for all dates go on sale Friday 11th November 2022 at 10AM.

For tickets links go to www.peterhookandthelight.live

 

With Peter Hook & The Light having toured their “Joy Division : A Celebration” concerts throughout 2022 with very well received dates across the UK, Europe and North America, the band have now announced a string of nine dates for the acclaimed show in England, Scotland and Wales for April 2023

Taking in both new venues as well as those previously visited by The Light, the tour begins Thurs 13th April at O2 Academy Edinburgh and takes in Old Fire Station Carlisle and Foundry Sheffield on subsequent days that week.

The following week sees the band at Junction Cambridge, Assembly Rooms Leamington Spa and Tramshed Cardiff April 20th to 22nd whilst the final week of the month sees the band round off at 1865 Southampton, Sub89 Reading and Cheese & Grain, Frome.

Tickets for all dates go on sale Friday 11th November 2022 at 10AM. For links check www.peterhookandthelight.live

The “Joy Division : A Celebration” shows were originally planned to commemorate four decades of the bands and Ian Curtis’ influence in May 2020 and began some two years later to great reactions from fans and critics alike with some quotes from concert reviews here.

 

 

The Light are also set to tour Australasia in November 2022 with the show.

For a full list of dates check www.peterhookandthelight.live

These Joy Division album shows have become much less common for The Light as they moved through their progression of touring the New Order albums in succession. Aside from some one-off gigs such as The Roxy in LA, The Roundhouse and Manchester Academy, the “Joy Division : A Celebration” tour is the first major shows for this set in some years.

Joy Division’s allure and music remain strong in popular culture, holding a sincere reverence.  The albums are played sequentially in track order, respecting the inspiration and impact of the stunning debut album “Unknown Pleasures” and the immaculately produced second “Closer”.

“Unknown Pleasures” features “Disorder”, “Insight”, “New Dawn Fades”, and “She’s Lost Control” while “Closer”, considered “a start to finish masterpiece” by Pitchfork Media counts “Atrocity Exhibition”, “Heart And Soul” and “Twenty Four Hours” amongst its many highlights. 

In addition to the albums, the concerts span the entirety of Joy Division’s rich but short career including early Warsaw material, tracks from the compilation LP “Still” to the final songs “Ceremony” and “In a Lonely Place” written by Joy Division which were to form New Order’s first single.

On “Unknown Pleasures” – The Album (NME)

“The band’s debut ‘Unknown Pleasures’ is simply one of the best records ever made, and is still powerful enough to floor you 30 years on. With an almost dub-like, spacey atmosphere sculpted by studio genius Martin Hannett, the band’s sound was almost the polar opposite of the punk music which had brought them together after a Sex Pistols show in 1976.” 10/10

On “Closer” – The Album (Pitchfork Media)

Closer is even more austere, more claustrophobic, more inventive, more beautiful, and more haunting than its predecessor. It’s also Joy Division‘s start-to-finish masterpiece, a flawless encapsulation of everything the group sought to achieve” 10 / 10.

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