New Order headlines the Cruel World festival on May 17 alongside Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It’s an unexpected ’80s revival ...

Low-Life' proved across its eight amazing tracks that in 1985 New Order had no peers when it came to inventively mixing synthesizers and drum machines with traditional rock instrumentation.

Joy Division was a pioneering post-punk band, who formed in Salford in 1976 - but many people don't know the real meaning ...

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

Peter Hook left New Order in 2007, and later settled several lawsuits with his former bandmates. In a new interview with The i Paper, he expressed "animosity" toward the group.

Joy Division were one of the most popular and pioneering post-punk bands of the 1970s and 1980s - but many fans don't know ...

when he split bitterly with his longtime bandmate Bernard Sumner. Over the years, Hook and Sumner have sniped back and forth in the press, and Hook launched a 2015 lawsuit that’s since been settled.

Without ever having become a technically flawless singer, Bernard Sumner now embodies New Order's more accessible vision, ...

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After leaving the band in 2007, Hook has been at odds with Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, and Gillian Gilbert, who continue to play as New Order. In a new interview with The Paper, Hook said ...

Hook was a member of Joy Division alongside Curtis, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner and drummer Stephen Morris. After Curtis died at age 23, the three surviving band members formed New ...