Peter Hook to play gig at iconic Manchester pub to raise money for mental health charity
04.12.2023 - 20:22
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Manchester music legend Peter Hook is to play an intimate gig at an iconic Manchester pub in aid of mental health charity Headstock. The Joy Division founding member will play a set of the band's classic songs at the Star & Garter pub - which is now famously home to a stunning mural of Ian Curtis.
Just 200 fans will be able to go to the gig - and tickets will be allocated via a charity ballot. You can donate as many times as you like to have more chances to win tickets in the ballot, which is now live.
The intimate event will include a Q&A with Hooky, before a live set from the musician and his band The Light. The gig will take place in memory of Joy Division's frontman Ian Curtis, who lost his life to suicide in May 1980.
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Music and Mental Wellbeing Festival, Headstock announced the gig on Monday. The intimate show is due to take place on Friday 12th April 2024, with proceeds from the special Headstock event going to support mental health charity, Shout.
The Grade II listed Star & Garter next to Manchester Piccadilly is home to the recently reinstated mural of Hook’s former Joy Division bandmate, which was unveiled ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day in September 2023.
The iconic music pub has famously hosted bands such as Courteeners, Frank Carter & The Rattle Snakes and Bring me The Horizon. The gig will take place seven months after the stunning mural of Ian Curtis was completed by renowned Manchester-street artist, Akse. The mural of Ian Curtis is based on a photograph taken by Belgian photographer, Phillipe Carly, and