NEW ORDER ARE BACK! ......(well, kind of...)
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Back in 2007, nobody was exactly sure whether synthpop gods New Order were broken up or not. Bassist Peter Hook said that they were; everyone else in the band said they weren't.
Well, it's official now: New Order are broken up. The BBC reports that the non-Peter Hook members of the group have a new group with a new name: Bad Lieutenant. And they've also got themselves a new bassist. (via NME)
Bad Lieutenant consists of founding New Order members (and, along with Hook, former Joy Division members) Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris, along with relatively recent New Order addition Phil Cunningham. The ringer in for Hook? Blur bassist Alex James. According to the BBC, Bad Lieutenant has recorded an album, and it's due in October. They'll also tour later in the year, presumably after James gets done playing this summer's run of Blur reunion shows.
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Peter Hook also has Freebass on the way, along with, Andy Rourke (formerly of The Smiths) and Gary "Mani" Mounfield (formerly of The Stone Roses and currently in Primal Scream) and singer Gary Briggs (formerly of Haven).
Comments (5)
Definitely not NO w/o Hooky!
Sorry that Hooky felt he had to leave, but I look forward to any new material from Bernard & Steve & band.
wow, I can only hope they come this way at some point
Yes yes yes.... I wanna hear it!
And Hook should get on with Freebass already! I guess writing a book is higher on his priorities :)
If you ever read Hooky's blogs on MySpace the new book could take a while..................................................................................................................................................................................................................