The Hall, the Hall will tear us apart. Again. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its new crop of inductees, revealing that New Order got rejected this year. The Hall nominated Joy Division and New Order as one band, which meant that Hall voters had a chance …
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After spending 2024 performing both Joy Division and New Order’s Substance live, Peter Hook & The Light will return stateside in 2025 with a new tour focusing on New Order’s Get Ready. The former Joy Division/New Order bassist’s tour kicks off May 22 in Montreal and currently runs 13 dates …
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Cruel World Fest is back for another year, and New Order and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will headline 2025’s festival. It’s scheduled to take place May 17 at the Rose Bowl’s Brookside in Pasadena, California. The Go-Gos, Death Cult, Devo, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Garbage, Madness, ‘Til …
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The Killers paid tribute to two of Manchester, England’s most beloved artists as the band covered both New Order and the Stone Roses during their concert in the British city Friday. At the third show of a four-night stand at Manchester’s Co-Op Live, Brandon Flowers and company first whipped out …
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Gogol Bordello‘s Eugene Hütz is launching his new label, Casa Gogol Records, with a single benefitting Ukraine. Hütz recruited Bernard Sumner (New Order, Joy Division) for a cover of Angelic Upstarts’ “Solidarity.” The pair’s take on the punk song comes in two forms, remixed by each artist respectively. Both Gogol …
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Tributes have begun to pour in following the death of Andy Rourke, bassist for the Smiths. Rourke died at 59 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, as confirmed by guitarist Johnny Marr on Twitter this morning. Many fellow musicians and collaborators have praised Rourke’s playing and his work with the …
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Thurston Moore adds a folky tranquility to New Order‘s “Leave Me Alone” with his new cover of the 1983 post-punk track. The song opens with a murky electric guitar riff and a swirl of descending 12-string acoustic licks. The arrangement gradually swells with shakers, snare, buzzing guitar drones, Moore’s airy …
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