Peter Hook

Peter Hook To Perform Joy Division and New Order Substance Albums In Australia In 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Hook will return to Australia to perform his two classic New Order and Joy Division compilations ‘Substance’.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, rock, Substance, UK

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Peter Hook and the Light photo by Ros OGorman

Peter Hook Is Heading Back To Australia

by Paul Cashmere

The good news is Peter Hook will tour Australia. The bad news … it’s a year away.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Joy Division, Peter Hook, post-punk, punk, rock, UK

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Peter Hook Is Up For A New Order Reunion

by Music-News.com

Peter Hook wants to sort out his “difficult” relationship with his former New Order bandmates by sitting down and listening to their seminal 1983 album Power, Corruption & Lies.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, electronica, New Order, Peter Hook, UK

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Peter Hook to Orchestrate Joy Division In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Former Joy Division/New Order founder Peter Hook will tour Australia with the Metropolitan Orchestra in August.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Joy Division, Peter Hook, rock, UK

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Peter Hook To Send Joy Division Classical

by Paul Cashmere

Joy Division founder Peter Hook will perform the music of Joy Division with an orchestra in London in October.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, electronica, Joy Division, Peter Hook, rock, UK

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Peter Hook Adds Exclusive Album Show For Sydney

by Noise11.com

Peter Hook and The Light will perform the first two Joy Division albums from start to finish in a special one-off show for Sydney.

Tagged as: 80s, electronica, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Peter Hook & The Light, UK

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Peter Hook Adds Second Melbourne Show

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Hook will before a second concert of Joy Division and New Order’s ‘Substance’ albums in Melbourne in October.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, UK

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Peter Hook To Perform Joy Division and New Order Albums In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Hook easily makes my Top 10 bets concerts of all-time. Last time he was in Australia he played a special show on a vacant block in Melbourne’s Southbank called Testing Grounds.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, UK

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Peter Hook To Publish Book On New Order

by Music-News.com

Having detailed the rise and fall of ‘Madchester’ in The Haçienda and Joy Division’s short career in Unknown Pleasures, legendary bassist Peter Hook tells the third, arguably the most important and certainly the most controversial part of his story: the New Order years.

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Peter Hook To Tour Joy Division Albums

by Music-News.com

In 1987, Factory Records released the album Substance by New Order. Officially titled Substance 1987, the album compiled all of the band’s hits in their 12-inch versions plus each single’s b-side on a two-CD set. The album went to number 3 in the U.K. and 36 in the U.S., eventually gaining platinum status in both

Tagged as: Joy Division, music news, New Order, Peter Hook, Peter Hook To Tour Joy Division Albums

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Joy Division Launch Official Website

by Music-News.com

Joy Division has today launched a new website, the first time that the band has had an official site.

Tagged as: Joy Division, music news, New Order, Peter Hook

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Peter Hook Just Played Every Joy Division Song In One Show

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Hook has just performed every song Joy Division ever recorded in one show in Manchester.

Tagged as: Ian Curtis, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, The Light

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Peter Hook To Play Every Joy Division Song In One Show

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Hook will perform a one-off show in Macclesfield, UK featuring all 48 Joy Division songs.

Tagged as: Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Peter Hook

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REVIEW: Peter Hook, Testing Ground Melbourne, 20 February 2015

by Paul Cashmere

Every now and then you can stumble upon a show that you start with little expectations and end gobsmacked. Peter Hook and the Light was one of those experiences.

Tagged as: Joy Division, music news, New Order, Peter Hook

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Peter Hook To Perform New Order Albums For Australia And NZ

by Paul Cashmere

New Order founder and former member Peter Hook will tour Australia and New Zealand in 2015 to perform classic albums of New Order.

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The Charlatans Jon Brookes Loses Cancer Battle At 44

by Paul Cashmere

Jon Brookes, the drummer and founding member of UK indie rock band The Charlatans, has passed away at the age of 44 after a battle with brain cancer.

Tagged as: Johnny Marr, Jon Brookes, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Smiths, The Charlatans, Tim Burgess

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Happy Mondays Postpone Australian Dates

by Paul Cashmere

The Happy Mondays Australian tour has been postponed until June. The reformed Happy Mondays line-up was due to start their Australian tour in Brisbane this Friday.

