Weekend of Unknown Pleasures for Joy Division Fans

Tuesday 28 September, 2010
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WEEKEND OF UNKNOWN PLEASURES FOR JOY DIVISION FANS

This weekend, Peter Hook’s Unknown Pleasures tour arrives in Auckland, celebrating the life of Ian Curtis and the music of Joy Division for two unforgettable nights at The Powerstation – Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 October, with support from Die! Die! Die! and Harry The Bastard at both shows.

Sunday night door sales will be available from 7.30pm at The Powerstation.
A very limited number of door sales for Saturday night’s sold out show will also be available at the venue from 7.30pm.

Pre-sale tickets for Sunday night can still be purchased at Ticketmaster, Marbecks and Real Groovy.

A special post-show party with DJ Bevan Keys will be held at Bar Tabac following Unknown Pleasures on Saturday night.

Trevor Reekie’s Access All Areas radio programme with Peter Hook goes to air this Saturday afternoon on Radio New Zealand. More media links below…

95bFM, The Groove Guide and Cheese on Toast are proud to present

Unknown Pleasures, a live celebration of Joy Division with Peter Hook and friends, Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 October at The Powerstation.

Thirty years have elapsed since the release of Joy Division’s seminal album Unknown Pleasures and the untimely passing of lead singer Ian Curtis.

To commemorate this event, legendary bass player and founder Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order, Monaco, Freebass) has put together a group of musicians and friends to play the hugely influential album sequentially and in its entirety – for the first time in New Zealand.

This special show will feature all of the songs off the Unknown Pleasures album, including Disorder, Insight, New Dawn Fades, She’s Lost Control, and Shadowplay, as well as selected early Warsaw / Joy Division tracks, plus the classic non-album singles Transmission and Love Will Tear Us Apart.

The widespread impact of Unknown Pleasures and the music of Joy Division cannot be overstated.

Reviewing the album for Melody Maker at the time of its release, writer Jon Savage prophetically declared, “[Joy Division] set a course in the present with contrails for the future – perhaps you can’t ask for much more. Indeed, Unknown Pleasures may very well be one of the best, white, English, debut LPs of the year”.

Unknown Pleasures became an instant classic – a rare album that unites critics and fans the world over. Its songs have inspired a myriad of covers from artists such as Massive Attack, Grace Jones, Moby and The Killers.

“Even today, the music of Unknown Pleasures and its darkly powerful sentiments echo through the work of contemporary groups such as The Verve, Radiohead, Spiritualized and Primal Scream,” wrote John Oldham in NME, where the re-release received a 10 out of 10 rating and readers voted the album to #3 in their All-Time 100 Albums poll.

As originators of post-punk and alternative music, Joy Division have influenced generations of bands, ranging from contemporaries U2, Bauhaus and The Cure, to post-punk revival bands such as Interpol, Bloc Party and Editors.

The Joy Division story has been unravelled in two big-screen biopics, 24 Hour Party People (2002) and the multi-award-winning, Control (2007).

Peter Hook will be joined for this special performance by son Jack Bates playing bass, rhythm guitarist Nat Wason, Andy Poole on keyboards, and Monaco’s Paul Kehoe on drums.

Do not miss this unique opportunity to celebrate Ian Curtis’ life and his contribution to modern music through the resonant sounds of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures.

Tickets on sale at Ticketmaster nationwide, including Real Groovy and Marbecks
Phone bookings: 09 970 9700
Online bookings: http://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/Unknown-Pleasures-tickets/artist/1478720

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