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RETRO'S FINAL TRACKLISTING NOW CONFIRMED

We have been told by Mr. Jonathan Scott that New Order's management has confirmed the final tracklisting of "Retro", the four CD boxset which will be released in the United Kingdom on December 17th. The tracklisting is the same as the one we released earlier, but the CDs are now titled: DISK ONE: Pop DISK TWO: Fan DISK THREE: Club DISK FOUR: Live Click below for the full tracklisting.

Source: Digital Republic (Dry 201 Message Pub)

Love Will Tear Us Apart - NME's #1 single of all time

New Musical Express released its list of the 100 Greatest Singles of all time, and Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart is the #1 on that list. 1. Joy Division - 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' 2. Nirvana - 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' 3. The Sex Pistols - 'Anarchy In The UK' 4. The Rolling Stones - 'Paint It, Black' 5. David Bowie - ''Heroes'' 6. The Stone Roses - 'Fools Gold' 7. The Smiths - 'This Charming Man' 8. Oasis - 'Live Forever' 9. Massive Attack - 'Unfinished Sympathy' 10. The Clash - 'London Calling'

Source: New Musical Express

Temptation/Star Guitar about to be released in the US

For those in the US that didn't get a chance to pick up the Japanese CD with the live track "Temptation/Star Guitar" it is coming out in the US next Tuesday. 1. Star Guitar (Trisco LA Funk Dub) 2. HIA 3. Come With Us (H Foundation Remix) 4. Electronic Battle Weapon 6 5. Temptation/Star Guitar (Live from Brixton Academy) 6. Star Guitar video 7. The Test video

Source: Chemical Brothers Official Website

NEW ORDER GO 'RETRO'

New Order have confirmed details of their forthcoming box-set, which comprises four CDs and chronicles the band's seminal 20-year career. 'Retro' brings together studio, live recordings and remixes from the iconic Manchester electro-rock heroes and is released on December 17. The box will be followed by a single CD release, entitled 'International', in January, which will feature 14 tracks. There will also be an accompanying limited edition run of a second CD, although the content is as yet unknown.

Source: DotMusic

Retro promo now available

There are promotional copies of Retro available right now, if you feel like collecting CDR. The interesting thing is that it confirms the tracklisting, with all the proper times and everything.

Source: EBay

New pictures added to the site (Tours & Concerts section, T-Shirts & Clothing section).

Several new pictures were added to the Tours & Concerts section for the PC&L Tour and Low Life Tour (thanks to Pete Beaumont for his generous contributions). Also, pictures of the official 1989 USA Technique Tour t-shirt were added to the Technique Tour and to the T-Shirts & Clothing sections. If you have pictures of moments in New Order history and wish to share them, we always welcome your contributions.

International postponed to December 2nd in the UK

International, the latest "best of" album from New Order was supposed to be released today, November 11th. However, it has been postponed to December 2nd without any notice from the record company.

US version of International will be available in a limited edition 2 CD set

In the nick of time for the holiday season, iconic British synth-pop act New Order will next month release "Retro," a four-disc survey of its career, to be followed in January by "International," a single-disc collection of hits. The box is scheduled for a Dec. 17 release, while the hits set is due Jan. 28; both will be issued via Warner Bros. A limited number of copies will also include an additional five-song second disc, the content of which was unknown at deadline.

Source: Billboard (Barry A. Jeckell)

New book on Joy Division

Kevin Cummins is going to release a book featuring his Joy Division photographs. The limited edition may contain a photographic print and possibly a poster. The release date is March 6th, 2003 and Amazon.co.uk is already accepting pre-orders: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1903399823/ref=ase_joydivisionbo-21/026-7082595-3896430 Paperback - 192 pages (6 March, 2003) Vision On; ISBN: 1903399823

You can pre-order Retro for only £27.95

Opal is offering New Order fans the opportunity to pre-order Retro on £27.95, they state they are one of the cheapest. They also offer a special deal for Confusion 2002, which will be released next monday. The Finsbury Park DVD & VHS will also be available from them.

