New Order News

The creative industry in Manchester will honour the late Tony Wilson with a 24-hour 'conversation party'. Factory Records founder Wilson....

Read news story: MANCHESTER TO HONOUR TONY WILSON WITH 24-HOUR CONVERSATION

Oasis star Liam Gallagher will perform with a group of Manchester bass legends at a charity gig in Manchester next month. The Sun reports....

Read news story: LIAM TO LEAD NEW BAND AT SHOW

The MANIC STREET PREACHERS would like KYLIE MINOGUE to join them on stage when they perform at the Shockwaves NME Awards Big Gig in....

Read news story: MANICS WANT TO PERFORM WITH KYLIE

New British movie Control has received a record-breaking ten nominations at the British Independent Film Awards. The Anton de Corbijn movie,....

Read news story: CONTROL GETS 10 AWARD NOMS

Ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has been made a visiting professor of music at the University of Salford. The 43-year-old, responsible for....

Read news story: SMITHS STAR MADE MUSIC PROFESSOR

Former NEW ORDER bassist PETER HOOK is set to reform his band MONACO for a one-off charity concert. Hook, 51, will revive his group with David Potts....

Read news story: HOOK REVIVES MONACO FOR CHARITY

Former NEW ORDER star PETER HOOK has enlisted the help of LIAM GALLAGHER, IAN BROWN and ECHO + THE BUNNYMEN star IAN MCCULLOCH to front his new....

Read news story: GALLAGHER MCCULLOCH BROWN TO FRONT HOOKS NEW GROUP

Blur bassist ALEX JAMES is creating a new cheese, which he will name after NEW ORDER hit BLUE MONDAY. The musician-turned-cheese-maker is to start....

Read news story: JAMES TO NAME CHEESE AFTER NEW ORDER HIT

NEW ORDER will reunite for a one-off concert in memory of TONY WILSON, according to former bassist PETER HOOK. The rocker quit the band in May (07)....

Read news story: NEW ORDER REUNITE FOR WILSON TRIBUTE

Comedian and actor Steve Coogan has paid tribute to the late Factory Records boss Tony Wilson, saying he created Manchester's "alternative....

Read news story: WILSONS MANCHESTER AN ALTERNATIVE METROPOLIS

The funeral for legendary music mogul Tony Wilson will take place in his hometown of Manchester today. The Factory Records founder died from....

Read news story: PRIVATE FUNERAL FOR TONY WILSON IN MANCHESTER

NEW ORDER star STEPHEN MORRIS is in shock after the death of TONY WILSON on Friday (10Aug07) - because he can't believe the British music mogul....

Read news story: MORRIS SHOCKED BY WILSONS SUDDEN DEATH

LATEST: NEW ORDER bassist PETER HOOK and THE CHARLATANS frontman TIM BURGESS have paid tribute to late British music mogul TONY WILSON. The Factory....

Read news story: HOOK AND BURGESS ADD TO WILSON TRIBUTES

Music mogul Anthony Wilson, who gained fame for his promotion of the Manchester music scene, has died of cancer. Wilson, who set up the....

Read news story: MUSIC MOGUL ANTHONY WILSON DIES

LATEST: NEW ORDER star BERNARD SUMNER has fired back at ex-bandmate PETER HOOK's internet claims the group has split, calling the bass player....

Read news story: SUMNER BLASTS ARROGANT HOOK OVER NEW ORDER SPLIT REMARKS

LATEST: Former NEW ORDER bassist PETER HOOK is threatening to sue his ex bandmates for continuing with the band despite his assertions they've....

Read news story: HOOK CLAIMS NEW ORDER SPLIT - AGAIN

NEW ORDER have vowed to continue without PETER HOOK, just two months after the bassist claimed the veteran British band had split during a radio....

Read news story: NEW ORDER DENY SPLIT TO CONTINUE WITHOUT HOOK

NEW ORDER's split was due to personal reasons - according to the band's former bassist PETER HOOK. The legendary musician announced the split last....

Read news story: HOOK NEW ORDER SPLIT FOR PERSONAL REASONS

NEW ORDER rocker STEPHEN MORRIS has been unemployed since the band split last year, because he isn't qualified to do anything else. The 49-year-old....

Read news story: NEW ORDER ROCKER NOT QUALIFIED FOR ANOTHER JOB

"Drugs never make any record better, they only make making it better. When you listen to it in the cold light of day, the way normal people do, it's....

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Felix da Housecat, a Grammy-nominated producer and expert of all things electro, has been added to the bill for this year's Creamfields....

Read news story: NEW ADDITIONS TO CREAMFIELDS

Control, a low-budget UK film based upon the life and death of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, has been critically acclaimed at Cannes. Ten....

Read news story: JOY DIVISION FILM WHIPS UP A STORM AT CANNES

"Some kid came up and gave me a hug and said: 'Sorry to hear about New Order, Hooky.' I was really touched - it's like your budgie dying!" NEW ORDER....

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Former NEW ORDER star PETER HOOK is relieved the world knows about the band's split because he was finding the "awful secret" increasingly difficult....

Read news story: HOOK NEW ORDER SPLIT ANNOUNCEMENT WAS A RELIEF

New Order bassist Peter Hook has spoken of wishing to "move on" after confirming the band's split. In an interview with Clint Boon....

Read news story: NEW ORDER SPLIT CONFIRMED

British rock band NEW ORDER have split, according to bassist PETER HOOK. Hook - who is now working on a solo project with Jane's Addiction frontman....

Read news story: NEW ORDER SPLIT

New Order have split up and will not be getting back together, according to the band's bass player Peter Hook. In an interview with the....

Read news story: NEW ORDER RUINED IN A DAY

NEW ORDER, BONO and DEPECHE MODE are tipped to give next month's (May07) Cannes Film Festival in France a musical boost by performing at a party....

Read news story: BONO NEW ORDER MODE TO PLAY AT CURTIS BIOPIC PREMIERE

NEW ORDER frontman BERNARD SUMNER's life is about to be exposed in a new book by celebrated investigative journalist DAVID NOLAN. The music....

Read news story: SUMNER TO BE REVEALED IN NEW BOOK

NEW ORDER bass player PETER HOOK has created a new British indie rock supergroup with THE SMITHS star ANDY ROURKE and original STONE ROSES bass....

Read news story: NEW ORDER STAR HOOK CREATES BASSIST-HEAVY SUPERGROUP