Joy Division

25th October 1979: St.George's Hall, Bradford  Two different tapes of this concert exist

On tour with Buzzcocks



Thanks to Richard Irving


Thanks to Roger Spivey


The recording of this concert surfaced in October 2025

Colony
Insight
Ice Age
She's Lost Control
Dead Souls

Paul, who taped the gig on a mono Sony portable recorder, tells us:

I read the report on this gig in the JD in Yorkshire article. It includes the quote "One thing about this gig has always puzzled me, as I clearly remember seeing someone in the audience with a cassette recorder but as far as I know there isn't a tape around. Or maybe that guy is keeping it to himself",

Well the guy with the cassette recorder was me and I taped the gig, (or possibly just part of it).

Seems a short set at 20 mins but I'm pretty sure this is all there is, if they had left the stage and returned I would have recorded it, the tape continues with the start of the Buzzcocks set. I mention this as someone in the article claims Transmission was played, it seems not.

'Bradford Telegraph and Argus' advert




Gig schedule from Peter hook's 2019 Omega Auctions auction
See our Joy Division in Yorkshire article for more venue information