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3 Polls Closing Tonight for the Community 2 Competition

Please take your time to vote for the 3 polls finishing tonight in the Community 2 competition. Our face-off are for Regret, Round & Round and Your Silent Face, 3 of the most interesting AND close polls we had so far in this competition. Also begining tonight will be the poll for Isolation, then the final face-off will be featuring Shadowplay, Ruined In A Day and New Dawn Fades. After this Community 2 will be moving to the final round. Our video competition is always opened for people willing to shoot a video for David Potts' cover of The Village, the remix competition will be starting monday as well, so stay tuned. http://community.neworderonline.com is the place to go!

Source: Community 2

New Order confirmed for the Electric Picnic Festival in September

New Order has been confirmed for the Electric Picnin Festival in Ireland for September. Reports show they will be live on Sunday September 3rd. Stradbally Hall Estate is located in the centre of Stradbally, Co. Laois. Stradbally is about 10 minutes outside Portlaoise on the N80.

Source: Electric Picnic

NewOrderOnline.com 2006 T-Shirts now available for pre-order

2 exclusive new t-shirts are now available for the summer, a white with the NewOrderOnline logo and a blue inspired by the work of Peter Saville did on Movement. Those exclusive t-shirts are only offered until April 30th and will never be offered again, this is a one time deal, pre-orders will be taken up to April 30th and we will order the shirts on May 1st and deliver them once they come back from the Factory. So be ready in case New Order tour this summer! Visit the New Order shop at http://www.neworderonline.com/shop today!

Community 2 Video Competition Launched

Today we are starting the Community 2 Video Competition, this is your unique chance to shoot a video for the cover done by David Potts (ex-Monaco singer/guitarist) of New Order's song The Village You can check the rules page by clicking on the following link. The deadline to register (and submit your video) is May 15th, then a vote will be held to determine 2 finalists that will move into the final round. So dust off your video camera and do your part! The winner will be included on the upcoming CD Community 2 :thumb:

Source: Community 2

David Potts My Space and compilation news...

There is now a David Potts My Space page http://www.myspace.com/david_potts featuring two different remixed and rerecorded versions of For Your Love and Different Planet and the all new album version of Free yourself, all available for audio streaming. Also news of the two unreleased songs on new compilations featuring David... 'Community 2' and 'Sealed with a loving flick'. Everyone more than welcome to join up!

Community 2 Face-Off Schedule

We did a schedule for the face-off for Community 2, which should be one per day until the end of the month, and that should last until we have a clear winner for each song. Here is the schedule: Friday March 3 - Paradise Saturday March 4 - As It Is When It Was Sunday March 5 - Doubts Even Here Monday March 6 - Run Tuesday March 7 - Dream Attack Wednesday March 8 - Turn Thursday March 9 - Atmosphere Friday March 10 - Blue Monday Saturday March 11 - Regret Sunday March 12 - Your Silent Face Monday March 13 - Subculture Tuesday March 14 - Disorder Wednesday March 15 - Love Will Tear Us Apart Thursday March 16 - Twenty Four Hours Friday March 17 - She's Lost Control Saturday March 18 - 1963 Sunday March 19 - Round and Round Monday March 20 - Lonesome Tonight Tuesday March 21 - No Love Lost Wednesday March 22 - Chosen Time Thursday March 23 - Decades Friday March 24 - Confusion Saturday March 25 - Every Little Counts Sunday March 26 - Isolation Monday March 27 - Shadowplay Tuesday March 28 - Ruined In A Day Wednesday March 29 - New Dawn Fades

Source: Community 2

Community 2 Face-Off: Run

You can now select your favorite cover of Run that was submitted for Community 2 at the official website of the competition: http://community.neworderonline.com

New Order win World Cup song poll

New Order's 1990 hit World in Motion has been named the best World Cup song by football fans. World in Motion, which was in the charts as England reached the semi-finals at Italia '90, came top of a Littlewoods Pools poll of 1,500 fans.

Source: BBC News

Community 2: Doubts Even Here Face-Off

The 3rd face-off for Community has been posted tonight, it features Movement's Doubt Even Here. Don't forget to vote at http://community.neworderonline.com To enhance your experience, we suggest you listen to the NewOrderOnline Radio podcasts.

Source: Community 2

Community 2: Preliminary Round Started

You can now decided which version of Paradise and which version of As It Is When It Was will participate in the final round of voting for Community 2. Visit the website http://community.neworderonline.com and follow the proper instructions.

Source: Community 2

Community final contestant list revealed - face-off rounds to begin shortly

Believe it or not, it's 104 songs that were received for the Community competition, this is success beyond our most optimistic thoughts. So in the next few days, there will be 27 face-offs, you, the members of NewOrderOnline, will be asked to find the winner between the multiple selection for the same song, as only one can go to the final round. The face-off round should start today, check the forums and the Community 2 website at http://community.neworderonline.com for more details. Since a few people used the privilege we gave them, an extra 15 days to polish their submission, face-off will be progressive and the last ones will be done starting March 16, so this means the final round should start in April. Stay tuned! And thanks again for this huge success!

