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Return to New York

Please note that Peter Hook is not going to be on the "Jetstream Tour" of Return to New York, but in case you want to follow Arthur Baker, here are the dates & places: Jetstream Tour Sponsored by Virgin Atlantic June 16th Avalon LA Arthur Baker Mount Simms Her Boy Star June 17th Avalon Boston Arthur Baker Tommie Sunshine Princess Superstar June 18th Don Hills NYC Arthur Baker Tommie Sunshine June 19th Metropolis Cleveland Arthur Baker Doc Martin Tommie Sunshine Princess Superstar

Exams juggle for top band's video

A teenager from Bridgend is juggling his GCSEs with a starring role in a music video for rock band New Order. Nathan Stadden, 16, a pupil at Ynysawdre School in Tondu, was selected for the leading role in the video by the rock band.

Source: BBC

Richard Morel working on a remix of Guilt Is A Useless Emotion

According to his own blog, Richard Morel is currently working on a remix of Guilt Is A Useless Emotion, from New Order's last opus, Waiting For The Sirens' Call. Richard Morel is known for his Pink Noise remixes of True Faith and Krafty.

Source: Morel World

Jetstream & other US releases information revealed

We received a press release from Warner Bros Music today according to the upcoming releases for New Order. The US edition of Jetstream, New Order's second single from their latest album Waiting For The Sirens' Call will be released on June 28th on online shops for download, and on July 12th in record stores on maxi CD and 12". This will feature 2 exclusive remixes of Krafty as well as an exclusive Jetstream remix only available digitally in Europe. New Order's current single Krafty is #5 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. A first top 5 for New Order since Crystal went to #1 in 2001. Also, they are releasing a remix compilation titled New Order - Best Remixes, which will be available on June 21st. This will be available on digital format only at all online stores. Click on more to see the full tracklistings of those releases.

Source: Warner Music USA

The Hitmakers: Richard X

In the run-up to the Ivor Novello awards, the BBC News website is profiling some major songwriters of recent years. Richard X started his career in the underground music scene, then left it behind to write hits for the Sugababes and Rachel Stevens. His synthesised, grungy pop music is inspired by the bands he listened to while growing up in the North of England, such as The Human League and Kraftwerk.

Source: BBC

NEW ORDER - BEST REMIXES

New Order - Best Remixes will be available at all online digital retailers on June 7th. Jetstream (Richard X Remix) Krafty (DJ Dan Vocal) Crystal (John Creamer & Stephane K Main Remix) Spooky (Out of Order Mix) World (The Perfecto Mix) Ruined In A Day (Reunited In A Day Remix) Regret (New Order Mix) World In Motion (Carabinieri Mix) Round & Round (12" Version) Fine Time (Silk Mix) Blue Monday (88 12" Mix) True Faith (The Morning Sun Extended Remix) Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep's Extended Dance Mix) State of the Nation The Perfect Kiss (Long Version from the Perfect Kiss Video) Here To Stay (Felix Da Housecat Mix: Extended Glitz Mix)

Source: New Order's official US website

Five Ways To Know If Your Studio Is Haunted

1. It feels like some ancient vampire abode. St. Catherine’s Court (pictured above), the home/recording studio owned by actress Jane Seymour, is a rambling restored manor from the 1300s outside the British town of Bath. “So we called it Dracula’s Castle,” says Bernard Sumner, singer for Manchester technopop combo New Order. He even christened a punky dance track with the same name for New Order’s new return to “Blue Monday”-ish form, Waiting For The Siren’s Call.

Source: Paste Magazine

Here comes the 80s: Too bad about the hair

Plaudits from younger bands and artists like Gwen Stefani have helped bring the eighties band New Order back into the spotlight. In a way, the music of the 1980s has never left us. Like the albatross around the neck of Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, or the pastel-pink sweater draped over the shoulders of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's nerdy counterpart Carlton Banks, it's well-nigh impossible to shake off. During the nineties, we were supposed to appreciate it only ironically, looking back under arched eyebrows to a time when pop culture seemed less self-conscious, more wrapped up in its false sense of innocence. Now, the decade's pop, in all its earnest tunefulness and once-futuristic, synthesizer-soaked grandeur, is making an unmistakable resurgence.

