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NEW ORDER WARM-UP GIG WITH THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS ON APRIL 29TH

New Order will be doing a warm-up concert in Oakland, California at the Henry J. Kaiser Arena on April 29th, 2005. The Henry J. Kaiser is a venue that can receive 5000 to 7000 people depending on the setup. This is the first non-festival US date confirmed by New Order (actually this is confirmed by the Chemical Brothers website), dates are expected to be included for Chicago and New York City soon.

Source: Chemical Brothers Website

NEW ORDER PLEDGES NORTH AMERICAN SHOWS

According to Billboard, New Order bassist Peter Hook says the pioneering rock act plans to play "as many shows as we can" in North America this year, in lieu of the limited appearances the band made here in support of its 2001 album, "Get Ready." As previously reported, New Order will on April 12 release its latest Warner Bros. set, "Waiting for the Sirens' Call." "We felt very guilty for not coming to America last time," Hook tells Billboard.com. "We only did Moby's , which was before the album came out. That left us feeling quite annoyed with ourselves, because we realized how important our support in America has been to us. We wanted to make sure this time that the first thing we do is come over here. We're doing Coachella and then we'll do some dates in Chicago and New York." Hook says the band has already begun rehearsing material from the new album, as well as a host of extra tracks that did not make the final cut. He also reveals that New Order may revive a host of back catalog gems for the first time in ages, but that the time constraints of a typical festival set are making decisions tough. "We've all been listening to the older stuff and realizing that we'd love to play songs like 'This Time of Night,' 'Leave Me Alone,' 'The Village,' 'Thieves Like Us' and 'Perfect Kiss,'" he says. "But god knows how we're going to do that. I honestly can't figure it out, because with festivals, you only get to play for an hour usually." Although not all of the dates are confirmed, New Order is expected to appear at such summer U.K. festivals as Glastonbury, Oxegen and T in the Park.

Source: Billboard

NEW ORDER TO PLAY OXEGEN

New Order will play this summer's Oxegen festival and there is a strong possibility that Queens Of The Stone Age and the Cocteau Twins will also be added to the bill.

Source: HotPress

NEW ORDER SWEDEN ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY ON MARCH 1ST

GOING UNDERGROUND proudly presents 'an evening with NEW order. Tuesday MARCH 1st 2005 at MONDO, Medborgarplatsen where STEPON will be support djs to the one and only NEW order. The band will be having a release party for their new album WAITING FOR THE SIREN's CALL and will be DJing themselves in person on the night. A fantastic night it'll be. Tickets are 60kr, the doors open at 9pm and close at 2pm. Look out for the poster on town and don't miss this one....

Source: Going Underground

WAITING FOR THE SIRENS' CALL JAPANESE BONUS TRACK REVEALED

Warner Music Japan has posted a press release today revealing the bonus track on the upcoming New Order album Waiting For The Sirens' Call, which will be released on March 24th in Japan. Historic moment for New Order, it will be the first time Bernard Sumner sings in another language than English on record. The bonus track will be a japanese version of the first single, Krafty. The lyrics will be written by japanese band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. There will also be 2 other bonus tracks on the japanese edition, 2 remixes of Krafty, the Glimmers 12" Extended Remix and the Phones Reality Remix.

Source: Warner Music Japan

NEW ORDER CONFIRMED FOR T IN THE PARK

ROCK legends New Order are to play at this summer's T in the Park. The Manchester band's performance was the highlight of the Shockwaves NME awards bash last week. Scots are to be among the first to see the group back in action. Despite this summer's T in the Park festival selling out in record time, the latest big name act on the bill is down to festival boss Geoff Ellis's determination to provide the best ever line-up in the event's 12-year history. He admitted he is close to signing the deal with New Order to play the festival in July. 'It's true I'm in talks with a number of bands for this summer's bill and we're very close to completing a deal to bring New Order to T in the Park for the first time,' said Geoff.

