Joy Division- Eternal (Live)

Label: Warner Music UK Ltd.

Reissued 9/25/2026

Eternal (Live), their first-ever official collection of live concert recordings, available to pre-order now via Warner Music. Years in the making, this landmark release from one of the most seminal bands of our time, brings together audio from 16 live performances across 14CDs, meticulously sourced from audience recorded cassettes, soundboard tapes and broadcast recordings, all mastered at Abbey Road Studios. Eternal (Live) documents some of Joy Division's most significant live performances of their career, including two previously unreleased shows, Hope & Anchor and Acklam Hall, and three previously unheard recordings, The Factory, Lyceum, Moonlight Club (2nd April). It also features the band's final live performance, at High Hall Birmingham in 1980, where they played Ceremony for the first and last time on stage. There are two DVDs featuring over 2hrs 30mins of live shows, including the previously unseen Plan K, Brussels concert and two concerts and soundcheck from the Apollo Theatre, Manchester that have only been partially released on VHS (in 1982) and a brand new edit of Joy Division - A Malcolm Whitehead Film. Housed in a 12" x 12" lift-off lid box with artwork by Warren Jackson, Peter Saville, Howard Wakefield and Brett Wickens, the cover photography is Sirius Through a Defocused Telescope, 2023 by Wolfgang Tillmans. Eternal (Live) is completed by a 16 page booklet, including personal notes by Simon Armitage and photography by, amongst others, Anton Corbijn and Kevin Cummins.

14 CDs - audio from 16 live performances, sourced from audience cassettes, soundboard tapes, and broadcast recordings, all mastered at Abbey Road Studios
2 DVDs - over 2hrs 30mins of live footage, including the Plan K Brussels concert, two Apollo Theatre Manchester concerts, a soundcheck, and a new edit of Joy Division - A Malcolm Whitehead Film
1 x 16-page booklet - with personal notes by Simon Armitage and photography by Anton Corbijn and Kevin Cummins
12” x 12” lift-off lid box - artwork by Warren Jackson, Peter Saville, Howard Wakefield and Brett Wickens, with cover photography (Sirius Through a Defocused Telescope, 2023) by Wolfgang Tillmans

Track listing includes:

Live Hope and Anchor 1979

Live Bowdon Vale Youth Club 14th March, 1979

Live Acklam Hall, London 17th May, 1979

Live The Factory, Manchester 13th July, 1979

Live YMCA, London 2nd August, 1979

Live Futurama One Festival, Leeds 8th September, 1979

Live Paradiso, Amsterdam 11th January, 1980

Live Effenaar, Eindhoven 18th January, 1980

Live the Warehouse, Preston 28th February, 1980

Live the Lyceum, London 29th February, 1980

Live the Moonlight Club, London 2nd April, 1980

Live Winter Gardens, Malvern 5th April, 1980

Live Ajanta Theatre, Derby 19th April, 1980

Live High Hall, Birmingham 2nd May, 1980