Peter Hook & The Light @ SWG3, Glasgow, 30 Sep

Given the number of shirts on show, and the notoriously shaky grasp Factory Records had on their finances, it seems likely that Peter Hook has seen more money from clothing emblazoned with the famous Unknown Pleasures artwork than he ever did from royalty cheques when the legendary Mancunians were at the height of their powers.

The co-founder and former Joy Division and New Order bassist may have shed many an ex-bandmate along the way but he's clearly still an icon for a huge number of fifty-year-old blokes. The dark and industrial SWG3 is a fitting location for Hook and friends to kick off with an opening run through of Joy Division classics like Warsaw and Digital. As a vocalist he lacks some of the drama of Ian Curtis’ stentorian baritone but his punky bark offers something a little different to these songs and the audience lap up the opening run which draws to a close on a monochromatic Transmission.

This dip into youthful hijinks despatched, it’s time for a pair of records from later in New Order’s career; 1989’s acid classic Technique and 1993’s dance-rock Republic. The former has a reputation as a seminal release and tracks like Fine Time and Round & Round sound remarkably fresh. From LCD Soundsystem to Arcade Fire, John Talabot to the Chemical Brothers, its shadow is long, and instrumentally Hook and his new cohorts give it a good go, stretching limbs and vocal cords around its rubbery basslines and strobing synths. Republic, however, is less successful, especially on a second half that eschews hits, and before long there’s a sense that audience members are getting restless.

With his Bulldog Amsterdam T-shirt, rough grey beard and low slung bass, Hook is very much a rock music lifer but there’s a reason he wasn’t even first pick to sing in New Order when Ian Curtis died. Nevertheless he’s on good form, joking with the Scottish crowd: "World in Motion? I wouldn’t do that to you."

For all Peter Hook & The Light's desire to resurrect these records in their entirety, the biggest response is saved for a closing run of hits that takes in New Order’s Trainspotting-endorsed classic Temptation, the era-defining Blue Monday and Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart that kicks off a wave of crowd surfing.

Even with a supportive crowd, it's not entirely a triumph; Hook's charisma and limited vocal abilities can only carry you so far.