For the first time ever, Joy Division are releasing an official collection of live concert recordings.
Due out September 25th, Eternal (Live) was organized over several years, and features recordings culled from 16 live performances. That includes audio sourced directly from a collection of broadcast recordings, soundboard recordings, and audience-recorded recordings/cassettes. The entire collection was then mastered in full at the famed Abbey Road Studios.
Eternal features two previously unreleased shows: the famed Hope & Anchor pub (which is likely Joy Division’s London debut from December 27th, 1978) and Acklam Hall (where, on May 17th, 1979 show, Joy Division shared a bill with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark). There’s also three previously unheard recordings: The Factory, Lyceum (they co-headlined with Killing Joke on February 29th, 1980), and Moonlight Club (which may have been released in part on the two-CD set Factory By The Moonlight).
And if all of that weren’t enough rarities, there’s also the band’s final 1980 performance at the High Hall Birmingham, where they performed the iconic “Ceremony” for the first and only time ever.
Ahead of the official release, Joy Division have shared a sneak peek with “Transmission (Les Bains Douches, Paris).” The mastering manages to clean up the song to just the right degree without mitigating that immersive warmth that makes you believe you’re right there in Paris in the early ’80s. Check it out below.
Eternal lands a couple months before Joy Division and New Order are to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year. The induction ceremony will take place on November 14th in Los Angeles.
In other Joy Division news, the band’s late frontman Ian Curtis is the focus of a brand new gallery at New York City’s Voltz Clarke Gallery. Running today (June 25th) through July 22nd, “Ian Curtis: Insight” features a collection of the singer’s artifacts held by the John Rylands Library at the University of Manchester as part of the British Pop Archive.
Eternal (Live) Artwork:
Eternal (Live) Tracklist:
CD1 – Hope And Anchor, London
01. “Exercise One”
02. “She’s Lost Control”
03. “Shadowplay”
04. “Leaders Of Men”
05. “Insight”
06. “The Only Mistake”
07. “Disorder”
08. “Glass”
09. “Digital”
10. “Warsaw”
11. “Transmission”
12. “I Remember Nothing”
13. “Interzone”
14. “Ice Age”
CD2 – Bowdon Vale Youth Club, Altrincham
01. “Exercise One”
02. “She’s Lost Control”
03. “Shadowplay”
04. “Leaders Of Men”
05. “Insight”
06. “Disorder”
07. “Glass”
08. “Digital”
09. “Ice Age”
10. “Warsaw”
11. “Transmission”
12. “I Remember Nothing”
13. “No Love Lost”
Acklam Hall, London
14. “Disorder”
15. “She’s Lost Control”
16. “Shadowplay”
17. “Wilderness”
18. “Insight”
19. “Candidate”
20. “Digital”
CD3 – The Factory, Manchester
01. “Dead Souls”
02. “The Only Mistake”
03. “Insight”
04. “Candidate”
05. “Wilderness”
06. “She’s Lost Control”
07. “Shadowplay”
08. “Disorder”
09. “Interzone”
10. “Atrocity Exhibition”
11. “Novelty”
12. “Transmission”
CD4 – YMCA, London
01. “Dead Souls”
02. “Disorder”
03. “Wilderness”
04. “Autosuggestion”
05. “Transmission”
06. “Day Of The Lords”
07. “She’s Lost Control”
08. “Shadowplay”
09. “Atrocity Exhibition”
10. “Insight”
CD5 – Futurama One Festival, Leeds
01. “I Remember Nothing”
02. “Wilderness”
03. “Transmission”
04. “Colony”
05. “Disorder”
06. “Insight”
07. “Shadowplay”
08. “She’s Lost Control”
09. “Atrocity Exhibition”
10. “Dead Souls”
CD6 – Les Bains Douches, Paris
01. “Passover”
02. “Wilderness”
03. “Disorder”
04. “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
05. “Insight”
06. “Shadowplay”
07. “Transmission”
08. “Day Of The Lords”
09. “Twenty Four Hours”
10. “Colony”
11. “These Days”
12. “A Means To An End”
13. “She’s Lost Control”
14. “Atrocity Exhibition”
15. “Interzone”
16. “Warsaw”