Source: Daily Record

NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS CD CONTAINS NEW ORDER MATERIAL

In this week's New Musical Express, you will find a CD containing a song from all the nominees of the NME Awards. The track is I Told You So, which will only be available on the album on March 28th.

Source: New Musical Express

NEW ORDER CONFIRMED FOR HURRICANE & SOUTHSIDE FESTIVALS (GERMANY)

New Order has been confirmed today for the Hurricane Festival and the Southside Festival which will be from June 10th to June 12th 2005. Other listed bands are Audioslave, Beatsteaks, Boysetsfire, Die Ärzte, Kettcar, La Vela Puerca, Madsen, Millencolin, Moneybrother, Nine Inch Nails, Oasis, Phoenix, Queens of the Stone Age, Rammstein, SKA-P System of a Down, Wir Sind Helden.

Source: Hurricane Festival

New Order confirmed for Primavera Festival in Spain

New Order has been oficially confirmed to be part of the Primavera Festival in Spain, which will be the last week of May, the 26th, 27th and 28th. Don't know yet which day New Order will be playing. Some of the other bands playing will be Gang of Four, Iggy and the Stooges, Sonic Youth, the Human League and Tortoise.

Source: Primavera Festival

New Order: New Wave

In 1974, teenage Salford scooter-boys Peter Hook and Bernard Dicken - who would later change his surname first to Albrecht, and finally to Sumner - went to see Deep Purple play at the Manchester Free Trade Hall. There's something rather unlikely about the idea of a pair of suedeheads ("We weren't thugs or anything; we didn't go around beating people up," Sumner insists, before embarking on a lengthy anecdote about a fellow Lambretta enthusiast called Lance, who was later sent to prison for stealing a double-decker bus) going to a heavy rock concert. Though they didn't know it then, it would be just such apparent contradictions that would sustain them through a career which incorporates as fine a balance of tragedy and fun as any other in the rock'n'roll pantheon.

Source: The Independent

NEW ORDER WIN NME GODLIKE GENIUS

NEW ORDER have been crowned GODLIKE GENIUSES at this year’s SHOCKWAVES NME AWARDS. Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris were present to collect their award which not only celebrates their own constantly innovative and exciting approach to music, but also the influence the Manchester band have had on acts across the musical spectrum. Formed in 1976 as Warsaw, with original singer Ian Curtis the band quickly became Joy Division, and though their recorded output was extremely limited their brutal and challenging post punk left a distinctive and lasting impression. Evolving into New Order after Curtis’ suicide in 1980, the band were pioneers and delivered a series of anthems including ’Blue Monday’, ’Truth Faith’ and ’Ceremony’ that have being embraced as lasting classics in both the dance and rock circles, with bands including Franz Ferdinand, Chemical Brothers, Interpol, The Killers and The Bravery citing them as an important influence. Accepting their God Like Genius award singer Bernard Sumner said: "I'd like to thank the rest of the band for putting up with my ego." Bassist Peter Hook also thanked the late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. Sumner added: "Thank you everyone and we are honoured to get this award. I'd like to thank NME - the NME helped us out when we were just starting out and twenty years old." New Order then took to the stage to play a four song live set which featured ‘Crystal' (dedicated to The Killers), new single 'Krafty', 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' and ’Blue Monday'.

Source: NME Awards

END OF THE OLD ORDER

NEW ORDER have revealed that they "burnt out" following 1993’s ’REPUBLIC’ album, explaining their more relaxed workrate over the past decade. The band have released just one album - ’Get Ready’ in 2001 - in the past ten years, and have said that a career-spanning gruelling touring schedule left the group feeling the strain. Singer Bernard Sumner said: "From the days of Joy Division to the ’Republic’ album, we'd just been touring, and we got burnt out, really."

