10th September 1978: Royal Standard, Bradford Supported by Emergency (who later became Foreign Press). Or maybe not. According to Emergency's sound engineer Colin Blades, Joy Division hired him and Emergency's impressive PA system, as they often did, but Emergency didn't perform. See our Joy Division in Yorkshire article for more info Thanks to Neil Woodvine for the scan Sounds article 26 August 1978 It's possible Joy Division also appeared at this venue a few weeks before on 20th August or even that this gig was moved forward from 10 September 10 to 20th August See our Joy Division in Yorkshire article for more information about this venue.