If there's a finer sound than 3,000 northerners lustily singing Love Will Tear Us Apart on a Friday night in Manchester, then I've yet to hear it. It's the natural finale as Peter Hook and The Light conclude their latest gig celebrating the music of Joy Division and New Order with the added frisson of a passionate home crowd.
Being back at the Manchester Apollo, of course, makes this a particularly special gig - for the fans, and for bass icon Hooky himself, some 43 years since Joy Division played this very venue, back then with the iconic Ian Curtis as frontman.
It feels like we're all just let a little closer to the myth and magic of one of Manchester's most seminal bands. As Hook tells the audience: "When Joy Division first played here in 1979 we were terrified."
