Life Performances

Still heavily a work in progress...there's another Hacienda date in there, plus a Moles Club, Bath performance, and others.
Thanks to certain members of the group, Dec Hickey, Josef K, Paul Meldon, and Mark Buckwalter for the info and recordings so far...

1983-03-23	Leadmill - Sheffield  (w/ Nico)


1983-xx-xx	Fridge - Brixton

		   One track ("Touch The Sky") has surfaced from this show, taken from the mixing board.  
		   The date could be Dec 10th, as somebody who had recorded their show (the tape has now been 
		   lost sadly) said they opened for New Order, but since NO wasn't known to have played the 
		   Fridge, he may have crossed them up with the Wake, who did play on that date.

1984-03-12	Carousel Club - Manchester  (w/ Gil Scott-Heron and John Cooper Clarke and Friend)

		   Flyer (which doesn't list the band)

1984-05-14	Royal Festival Hall - London  (w/ New Order, John Cooper Clarke, and Keith Allen)

		   Miners benefit.  Amazingly, given the nearly dozen or so recordings of New Order, that
		   none have surfaced for Life.

1984-05-21	Palais - Leicester  (w/ New Order)

		   As documented in 'From Heaven To Heaven', pp.158-162.  Two tracks were videoed by the 
		   Bedford crew, and remain uncirculated for now.  Dec Hickey has kindly shared two stills
		   from that performance:  1 and 2.
		   
1984-06-29	FAC51 The Hacienda - Manchester  (w/ The Fall and Terry's Babies)

		   Dites Moi
		   Ride On(?)
		   Loving My Way(?)
		   Optimism
		   The Night(?)
		   Better
		   Tell Me

		   Flyer

		   An audience recording, 1st generation from BD, has surfaced.  A version of this can be heard here.

1984 Jun	Tell Me  [ Factory FAC 106 ]

		   Discogs

1984 Jul	Tell Me / Dites Moi  [ Factory Benelux FBN 37 ]

		   Discogs

1984 Summer	Life supported New Order on their summer tour

		   There may be additional dates than the two listed below.  Thanks go to Michael Dawson 
		   for this information.


1984-08-20	Winter Gardens - Margate  (w/ New Order)


1984-08-27	Heaven - London  (w/ New Order)


1985-03-20	Polytechnic - Portsmouth  (w/ A Certain Ratio)

		   Poster + ticket

1985 Apr	Optimism  [ Factory FAC 122 ]

		   Discogs

1985 Apr	Better  [ Factory Benelux FBN 42 ]

		   Discogs

1985-10-06	Greenwich Theature - London  (w/ Durutti Column)

		   Flyer
 
1985-11-20	Mandela Building, Sheffield Polytechnic - Sheffield

		   Tell Me
		   Lights Out
		   Optimism
		   Better
		   Not Even Worth It(?)
		   Loving My Way(?)
		   Ride On(?)
		   Why Don't You(?)
		   No Way(?)
		   Hold You In My Arms(?)

		   An audience recording, 2nd generation from an unknown source, has surfaced.
		   The first track starts late, so only about 30s of 'Tell Me' was recorded.

1985-11-22	Teeside Polytechnic - Middlesborough

		   From comment on MDMArchive by 'simong'

		   Which leads us to: Fanzine article shared by none other than Tosh Ryan, but not the same one refernced above.

c.1985-86	The Roxy - Sheffield 

		   Per Alex Staszko's recollection.  Now known as O2 Academy Sheffield, likely as openers.

1986-02-27	Civic Hall - Wolverhampton  (w/ New Order)


1986-03-01	Spectrum Arena - Warrington  (w/ New Order)

		   As reported by 'tock'.

1986-08-02	The Boardwalk - Manchester  (w/ The Ex and The Aubergines)

		   Flyer