Source: The Globe and Mail

ATMOSPHERE VIDEO ON DVD SOON

A new DVD complication titled The work of Anton Corbijn will be coming later in 2005 (possibly September), this DVD will feature Joy Division's Atmosphere video done in 1988 by Anton Corbijn. Anton Corbijn is also the director of the upcoming movie Control, which is about Ian Curtis' life. New Order will record their commments for the DVD.

Source: Director's Label

ADDED POPWORLD & CD:UK JETSTREAM PERFORMANCES TO THE AUDIO/VIDEO SECTION

Those performances were recorded last week. Enjoy.

Jetstream #2 on the UK dance chart

New Order's new single Jetstream has jumped from 18 to 2nd place of the UK club chart this week. 1 TIMO MAAS - First Day Warner Brothers / A&E 2 NEW ORDER - Jetstream Warner Brothers 3 RITMO DYNAMIC - Calinda 2005 Xtravaganza 4 SOUL SHAKER - Hypnotic Erotic Games Gusto 5 BON GARCON - Freak U Eye Industries

Source: DMC Club Chart

New Order Complete NEXT Album

Despite having only recently returned to the furore, New Order have told Xfm that the follow-up to ‘Waiting For The Siren’s Call’ is already complete and discussed how their collaboration with Scissor Sister Ana Matronic came about. Peter Hook and Stephen Morris of New Order and Scissor Sister Ana Matronic dropped in Xfm for a chat with Lauren Laverne last week and addressed reports that their new record is already in the can (not that you heard that from us, mind). “That’s a secret!” exclaimed bass player Hook when aksed if the rumours wrer true, “To be honest, it’s very unusual for us to be that prolific. Every time you ‘come back’ the first question people ask is always, ‘So why did it take so long?’, so I think we thought by doing two at the same time interviewers would be scuppered for their first question. “It was nice because at the end the ideas just came very quickly, but then we had so many ideas and Bernard wouldn’t let any of em go. We’re used to him making our lives a misery, but he made us finish em all.” “So we ended up with so many tracks we couldn’t choose between them because they all sounded like A-sides,” Morris continued. “In the end we just tried to make the record run smoothly.” Ana Matronic and the New Order pair also spoke about how the collaboration on their new single ‘Jetstream’ came about. “When we were recording ‘Jetstream’ in the studio, we were quite happy with it. But one of our esteemed colleagues at Warner Brothers felt there was something missing and that Ana could add that something. “And we thought, ‘You what? The Scissor Sisters? Are You Joking?’ And low and behold as it came to pass, she did. And me and Stephen are great believers in people having part time jobs, something to fall back on. I’ve got a milk round,” Hook jokes. “And I’m in plumbing,” Morris adds… At this point conversation turned to plumbing, mending Lauren’s broken boiler and general vocational employment-related double entendre. However, when conversation returned to the single, Ana explained, “And so I got a cryptic email that said ‘Is Ana a New Order fan’ and so I wrote back a simple ‘Well, duh!’ And then about a week later I got a call to lend my vocals to the track. It was very nerve wracking at first I thought I’d have to be in the studio with the band, but I had a great few days recording with Steve Price. “In fact, Scissor Sisters’ first tour of the UK was as support act for Steve's band Zoot Woman, so we’re pretty friendly and we had fun. But last week was only the first time we’ve performed the track together live at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. I’m still deciding whether to join the guys for the festivals. I may come along for Glastonbury...”