CD7 – Paradiso, Amsterdam
01. “Passover”
02. “Wilderness”
03. “Digital”
04. “Day Of The Lords”
05. “Insight”
06. “New Dawn Fades”
07. “Disorder”
08. “Transmission”
09. “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
10. “These Days”
11. “A Means To An End”
12. “Twenty Four Hours”
13. “Shadowplay”
14. “She’s Lost Control”
15. “Atrocity Exhibition”
16. “Atmosphere”
17. “Interzone”
CD8 – Effenaar, Eindhoven
01. “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
02. “Digital”
03. “New Dawn Fades”
04. “Colony”
05. “These Days”
06. “Ice Age”
07. “Dead Souls”
08. “Disorder”
09. “Day Of The Lords”
10. “Autosuggestion”
11. “Shadowplay”
12. “She’s Lost Control”
13. “Transmission”
14. “Interzone”
15. “Atmosphere”
16. “Warsaw”
CD9 – The Warehouse, Preston
01. “Incubation”
02. “Wilderness”
03. “Twenty Four Hours”
04. “The Eternal”
05. “Heart And Soul”
06. “Shadowplay”
07. “Transmission”
08. “Disorder”
09. “Warsaw”
10. “Colony”
11. “Interzone”
12. “She’s Lost Control”
CD10 – The Lyceum, London
01. “Incubation”
02. “Wilderness”
03. “Twenty Four Hours”
04. “The Eternal”
05. “Heart And Soul”
06. “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
07. “Isolation”
08. “Komakino”
09. “She’s Lost Control”
10. “These Days”
11. “Atrocity Exhibition”
12. “Heart And Soul Soundcheck”
13. “Incubation Soundcheck”
14. “Komakino Soundcheck”
15. “Isolation (Instrumental) Soundcheck”
16. “Isolation Soundcheck”
CD11 – The Moonlight Club, London — 2nd April, 1980
01. “Sound Of Music”
02. “Wilderness”
03. “Colony”
04. “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
05. “A Means To An End”
06. “Transmission”
07. “Dead Souls”
08. “Sister Ray”
CD11 – The Moonlight Club, London — 3rd April, 1980
09. “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
10. “Glass”
11. “Digital”
12. “Heart And Soul”
13. “Isolation”
14. “Disorder”
15. “Atrocity Exhibition”
16. “Atmosphere”
CD12 – Winter Gardens, Malvern
01. “Disorder”
02. “Wilderness”
03. “Twenty Four Hours”
04. “Heart And Soul”
05. “Atmosphere”
06. “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
07. “Isolation”
08. “Interzone”
09. “She’s Lost Control”
10. “Girls Don’t Count”
CD13 – Ajanta Theatre, Derby
01. “Dead Souls”
02. “Wilderness”
03. “Digital”
04. “Insight”
05. “Passover”
06. “Heart And Soul”
07. “Isolation”
08. “These Days”
09. “Transmission”
10. “She’s Lost Control”
11. “Colony”
12. “Girls Don’t Count”
CD14 – High Hall, Birmingham
01. “Ceremony”
02. “Shadowplay”
03. “A Means To An End”
04. “Passover”
05. “New Dawn Fades”
06. “Twenty Four Hours”
07. “Transmission”
08. “Disorder”
09. “Isolation”
10. “Decades”
11. “Digital”
DVD1
01. “Joy Division – A Malcolm Whitehead Film (2026 edit)”
02. “She’s Lost Control”
03. “Shadowplay”
04. “Leaders Of Men”
05. “Transmission”
06. “She’s Lost Control”
DVD1 – Plan K, Brussels — Original 1979 Audio
07. “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
08. “Wilderness”
09. “Disorder”
10. “Colony”
11. “Insight”
12. “Twenty Four Hours”
13. “New Dawn Fades”
14. “Transmission”
15. “Shadowplay”
16. “She’s Lost Control”
17. “Atrocity Exhibition”
18. “Interzone”
DVD – Plan K, Brussels — 2026 Reconstructed Audio
19. “Wilderness”
20. “Disorder”
21. “Colony”
22. “Insight”
23. “Twenty Four Hours”
24. “New Dawn Fades”
25. “Transmission”
26. “Shadowplay”
27. “She’s Lost Control”
28. “Atrocity Exhibition”
29. “Interzone”
DVD2 – Apollo Theatre, Manchester — 27th October, 1979
01. “Dead Souls”
02. “Wilderness”
03. “Colony”
04. “Autosuggestion”
05. “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
06. “Shadowplay”
07. “She’s Lost Control”
08. “Transmission”
DVD2 – Apollo Theatre, Manchester — 28th October, 1979
09. “Sound Of Music”
10. “Shadowplay”
11. “Colony”
12. “Day Of The Lords”
13. “Twenty Four Hours”
14. “Disorder”
15. “Walked In Line”
16. “I Remember Nothing”
17. “Transmission”