Source: New Musical Express

Preview 4 tracks from Waiting The Sirens' Call introduced by New Order

You can now preview 4 tracks of the upcoming New Order album Waiting For The Sirens' Call on the BBC website: BBC Radio 1 - One World Website The 4 tracks are: Working Overtime, Krafty, I Told You So and Jetstream.

Source: BBC Radio 1

WATCH THE KRAFTY VIDEO NOW

The video is now online, you can view it there: http://www.animero.com/warner/neworder/cdon/neworder.html

Source: Warner Music Sweden

NewOrderOnline welcomed its 3,000,000th visitor

The visitor is from St-Louis, Missouri, USA. Unfortunatly he/she's not a registered member. Feel free to contact us if you are from this area and logged on February 11th.

KRAFTY VIDEO RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 14TH 2005

The brand new Krafty video will be released on February 14th 2005. The video is directed by swedish director Johan Renck aka Stakka, who directed the 2001 video Crystal. According to Warner Sweden, the video will be available on the website Music Brigade next monday. Release date for Waiting For The Sirens Call in Sweden is March 30th, Krafty will be released on March 7th.

Source: Warner Music Sweden

KRAFTY SINGLE TRACKLISTING REVEALED

The upcoming New Order single Krafty, due out March 7th in the UK, will have the following tracklisting: 1. Glimmers Extended 2. Phones Reality 3. Andy Green Remix 4. Album Version (re-edit) 5. Video

Source: Warner Music Germany

WAITING FOR THE SIRENS' CALL ARTWORK REVEALED

According to the german site of Warner Music, here is the cover of New Order's upcoming album, Waiting For The Sirens' Call. The album will be released on March 28th in Europe, April 12th in the USA.

Source: Warner Music Germany

New Order Tracks Go To The Vault

Of the 18 tracks for New Order's 'Waiting for the Sirens', seven will go into the vault for future use. "We usually do just enough for an album, ten songs and it's done. The seven tracks left off 'Sirens'' are so strong that they are likely to form the basis of a future LP" says Bernard Sumner. The title track is wistful and sublime, considered by the band to be one of the best tracks they've ever made. Then there's the perfect pop of "Jetstream" (Bernard's vocals augmented by Scissor Sister Ana Matronic); the wry, hilarious regret of "Morning Night And Day," "I Told You So"'s reckless ragga lope; the Iggy stomper "Working Overtime," and the anthemic, tuneful "Hey Now What You Doing." "Waiting For The Sirens' Call" is the diverse, devastating, delicious sound of a great band at its peak. The album features multiple producers including Stephen Street (Blur, The Smiths), John Leckie (Pink Floyd, Stone Roses), Stuart Price (Madonna) and New Order themselves. Their follow-up to 2001's 'Get Ready' will be released on April 12.

Source: Australia's Undercover

Eavis confirms Kylie, White Stripes and New Order for Glastonbury 2005

Michael Eavis has confirmed that Kylie Minogue, the White Stripes and New Order will all play at this year's Glastonbury Festival. There had been much speculation that the Australian pop princess would be appearing at this year's festival, but Michael Eavis has now let slip that it's more than just a rumour! In an interview with a reporter from the Wells Journal, the Glastonbury guru said Kylie will play the final slot on the Pyramid Stage on Sunday night. He also confirmed that the White Stripes and New Order will be playing. "Those people who might come along on Sunday to see Kylie Minogue might not enjoy New Order or the White Stripes, so we have something for everyone," he told the Journal.

Source: BBC

New Order "Waiting For The Sirens' Call" to Be Released April 12, 2005 in USA; Band Set to Perform at Coachella 2005

Late breaking news! New Order have confirmed their appearance as co-headliners at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival on May 1, 2005, at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Ca. Please note that "Waiting For The Sirens' Call" has a new release date of April 12, 2005, on Warner Bros. Records. After the planet-shagging success of 2001's "Get Ready" and 2002's 'this-is-how-you-do-it' four CD boxset "Retro," Manchester's finest ever band, New Order, return with their new, hotly anticipated album, "Waiting For The Sirens' Call." Showcasing New Order's unique ability to both shake the dancefloor and rock the hardest, "Sirens'" is that rare thing: an album for everyone. It features eleven songs with influences as diverse as electro, rock, dancehall and punk, all bound together by New Order's cool romance, diamond-hard modernity and wild, unparalleled musicality.

