Joy Division - Live at Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK - 27 & 28/10/1979, Ai Remaster 2021 

Ian Curtis looked so ethereal at the Apollo, the way he moves in and out of shadow like a ghost, dancing with fury and without restraint. His life was so short but he left a great influence in his writing and stage presence

The drummer Stephen Morris is the real heart of the band. Brilliant, original drummer, a huge part of the sound , like Bonham or Moon..

This is what happens when every member of the band is a genius. It rarely happens.

Timeless band. Curtis's early demise created a legendary status that remains to this day.

I still have the VHS of this concert. I bought it in 1982 to a seller from Germany. It was unofficial. Until Ian's death, a few people saw them on stage. I was so moved to see them live for the first time. Joy Division was not as popular as today.

So hard to comprehend this sound existed in 1979.

How Ian Curtis expresses himself through his dancing is how it makes me feel when I listen to them! A truly unique and special front Man who will always be remembered as a legend and ground breaker!! Lost to us far far to soon! R.i.p. Ian Curtis you insane genius!😥👍👌👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

We lived through this period of wonderful music. We were blessed.

The best band ever.

00:00 Intro - Saturday show - 27th of October 1979 - 00:05 Soundcheck (From Safety to Where) 01:54 Dead Souls 07:33 Wilderness 10:24 Love Will Tear Us Apart 14:09 Shadowplay 17:46 She's Lost Control - Sunday show - 28th of October 1979 - 21:40 The Sound of Music 26:32 Colony 30:27 Day of the Lords 34:58 Walked in Line 37:30 I Remember Nothing 46:32 Transmission (Encore)

I discovered Joy Division when I was 13. They had an effect on me like no other band has had since, and I still listen to them to this day, 45 years later. I always remember that Anton Corbyn photo in the back of The Face, and the sad announcement of Ian Curtis’ death in NME soon after- a black front cover page with a respectfully small photo of Ian. What an immense legend Joy Division left behind. What an inspiration. Truly unique. RIP Ian Curtis, and thanks Joy Division

Brings back memories... I saw them earlier that week at King George’s Hall, Blackburn and you knew that you were experiencing something special. The intensity was palpable.

I saw this for the first time on a video cassette Factory put out called “Here Are The Young Men” when I was in high school in the late 1980s. I couldn’t get enough of Joy Division then and I still can’t now. My favorite band of all time.

Though I've seen this before, though I've had the VHS tape for decades, this is actually the first time I've had confirmation that the 'Love will Tear Us Apart' played here was taken from the Saturday night performance. That was the one I was at, the second and last time I saw Joy Division play live. Somewhere in the dark outside the screen I am there, hearing my favourite song of all time for the first time, in awe at the discovery I'm making.There then and there now, and overwhelmed twice over, tears on my face at the memory still being alive.

This is a masterpiece. Joy Division was fucking amazing. Rest in Peace Ian. You were so incredibly unique and hauntingly beautiful to watch.

Extraordinary. Glad that this concert has been posted. What the film doesn't show is how the audience would dance from the first bar of their set. Their shows were celebratory and uplifting which was the biggest surprise at the gigs I saw at Electric Ballroom and ULU. A unique band and such attitude.

Absolutely outrageous drumming here

Hard to imagine that such a freaky old-soul was gone by the age of 23, when most people have accomplished little more than a college degree or their first decent job. He changed the entire course of music history and then was gone.

The way Curtis dances to me shows a lot of pent up energy in what seemed to be a very soft spoken man. What I love about Ian's lyrics and the bands song writing ability is that in songs say Colony, Dead Souls, Day of the Lords, Wilderness, She's Lost Control, etc is that they have they build up with each verse and in the end explodes in a loud noise that radiates the rawness of Joy Division and especially Ian Curtis. I've noticed that his dancing really radiates of the songs he plays and especially those build ups like when he sings the line "Dear God and his wisdom took you by the hand, dear god and his wisdom made you understand." in Colony or "They had tears in their eyes, tears in there eyes" in Wilderness. He just explodes into a dancing frenzy. I love that about this band. It shows the complete rawness of the bands energy. R.I.P Ian Curtis.

