On this day, 29 Jan 1983, Manchester icons New Order played Cardiff University Students Union, with support provided by The Wake.
Previewing tracks from their soon to be released 2nd album Power, Corruption and Lies which featured more electronic tracks and heavier use of synthesisers.
The album was met with widespread acclaim, and has been included in music industry lists of the greatest albums of the 1980s and of all time.
The band formed after the demise of Joy Division, following the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis; they were joined by Gillian Gilbert on keyboards later that year. New Order's integration of post-punk with electronic and dance music made them one of the most acclaimed and influential bands of the 1980s.
Setlist
In a Lonely Place
Age of Consent
Ultraviolence
Chosen Time
We All Stand
Everything's Gone Green
The Village
Dreams Never End
Procession
Hurt
Temptation
