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New Order: Harbourside Amphitheatre, Bristol

Stephen Dalton, The Times, 22 July 2019

AFTER A VERY long wait, Bristol was rewarded with two legendary bands for the price of one when New Order played their first show in the city in more than 35 years, liberally sprinkling their set with Joy Division songs. As a sell-out crowd crammed into the open-air venue, and thousands more lined the nearby dockside to listen, this concert felt like a major cultural event that rippled right across the city.

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