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The latest news, release notes, tour updates, archive additions, and site dispatches from across the New Order family and the wider scene — the details that used to travel through fanzines, forums, and word of mouth.
Chances to hear old Electronic material might surface! --- Pet Shop Boys are very proud to announce that Bad Lieutenant will be performing as very special guests on the Christmas UK dates of their “Pandemonium” tour. The UK dates are: December 17: Glasgow SECC December 18: Birmingham NIA December 20: Manchester Evening News Arena December 21: London O2 Arena
There has been several fan reviews of the first Bad Lieutenant gigs and a fair amount of video bootlegs for some song that are worth watching if this interest you. Bad Lieutenant are now finishing their mini UK tour, are expected to gig in New York and Chicago in November and there are rumors of a Hamburg gig soon. Brighton Digital 20/10/2009 (Gig Reviews) London Heaven 21/10/2009 (Gig Reviews) Manchester Ritz 22/10/2009 (Gig Reviews) Paris Olympia 04/11/2009 Chicago Park West 18/11/2009 Chicago Aragon Ballroom 19/11/2009 New York Webster Hall 21/11/2009 New York Hammerstein Ballroom 23/11/2009 It was a nice surprise to see them play original material as well as Joy Division, New Order, Electronic and Chemical Brothers material.
Bad Lieutenant, the new project helmed by Bernard Sumner (Joy Division/New Order), has just launched a U.S. store on its website - http://badlieutenant.net/ - and has announced a Limited Edition box set for its debut release, Never Cry Another Tear, in-stores November 10. A limited number of the Never Cry Another Tear Deluxe Edition will be made available in the U.S., and includes a copy of the CD, a 14-track, deluxe double 180g vinyl of the album, a 7" vinyl featuring the tracks "Sink or Swim" and "Dynamo," a deluxe 12" booklet, an artwork print, and a special Bad Lieutenant t-shirt. In addition, several other bundles are available from the Bad Lieutenant store, offering the physical CD and high quality MP3 digital downloads of the new album, bonus tracks, album artwork, and 180g, 14-track exclusive vinyl. Log onto http://badlieutenant.net/us-store/ to pick your bundle.
Chris Nash interviewed Peter Hook last week at his book launch for a good 30 minutes interview exclusively done for NewOrderOnline. You can watch the interview by visiting our forums. Click here to view the interview or visit our YouTube video channel. Click here to download a pdf transcript of it.
Hello Fans, The highly anticipated new album, Never Cry Another Tear, is NOW available HERE exclusively through Amazon MP3, for only $2.99. Purchase now as this deal will only be available for 24 hours! We hope you enjoy! - The Bad Lieutenant Team
As a New Order fan, you have to have mixed feelings when you are about to listen to Bad Lieutenant's first LP Never Cry Another Tear (released in UK on October 5th), you're sure you won't like it because it's not New Order and wish for them to come back, but then you watch the video for Sink or Swim, the album opener and first single off the album (which you can view here and suddenly it looks like it's New Order circa 2005 with the obvious missing bass god. And this is what you get from listening to the album, you find yourself expecting Hooky's bass at specific places in songs and it's nowhere to be found or it's replaced by guitar and you know it would have been amazing featuring Hooky instead. But, we had that feeling earlier with Electronic material, so it's not new for the New Order fan, while Monaco was Hooky's bass, and as close to Bernard Sumner's vocal David Potts can be, he's not Bernard Sumner, and it's nothing against David which I met and talked with when we collaborated on the Community tribute project. Overall, Never Cry Another Tear is exactly like all material coming from Bernard Sumner, you are not sure if you enjoy it, but the more you listen to it, the more you actually enjoy it. It's always hard to detect the input of other band members Phil Cunningham and Jake Evans, as it seems every song in there could have been written by New Order, but that was also the case with Johnny Marr's work with Electronic, we never really how which percentage is Bernard Sumner, but that album has obviously his touch all over it. You can't be a Manchester legend and let the others drive the show! For the New Order fan, if you followed the band on their UK tour like I did in 2006, you will maybe remember Jake Evans from the support band Rambo and Leroy, which was supporting New order in Wolverhampton. Many of us were in the pub at that time sadly.
The new video for Bad Lieutenant's first single Sink or Swim is now available. Click on "more" below to see the video.
FAC 51 The Haçienda architect Ben Kelly, the design team of Ben Cox and Bill Holding at Morph have collaborated with the full approval and support of original owner Peter Hook to produce two separate, limited edition art prints of the original FAC 51 The Haçienda which are to be launched at Buy Art Fair at Urbis, Manchester from the 24th to 27th September 2009. The prints will subsequently be exhibited at the Zoo Art Fair in London from 16th to 19th October. At both exhibitions, they are exclusive to the Paul Stolper stand.
There is no official release date yet, but the 4 tracks EP will be: You Don't Know This About Me (with Tim Burgess) Milky Way Is Our Playground (with Pete Wylie) Dark Starr (with Howard Marks) Live Tomorrow You Go Down (Peter Hook vocals). The EP is called Two Worlds Collide and will be out on Hacienda Records. The tracks with Gary Briggs will be released as an LP at a later date.