Source: XFM

JETSTREAM RELEASED TODAY

Full format information is as follows: 12" Single (NUOX14) Jacques Lu Cont rmx) / radio edit / Richard X remix /Tom Neville remix Maxi CD Single (NUOCD14) Radio edit / Richard X remix edit Order through Amazon UK or Amazon USA Enhanced CD (NUCDP14) Jacques Lu Cont rmx/2nd / Richard X remix /Tom Neville remix / Arthur Baker remix / Ana Bridge vox / Video/U-MYX Order through Amazon UK or Amazon USA Digital Downloads: Pete Heller remix and dub (available exclusively on iTunes) New Order's Bunker mix (available exclusively on Napster) Tom Neville dub 9 (available exclusively on OD2)

IAN'S 25 YEARS DEATH ANNIVERSARY

According to Joy Division Central, the following events are happining near the tragic anniversary: Until May 22 - Slater Bradley's Doppelganger Trilogy Guggenheim Museum, New York Throughout May - Bowden Vale Photo Exhibition The Rampant Lion, Manchester 17 May Joy Division Wypominki Party - PUNKT club Warsaw, Poland. Tribute Band, slideshow, classical Joy Division cover versions etc 18 May BBC 6 will be showing just about all of the Joy Division footage on a large outdoor screen in Manchester on 18 May - plus various inteviews etc on the radio throughout the day 18 May ikon& will be will be hosting a Joy Division video night at Barzooka in Blackburn on 18 may - featuring unseen footage 18 May Dutch Public Radio - VPRO Grensverkeer Radio 1 - will have a 4 hour live show on Joy Division 18 May Klubb Closer in Stockholm are holding an Ian Curtis tribute night 18 May Decades, 25th Anniversary Ian Curtis Memorial Baby Seal Club, London N16 18 May Arena, Berlin - Tribute to Ian Curtis Night 19 May Tribute bands Digital and Re: Order are playing in London 21 May Tribute bands Joy Revision and Love Vigilantes Order are playing in LA

Source: Joy Division Central

Joy Division day May 16 on 6 Music

There is going to be a joy division day on bbc 6music on 18th may listings as follows 7:00-10:00 Gidion at breakfast featuring an interview with Tony Wilson. Andrew Collins 10:00-13:00 with John Peel`s Joy Division sessions Vic McGlynn 13:00-16:00 features other bands covering JD songs Steve Lamacq 16:00-19:00 interview with Anton Corbijn There will also be an event at Exchange Square in Manchester where the big screen will be taken over by 6music and they will be playing footage released by Factory Records including `Here Are The Young Men`, the 1979 Apollo gig footage and an 1988 documentary about the lagecy of JD. The radio station can be listened in the uk on digital radio or via freeview or world wide via http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music. The link for the even is http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/transmission

Source: BBC 6 Music

NEW ORDER PROMOTION WEEK WITH ANA MATRONIC

New Order is doing a promotional week to promote their upcoming single Jetstream, and they are doing it with Ana Matronic, here is the list of what they will be doing: Wednesday 11th May VH1 interview. MTV News interview. TRL interview. Thursday 12th May 3.00pm XFM interview with Lauren Laverne. Friday 13th May 5.00pm Radio 1 phone interview with Pete Tong. Radio 1 New Order Documentary interview 7.30pm BBC1 Top of the Pops­ performance 10.35pm BBC1 Jonathan Ross Saturday 14th May 11.30am ITV1 CD:UK Sunday 15th May 9.25am C4 Popworld A performance and interview is being recorded on the Thursday before. They usually split them over 2 weeks, so one will be on this week and the other should be on the week after.

