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New Order announce legal settlement with Peter Hook

Having just finished their Hollywood Bowl gig, New Order have announced that the band has reached “a full and final settlement” in the long running disputes with former bassist and founding member Peter…

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Classic Bands

Peter Hook and Ministry cover Captain Beyond’s ‘Dancing Madly Backwards’

Peter Hook and Ministry have teamed up for a double A-side split single vinyl release where Hooky and Al each give their interpretation of 70s Space Rock band Captain Beyond’s…

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Classic Bands

Peter Hook to perform Joy Division’s ‘Closer’ and ‘Unknown Pleasures’ on 2018 anniversary of Ian Curtis’ death

Shortly after the the 37th anniversary Joy Division‘s gothic masterpiece Closer was released, former New Order and Joy Division bassist Peter Hook, has announced that he is coming back stateside to celebrate…

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When Joy Division Opened for The Cure

On March 4th, 1979, The Cure selected Joy Division to open for them during a series of Sunday gigs at The Marquee Club in London. Another band selected by Robert…

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Classic Bands

Post-Punk bassists Peter Hook and Andy Rourke talk Manchester, New Order, The Smiths, and more

Two Post-Punk bassists have appeared in a recent Talkhouse podcast. Old friends and Fellow Mancunians Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order and Andy Rourke of The Smiths have a 25-minute conversation…

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Peter Hook’s Substance: An Interview

Peter Hook, who we all know and love as the formidable and influential bassist in post-punk’s history, didn’t let his dramatic 2007 departure from New Order phase him. Since 2010,…

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Peter Hook to release new book “Substance : Inside New Order”

[dropcap]Following[/dropcap] the release of his 2013 book Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division , former Joy Division and New Order Bassist Peter Hook is publishing the followup which focuses on New Order. Named…

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Peter Hook and The Light 2016 North American Substance tour announced

[dropcap]Peter[/dropcap] Hook and the Light will be performing New Order and Joy Division‘s each Substance compilations on a North American tour next beginning next fall. Read more at Rolling Stone Peter Hook…

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News

Peter Hook visits Italian tombs featured on Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart”, and “Closer”

Stopping by Before Peter Hook & The Light’s final live show of 2015 last night in Italy, the former Joy Division (and New Order) Bassist, Hooky himself visited the Monumental Cemetery of…

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Concerts

Peter Hook & The Light Perform The Complete Works Of Joy Division on the 35th Anniversary of Frontman Ian Curtis’Death

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]eter Hook just announced today that he and his band The Light will be performing the complete works of Joy Division at Christ Church in Macclesfield on May 18th—the 35…

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