Peter Hook & The Light – ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ – Live at O2 Apollo, Manchester – 29/7/22: Generation X’s Sacred Anthem and Suicide Note, by Steve Stav

For decades now, I’ve debated the anthem of my generation X in my head: “London Calling,” or “Love Will Tear Us Apart?” A see-saw battle, but when I revisit performances like this the scale tips ever so slightly.

What power this song has. The sing-along chorus in a concert hall is almost half of it.

Torn apart by love, former New Order bassist doubles the joy, by Claude Iosso

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