New Order

Interview with New Order drummer Stephen Morris and guitarist Phil Cunningham

The reunited music icons on playing live and the importance of arguing

26 Apr 2012

New Order are back, and it’s as if they never went away. Are you enjoying it Stephen Morris, drummer and longest continuously-serving member alongside Bernard Sumner? ‘Yeah, it’s been great,’ he says from his house/studio just outside Macclesfield…

New Order to work with Dizzee Rascal and Tinie Tempah

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27 Feb 2012

New Order are to team with Dizzee Rascal and Tinie Tempah for a re-working of 'World in Motion'. The reformed band are planning to rerelease their 1990 World Cup hit to coincide with the Euro 2012 soccer tournament and have approached the two stars…

Snow Patrol, Kasabian and Nicki Minaj join The Stone Roses on T in the Park line-up 2012

Noel Gallagher and Florence and the Machine also on bill

23 Feb 2012

It was announced this morning that Kasabian and Snow Patrol would be the other main headliners at this year’s T in the Park (Fri 6 – Sun 8 Jul). Festival director and DF Concerts main man Geoff Ellis was excited to welcome the Brit bands to the T…

Snow Patrol and Kasabian to headline T in the Park 2012

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23 Feb 2012

Snow Patrol and Kasabian will headline this year's T in the Park festival. The pair will join reformed band The Stone Roses to head the bill at the annual music event at the Balado Airfield in Kinross, Scotland, on the weekend of July 6-8…

New Order may record new material

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2 Feb 2012

New Order may record a new album. The pioneering indie-dance band have reformed without bass player Peter Hook for a series of live shows across the world and singer and guitarist Bernard Sumner hopes they eventually get to record new material.

Peter Hook wants to ''bury the hatchet'' with New Order

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24 Nov 2011

Peter Hook wants to "bury the hatchet" with his New Order bandmates. The bass player launched a venomous attack on Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert in October over them reforming their band without him to play two benefit shows in…

Peter Hook furious to be left out of New Order

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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…

New Order reform for benefit shows

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6 Sep 2011

New Order are set to play two live benefit shows in October. The 'True Faith' group - who last played live in 2006 and split up in 2007 - will perform at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, on October 17, and the La Bataclan in Paris on October 18…

Peter Hook regrets bitter ending

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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

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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…

George Michael to release New Order charity cover

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2 Mar 2011

George Michael is releasing a new single, 'True Faith', for Comic Relief. The 'Carless Whisper' singer has recorded a version the 1987 New Order single for the UK charity, the proceeds of which will go to helping the non profit organisation's work in…

Peter Hook re-recording Joy Division songs

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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…

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…