38 years ago, the world lost Ian Curtis. On Friday night, Peter Hook played tribute to his Joy Division band mate by performing a one off performance of the Unknown Pleasures and Closer album. In front of a packed house at the Wiltern, Peter Hook and the Light gave an emotional performance. Of course, this concert started with the very welcome text from my friend Bill asking if I was interested in coming along. Even though I was nursing a cold, I knew this was going to be a special night.
Opening for Peter Hook was LA band El Ten Eleven. They played a fairly short set, but as I had not seen them live, anything was good for me. I have been wanting to see them live for quite some time.
Before the Unknown Pleasures and Closer sets, Hook played a short set with some New Order favorites. Temptation is one of my favorite songs, so I was pretty stoked to see this live.
You can read all about the concert I am sure on other sites, but what I would want you to do is to revisit the Joy Division catalog and appreciate what they did in such a short period of time. During the performance I couldn’t help think of my late friend Jennifer. We spent a lot of time listening to Joy Division when we were young and had she still been alive, I would have definitely bragged that I would be going to the show.
Check out some of the photos and videos and I hope that you can go to a show soon and brag about it to one of your close friends!
Trail and Music 
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