When 17-year-old college student Nancy Dinan sent a video performing a cover version of a Joy Division classic to Peter Hook on Facebook it was on a whim. But, to her shock, the music star was left so impressed he invited her to join him on stage for two huge gigs.
Nancy, from Gatley, made her professional stage debut at the recent Joy Division Orchestrated concerts alongisde Peter Hook and the Manchester Camerata. She wowed fans with her ethereal take on some of the Manchester band's most iconic songs including Transmission, She's Lost Control and New Dawn Fades at Manchester Apollo and the London Palladium.
Incredibly, Nancy, who is studing for her A-levels, had never performed in front of more than a college audience in her life before the gig. And it all came after she took a punt on sending her cover version of Transmission to Hook on his Facebook page.
