Friday, April 30, 2010

'UNKNOWN PLEASURES' at The Factory Club (FAC251) 18th May


I love Joy Division. 18th May 2010 sees the 30th anniversary of the death of lead singer IAN CURTIS, and Manchester's Factory Club (FAC251) on Charles Street has a very special event lined up, which I shall be attending. Here's the information courtesy of Factory:



UNKNOWN PLEASURES LIVE


PETER HOOK & FRIENDS PERFORM THE ENTIRE UNKNOWN PLEASURES ALBUM LIVE TRACK BY TRACK IN MEMORY OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JOY DIVISIONS - IAN CURTIS


Tuesday 18th May 2010 – Date Sold Out


Wednesday 19th May 2010 – New Date added on sale nowhttp:/www.factorymanchester.com


IAN CURTIS THE EXHIBITION


A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF RARE JOY DIVISION MEMORABILIA, MUSIC, FILM & PHOTOGRAPHYINC SOME OF THE BANDS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT USED TO RECORD THE ALBUM & THE ORIGINAL STUDIO EQUIPMENT USED BY MARTIN HANNETTALL PRESENTED IN THE FACTORY BOARDROOM

Sat 15th May - Tue 18th MayDaily. Noon - 6pm. Free EntryFAC251: THE FACTORY MCR

Peter Hook’s The LightPerform Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures”Sequentially & In Its EntiretyTo Commemorate The Life Of Ian Kevin Curtis Tuesday May 18th & Wednesday May 19th / The Factory Manchester / 8pmIn Association With Mind & Keith Bennett AppealTickets : £19.99 (Includes Charity Donation)The Factory, 112 – 118 Princess Street Manchester, M1 7EN Three decades after it was first released and on the 30th anniversary of the untimely passing of Ian Kevin Curtis, Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook has decided to commemorate Ian’s life and contribution to modern music with a special concert where Hooky and The Light will perform Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures in entirety for the first time. Joined by a few guests for certain album tracks during the performance, The Light will run through the entire album in track order, beginning with “Disorder”, following through with “Insight”, “New Dawn Fades”, “She’s Lost Control” and finishing on “I Remember Nothing. It is also anticipated that other Joy Division classics may be aired at the concert following the performance of the album. Hooky decided personally on the concert as an apposite way to celebrate Ian’s life and sensitive to the history and drama surrounding the anniversary concert, has chosen two charities to support from the event, Mind, the leading mental health charity for England and Wales, and the Keith Bennett Appeal, a charity set up by Norie Miles to help her close friend Winnie Johnson, mother of Moors murder victim Keith Bennett, to recover his remains, as the police called off the search in July 2009. Both charities are to receive sizeable donations from the concert The Factory is also planning an exhibition to coincide with the concert which will showcase images, artefacts and other memorabilia from the Joy Division days in the boardroom of the club. This will run concurrently with the concert and will also be open to the public for certain days surrounding May 18th. In what is bound to be an emotive and very special Manchester occasion, the Unknown Pleasures concert on May 18th will allow a fitting tribute to an iconic and much missed, tragic lead singer, and one whose influence on the city and its music scene has never abated.

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