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Peter Hook: An Evening Of Unknown Pleasures

Peter Hook - legendary bass-slinger with two of the most influential bands in British pop music history, Joy Division and New Order – has always been out there on his own somehow, as an artist, an icon and as the architect of his own oblivion. Having recently reinvented himself as a respected DJ, author and raconteur, Hooky tours intimate UK theatres this April / early May with Howard Marks in a conversational, musical and audience based show that sees the duo open up about their rock and roll shenanigans and pasts. Clutching some cherished memories and rock memorabilia, the celebrated musician, scribe and mouthpiece will be fessing up, pouring forth and telling all to Howard Marks, including the tragi-comic tale of the Manchester nightclub, The Hacienda, and the two seminal groups that paid for it. Hooky will also be playing various bass numbers, be open to a Q&A with audience members and plans to bring along unseen footage of Joy Division, New Order, The Hacienda, various out-takes from Michael Winterbottom’s 24 Hour Party People. Peter Hook Unknown Pleasures Tour with Compere Howard Marks Sun 11 Apr '10 - Birmingham Glee Club Mon 12 Apr '10 - Bolton Albert Hall Tue 13 Apr '10 - Worcester Huntingdon Hall Thu 15 Apr '10 - Milton Keynes Stables Sun 18 Apr '10 - Middlesbrough Town Hall Tue 20 Apr '10 - Gateshead The Sage Wed 21 Apr '10 - Durham Gala Thu 22 Apr '10 - Burnley Mechanics Sun 25 Apr '10 - Cardiff Glee Club Mon 26 Apr '10 - Oxford Academy Tue 27 Apr '10 - Wakefield Theatre Royal Wed 28 Apr '10 - Gloucester Guild Hall Thu 29 Apr '10 - Derby Assembly Rooms Fri 30 Apr '10 - Norwich UEA Sat 1 May '10 - Salford The Lowry Sun 2 May '10 - Hull Truck Theatre

The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club Limited Edition

Foruli Publications, publishers of fine limited edition books, are delighted to announce the signed limited edition of the bestselling memoir ‘The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club' by Peter Hook, bass player in legendary bands Joy Division and New Order and co-owner of the (in)famous Hacienda Club in Manchester. The book will include previously unpublished chapters, an exclusive vinyl record, photographs of rare memorabilia and more. Two versions will be published – a Regular Edition of 400 copies and a Deluxe Edition of 100 copies. All copies will be signed by Hooky. Advance details can be seen at www.foruli.co.uk, and more information will be released very soon. In the meantime copies can be reserved by emailing sales@foruli.co.uk or via amazon.

Bad Lieutenant 2nd Single Announced

Bad Lieutenant will be releasing “Twist Of Fate” as its second single on March 22nd (March 23rd in the US).

Bad Lieutenant US Dates

“As promised we are coming to the U.S. to play our re-scheduled dates in Chicago and New York with the addition of the Coachella Festival and a concert in San Francisco. We are really looking forward to playing our songs live for our fans in the U.S. It’s been some quite time since I have played in America, and we are all very excited about the prospect.” -Bernard Sumner Friday, April 16th – Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA Saturday, April 17th – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Indio, CA Monday, April 19th – Park West, Chicago, IL Wednesday, April 21st – Webster Hall, New York, NY

Source: Bad Lieutenant

White Lies - Two Exclusive Shows For Fans

Redeveloped, recrafted and entirely redesigned for the start of a new decade, Factory Records infamous central Manchester offices took charge of its second weekend to host two highly anticipated and exclusive shows by White Lies, playing for an audience of their fans and The Factory’s newly formed crowd in the club’s intimate performance area. The first show took place last night (Saturday) after thousands of people had applied for tickets from www.factorymanchester.com while the band took time out of their current European tour to play these two shows - the only White Lies UK headline shows scheduled for 2010.

New Order's Peter Hook opens FAC251 with an all-star gig

Peter Hook opened FAC251 last night (February 6) with his band The Light, and you can see fan footage of the show by scrolling down. Showcasing New Order, Joy Division, Monaco and Freebass tracks, Hook was joined onstage by Primal Scream and former Stone Roses bassist Mani, Howard Marks, Gary Briggs, Rowetta and his son Jack for a 17-song set. Opening with the first live airing of the Freebass songs 'Dark Starr' and 'You Don't Know', the newly refurbished former Factory Records office was crammed to the hilt, with seemingly all of Manchester coming out to sample a slice of its own musical history.

Source: NME

FAC 251 The Factory - Opening Weekend 5th & 6th / White Lies Sat 13th February / Twisted Wheel Friday 26th February / Clubs Night Agenda

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL TICKETS FOR THESE EVENTS GO ON SALE AT 12 NOON FRIDAY 29TH JANUARY FROM www.factorymanchester.com. Here with the full details and ticket arrangements for the opening weekend and first gigs to be announced at FAC 251 The Factory. Peter Hook’s The Light play the opening night on Friday 5th February playing a selection of New Order, Joy Division, Monaco, Revenge, and also the debut performance of Freebass material along with guests Howard Marks, Rowetta and Mani (Stone Roses / Primal Scream).

