Joy Division have announced a massive new collection of live concert recordings, ‘Eternal (Live)’. Find all the details below.
The huge compilation will include audio from 16 live performances, sourced from fan-recorded casettes, soundboard tapes and broadcast recordings. All 14CDs were mastered at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios, and will contain some of Joy Division’s most seminal performances, including their final live show at High Hall in Birmingham in 1980.
The collection will also contain two previously unreleased gigs: Hope & Anchor, and Acklam Hall. Three previously unheard recordings will also be on the box set from The Factory, Lyceum, and Moonlight Club (2 April).
Additionally, there are two DVDs with over 2hrs 30mins of performance footage from the iconic Mancunians, as well as a fresh edit of Joy Division – A Malcolm Whitehead Film.
The collection will be housed in a 12″ x 12″ lift-off lid box, featuring artwork by Warren Jackson, Peter Saville, Howard Wakefield and Brett Wickens. The cover photo is taken from a Wolfgang Tillmans photograph. The box set comes complete with liner notes from Simon Armitage and photography by Anton Corbijn, Kevin Cummins and more.
You can listen to the first taste of the box set, ‘Transmission (Les Bains Douches, Paris)’ now – see the full tracklist for the collection below and pre-order it here.
The full tracklist for the ‘Eternal’ live box set is:
CD1: Hope And Anchor, London (1 March, 1979 – audience recording by Jonathan Crabb, second audience recording by unknown taper. All previously unheard)
‘Exercise One’
‘She’s Lost Control’
‘Shadowplay’
‘Leaders Of Men’
‘Insight’
‘The Only Mistake’
‘Disorder’
‘Glass’
‘Digital’
‘Warsaw’
‘Transmission’
‘I Remember Nothing’
‘Interzone’
‘Ice Age’
CD2: Bowdon Vale Youth Club, Altrincham (14 March, 1979 – ‘Exercise One’ from sound desk recording, rest from matrix of sound desk recording and audience recording from Malcolm Whitehead)
‘Exercise One’
‘She’s Lost Control’
‘Shadowplay’
‘Leaders Of Men’
‘Insight’
‘Disorder’
‘Glass’
‘Digital’
‘Ice Age’
‘Warsaw’
‘Transmission’
‘I Remember Nothing’
‘No Love Lost’
Acklam Hall, London (17 May, 1979 – previously unreleased audience recording by Jonathan Crabb)
‘Disorder’
‘She’s Lost Control’
‘Shadowplay’
‘Wilderness’
‘Insight’
‘Candidate’
‘Digital’
CD3: The Factory, Manchester (13 July, 1979 – previously unheard sound desk recording)
‘Dead Souls’
‘The Only Mistake’
‘Insight’
‘Candidate’
‘Wilderness’
‘She’s Lost Control’
‘Shadowplay’
‘Disorder’
‘Interzone’
‘Atrocity Exhibition’
‘Novelty’
‘Transmission’
CD4: YMCA, London (2 August, 1979 – sound desk recording)
‘Dead Souls’
‘Disorder’
‘Wilderness’
‘Autosuggestion’
‘Transmission’
‘Day Of The Lords’
‘She’s Lost Control’
‘Shadowplay’
‘Atrocity Exhibition’
‘Insight’
CD5: Futurama One Festival, Leeds (8 September, 1979 – audience recording by Duncan Haysom)
‘I Remember Nothing’
‘Wilderness’
‘Transmission’
‘Colony’
‘Disorder’
‘Insight’
‘Shadowplay’
‘She’s Lost Control’
‘Atrocity Exhibition’
‘Dead Souls’
CD6: Les Bains Douches, Paris (18 December, 1979 – radio broadcast recording, France Inter.)
‘Passover’
‘Wilderness’
‘Disorder’
‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’
‘Insight’
‘Shadowplay’
‘Transmission’
‘Day Of The Lords’
‘Twenty Four Hours’
‘Colony’
‘These Days’
‘A Means To An End’
‘She’s Lost Control’
‘Atrocity Exhibition’
‘Interzone’
‘Warsaw’
CD7: Paradiso, Amsterdam (11 January, 1980 – radio broadcast recording, VARA.)