Joy Division what a band, just timeless, Ian Curtis dancing, noone could get away with that...what a legend he was and still is. Love Will Tear us Apart will always be my all time favourite 💖

I am currently building a time machine to go back and see them.

One of the best bands of all time. It hurts to know how much pain Ian was in. I’m glad the band continued on together. I hope that wherever he is, Ian can see that even 40 years after his death he and jd’s music is still being celebrated. New Dawn fades has gotten me through some of the darkest days of my life.

Tha drummer on this is UNREAL

My biggest regret in life is being born too late to see them live. Going to enJOY this!

Sad there’s not a lot of footage of this amazing band

Probably the Best Group in History, Best singer, Best concert ever in music. Long live to Ian Curtis and Joy Division.

Wow, all these years and this is the first footage I've ever seen of them. Pretty cool. I was a big Zeppelin fan and not so much Joy Division's contemporaries, but liked Joy Division immediately. They paint pictures with sound.

Not that it matters but why is Joy Division not in the rock and roll hall of fame. Unknown Pleasures is probably the most influential album ever for the alternative music scene and other scenes as well. Just a shame. I always get excited when i see someone wearing a joy division t shirt or button. Reminds me that there are still cool people out there.

I think wilderness is so underrated the bass line in that extraordinary beautiful

A random comment on the official Joy Division RU-vid brought me here. Whoever you are dude, Thank you. 🖤

When i was 12 years old i was listening to Joy Division Tapes non-stop for hours and hours, what felt like days, while playing computer games. One of the strongest and spaciest emotions in my life.

i love the Days Of The Lord performance. You have this sense of feeling of oppression and depression. So raw.

This band had a sound that had ambitions far above their instrumentation or genre and what's more, they often reached those ambitions. Ian Curtis, Presente!

one of the top bands of rock and roll, whatever derivative it is, its still rock and roll and its electric

I was too young to see them live so this stuff is priceless

Bernard’s guitar sounds enormous! 😍

Thanks to the people recording this stuff live ❤ because this is the only REAL JOY DIVISION THAT EXISTS!!❤REst in POWER IAN!!!

This is so great. Finally i can see Ian face. Thanks for your work

This band changed my outlook on life at the age of 15. Too me the greatest band of all. So many bands today would not be here if it wasn’t for this incredible band. They were so young at the time,and as for Ian….the best frontman Ever. Poor lad was suffering from things at that time they didnt know how to address. To be honest I’m glad they never made it to USA . I miss Ian Curtis so much but he stands “dances “ along.

Jamais vu un truc pareil . Ça va parfaitement avec le chaos mental qui me sert d'âme aujourd'hui. En 2024 .

Individually, they are all extremely gifted, the timing is incredible, sounds better than the produced versions of their songs.

Joy Division é uma banda carregada, mas é incrível e única. e a cada ano que passa as musicas envelhecem como vinho.

Man, how I wish I could go back in time and be there. Thank you so much!

I hear a lot of The Doors echoing in the spreading waves of that beautifully unearthly, ruthlessly unnerving sound.

I saw them support Rich Kids at Erics Liverpool think it was July 78, fantastic, and also a great memory of chatting too Ian Curtis afterwards

Eerie yet Brilliant, great to see Ian’s moves again. Thanks for the play.

I saw Joy Division on this tour at Guildford Civic Hall and they were immense. I seem to remember thinking it was incredibly brave of Buzzcocks to have them opening.

good to know they had passionate fans back then too, the crowd is amazing

there is no such thing as AI remastering but this is the best restoration ive seen of this monumental performance. phenomenal

This is so good / I was 14 in 1992 when they showed reruns of them on Granada Tv . I was hooked after that. I feel it’s only since the movie “Control” that they became a more mainstream concern . But sometimes it takes time for people to realise how great groups like this are .

Algun dia existira una máquina del tiempo y les prometo que iremos a esa fecha.!!¡!!

[I Remember Nothing. Day Of The Lords. Colony.] Searingly bleak. Devastation. A soul scream. While the flesh remains intact.