ISBN 978-1-84737-135-5 Release Date: 5th October 2009 Many aspects of this book will be familiar to so many people, from the startling danger tape-design cover, taken from Ben Kelly's Hacienda Club design, to the characters involved in the whole story. Familiar, but certainly not boring. It will be of great interest to fans of the Hacienda, New Order, Factory, the club scene in general... and quite possibly to Greater Manchester Police and HM Inspector of Taxes. If asked three years ago who might have written a book with such a title, you'd probably be thinking of a few names, such as Mick Middles, Paul Morley, Claude Flowers, even David Nolan. Although Claude Flowers was one of those who suggested that the book be written, it was Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order/Revenge/Monaco/Freebass) who was persuaded to take on the task. After reading it from cover to cover, it becomes apparent that he was not only the obvious choice, but also the best. Afterall, Hooky spent more time at the Hacienda and the Dry Bar than most and is therefore better qualified to comment, even if, at his own admission, much of the time spent there was slightly blurred by "overindulgence". http://www.fac51thehacienda.com
The debut album from Bad Lieutenant, "Never Cry Another Tear" is now available to order exclusively at the Bad Lieutenant online store. A limited edition, Deluxe Box Set is available to pre-order. This includes the "Never Cry Another Tear" CD album including two bonus tracks, double vinyl album, exclusive 7", a deluxe booklet and a numbered Art Print. The band have also designed a Limited Edition T-Shirt that can only be ordered with the Super Deluxe Box Set. "Never Cry Another Tear" is also available on Limited Edition Digipack CD (featuring Two Bonus Tracks), Vinyl LP, standard CD, and Digital Download. For more info go to http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/sites/badlt/
Peter Hook's "The Hacienda - How Not To Run A Club" and "Hacienda Acid House Classics" compliled and mixed by Hooky released this October with nationwide UK signing tour Oct 3rd to Oct 10th. A superclub before the term even existed, FAC 51 The Hacienda lasted fifteen years as the Mancunian musical institution, forming the epicentre of the city’s dynamic music, clubs and bands scene throughout the 80’s and 90’s. Now, some dozen years after misfortune, misjudgements and misbehaviour caused the ground-breaking Whitworth Street West venue to sadly close its doors on the dream, the characters and culture that created The Hacienda have ensured its legendary status, longevity, and appeal.
The song is now available on the official myspace page of the group. http://www.myspace.com/badlieutenantmusic Enjoy!
Stockport Library and Information Service is very proud to welcome local author David Nolan who is launching his latest book You’re Entitled to Your Opinion, a biography of ‘Mr Manchester’ Tony Wilson, at Marple Library. We invite you to come along and hear David talk about his book and the research he did with local people into the early life of Tony Wilson when he lived in Marple. You will be able to buy a signed copy of David’s book for a great price too! When? Thursday 30th July 2009, at 7pm Where? Marple Library, Memorial Park, Marple, Stockport, SK6 6BA The evening is FREE ... But you will need to book your free ticket to get a place. Please contact our Reader Development Team on 0161 474 5751 or email readers@stockport.gov.uk
Sam Harrison at Aurum has acquired World English Language rights from Matthew Hamilton at Aitken Alexander Associates to James Nice’s Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records. The book will be the first definitive account of Factory Records, perhaps the most radical and innovative label in British pop history, and will draw on the author's professional association with many of the key players - some of whom rarely speak publicly - as well as contemporary sources and previously unpublished documents. Published in Spring 2010 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of era-defining single
Bad Lieutenant formed in 2007 with New Order’s Bernard Sumner (guitar and vocals) alongside Phil Cunningham (guitar) and Jake Evans (guitar and vocals). We can now confirm that they have completed their long awaited debut LP “Never Cry Another Tear” which is set for worldwide release on 5th October 2009 on Triple Echo Records. The album features sounds that have helped make New Order such a treasured, innovative force over the past three decades, but also featured is a brand new voice from exotic Macclesfield, Jake Evans. The new album centre’s around crisp, streamlined, 21st century guitar music – underscored by keyboards and occasional melodica. The record includes Sumner’s seemingly effortless melodic invention, but now these familiar joys blend with vocals and the talented guitar work of Jake Evans. “This album is very important to me,” says Bernard. “We’ve worked hard on it and I’m proud of it. It’s also important because it gives people the chance to hear a gifted new singer and guitar player who I think’s really talented.” Together, the band have spent over a year writing, recording and mixing the album near Manchester, which features additional musicians including Alex James (Blur) and Stephen Morris (New Order and Joy Division) on several recordings. Song titles and live dates will be announced in due course. The live band will include Stephen Morris on drums and Tom Chapman on bass. A debut single, “Sink or Swim” is expected to be released prior to the LP, on Monday 21st September 2009. “There is some continuity to the music I’ve made in the past,” says Bernard. “But this is very different – because different people are playing on it. This is just how I now want to make music – it feels right to me and I hope at least a few other people feel the same.” http://www.myspace.com/badlieutenantmusic
The website for the upcoming charity tribute Ceremony is now up. http://newordertribute.com Many bands from that tribute albums are members or NewOrderOnline and we wish them good luck with the project!
A new digital release of the Factory Records box set. This collection is now available in the U.S., and features many, previously unreleased recordings from some of the iconic label's most celebrated artists, including Joy Division, New Order, Cabaret Voltaire, and the Happy Mondays. It also includes a 38-page booklet containing rare photos, and in-depth liner notes detailing some of the stories from The Factory.
New Musical Express (NME) is releasing today a special edition celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures. In stores June 17.
Mark Reeder, long time collaborator of Factory and New Order, has a forthcoming album REORDERED for blank&jones, featung songs with vocals by Robert Smith (the cure), Bernard Sumner, Anne Clark, Claudia Bruecken (propaganda/one two), Steve Kilby (the church), Bobo in white wooden houses, Vanessa Daou and Elles de Graaf. Scheduled for release in late summer 2009.
