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 ...

Forgive New Order fans if they took the lyric “I used to think that the day would never come” from 1987’s “True Faith” and applied it to the chances of the band ever playing Pittsburgh again. It has b ...

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 ...

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

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joy Division formed in Salford nearly 50 years ago, but it has taken decades for some fans to realise what the band's name actually means. It's left some people floored ...

Since his estrangement from New Order in 2007, Peter Hook has worked on numerous other projects, not least touring regularly with the songs of his former band and their predecessors Joy Division ...