Tagged as: 808 State, 80s, Bez, Gary Whelan, Happy Mondays, Mary Day, New Order, Paul Ryder, Peter Hook, rock, Rowetta, Shaun Ryder, UK, Underground Lovers

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Peter Hook To DJ For Happy Mondays In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

New Order/Joy Division guitarist Peter Hook will tour Australia as special guest on the Happy Mondays tour.

Tagged as: alternative, Happy Mondays, Joy Division, Manchester, New Order, Peter Hook, UK, Underground Lovers

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David Bowie And Rolling Stones Get NME Award Nods

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Britain’s NME (formerly the New Musical Express) has announced the nominees for the 2013 NME Awards and two veteran artists have scored high in nods.

Tagged as: Bob Marley, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, David Byrne, Florence + The Machine, Ian Brown, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Paul Weller, Peter Hook, Rodriguez, Rolling Stones, Stone Roses

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New Order Begins US Tour

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

New Order opened their first U.S. tour in seven years on Friday night at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA with a 16 song set that drew from their eight studio albums along with three covers of Joy Division songs.

Tagged as: Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Phil Cunningham, Stephen Morris, Tom Chapman

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Peter Hook To Perform First Two New Order Albums Live

by Music-News.com

Peter Hook And The Light are to debut their performances of the first two albums released by New Order, ‘Movement’ (1981) and ‘Power Corruption And Lies’ (1983) with two unique, inaugural London and Manchester concerts in January 2013, the first at the legendary Koko in London and the second a distinctive and special event, taking

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Peter Hook Announces Joy Division Book

by Music-News.com

In the frank, no-holds-barred style that has seen his previous book The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club reach critical acclaim, Peter ‘Hooky’ Hook takes us to the heart of Joy Division and the sound that defined an era and inspired a generation with propulsive bass guitar melodies such as ‘Love Will Tear Us

Tagged as: Joy Division, Peter Hook, Unknown Pleasures

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Peter Hook And The Light Postpone Australian Tour

by Andrew Tijs

Former Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook has postponed his Australian tour with The Light.

Tagged as: Australian, bassist, cancelled, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, post-punk, postponed, rock, The Light, tour

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Disney Withdraws Joy Division Mickey Mouse T-Shirt

by Paul Cashmere

Disney’s Joy Division inspired Mickey Mouse t-shirt was a great idea for a few days but today it is no more. Disney have withdrawn the t-shirts from sale.

Tagged as: Disney, Disneyland, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook

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New Order Announce Sydney And Melbourne Sideshows

by Paul Cashmere

New Order will do two additional shows for Sydney and Melbourne when they hit Australia for the Future Music Festival in March.

Tagged as: Bernard Sumner, Future Music Festival, New Order, Peter Hook, sideshows

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New Order To Perform Without Peter Hook

by Paul Cashmere

New Order have reformed minus founding member Peter Hook.

Tagged as: 70s, Bernard Sumner, New Order, Peter Hook, pop, UK

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Devo’s Farewell Tour To Be Continued

Devo are doing a KISS and Cher. The ’50 Years of De-Evolution’ that finished in 2023.

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The Dugites Live At Billboard 1981 Is The Next ARCA Release

The 49th Australian Road Crew Association release will be The Dugites Live At Billboard 1981.

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Rose Tattoo To Call It A Day in 2026

Angry Anderson has confirmed that he will retire Rose Tattoo in 2025, fifty years after the band began in Sydney in 1976.

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Neil Young Takes A Swipe At Elon Musk In New Song ‘Let’s Roll Again’

Neil Young has gone for the Elon Musk jugular in a new song ‘Let’s Roll Again’.

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Sammy Hagar Releases Belated Homage to Eddie Van Halen ‘Encore, Thank You, Goodnight’

Sammy Hagar, with a little help from his friend Joe Satriani, has released what he says is a “long overdue thank you to Eddie Van Halen’.

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Rose Tattoo Are A Strong Reminder Of How Powerful Aussie Rock Used To Be

Take out the recent cover of Stevie Wright’s ‘Hard Road’ and the Rose Tattoo setlist was a step back in time to when Aussie rock was in your face.

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George Thorogood and The Destroyers Turn Red Hot Summer Into Party Mode In Bendigo

We all talk about George Thorogood but you rarely hear the names of The Destroyers mentioned. So lets mention them. Drummer Jeff Simon has been with George since the band’s inception in 1973. Bass player Billy Blough has been in The Destroyers since 1976.

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