The legendary bassist of Joy Division and New Order revisits his life’s work in Peter Hook & The Light, who are touring the ...

Their shared history was formed in a crucible of loss, as singer Ian Curtis' suicide left his former Joy Division bandmates to carry on with New Order. At first, they were more directly ...

The post Peter Hook & The Light to Play Joy Division’s and New Order’s Substance Albums on 2024 Tour appeared first on Consequence. Peter Hook & The Light have announced a massive 2024 tour ...

The two bands from Manchester, U.K., laid the foundation for the massively influential body of music we call post-punk, an ...

He can, however, hear the influence on other bands. The same goes for New Order. “To me, most bands sound like Joy Division or they sound like New Order,” he says. “New Order’s mix of ...

Speaking in 2011 about the New Order/Joy Division joint singles compilation Total, bassist Peter Hook declared, “We did actually do something wonderful. And not just with one group, but with two.” ...

Peter Hook & The Light, led by former Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook, have revealed plans for a 2025 North American tour, where they will perform New Order’s 2001 album “Get ...

New Order were still underneath the shadow of Joy Division in 1981, a hard shackle to shake. Unsure how to progress after the death of Ian Curtis, both guitarist Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook sing ...

So, fans were definitely in for a treat as the legendary bassist revisited the mighty songbooks of his two prior bands — Joy Division and New Order — in amazing fashion at the Warfield in San ...

Someone else chimed in with: "Took me forever to realise that Joy Division/New Order were the same band, less the lead singer. Totally different sounds." A third also said: "A lot of New Wave acts ...

The first was the mighty Joy Division, the seminal English post ... went on to form the vastly influential synth-pop act New Order and release an impressive string of hits, including the iconic ...