Notes: Not many
people knew Joy Division would play here -
it was the Rainbow Theatre concert that was
advertised.
As soon as the gig at Rainbow was over Joy Division
left their equipment and hurried by car to The
Moonlight Club. Here they entered the stage as the
last band.
They had played two concerts in one day several
times before so |
they figured they could
do it again but Ian, who had been
Ian who had been increasingly ill the last couple of
months, was in no condition for another performance.
Neil Norman wrote in NME:
"Within 8 minutes of the end of [Vini Reilly's] set
the magnificent Joy Division took the stage and
played with a power and passion that made it
difficult to believe |
they were literally
within an hour or so of playing at the Rainbow.
The strain was most noticable
in vocalist Ian Curtis who was helped off stage
after their fifth number, although until then his
performance had been as darkly effective as ever...
... Unlike The Fall, who make me want to go out and
kick a cat, Joy Division convince me I could spit in
the face of God." |
