New Order Announce Tour
The not too long ago reformed band – without having Peter Hook – have announce 4 UK dates…
The band – who have just been confirmed for Exit Festival and Benicassim – have announced their eagerly awaited UK live reveals.
Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Phil Cunningham and Tom Chapman have announced 4 reside dates this spring:
26 April 2012 – Manchester Apollo
New Order Announce One Off London Show
The band will play their first UK show for more than five years later this year…
New Order have announced a one-off London show for later this year at the Troxy on Saturday December 10.
Tickets go onsale on Friday (November 4) at 9am.
Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Phil Cunningham and Tom Chapman will all play the show – bassist Peter Hook not being part of the recent reunion.
Peter Hook: Determined to F*** Over New Order
After they reformed with out him the former New Order bassist has declared war…
The legendary Manchester band are to play two shows in October in Belgium and Paris in aid of video producer and artist Michael Shamberg.
Original keyboardist Gillian Gilbert is returning for the first time in over a decade, but bass viking Hook is not part of the line-up after acriminiously falling out with the other members in 2007.
In a statement when the news was first announced last month Peter Hook made clear that it wouldn’t be the same without him.
“Everyone knows that NEW ORDER without PETER HOOK is like QUEEN without FREDDIE MERCURY, U2 without THE EDGE, SOOTY without SWEEP!” he exclaimed.
He went on to say that he did not agree with the way the others had gone about organising the reunion, describing it as “very sad.”
Interview: Peter Hook (of Joy Division, New Order)
Since they hit the Manchester scene in the late ’70s, Joy Division has hardly left the spotlight. Two solid albums, an iconic story, and one tragic death may tell it all on paper, but over 30 years later, their energy and passion continues to bleed into other forms of art. Having trekked on with New Order, which formed following frontman Ian Curtis’ suicide in 1980, surviving members Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris refused to let the scene turn their heads, carving out some of the most iconic music of the past three decades.
In 2007, after recording eight studio albums together, the group disbanded. Sumner and Morris, alongside fellow New Order latecomer Phil Cunningham, formed Bad Lieutenant in 2008, while Hook focused on opening nightclub FAC 251 – The Factory, and issuing material on his own label, 24 Hour Service Station. For the past year, he’s been touring with The Light, performing Joy Division albums Unknown Pleasures and Closer in full. Last November, when Consequence of Sound last spoke with Hook, he left us with these words: “I love the group. I love the music. I love what we had and created. So, I’m happy.”
Recently, there’s been some bitter news. New Order has announced a reunion, only Hook’s not on the lineup. And although he’s about to embark on another short U.S. tour, in which he’ll dust off Closer, Hook spent more some time with Consequence of Sound to discuss the recent reunion, his reasons for leaving the band, and his relationship with his former band mates. He also digressed further on his passion for his past accomplishments, specifically his time in Joy Division.
With your tour around the United States, Canada, and Mexico — what did the decision process look like when deciding what album to be played (Unknown Pleasures or Closer) at each venue?
[laughs] Well, the idea in our pretty little heads was, if it was the first time we were there it was Unknown Pleasures. If it was the second time…Closer. So it’s chronological. It’s quite an odd thing doing the albums, it’s even odder doing more than one. Yet, when you play an album, it sounds “okay” yet when you play a set after years of playing sets…you get used to it. Playing Unknown Pleasures is great from start to finish as well as Closer but the only trouble with Closer is that it’s a lot more downbeat, mellow, and vulnerable than Unknown Pleasures. Still they’re both pleasures of mine.
Peter Hook slams new New Order
PETER Hook has reacted furiously to news that New Order are reuniting without
him.
The bass player – a founder member of the band – is incensed that Bernard
Sumner, Stephen Morris and Phil Cunningham have agreed to play two benefit
gigs next month.
Keyboardist Gillian Gilbert – wife of drummer Stephen – has also been invited
back into the fold for the shows in Brussels and Paris.
But Peter has blasted the reformation, insisting New Order are nothing without
him.
In a written statement, he said: “I first I heard about this on Monday and it
has taken me completely by surprise! Everyone knows that NEW ORDER without
PETER HOOK is like QUEEN without FREDDIE MERCURY, U2 without THE EDGE, SOOTY
without SWEEP!
“On a more serious note, I do not understand the decision THE OTHER THREE have
taken. I wish they had approached me first.
“I do not agree with the methods they have used and feel it would have been
courteous and professional to have spoken to me in advance of the
announcements. It is very sad.”
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Peter Hook: “New Order Without Me Is Like Queen Without Freddie Mercury”
The bassist responds to this week’s reunion reports…
Peter Hook has commented on the news this week that New Order were to reunite for a pair of charity gigs… without him.
The legendary Manchester band are to play two shows in October in Belgium and Paris in aid of video producer and artist Michael Shamberg. Original keyboardist Gillian Gilbert is returning for the first time in over a decade, but bass viking Hook is not part of the line-up after acriminiously falling out with the other members in 2007.
In a statement, Hook said: “I first I heard about this on Monday and it has taken me completely by surprise! Everyone knows that NEW ORDER without PETER HOOK is like QUEEN without FREDDIE MERCURY, U2 without THE EDGE, SOOTY without SWEEP!
“On a more serious note, I do not understand the decision THE OTHER THREE have taken. I wish they had approached me first. I do not agree with the methods they have used and feel it would have been courteous and professional to have spoken to me in advance of the announcements. It is very sad.”
The band play together for the first time in five years at the Ancienne Belgique on October 17 and the Paris Bataclan the following day.
New Order Reunite for Charity Gigs
By Matthew Perpetua
September 6, 2011 9:30 AM ET
