Joy Division celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the band's birth and their entry into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame with “Eternal (Live)”, the first official collection dedicated to the group's concerts. The box set, available in 14 CDs and 2 DVDs, documents sixteen performances recorded between 1979 and 1980, offering the most complete portrait ever published of the brief but decisive live activity of the band led by Ian Curtis.
Highlights include two previously unreleased concerts recorded at Hope And Anchor and Acklam Hall in London, as well as three previously unreleased recordings from the Factory in Manchester, the Lyceum and the Moonlight Club in London. The box also includes Joy Division's last concert, the one on May 2, 1980 at the High Hall in Birmingham, famous because it contains the only live performance of “Ceremony”, a song that would later become New Order's first single after Curtis' death.
In addition to the audio material, “Eternal (Live)” includes two DVDs with over two and a half hours of footage. Among the contents stands out the complete release of the concert at Plan K in Brussels, never before shown in its entirety, together with two complete performances and a soundcheck recorded at the Apollo Theater in Manchester in October 1979, material of which only some extracts had appeared on VHS in 1982. The package is completed by a new restored version of “Joy Division – A Malcolm Whitehead Film”.
To accompany the announcement, the band has also made available a new live recording of “Transmission,” taken from the historic Les Bains Douches concert in Paris.
Here is the complete tracklist of the work, as reported by the webzine Stereogum.
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 Insights
19 Candidates
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 Insights
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 Colonies
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 Colonies
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
Plan K, Brussels — Original 1979 Audio
07 Love Will Tear Us Apart
08 Wilderness
09 Disorder
10 Colonies
11 Insights
12 Twenty Four Hours
13 New Dawn Fades
14 Transmission
15 Shadowplay
16 She's Lost Control
17 Atrocity Exhibition
18 Interzone
Plan K, Brussels — 2026 Reconstructed Audio
19 Wilderness
20 Disorder
21 Colony
22 Insights
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
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
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
