OTD 1995: New Order's Blue Monday-95 entered the UK charts. Featuring remixes of the original it lasted four weeks and peaked at No 17

Electronic OTD 1990: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles with Depeche Mode on their World Violation Tour and Nitzer Ebb

Happy Birthday to Vini Reilly, leader of the post-punk group The @DuruttiColumn, born today in 1953. Reilly was Tony Wilson's first signing to Manchester's iconic Factory Records label

OTD 1979 Joy Division, Monochrome Set and Teardrop Explodes at YMCA, Prince Of Wales Conference Centre, London: Dead Souls Disorder Wilderness Auto-Suggestion Transmission Day Of The Lords She's Lost Control Shadowplay Atrocity Exhibition Insight 📷 (C) Jill Furmanovsky

“My Favourite audience comment of the night was: ‘This lot are just ripping off Joy Division.’ “- Stephen Morris, Record Play Pause Photo from Peter Hook’s Substance book

New Order's first gig was OTD 1980 at a Factory Records Night at the Beach Club, Manchester when a band called The Names dropped out, NO did a seven song set as the No Names. Steve sang on three, Bernard and Hooky two each. Beach Club pic via Pubs of Manchester

New Order OTD 1993: World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, Illinois (Chicago). With The The and 808 State Photo Copyright (C) Kevin Cummins @KCMANC via Proud Camden Gallery www.meer.com/proud-camden...

Join us at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio for a special interview & book signing with 2026 inductee Peter Hook of Joy Division & New Order. Tickets on sale to the public on 31st July. Peter Hook & The Light play the Agora in Cleveland the night before on their North American tour.

Joy Division OTD 1979: Imperial Hotel Blackpool. Section 25 promoted this Year Of The Child benefit. With OMD, The Final Solution, Section 25, The Glass Torpedoes, and Zyklon B. Four different people taped the concert and it leaked out on several bootlegs. joydiv.org/c270779.htm

OTD 1980 Joy Division’s Closer album entered the charts. It stayed there for eight weeks and peaked at number six. The sleeve featured Bernard-Pierre Wolff's photo of the Staglieno Cemetary in Italy which Peter Saville discovered in Zoom magazine. See joydiv.org/cl.htm#zoom

New Order OTD 1993: Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, California. With The The and 808 State. ‘World’ recorded as an alternative live video for MTV

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New Order OTD 2005: Les Vieilles Charrues (Old Plough Festival), Brittany, France Crystal Regret Krafty Transmission Atmosphere Sirens' Call True Faith Bizarre Love Triangle, LWTUA Temptation She's Lost Control Everything's Gone Green Blue Monday Photos: www.tasteofindie.com/new-order-le...

Joy Division OTD 1977: Tiffany's Leicester. Steve Brotherdale’s 2nd gig. He carried the high-hat to the front of stage and played it. Ian looked at him, then told him to get the fuck back, which he did. - Peter Hook, Unknown Pleasures. Photo, taken at Rafters (C) Kevin Cummins

Ian's memorial earlier today Photos: Ian Seivwright

Released OTD 2020: Closer LP, Transmission, Atmosphere and Love Will Tear Us Apart 12" 40th Anniversary editions

Released OTD 2002: Before & After – The BBC Sessions. Features Joy Division John Peel sessions and Richard Skinner interview along with New Orders BBC Radio 1 live in concert (Glastonbury 1987). joydiv.org/banda.htm

Joy Division OTD 1978: Eric's Liverpool (afternoon performance) on Ian's 22nd birthday. Supporting Rich Kids. Joy Division weren't yet big enough to get a namecheck on Eric's monthly. Julian Cope, Ian McCulloch and Pete Wylie were in the audience Flyer joydiv.org/c150778.htm

An Ideal For Living, Joy Division's first single was financed using Ian Curtis's 21st birthday money. Unfortunately the financial constraints meant this was a budget option and it showed up in the sound quality. joydiv.org/aifl.htm

Iconic Joy Division singer and lyrical genius Ian Curtis was born 70 years ago OTD 1956 at Stretford Memorial Hospital Ian pic @KCMANC Hospital pics Andrew Simpson chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/2015/12/stretf

OTD 2002: New Order on the cover of the Big Issue

Amazon have revealed their price for the Eternal box set - £101.22 Meanwhile HMV is still cheaper at £99 amzn.to/4ybXyLb

OTD 1980: New Order recorded their first demos at Cabaret Voltaire’s Western Works studios. In May 2007 a tape of the demos surfaced on eBay and they eventually appeared on numerous bootlegs

Check out some great photos from Friday’s set at Brit Fest in Cheshire… Next up will be 8 shows in Australia/NZ as we resume our tour performing New Order’s ‘Get Ready’ LP followed by a full second set of both Joy Division/New Order classics. 🎫: www.peterhookandthelight.live 📸: Shavorne Wilbraham

New Order OTD: 2017: ∑ (No,12k,Lg,17Mif) Old Granada Studios Manchester Concert 3 / 5 Elegia Who’s Joe Dream Attack Disorder Ultraviolence Heart & Soul All Day Long Shellshock Guilt Is a Useless Emotion Subculture Bizarre Love Triangle Vanishing Point Plastic Silent Face Decades

OTD 2019: Bernard Sumner received the Integro Outstanding Achievement award at the 2019 O2 Silver Clefs awards in recognition of aid in the music therapy charity, Nordoff Robbins

Joy Division OTD 1979: Limit Club, West Street, Sheffield. Supported by OMD. They are one of the ‘3 bands’ on the newspaper advert. The Limit Club was in the basement of a disused Jeans factory / warehouse on West Street joydiv.org/c050779.htm

Archive on 4 Ramones at The Roundhouse Memories of the gig #OTD 4th July 1976. Well worth a listen. New interviews from those that were there and the following night at Dingwalls 🔥 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock #TheRamones www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Archive on 4 - Ramones at the Roundhouse - BBC Sounds

Mariella Frostrup recalls the historic UK debut of the US punk giants Ramones in July '76.

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Revenge OTD 1990: The Dial, Willow Road, Derby

1980: Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart first appeared in the UK singles chart on this day, running for 9 weeks and peaking at #13