On this day 45 ago, JOY DIVISION performed at Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

On January 18, 1980, one of the most legendary concerts in Eindhoven took place. For only 7.50 guilders (+/- 2 Euro), the iconic and legendary band from Manchester, JOY DIVISION, performed on the stage of the old Effenaar. Up to that date, the influential English quartet had only performed six times in the Netherlands. Exactly four months after the Effenaar performance, Ian Curtis committed suicide.

The support act that night was the Dutch band Minny Pops, which later shared the Factory record label with Joy Division.

The band's focused and sharp performance was professionally filmed and recorded that night, allowing you to witness it firsthand. Some songs were professionally filmed and recorded that night and would later, in 1982, be featured on the meanwhile by Factory Records legendary video release "Here Are The Young Men" (FACT 37v, IKON 2).

The following is the sixteen-song setlist from the performance at Effenaar on 18 January 1980, which are well documented and circulate on several popular bootlegs:

1. Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. Digital*
3. New Dawn Fades*
4. Colony*
5. These Days
6. Ice Age
7. Dead Souls
8. Disorder
9. Day Of The Lords
10. Auto-Suggestion*
11. Shadowplay
12. She's Lost Control
13. Transmission
14. Interzone
15. Atmosphere
16. Warsaw.