Neu Division + Strange Angels

A tribute evening at Nightrain in which Neu Division and Strange Angels each perform songs by Joy Division and The Cure, two bands central to the post-punk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Neu Division and Strange Angels are tribute acts, so this is not a performance by the original bands. Each group plays material associated with Joy Division and The Cure, and the evening is structured as a double-header, with both acts taking the stage in turn across live sets built around well-known songs and less familiar ones.

Joy Division formed in Manchester in the late 1970s. Their album Unknown Pleasures, released in 1979, is among the best-known records of the post-punk movement, and the band's career ended with the death of singer Ian Curtis in 1980. The Cure, from Crawley, have Robert Smith as their long-serving frontman and principal songwriter, and their catalogue spans many years of albums and singles, including a sizeable body of songs that moved between darker and more melodic territory.

The programme suits listeners who follow post-punk and the work of both original bands. Nightrain is a Leeds venue that hosts concerts and shows, and the acts on this bill are described as pop, rock and indie.