#OnThisDay in 1978. Joy Division (@officialjoydivision) played their first gig at Pips Disco in Manchester. Although the advert in the Manchester Evening News still calls them Warsaw. A name change was prompted when London band Warsaw Pakt released their debut album a few weeks earlier. Concerned about the confusion between the two bands, Warsaw became Joy Division. At the gig Ian had trouble getting past the doorman and nearly didn't make it onto the stage and shortly after they started their s
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#OnThisDay in 1978. Joy Division (@officialjoydivision) played their first gig at Pips Disco in Manchester. Although the advert in the Manchester Evening News still calls them Warsaw. A name change was prompted when London band Warsaw Pakt released their debut album a few weeks earlier. Concerned about the confusion between the two bands, Warsaw became Joy Division. At the gig Ian had trouble getting past the doorman and nearly didn't make it onto the stage and shortly after they started their s
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