New Order Information Service, rebuilt for now.

Added over 100 new compilations

The discography is filling pretty quickly, over 100 new compilations have been added since the last few days.

Added 2 NewOrderStories & reformatted another one

Please take the time to read the new stories!

Added over 100 new pictures to the site

Sleeves, band pictures & everything. Enjoy!

New Order back on tour on summer 2003?

Peter Hook gave an interview to the Metro free paper where he's talking about Retro and the Haçienda. Hooky is also talking about the new album and that he hopes the album will be done this summer and they can tour, all he needs to do is to convince Bernard Sumner. Go ahead to read the full interview.

Source: Metro

NewOrderStory for Christmas

You are always welcomed to submit your New Order related stories at NewOrderOnline.com, and we are pleased to publish them. We have received one from Hugh ShugZV Sludden which recapitulates all the influence New Order had on his life and how he met a lot of people through NewOrderOnline. If you wish to read this little epic story, follow the link and it will take you to his story. For those who are not aware, ShugZV is NewOrderOnline's top poster for the year 2002. <a href="http://www.neworderonline.com/literature/stories/story002.asp">TOUCHED - FROM SAFETY TO WHERE ?</a>... Happy holidays from everyone at NewOrderOnline.com! 2003 will be a very promising year NewOrderWise...

Source: NewOrderStories at NewOrderOnline.com

Morning Star Review of Retro

THE seminal Joy Division came to an abrupt end in 1980 with the suicide of their charismatic singer and lyricist Ian Curtis. With the addition of keyboard player Gillian Gilbert, the remaining members reconvened as New Order and, to date, only the careers of Pink Floyd and the Manic Street Preachers can compare with their ability to increase their success and influence, despite the loss of such a pivotal member of the group.

Source: Morning Star

Win a New Order signed guitar

Rhino has just launched a contest for an autographed New Order guitar at the same page. Unfortunately the contest is only open to US residents. The guitar, a Fender Stratocaster, is signed by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Steven Morris. The link to do so is posted on Rhino's New Order Page at http://www.rhino.com/artists/neworder/

Source: Rhino's New Order Page

How to order the US limited edition of Retro and get 10% off

Rhino has just started to pre-sell the Retro box set on their web site at a 10% discount with the 5th bonus disc that's also available as a limited edition in the UK. http://www.rhino.com/artists/neworder/ It's in stores in the US on January 7, 2003. Sales are only open to US residents.

Source: Rhino's New Order Page

Retro postponed (again) in Canada

New release date is set to January 14th 2003. The Finsbury Park DVD (5 11) was also postponed to that date a few days ago.

Source: HMV Canada

US edition of International with contain a free DVD

A limited number of the US edition of Internation will convain a free DVD that will contain the videos of: True Faith The Perfect Kiss Blue Monday (Live at Finsbury Park Festival 2002)

Source: World In Motion

View New Order's Micro Site on TOTP2's website

The website contains 30 seconds video clips of New Order's appearences through the years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/artists/n/new_order/index.shtml

Source: New Order TOTP2 Micro Site

3 16 will be released in the US

According to a Rhino sales representant, the 3 16 DVD will be released in the US in mid-January 2003. The member who asked this rep made sure he wasn't talking about the 5 11 DVD, but we still don't have an official confirmation.

New External Link Section, updated with 50+ links

The external link section has been redesigned and refreshed. There is now more than 50 links New Order & Joy Division related. If you want to submit a site, send us an email, if you are a webmaster of one of those sites, let us know and give us a more proper description.

Temptation chosen best New Order track ever by NewOrderOnline members

The poll is now closed. 206 members of this site have voted and 56 of them think Temptation is the best song New Order have written. The Perfect Kiss came second, very close with 52 votes. True Faith, Ceremony and Bizarre Love Triangle finished third, fourth and fifth. Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote!

