Fans of Joy Division, look away now.

[Return of the Rev]

Yeah, me and NMH got our Buzzcocks gigs mixed up and I thought he was talking about a JD riot, not a Buzzcocks one! Sorry 'bout that...

buzzcocks gig great night! the drums getting taken up west street afterwards made me chuckle!

 

[Trufflehound]

I was at the Jenkinsons gig. New Order played for 35 minutes, and apart from the glorious Ceremony, were very dull, probably cos no-one had really had a chance to listen to any of their other material at that stage.
Support band Section 25 were even worse and played with their backs turned to the audience for the duaration of their set, the pretentious, dismal tits.
Mind you, my advance ticket was £1.90, but it was a massive £2.50 if you paid on the door!

I was there, and agree it wasn't the greatest night out. It was a snapshot of a band felling lost and unsure of what directkion they wanted to go in (as was evidenced to a wider public when most of what they played later appeared on the ironiically titled 'Movement', which - apart from Dreams Never End - to me sounds more like a bad JD tribute band than a New order album).

On the other hand, just a week later I saw Gang of Four at the Hammersmith Palais - and that still ranks as my all-time favourite gig.

Happy days.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Yes New Order did play The Centre in 1986 (and Jenkinsons Bar in 1981), but at the risk of repeating myself, Joy Division never played in Brighton. The article kindly linked to by Tom Hark mentions that they were booked to play there but Curtis' suicide meant it never happened. I expect that is why New Order played instead - they fulfilled some of JD's aborted American tour dates in a similar manner.

recall smoke bomb at the jenkinson concert
And yes joy division did play the basement!