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Posted: **11 May 2005, 12:20**

spotted in the latest "city life" magazine, with editorial borrowed from cerysmatic:

6music special, coupled with rare video footage shown on "the big screen" in the city centre

'Transmission - Remembering Ian Curtis' 18 May 2005

BBC 6 Music celebrates the life of the former Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, with 'Transmission' - a very special event in Manchester marking 25 years since his tragic death.

The band, originally called 'Warsaw', formed in 1977 and quickly gathered respect from influential people in the industry including Factory Records label owner Tony Wilson who signed them to his label. In 1979 they released their debut album Unknown Pleasures but rumours began to spread of Curtis' ill health: his epilepsy - reflected in his on-stage jerkiness - was becoming an increasingly difficult problem to manage. The group began recording their second album Closer and released the single Love Will Tear Us Apart but on 18 May 1980, just two days before they were due to leave for their first US tour, Curtis took his own life.

Now, 25 years after Ian Curtis' death, BBC 6 Music is holding a very special event at the BBC's Big Screen in Manchester City Centre. They are screening the Fact 37 'Here Are The Young Men' video which includes their performances at Manchester Apollo on 27 and 28 October 1979, and at the Effenaar in Eindhoven, Netherlands on 18 January 1980.

In addition they will be showing the band's full performances of 'Transmission' and 'She's Lost Control' for their only national TV appearance on the BBC's Something Else programme.

As well as these rare performances, BBC 6 Music will also be showing the Fac 211 Wired Joy Division feature, a documentary originally made for Channel 4's Wired TV programme in 1988, looking back at the legacy of Joy Division and the effect Ian's Death had on the remainder of the band, who went on of course to form New Order. The documentary includes interviews with Alan Erasmus, Tony Wilson, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Steve Morris, Paul Morley and the late Rob Gretton.

The event is being held on Wednesday 18 May at 7pm. It will be a chance to remember Ian Curtis and the legacy he left for music both in Manchester and beyond, as well as an opportunity to see rare performances from the band's tragically short two year career.

BBC 6 Music will also be remembering the life of Ian Curtis on air throughout the day. This will include the band's classic Peel Sessions from the BBC archive; showing the huge legacy the band left with unusual cover versions of Joy Division tracks, as well as talking to key figures in the band's career including Tony Wilson and Anton Corbijn.

there's a webcam on the screen, so in theory you could probably watch the footage over the net (albeit at refresh intervals of 5 minute)

big screen

big screen webcam

Posted: **11 May 2005, 14:21**

Could anybody of the UK people PLEASE record (video tape or dvd) this broadcast for me?

I'm on a complete Joy Division trip at the moment...

Posted: **11 May 2005, 14:35**

as far as i understand it its not on tv proper, but is going to be shown on the huge tv screen mounted up on the front of "the triangle" shopping arcade in manchester city centre (the old pre-bomb corn exchange)

Posted: **11 May 2005, 14:38**

however, i have a 2 x dvd that i bought from ebay that has "Here Are The Young Men", the "Something Else" songs and some other bits and bobs on

i can if i can get it copied for you

it doesnt have the "Fac 211 Wired Joy Division feature" on though.

Posted: **11 May 2005, 14:42**

or...

clicky

thats the one i've got. more or less.

Posted: **11 May 2005, 14:53**

Cheers!

I just bought it...

Posted: **11 May 2005, 15:04**

it is a very cool thing, even if "here are the young men" is not the easiest thing in the world to watch... a bit of a must have

Posted: **11 May 2005, 15:10**

Quiff Boy wrote:even if "here are the young men" is not the easiest thing in the world to watch...

Now I'm curious!

Posted: **11 May 2005, 15:13**

I just snapped one up... thanks for the pointer.

Posted: **11 May 2005, 15:14**

its dark, its filmed far away, the sound is a bit patchy, and the footage is a bit scratchy.

its an official product from back in the day, but "wake" it aint

but at the end of the day its still joy division. so its inherently cool, non?

and the additional tv stuff on the dvd is superb

Posted: **11 May 2005, 15:15**

@ QB: Is the sound on your DVDs synched properly?

@ everyone: How easily can the video and audio be resynched? Is it worth the effort?

Martin

Posted: **11 May 2005, 15:18**

i think so.

cant remember to be honest.

i seem to recall its fine on the additional stuff, but i must admit i havent sat through the whole of '...young men' on the dvd version because when i bought it i'd only recently watched lars' original copy on vhs

Posted: **11 May 2005, 16:54**

I bouth that DVD but the quality of the transfe is pretty crap done with a circa 1999 cheap TV card.

Posted: **11 May 2005, 23:27**

i have that video, has goldish case i think - funky dancing

also have similar of new order. great stuff

Posted: **18 May 2005, 22:31**

apparently hooky and manny were there tonight.

see? this is the right thread

Posted: **18 May 2005, 22:45**

Quiff Boy wrote:apparently hooky and manny were there tonight.

Bass players huh.

They'll go anywhere for a free pint and a pickled egg.

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Ian Curtis / Joy Division - BBC 6Music special

Ian Curtis / Joy Division - BBC 6Music special