Source: Community 2

Last days for Community 2 Submissions!

As of now we received 69 songs from original artists, we are expecting more today, so we went over the amount of tracks submitted for the first edition of the Community competition. Deadline is tomorrow, February 28th at 23:59 PST. Send us your cover of a New Order or Joy Division song (please read our rules before) and have your own song published on CD. The voting process should start in early March with the face-off rounds, where people who submitted the same track will face each other to determine the winner for the specific song, as only one entry per song is allowed in the final round. Your vote will be important then! Check our website and meet the artists! http://community.neworderonline.com

Source: Community 2

Unknown actor lands star role in film of iconic singer's life

Sam Riley, who sings with Yorkshire rock group 10,000 Things, will take the part of Ian Curtis, the troubled lead singer with iconic Manchester band Joy Division who committed suicide in 1980, in a forthcoming biopic. It will be his first major acting role. The film, provisionally titled Control, will co-star Oscar-nominated Samantha Morton as Curtis's wife, Deborah. Filming begins on location in Manchester later this year. Mr Riley, 25, of Woodhouse, was told he had the role on his birthday.

Source: Yorkshire Post Today

New Order's Peter Hook selects The Hacienda Classics

Arguably one of the reasons we loose so much of our weekends to the evening hours, The Hacienda will launch an album aiming to catch those magic moments. Originally conceived, founded and financed in 1980 by Factory Records and New Order through a deal steered by Rob Gretton, the manager of the by then disbanded Joy Division, The Haçienda first opened its doors on May 21st 1982 sporting a Factory Records catalogue number of Fac 51, a pioneering interior designed by architect Ben Kelly and featured Bernard Manning as the opening night act. From that day forth until 1997 The Hacienda created an environment for electronic music expression that helped shaped UK club culture. ‘The Hacienda Classics’ is delivered by Peter Hook, bassist from New Order, who shared a founding hand in The Haçienda and remembers the good old days: “The Haçienda was built on blood, sweat and tears… I think it’s safe to say we made every mistake in the book, that said it was the most magical time and I wouldn’t change any of it. I have so many special memories from those days, the way the DJ’s would select the tunes especially for the club, I remember Sasha’s first set, the atmosphere was electric and he played the best set of his life, the music was perfect as was the crowd, when we left you just knew you’d been a spectator of something very special indeed’ To mirror The Haçienda’s genre bending music policy as well as chart a selection of the tracks that created The Haçienda and became anthems for the foundations of UK, even global clubbing as we know it, ‘Hooky’ has compiled three CD’s of definitive Haçienda classics bringing together elements of rare groove, soul hip hop, hip house, house and indie-dance painting a true picture of the highest moments of The Haçienda. Highlights and Hacienda moments from the album include New Order ‘Confusion’, Happy Mondays ‘Step On’, Orbital ‘Belfast’, Candi Staton ‘You Got The Love’, Doug Lazy ‘Let It Roll’, Inner City ‘Good Life’, Guy Called Gerald ‘Voodoo Ray’ and more.

Source: Resident Advisor

Peter Hook and Stephen Morris to DJ on BBC 6 Music next saturday

Peter Hook and Stephen Morris are taking over Marc Riley's slot on BB6 Music this Saturday (25/02/06), 1.00pm-4.00pm.

Source: Rocket Science

First Freebass track is finished

Roger Lyons, the well-known remixer, who did remixes of 1963 for New Order, revealed exclusively on NewOrderOnline that a version of one of the Freebass tracks IS finished, and it is featuring guest vocalist Allan Owens who is the vocalist in critically ignored Manchester band, CircusGirls (ex vocalist in another great band called GEEK). The track is called "The Tower". It is going to be available via download via iTunes soon.

Deadline approaching to submit a song for Community 2

Over 35 submissions so far, awaiting another 20, be part of the Community yourself! Send us your cover of a New Order or Joy Division song (please read our rules before) and have your own song published on CD. The voting process should start in early March with the face-off rounds, where people who submitted the same track will face each other to determine the winner for the specific song, as only one entry per song is allowed in the final round. Your vote will be important then! Check our website and meet the artists! http://community.neworderonline.com

Source: Community 2

Peter Saville designing for Levi's

Levi's will release a pair of 'Peter Saville' 517 jeans on March 4th. Peter Saville is a well known graphic designer, and you will see his signature and the color barcode on the left back pocket. The jeans will come in a special box, along with a postcard and some more goodies.