‘Passover’
‘Wilderness’
‘Digital’
‘Day Of The Lords’
‘Insight’
‘New Dawn Fades’
‘Disorder’
‘Transmission’
‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’
‘These Days’
‘A Means To An End’
‘Twenty Four Hours’
‘Shadowplay’
‘She’s Lost Control’
‘Atrocity Exhibition’
‘Atmosphere’
‘Interzone’
CD8: Effenaar, Eindhoven (18 January, 1980 – audience recording)
‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’
‘Digital’
‘New Dawn Fades’
‘Colony’
‘These Days’
‘Ice Age’
‘Dead Souls’
‘Disorder’
‘Day Of The Lords’
‘Autosuggestion’
‘Shadowplay’
‘She’s Lost Control’
‘Transmission’
‘Interzone’
‘Atmosphere’
‘Warsaw’
CD9: The Warehouse, Preston (28 February, 1980 – sound desk recording)
‘Incubation’
‘Wilderness’
‘Twenty Four Hours’
‘The Eternal’
‘Heart And Soul’
‘Shadowplay’
‘Transmission’
‘Disorder’
‘Warsaw’
‘Colony’
‘Interzone’
‘She’s Lost Control’
CD10: The Lyceum, London (29 February, 1980 – sound desk recording (tracks 1-10, tracks 1-9 previously unheard), matrix sound desk / audience recording by Duncan Haysom (track 11), audience recording (tracks 12-16))
‘Incubation’
‘Wilderness’
‘Twenty Four Hours’
‘The Eternal’
‘Heart And Soul’
‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’
‘Isolation’
‘Komakino’
‘She’s Lost Control’
‘These Days’
‘Atrocity Exhibition’
‘Heart And Soul’ (Soundcheck)
‘Incubation’ (Soundcheck)
‘Komakino’ (Soundcheck)
‘Isolation (Instrumental)’ (Soundcheck)
‘Isolation’ (Soundcheck)
CD11: The Moonlight Club, London (2 April 1980 – Track 1 audience recording by Andy Hooper, tracks 2-8 (mostly) unheard desk recording (except Sister Ray, which was on Still))
‘Sound Of Music’
‘Wilderness’
‘Colony’
‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’
‘A Means To An End’
‘Transmission’
‘Dead Souls’
‘Sister Ray’
CD11 (3 April 1980 – audience recording by Andy Hooper)
‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’
‘Glass’
‘Digital’
‘Heart And Soul’
‘Isolation’
‘Disorder’
‘Atrocity Exhibition’
‘Atmosphere’
CD12: Winter Gardens, Malvern (5 April, 1980 – audience recording by Tim Bayes)
‘Disorder’
‘Wilderness’
‘Twenty Four Hours’
‘Heart And Soul’
‘Atmosphere’
‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’
‘Isolation’
‘Interzone’
‘She’s Lost Control’
‘Girls Don’t Count (with Section 25)’
CD13: Ajanta Theatre, Derby (19 April, 1980 – audience recording by Tim Bayes)
‘Dead Souls’
‘Wilderness’
‘Digital’
‘Insight’
‘Passover’
‘Heart And Soul’
‘Isolation’
‘These Days’
‘Transmission’
‘She’s Lost Control’
‘Colony’
‘Girls Don’t Count (with Section 25)’
CD14: High Hall, Birmingham (2 May, 1980 – sound desk recording. Track 1, first minute taken from audience recording (recordist unknown))
‘Ceremony’
‘Shadowplay’
‘A Means To An End’
‘Passover’
‘New Dawn Fades’
‘Twenty Four Hours’
‘Transmission’
‘Disorder’
‘Isolation’
‘Decades’
‘Digital’
DVD1
‘Joy Division – A Malcolm Whitehead Film (2026 edit)’
‘She’s Lost Control’ (Bowdon Vale Youth Club)
‘Shadowplay’ (Bowdon Vale Youth Club)
‘Leaders Of Men’ (Bowdon Vale Youth Club)
‘Transmission’ (BBC TV: Something Else)
‘She’s Lost Control’ (BBC TV: Something Else)
‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ (Plan K, Brussels)
‘Wilderness’ (Plan K, Brussels)
‘Disorder’ (Plan K, Brussels)
‘Colony’ (Plan K, Brussels)
‘Insight’ (Plan K, Brussels)
‘Twenty Four Hours’ (Plan K, Brussels)
‘New Dawn Fades’ (Plan K, Brussels)
‘Transmission’ (Plan K, Brussels)
‘Shadowplay’ (Plan K, Brussels)
‘She’s Lost Control’ (Plan K, Brussels)
‘Atrocity Exhibition’ (Plan K, Brussels)
‘Interzone’ (Plan K, Brussels)
‘Wilderness’ (2026 Reconstructed Audio Version)
‘Disorder’ (2026 Reconstructed Audio Version)
‘Colony’ (2026 Reconstructed Audio Version)
‘Insight’ (2026 Reconstructed Audio Version)
‘Twenty Four Hours’ (2026 Reconstructed Audio Version)
‘New Dawn Fades’ (2026 Reconstructed Audio Version)
‘Transmission’ (2026 Reconstructed Audio Version)
‘Shadowplay’ (2026 Reconstructed Audio Version)
‘She’s Lost Control’ (2026 Reconstructed Audio Version)
‘Atrocity Exhibition’ (2026 Reconstructed Audio Version)
‘Interzone’ (2026 Reconstructed Audio Version)
DVD2: Apollo Theatre, Manchester
‘Dead Souls’
‘Wilderness’
‘Colony’
‘Autosuggestion’
‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’
‘Shadowplay’
‘She’s Lost Control’
‘Transmission’
‘Sound Of Music’
‘Shadowplay’
‘Colony’
‘Day Of The Lords’
‘Twenty Four Hours’
‘Disorder’
‘Walked In Line’
‘I Remember Nothing’
‘Transmission’
Elsewhere, Peter Hook has dedicated Joy Division’s Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction to Ian Curtis.
After three previous nominations, Joy Division and New Order will enter the Rock Hall as a single act during a ceremony in Los Angeles in November this year.
Hook – who played bass with Joy Division until they became New Order when Ian Curtis took his own life in 1980, before parting ways with the band in 2007 – said he was “wonderfully pleased” to be inducted on social media, adding: “I’ve been looking forward to it for years, so I definitely am gonna make the most of it. I’d like to say that this is for Ian Curtis, and for all our fans of both bands. Without you, we would be nothing. So thank you so much.”
Hook confirmed he would attend the ceremony, adding: “I will see you on the night.” It is not yet known whether the current members of New Order will be in attendance, too.
However, Hook is reportedly “in talks” for a performance at the ceremony, with fellow inductees Oasis reported to potentially “be the intermediaries” for a New Order reunion.