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Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert Step Back from New Order Live Shows
New Order have announced that drummer Stephen Morris and keyboard player Gillian Gilbert will not be touring with the band for the foreseeable future due to personal health reasons. The decision affects their upcoming performance at Chile's Primavera Festival in November, marking the first show in the country for seven years. This marks a significant change to the band's live lineup, which has centred around these two core members since the 2011 reunion.
New Order announced on 29 June that Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert will step back from touring for the foreseeable future due to personal health reasons. The decision affects their scheduled appearance at Chile's Primavera Festival in November, with no word yet on who will perform with Bernard Sumner.
Morris was the drummer in Joy Division and has remained a core member through New Order's evolution, whilst Gilbert joined shortly after Ian Curtis's death in 1980 and became a defining part of the band's shift into electronic music. Together they have formed the backbone of New Order's live shows since the 2011 reunion, when the band returned to the stage without founding bassist Peter Hook.
The change underscores the current state of the band. Peter Hook recently observed that touring New Order is now essentially Bernard Sumner's project, a comment that reflects ongoing fractures within the group even as they face induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this year.
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