New Order tocará em Porto Alegre em maio

O grupo britânico New Order vai tocar em Porto Alegre em maio deste ano, com data a ser definida entre 17 e 18 de maio. Os ingressos para o show deverão custar R$ 60. A banda de Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook e Stephen Morris - já que a tecladista Gillian Gilbert afastou-se do New Order para cuidar dos filhos - vai ser a primeira atração de um novo espaço de espetátuclos, chamado Pepsi On Stage. Hook, o baixista, talvez volte à capital gaúcha em junho, para tocar em um evento de música eletrônica. O New Order já tocou em Porto Alegre há quase 20 anos. Em novembro de 1988, a banda se apresentou para 15 mil pessoas no Gigantinho. Para os saudosos daquele tempo, a Warner Music lançou em DVD o documentário New Order Story, que reúne clipes e entrevistas com os membros do grupo e admiradores e parceiros como Bono Vox, do U2, e Neil Tennant, dos Pet Shop Boys. O filme, que já havia sido lançado em vídeo, conta a história da banda, desde os tempos em que o grupo se chamava Joy Division, passando pelo suicídio do vocalista Ian Curtis, até a retomada, já como New Order e com Sumner assumindo os vocais e Gillian ingressando na banda. O espaço Pepsi On Stage tem 3,2 mil metros quadrados e está instalado no mesmo galpão que recebeu o show do The Strokes, em outubro do ano passado.

Source: Zero Hora

New Order confirmed for Brazil

According to the brazilian journal Zero Hora, New Order has been confirmed to play in Porto Alegre on May 17th on the Pepsi stage. We don't have confirmation from the band yet though.

Source: Zero Hora

Only 2 weeks left to submit your cover version for Community 2

18 tracks have been submitted so far for our Community 2 Cover Competition for the upcoming New Order / Joy Division tribute album. It's still time to submit your track, we are expecting a lot of tracks in the upcoming days as the deadline (February 28) is at the corner. After then, it's to all the members of NewOrderOnline (registered members) to vote for the top 10 tracks that will be on the album. So hurry up, and don't forget to visit the website for the competition where you'll find the registered tracks, and don't forget our plan b clause allowing you to enter a 2nd song (if it has not been submitted by anybody else) in case your song is eliminated in a face-off (details on the website). http://community.neworderonline.com

Source: Community 2

Sam Riley will be Ian Curtis

Sam Riley has been cast as lead singer Ian Curtis and Alexandra Maria Lara as his lover Annik on music video director Anton Corbijn’s Control, his fact-based debut feature on UK post-punk band Joy Division. It is a first big role for newcomer Riley – the troubled Curtis was in his early 20s when he committed suicide in 1980 – whereas Lara played Hitler’s secretary in Downfall and has just finished work on Francis Ford Coppola’s Youth By Youth alongside Bruno Ganz and Tim Roth. It was already known that Samantha Morton would play Deborah Curtis, who wrote the book on which Matt Greenhalgh’s script is based. Curtis will also get a co-producer credit, as will former Joy Division manager and Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, the subject of the biopic 24 Hour Party People. The producers are Orian Williams and Todd Eckert from Claraflora. The Control team is still closing finance but hopes to being shooting in mid-2006 in Manchester, Macclesfield and other areas of England. The film’s title was inspired by the classic Joy Division song She’s Lost Control. New Order, the band that succeeded Joy Division, will be recording new tracks for the film and the soundtrack album will feature a number of re-recorded Joy Division songs. Corbijn has worked on U2, Depeche Mode, Nirvana and Metallica videos and is also known for his photographs of such musicians as the late Miles Davis, R.E.M., David Bowie and Elvis Costello. Note: Picture by Anton Corbijn courtesy of Claraflora.

New Order duo to pen Cracker soundtrack

THE new series of Cracker starring Robbie Coltrane as police psychologist Fitz is sure to be must-see TV, but I hear members of Manchester band New Order will be getting an earlier viewing than most. For drummer Stephen Morris and his wife, keyboard and guitar player Gillian, are writing the soundtrack for the Manchester-set series. "I was a fan when Cracker was last on TV so it's great to be doing the music for the new series," Stephen says. "The writer Jimmy McGovern asked us to do it. It also means we'll be two of the first people to see it." The husband and wife team, who live in Cheshire, also got their radio DJ debut last month on 96.2 The Revolution - and have been asked back to do more shows in future. "It was a bit nerve-wracking but a lot of fun," Stephen says.

Source: Manchester Online

Exclusive pictures of Manchester v Cancer

Our photograph at the event, David Hibell, took a lot of pictures for us, you can see most of them in the concert page or in the gallery page Enjoy, and feel free to comment them in our forums.

Only 4 weeks left for Community

You have only 4 weeks left (until February 28th) to submit a song for the Community 2 competition. The next phases of the global competition, the sleeve design competition, the remix competition and the video competition will kick in shortly, stay tuned if to know about the rules for these competitions soon. Community 2 is the 2nd edition of a New Order & Joy Division tribute album done by members of NewOrderOnline, an album for fan, by fans. Parts of the profits with go to New Order's charity, other part will pay the hosting bills for this website, so it's a real Community project. Special guest on this album is David Potts, member of RAM and ex-member of Monaco with Peter Hook of New Order, this cover of The Village will be used for the remix and video competition. To learn all details about Community 2, visit the special website done for it and you can also right now see the profiles of the artists that have already submitted their cover. http://community.neworderonline.com

Source: Community 2 Website