Joy Division News

Peter Hook doesn't want to play with New Order. But that doesn't mean he won't play his old band's music.

Here's another round of picks from the staff at the Ferndale Public Library . "The unintentional theme here is that everything is overall pretty depressing ," Circulation Specialist Kerrie Patterson says.

Following their sold out debut UK concerts in January 2013, Peter Hook & The Light are to debut their critically acclaimed performances of the first two New Order albums, "Movement" and "Power, Corruption & Lies" to North American audiences for the first time in September 2013.

A good book about popular music will always give you a new appreciation of the records.

Hard to believe these days, but there was a time when music was not intended as mere entertainment.

Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division is undoubtedly one of the greatest songs ever written.

As Peter Murphy prepares for a solo tour featuring only songs from his career as Bauhaus's frontman, he seems compelled to contemplate the late-'70s UK post-punk scene.

Joy Division existed for three and a half years before it reached its tragic end in 1980, but its musical legacy still resonates strongly today.

It is spring, after all, and that means it's time for renewal. But fans at the New Order concert got more than they might have even anticipated from the first Bowl concert of the season, which already read like a connoisseur's idea of 1980s revival: Johnny Marr, who cofounded the legendary Smiths, opening for New Order, the band that rose from the ... (more)

The West' s In Low Light opens with "It was Disco and it's Over," a song that's built on a signature Peter Hook high-toned bass riff, complete with lead singer and guitarist Anthony Darnell doing his best Ian Curtis impression.

The Virginmarys ' sound check session is loud. Loud enough to remind you to bring ear plugs the next time.

"You've got to prove it to Manchester -- that's where it all started," says the estranged ex-bassist of the performance at Manchester Cathedral.