Source: Warner

The new New Order talk

They're almost rock pensioners but New Order have gone back to basics for their new album. New Order are the band that just won't go away. When Ian Curtis took his own life and Joy Division fell apart they re-emerged as New Order and, through thick and thin, have been around ever since. Now they're back on the scene with a new single (Krafty) and upcoming album (Waiting For the Siren's Call). But can they ever top World in Motion? Or Blue Monday? The Beat's Dean Jackson, from BBC Radio Nottingham, has been talking to Peter Hook and Stephen Morris. During the interview they discuss:- The "new" New Order Creativity overload New CD "Waiting For the Siren's Call" The jolly New Order New band member Phil Cunningham The mystique of the band The Blue Monday phenomenon http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/realmedia/2005/02/new_order.ram

Source: BBC

T In The Park festival trying to get New Order

T in the Park boss Geoff Ellis is currently also in talks with bands Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol, Feeder, Kasabian and The Chemical Brothers among others. He hopes to persuade New Order to make a special visit north of the border for the festival, too. Also tipped to play are 1980s trio The Cocteau Twins.

Source: Daily Record

Jacques Lu Cont (Stewart Price) talks about New Order

Some quotes from an article on Jacques Lu Cont in the local paper this week: "He has Madonna on his speed dial and a day job in her band, and New Order liked his take on their trademark sound so much they hired him to work on their new album. Yes, life is good when you are Jacques Lu Cont. Born in Paris but bearing the far less glamorous name of Stuart Price, he moved to Britain and spent the 1990s reliving his love of the 80's, in particular Human League and New Order. He signed to dance label Wall of Sound in 1994 when he was only 17 as frontman of Les Rythmes Digitales... Price has just found himself some more high-profile friends: New Order. They heard the very New Order-esque Jacques Lu Cont remix of Gwen Stefani's What you waiting for when Stefani played it to them while New Order's Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook were working on her album. Price admits he was going for 'something more like Stevie Nicks' Stand Back' but it turned into a New Order vibe. Sumner was impressed and flattered. He rang me and said: We're finishing the New Order album and there are a couple of songs we want you to work on, so I ended up producing two tracks, Price says. One track is fairly similar in style to the Gwen mix, except it has Bernard on vocals. The other is like a great New Order pop record, like True Faith or Regret, and I got Ana Matronic from the Scissor Sisters to do vocals and it's ended up almost a duet between her and Bernard. Price says working with his heroes, New Order, was eye-opening. I realised that in basically every song I've ever written I've ripped off Bernard Sumner in every single way possible when it comes to vocal melodies. We'd go over vocal parts and I'd think, Er, that's exactly what I would have done here. All those early New Order singles like Temptation through to True Faith, as a 15 year old kid, they had such a massive impact on me without me even realising it. But Price is uninspired by the current trend to revisit the 80s.

Source: Melbourne Herald Sun

"You will become bitter enemies"

Formed in 1980 by the remaining members of Joy Division after singer Ian Curtis committed suicide, Manchester's New Order have been a chart presence ever since. Blue Monday, from 1983, is the biggest-selling 12" single of all time. Their electronics, guitars, heart and soul have also made them one of the most influential bands of all time. From Kylie to Bloc Party to the Others, most of this year's pop carries New Order's musical DNA. London-based Bloc Party have been tipped as "this year's Franz Ferdinand", having already graced the cover of NME. Their past two singles - Little Thoughts and Helicopter - have gone Top 40. New release So Here They Are should finally transform them from hip contenders to household names.

Source: The Guardian