JETSTREAM RELEASE INFORMATION

New Order's new single 'Jetstream' is out on May 16th and features vocals from Ana Matronic. Available across three formats it features exclusive remixes from the likes of Jacques Lu Cont, Richard X, Arthur Baker and Tom Neville. As if that wasn't enough, the enhanced CD also features the video and U-Myx programme, letting you remix the track yourself. The best remix will win a 20GB iPod. Full format information is as follows: 12" Single Catalogue Number: NUOX14 A1 - Jetsteam (Jacques Lu Cont rmx) A2 - Jetstream (radio edit) B1 - Jetstream (Richard X remix) B2 - Jetstream (Tom Neville remix) To pre-order click here: HMV UK Maxi CD Single Catalogue Number: NUOCD14 1. Jetstream (radio edit) 2. Jetstream (Richard X remix edit) To pre-order click here: Amazon UK Enhanced CD Catalogue Number: NUCDP14 1. Jetstream (Jacques Lu Cont rmx/2nd) 2. Jetstream (Richard X remix) 3. Jetstream (Tom Neville remix) 4. Jetstream (Arthur Baker remix) 5. Jetstream (Ana Bridge vox) 6. Jetstream video/U-MYX To pre-order click here: Amazon UK Digital Downloads: Pete Heller remix and dub (available exclusively on iTunes) New Order's Bunker mix (available exclusively on Napster) Tom Neville dub 9 (available exclusively on OD2) To watch the video click here: Windows Media Player - High Quality Windows Media Player - Low Quality Real Player - High Quality Real Player - Low Quality

Source: Warner Music UK

NEW ORDER ON FRIDAY WITH JONATHAN ROSS

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Fri 13 May, 10:35 pm - 11:35 pm 60mins Jonathan welcomes David Hasselhoff, Kelly Osbourne, and The League of Gentlemen for a cosy chat, and New Order perform their brand new single, Jetstream, featuring guest vocals from Ana Matronic.

Source: BBC 1

EXCLUSIVE PETER HOOK INTERVIEW AIRED TONIGHT

The Peter Hook interview will be aired Monday Night (May 9, 05) on WLUW 88.7fm in Chicago between 10pm and 12am CST. You can also listen on-line via www.wluw.org The interview will be available on neworderonline later this week and eventually will be transcribed by someone who is not lazy. Hope you all get to tune in Have a good Monday! Kamar DESTINATION UNKNOWN WLUW 88.7fm CHICAGO Mondays 10pm-12am New Wave, Synth-pop, Industrial, stuff WLUW.org to listen on-line www.retroforward.com/djkamar (on-line chat during the show)

Source: WLUW

REVIEW OF NEW ORDER, OAKLAND 29APRIL05

Veteran UK alternative band New Order visited Oakland's Henry J Kaiser Arena last Friday in support of their latest album, "Waiting For The Siren's Call". Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris have been performing as New Order since 1980. The original lead singer of their previous band commited suicide on May 18th of that year. From late 1978 to early 1980, that band, Joy Division, and it's legendary lead singer and songwriter Ian Curtis developed an intense underground following for it's deceptively uplifting lyrics and musical approach. The deceptiveness was in the way that at first glance the music and words seemed gloomy; as grayed in industrial bleakness as the Manchester, England area where the four band members were from. But in reality, Curtis' painfully honest reportage of isolated despair served as a communal catharsis. Joy Division's was a new kind of post punk music, stripped down to minor key guitar rhythm, moaning bass melody, and a spare drum line that, all together, sounded as majesty from on high. A black-winged rescue that was desperately needed to carry fragile sensitivies away from the angry noise of loneliness to the calm trustworthy din of aloneness. As effectively empathetic as Curtis was, he must have required a sensitvity that had to have been dangerous to live with. When it became time to open up all over again to a new continent of people, Curtis' could not continue. At the dawn of Joy Division's first tour of the states, Curtis hanged himself, leaving bassist Hook, guitarist Sumner, and drummer Morris to carry on. They changed the band name to New Order and added Morris' girlfriend Gillian Gilbert. 25 years hence they have gone from reluctant innovative cult heroes, to reluctant icons of cross cultural dancefloor music, to old blokes at last comfortable in their reluctant shoes. Ian Curtis actually had a great sense of humor and would have loved to have been around to have a laugh at what his punk mates have turned into: A world famous dance band filling arenas from time to time with bright catchy techno standards. New Order has always continued to bounce off the edge of innovation from time to time, but these days there's more bounce than edge. Remnants of the formula remains; bassist Hook still carries the melody, now with the faithful wailing of a happy old dog. Barney Sumner can still be counted on for his rhythm guitar lines, less stinging than finger wagging but still adept as a counter -melodic compliment to Hook. And if you saw the movie about the story of the bands first record label, "24-Hour Party People", you know what is meant mean by Morris still happily giving the impression that he is drumming on the roof of the recording studio until someones runs up to tell him to stop, that the rest of band has gone home.