Dotmusic's review of Retro

New Order chose a succinctly foretelling name in the aftermath of Ian Curtis's suicide. It speaks of a group intent on putting their glorious but infernally doomed past behind them. A group who would engineer a pioneering musical vision and, interestingly, write the first decent football song. 'Retro' - in theory - bids to reflect the resurrection of a group of gloomy, post-punk torch-bearers, who became a revolutionary pop group and ultimately infiltrated and shaped modern music in a more consuming fashion than even Joy Division could consider.

Source: DotMusic

Retro is album of the week in the Scottish Paper "The Daily Record" (4 stars out of 5)

The pioneers of British Electronic Rock would never be so predictable as to release a standard greatest hits at christmas time. Instead, they've conjured up a brilliant 4 CD box set which is a must have for any self respecting New Order devotee. Each disc has been specially compiled by a host of special guests, and the result is a kaleidoscopic celebration of Britains finest. CD One (The Hits) is picked by the writer Miranda Sawyer, who opts for such classics as True Faith, Bizarre Love Triangle and the ground breaking Blue Monday. Journalist John McCready celebrates the New Order sounds of The Early Years with the likes of Elegia, All Day Long and Your Silent Face. The third CD features remixes by Hacienda DJ Mike Pickering, while CD four has been hand picked by the band and includes New Order live gems.

Source: The Daily Record

New Order back in studio

New Order are back in studio now that the promotional work for Retro is done. A source close to the band confirmed to NewOrderOnline that they are continuing to work on material for their next album at Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert's farm in Macclesfield.

US version of Retro will have the 5th bonus disc on its 3000 first copies

The US domestic release of Retro (Rhino, January 7th 2003) will have the same bonus disc as the UK release. It's been limited to the first 3000 copies, so we suggest you pre-order it to reserve your copy. For a full tracklisting, check the discography.

Source: World In Motion

Xfm Online free Xmas Give away includes New Order 'Retro' A signed 4CD box set.

XFM are having a Christmas give away of CD's, DVD's and much more. Some of which are New Order Retro signed 4CD box sets. Please see the link below: http://www.xfm.co.uk/webClient?guid=42876&site=xfm&rs=xfm

Source: XFM

511 DVD released in France

The 5 11 DVD (Finsbury Park concert) was released in France. The sleeve is the one we with Hooky on it.

Q Magazine offers you the chance to win a Retro autographes sleeve

Get a print of the Retro sleeve autographed by the band, plus the whole New Order back catalogue with Q4music’s competition.

Source: Q Magazine's Website

Retro review: you made the difference!

A review in The Observer today is claiming what most of the forum contributors thought. "Fans on a New Order website grumbled so much when the details of the box set were announced - not enough rarities, you see - that a fifth CD was hastily added, of harder-to-find material, such as the full version of 'Elegia'." So you can see that we did have a small part on the bonus disc you can get with Retro, and again thanks to Jonathan Scott for being the link with the band's management. (Remember that you can see Jonathan's work in the bonus features on the 511 Finsbury Park DVD). Go ahead to read the full review from Kitty Empire.

Source: The Observer

Collaborations discography now online!

Each New Order member that has participated into a solo or side project is now officially in the discography. The collaboration section us now splitted in 3 (albums/singles/compilations) and it features all the known collaborations from New Order members. Please submit any error or omission.

Experience Crystal by CyberSecrecy

This is a version of Crystal that surface before Get Ready, when this song was given away to a german label, MFS, many people are aware of the Corvin Dalek version, but NewOrderOnline has found another version, which is by CyberSecrecy, and it features exclusive lyrics that we are not sure the Corvin Dalek version had: The closer that I get to you The more you run away from me Just tell me what I've got to do You don't have to be afraid of me I want your love I need your love I want the things that others have Whenever you're here with me That's where I want to be This song is our Song of the Month in our audio archives, and can be found on a 12" Crystal from MFS/Berlin or on a trance compilation called Trance Extasy 2002.

Source: Trance Extasy 2002