The Dose Presents: A Celebration of Ian Curtis
+ Liminal Project + Macks Nyahoe & The New Big ExpressEVENTS471 PRESENTS
In June 2026, Ian Curtis would have turned 70. To mark the occasion, The Dose curate a powerful night of music and memory, honouring one of the most singular voices in post-punk history.
At the heart of the evening is Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures, performed in full. An album that reshaped the sound and emotional language of the late 70s, Unknown Pleasures remains stark, restless, and timeless. For The Dose, it’s a record that carries deep artistic significance, making this celebration both personal and reverent, not nostalgia, but communion.
Fresh from one of our favourite shows of 2025 alongside Gang of Three, The Dose return with a performance that promises intensity, precision, and feeling in equal measure. This is not a tribute that fades into the background. It’s one that hums, pulses, and lingers.
Support comes from two acts perfectly attuned to the evening’s atmosphere:
Liminal Project
Darkwave that thrives on contrast. Intensity meets stillness, rhythm dissolves into atmosphere. Their songs feel like soundtracks to forgotten futures and half-remembered dreams, romantic, physical, and suspended in a beautiful tension between movement and melancholy.
Macks Nyahoe & The New Big Express
Industrial post-punk with teeth. Frontman Macks Nyahoe leads this Liverpool-based dance-punk unit with synths, vocals, and triggers, backed by guitar, bass, and a percussion setup built from toms, kick, and raw sheet metal. The result is relentless, hypnotic, and fiercely danceable, groove locked tight with aggression and pulse.
A night to celebrate legacy, influence, and the echo that still reverberates through modern music. Get your tickets now.
PIZZA KITCHEN
NAPOLI MEETS BIRKENHEAD
Made hot and fresh in-house each day, our pizzas use the best ingredients sourced from independent suppliers in Merseyside and beyond. The result is a classic Italian pizza handcrafted in Birkenhead, with a tasty new twist.
- All our pizzas are vegetarian and vegan friendly, available by the slice or a full 16″ pizza
- Kitchen open 3pm-9pm for this event. Usual opening hours are 5-9pm on Fridays + Saturdays, plus all show days
- Slice + A Pint deal available before 7pm on all show days
- View the full menu here
Get down early to take advantage of our amazing offers on pizza and drinks, and make sure you’re there to support the supports!
VENUE INFO
Future Yard is open every day from 10am – so you can stop by for a coffee or a pre-show drink in our bar area whenever you like. Our pizza kitchen is open on weekends and before every gig, 5-9pm.
The live room doors open at 7:00pm (this is separate from our bar area), and music starts shortly after. The bar is open after the show.
Future Yard presents
The Dose Presents: A Celebration of Ian Curtis
Friday 5th June 2026
7:00pm doors
75 Argyle Street
Tickets £15.00 advance (+ booking fee)
Tickets available online in advance or in person at the Future Yard Box Office.
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. We cannot issue refunds to under 16s who are not accompanied by an adult.
Future Yard is a cashless venue – all payments are taken by contactless or chip and pin. Live curfew 11pm.
If you have any specific access requests, please read all of the details about accessibility at Future Yard here.