EXCLUSIVE ARAGON AND HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOMS PICTURES

New Order's management gave us the right to take pictures at the last concerts New Order did, the full set of the New York and Chicago concerts have been posted. In order to view them, simply visit the concert's page by clicking on the following link: Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City (USA) Aragon Ballroom, Chicago (USA)

New Order's Exclusive Italian Date

After the success of the first edition, Turin will be again protagonist of an event unique for its features and totally free, which means to place the city at the centre of the contemporary youth culture: Traffic Turin Free Festival, from Wednesday June 29 to Saturday July 2 (for info to the general audience: 800015475 - http://www.trafficfestival.com). Amongst the exclusive events in the bill there is a day dedicated to the musical scene of Manchester which will peak with the concert by New Order, Saturday July 2 on the stage at Parco Della Pellerina. A feature of Traffic Turin Free Festival is to twin the city each year with another city after social, economic and cultural reasons. In the first edition Detroit was chosen, as Turin an industrial city transforming also through its vital music scene. The same can be said for Manchester, where music has had an essential role in its postindustrial growth. The idea is to represent whithin a day the crucial period began at the end of the Seventies, straight after punk (Joy Division, from which came New Order, invited to play live on the festival main stage on Saturday July 2, only Italian date of the current world tour) through the scene at the end of the Eighties called Madchester (represented by techno pioneers 808 State, by former Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder and Hacienda DJs Mike Pickering and Graeme Parks, all present in the day in different performances). Protagonist and witness of the entire story, and as such invited to be the master of ceremony, is Tony Wilson, founder of Factory Records and the Hacienda. A charachter of which the story has been told by Michael Winterbottom in the movie 24 Hour Party People, which will be premiered in a national preview in the afternoon of July 2 at The Cinema Museum.

Source: Traffic Festival

WAITING FOR THE SIRENS' CALL DEBUTS IN 46TH PLACE

New Order's latest opus, Waiting For The Sirens' Call debuted in 46th place of Billboard's Hot 200. You can buy Waiting For The Sirens' Call from: Amazon US: [url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007WFYD4/neworderonlin-20/104-5696119-1270334?%5Fencoding=UTF8&camp=1789&link%5Fcode=xm2US CD Edition | UK CD Edition You can also order Krafty, the US single from Amazon US, it's out May 3rd. Amazon Canada: UK CD Edition Or buy the UK edition at: Amazon UK: CD Edition | Vinyl Edition Amazon France: CD Edition iTunes: Digital Download

Source: Billboard

Peter Hook at Mod Club Toronto

In order to celebrate their eighth studio album, Waiting for the Siren's Call, New Order are playing an extensive American tour... of four dates. The list of shows must make for the sparsest back of a t-shirt ever. It's been 12 years since they played Toronto, and the drought continues, but bassist-turned-DJ Peter Hook is flying in with a stack of CDs ("Too bloody 'eavy, them vinyls," he says) to help tide parched fans over at the Mod Club Theatre (722 College) for the Return to New York party May 6. On the phone from Oakland, just before kicking off his band's first gig in three years, the voluble Hooky took some time out to expand on his new hobby. "I like the edginess of it," he says of DJing, "that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Reading the crowd -- sometimes it's very, very lonely up there because you've not got your guitar to hide behind. Fucking hell, it does get a bit traumatic."

Source: Eye

New Order crackles with energy

When New Order finished playing "Transmission" -- a quirky song by New Order's doomed, post-punk predecessor, Joy Division -- singer Bernard Sumner hissed and said, "Enough of that rock s---! We want you to start dancing!" And, true to the band's hits-heavy set, they launched into "True Faith" as if it were a brand-new nightclub sensation.

Source: Chicago Sun-Times