Best band ever! Forever Joy Division!

Can’t be better than this. So raw and naked.

This sound was the Other to me when I first heard Joy Division on Christmas Day, 1979. Still has power.

what a band!! sound of music is a masterpiece...

Just the best in so many ways. Real musicians with a UNIQUE sound. Just remarkable. Tragic also.

Never knew this existed, the only filmed full show that I know of.

Absolutely amazing video. So cool to see this

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing this.

Joy Division los mejores de la historia. Ian Curtis lo más grande de la humanidad!

Just brilliant as always

One of a kind! Only vocalist that’s never been replicated

I´m guessing this was the tour where they supported the Buzzcocks. I saw them around this time. I will always remember having a beer in the bar with my mates when the support started up - couldn´t believe who it was...dropped my beer and ran, whooping and hollering!

Wow. I expect the AI render took days of processing, but what a result. It looks more like US TV footage of the same era now, instead of the blurry flat mess it was originally. Superb.

had this on a bootleg dvd, this is so much better, thank you

Wilderness absolutely fucking slaps live

Ian Kevin Curtis in his short period of literary output is on par with Yeats, Baudelaire and Rimbaud even. Unlike say musical artists like Jim Morrison, who most often directly lifted words from his heroes. Ian Curtis tried to only speak in the same tonal range but always %100 original thereby honoring the giants. Ian Curtis is in the room of giants.

Thanks for putting this on RU-vid. I've been a fan of Joy Division since I was a kid but this video made me realise their art is better live. An amazing performance, totally spellbinding, like the best art. Thank you.

Ian Curtis & Joy Division vivirán por siempre!!

this is incredible, Joy Division forever

My brother bought me this VHS video for Christmas years ago can’t remember how many times I’ll played it

VIELEN LIEBEN DANK...FRIEDEN und FREIHEIT...

First time ive seen this, im just glad someone filmed this amazing piece of history. It could have been Brian Nicholson who filmed it ? He made a lot of videos for factory records, Ikon .

Thanks for the upload, I love these live performances :)

🙏🙏🙏🙏one of my favorites you have restored. God bless🙏

Thanks a lot for the remarkable restoration, Подвиг Твой безконечен 🙂

thank you so much for the time, love and effort put into this restoration. as someone who listens to them on a daily basis, i can't thank you enough. now...if you could find a decent version of ceremony i'd send cash.

I only got into this band after finding out Peter Hook was playing in my city last year. I listened to Unknown Pleasures and Closer to get ready for the concert and was astonished. This music gets me up and dancing, makes me angry, scared, ecstatic, hopeful. There's no other band like this.

Thanks for posting! Fantastic stuff. 👍🎸

The AI upscaling really compliments the footage (artifacts and all). Love it.

Amazingly tight performance. Great drumming.

I was a 19 year old American anticipating their American tour, but just before they came Ian cut it short. His song, she's lost control was about a girl that came to his office where he worked, he'd place challenged people for jobs, but she had a fit in his office and he thought he was going to end up like her, that's the song, he was also torn by love with his wife and a gf, like many of us can relate. RIP Ian.

Mad bruv never seen a live version thank u

This is everything

I fucking love the quality, amazing

This is absolutely amazing... thx for sharing!👍😁

Remember being wowed watching them at West Runton Pavilion, Norfolk, supposedly support for the Buzzcocks.........wonderful memories!

The last Concert at the Apollo was superb, the Buzzcocks where the main act, 2 for the price of one.

the greatest vocalist, lyricist, and band.

my good friend has the actual tape and i watched it for the first time that night and this first song's long intro coupled with ian's dance moves just moved me so much. dead souls is just a great song and a great title too.

known this for forty years..fantastic job ..well done..

Thank you

Thanks, nice work again

Sound of Music, fantastic. When the bass comes in. Class recording 👍👍

That drumming is downright incredible!! Blowing my mind. 🖤

*Wilderness* is now my new fave.

Thanks for uploading this, loved watching it

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Many Thanks!