Fac 251 – “The Factory”

Redeveloped, re-crafted and entirely redesigned for the start of a new decade, Factory Records infamous central Manchester offices reopen as a nightclub, FAC 251 “The Factory,” on 5th February 2010, mixing live bands, indie and dance influences across three different floors for Manchester’s and the UK’s gig and club goers. A joint venture between New Order and Joy Division’s Peter Hook and established club operators Tokyo Industries (14 venues across the UK including the award winning Digital in Newcastle and Brighton and the Tokyo Mansion Party venues, Tokyo Industries managing director Aaron Mellor is a long time Factory Records aficionado, having begun his club career on the Haçienda dance floor and later DJ’ing at Stonelove at the Haçienda in the mid-nineties. Original Factory architect Ben Kelly has completely recast the building to suit its new purpose as a venue which draws on the legacy of the past but updates the original Factory ethos for contemporary bands, promoters, DJ’s and of course - the people.

Power, Corruption and Lies Stamp

After the success of 2009’s British Design Classics, 2010 opens with a look at the classic art of the album cover. For decades the album sleeve has been the canvas for some of the most imaginative graphic artists in the world. This stamp issue salutes this unique art form and celebrates some of the greatest examples, used by UK artists. This band of designers and photographers have not only reflected the visual styles of many musical cultures, but have also defined and created them, too. The stamp issue explores some of the most potent graphic images of modern times, many of which have provided a visual soundtrack to people’s lives. Many of the most significant graphic designers of the last 40 years are represented by this selection of ten iconic album covers.

Source: Norvic Philatelics

A message from Bernard Sumner

"On behalf of the band and management I would like to apologize to all our fans who have been inconvenienced in any way by the cancellation of our US gigs. The band are very upset and surprised by this, as the fans obviously are. I am informed that this was caused by administrative problems with our visa application and at this late stage nothing can be done. We are trying our hardest to reschedule the gigs for spring next year and to add extra shows in the USA." Bernard Sumner.

Source: Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant cancel US tours due to visa issues

From Badlieutenant.net: "It is with frustration and regret that Bad Lieutenant reluctantly announces the cancellation of the band’s four U.S. dates set to commence next week. The more stringent immigration laws and changing visa parameters resulted in an inability to process the necessary paperwork. “We were all so very excited about coming to the States to play our new music for our American fans,” said Bad Lieutenant’s Bernard Sumner, “and are extremely disappointed that on this occasion, we won’t have the opportunity to do so. We plan to reschedule the Chicago and New York shows along with some additional U.S. dates in Spring 2010. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you.” The four Bad Lieutenant dates that have been cancelled are: November 18 – Park West (headline), Chicago, IL November 19 – supporting the Pixies in Chicago, IL November 21 – Webster Hall (headline), New York, NY November 23 – supporting the Pixies in New York, NY The concerts were in support of Never Cry Another Tear, Bad Lieutenant’s debut release which arrived in stories on Tuesday, November 10. The band features New Order/Joy Division’s Sumner, newcomer Jake Evans on vocals and guitars as well as guitarist Phil Cunningham and drummer Stephen Morris, musicians who helped make the legendary New Order a multi-Platinum-selling band and one of the most influential forces over the past three decades in the alt/rock/dance genres. Bad Lieutenant’s Spring 2010 dates will be announced soon."

Source: Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant to support Pet Shop Boys

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

Bad Lieutenant Gig Reviews

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 LAUNCHES ONLINE STORE, ANNOUNCES LIMITED EDITION BOX SET

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.

Exclusive Intewview with Peter Hook

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.

New Order’s Sumner Talks Birth of Bad Lieutenant, Plans for U.S. Gigs

Two years ago New Order bassist Peter Hook quit the group and made it clear he wanted the band name retired. “You are no more New Order than I am!” he wrote in an infamous MySpace screed. “You may have two-thirds, but don’t assume you have the rights to do anything ‘New Order-ey,’ because you don’t.” The remaining members (Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and New Order touring guitarist Phil Cunningham) took his advice, and re-dubbed themselves Bad Lieutenant. Their debut album Never Cry Another Tear is out October 13th. “The last New Order project was hard work,” Sumner says. “This was a happier atmosphere.” Sumner got the idea for the group’s name at Johnny Marr’s house. “I walked in and he was watching the scene in the movie Bad Lieutenant where Harvey Kietel is shooting the radio,” Sumner says. “I said, ‘What the fuck is this film?’ It was so gross and over the top.”

Source: Rolling stones

Get Never Cry Another Tear for $2.99 today

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

Never Cry Another Tear: The NOOL Review

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.

Watch the Sink or Swim video

The new video for Bad Lieutenant's first single Sink or Swim is now available. Click on "more" below to see the video.

FAC51 - THE HAÇIENDA

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.

Freebass releasing an EP soon

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.

The Hacienda: How Not To Run A Club - REVIEW

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

Never Cry Another Tear Available

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"

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.

Listen to Sink and Swim by Bad Lientenant

The song is now available on the official myspace page of the group. http://www.myspace.com/badlieutenantmusic Enjoy!