Joy Division

Peter Hook furious to be left out of New Order

Music Gossip

7 Oct 2011

Peter Hook is determined to "f**k New Order over in any way possible". The bassist is furious his former bandmates Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert are reforming to play two charity shows in Belgium and Paris without him this month…

Peter Hook regrets bitter ending

Music Gossip

26 Aug 2011

Peter Hook wishes New Order had split up in 1990. The 'Blue Monday' band went on hiatus in the early 90s before reconvening in 1998 and releasing a further two albums, but Peter now says he should have stayed with his side project, Monaco. He…

Peter Hook blasts Bernard Sumner

Music Gossip

16 Jul 2011

Peter Hook has branded Bernard Sumner "a t**t". The former bandmates have been engaged in a public feud since the bassist quit New Order in 2007 but Peter insists they have no plans to bury the hatchet any time soon. He said: "The truth is…

Peter Hook re-recording Joy Division songs

Music Gossip

26 Nov 2010

Joy Division bassist Peter Hook is re-recording four of the band's songs. The British musician - who has recently been playing the group's 'Unknown Pleasures' album live in its entirety - is remaking the tracks with former Happy Mondays backing…

Paul Reekie – Lost In Action

18 Jun 2010

Five Reasons why the Great Lost Genius of contemporary Scottish letters must not be forgotten. Children of Albion Rovers. In 1996, Reekie’s novella Submission caused a scandal when it appeared alongside work by Irvine Welsh and co in Rebel Inc’s…

T in the Park - Saturday

13 Jul 2009

Having utterly failed to 'tweet' from T in the Park, Brendan Miles is given a second chance to voice his thoughts on some of the best acts to grace Scotland's biggest music festival

Awaydays

14 May 2009

DRAMA (18) 104min The Wirral, late 1970s. Middle-class Carty (Nicky Bell) is a 19-year-old art school dropout stuck in a pen-pushing office job. He’s in awe of The Pack, a gang of knife-wielding local football hooligans who dress in designer…

Joy Division

24 Apr 2008

DOCUMENTARY (15) 96mins After last year’s Control, Anton Corbijn’s considered and stylish dramatisation of Ian Curtis’ life, it would be easy to think that everything you need to know about the legend and legacy of English post-punk outfit Joy…

New Order to release Glasgow performance on DVD

22 Apr 2008

A live DVD of two New Order performances recorded at Glasgow's Carling Academy in October 2006, is to be made available on 2 June. 'New Order: Live in Glasgow' features songs from the band's Joy Division and New Order phases, and comes with a bonus…

Control

4 Oct 2007

Photographer Anton Corbijn took the defining picture of Joy Division a few months before lead singer Ian Curtis took his own life. Since then Corbijn has made a name for himself for his virtuoso music videos for Depeche Mode and U2. A neat circle is…

Control wins List screenplay award

6 Sep 2007

Forget all the other festival awards: there is only one that counted this year and that was The List and The Writers’ Guild’s Edinburgh Writing Award for Best Screenplay of a New British Film. There were 11 UK films at this year’s Edinburgh…

Top film award goes to Ian Curtis biopic Control

28 Aug 2007

A black and white biopic of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis has won the Michael Powell award for best new British feature at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The directorial debut from Anton Corbijn, who won acclaim photographing the…

In control

Samantha Morton

16 Aug 2007

Samantha Morton is in control. The critically lauded, hard working and in-demand British actress plays the long suffering wife of troubled singer of legendary Manchester band Joy Division in the Ian Curtis movie, Control. Fresh from winning the Best…