Source: Opal Music

24 Hour Party People will be released on video and DVD in North America

The DVD will be region 1 coded, and the release date is scheduled for January 21st 2003 at several places. The price is fixed around 20$ US. This will be a one disc edition with english, french, portuguese and spanish subtitles. Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Steve Coogan - Star 2. Tony Wilson - Subject, Andrew Eaton - Producer Featurettes (2) Text/Galleries: Stills/Photos

Release dates confirmed for Canada

Retro, the New Order box set, and the Finsbury Park DVD (in Region 1 NTSC) will be released in Canada on December 3rd 2002. There is no release planned for the DVD in the US, but the canadian version is the same. There is no plan to release a VHS copy of the Finsbury Park concert in Canada.

Source: Warner Music Canada

Double CD Limited Edition French released today

it's called "International (Best Of)", it's not called "The Greatest Hits". The first CD has the same tracklisting as the UK release, but the 2nd CD contains the following tracks. Second CD is : 1) Temptation 87 2) Lonesome Tonight 3) Fine Time (Mess Around Mix) 4) Round & Round (Extended Version) Mislabeled as Saunderson 12" mix 5) Let's Go (UK fade-out version from the Nineteen63 single / not the US best of one) Cat # : 5050466144522. The "Retro" box set will be available on November 26th in France, and will be priced 52 Euros.

Retro "Digipak" available soon?

According to the french MTV, a Digipak version of Retro will be available, and will contain 5 exclusive rare tracks from the Power, Corruption & Lies sessions. They also say that a 12" single will be available with two remixes, one from Kevin Saunderson and another from Arthur Baker. No further details are given. This information was released on October 21st, and we're looking for a confirmation.

Source: MTV France (Ivan Essindi)

Alternate artwork for the Finsbury Park DVD

HMV Canada lists a different cover for the Finsbury Park DVD, we don't know yet if this is the right one, or if it's only for the canadian release. We have another artwork available for the DVD.

Source: HMV

The NewOrderOnline forums now support polls!

You can now create polls in the threads in our forum system. Please beware, this is not finished and might have a problem, we need your help to beta test it!

Blue Monday at Finsbury Park 2002 is our new song of the month

You can listen to Blue Monday live at the Finsbury Park Festival 2000 in London, it was broadcasted on XFM on November 2nd. It's our song of the month. We also added clips of the Confusion 2002 remixes and Such A Good Thing.

Finsbury park concert broadcasted November 2nd!

Tomorrow night 7pm-8pm on Xfm 104.9 (London) The Finsbury park gig is being played. The english station broadcasts also via the internet on its website (http://www.xfm.co.uk)

Source: XFM

Sydney's Channel 10 tv channel have been using 60 miles an hour as the background for their sports news headlines.

Source: Sarah Presland

You can now turn on or off the avatars in the forums.

Some people ased us to be able to turn off the avatars in the forums to have a faster display for low speed connections. This feature is now available in the account edition section.

Finsbury Park DVD artwork revealed!

The artwork for the upcoming live DVD Finsbury Park 2002 is now available. The DVD is scheduled to be released in the UK on December 2nd 2002. The tracklisting is the following: Crystal, Transmission, Regret, Ceremony, 60 Miles An Hour, Atmosphere, Brutal, Close Range, She's Lost Control, Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Digital, Blue Monday The DVD should feature an additional 40 minutes documentary featuring some tracks like Turn My Way (Live at the Liverpool Olympia), tracks from the Temptation concert at the Ally Pally in 1998, and other tracks from the comeback concert at the Apollo 1998 like Ceremony and In A Lonely Place.

Postponed New Order releases, get used to it.

Many of the upcoming New Order releases have been postponed so far, so don't rely on the release date on this site. We're doing our best to manage the upcoming events list, but due to the various releases in various countries, we have a lot of trouble to get the real release dates. So far, the box set (now titled "Retro" should have the real release date, and International was released in most countries yesterday, but we have learned today that Confusion 2002 is postponed to November 18th. We appologize for all the troubles, but this shouldn't surprise at all from New Order.

MADCHESTER GOES TO THE MIDLANDS

If you're fed up with superstar DJ poseurs and like the idea of an unpretentious rollicking good laugh on a Monday night, look no further. Birmingham's Code venue will shortly be hosting a new weekly Monday night entitled Happy Mondayz, which will feature Madchester DJs. The night will kick of on Monday September 30 with DJ sets from Bez (Happy Mondays) and Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets). Subsequent Mondays will operate a rota system, whereby at least two of the following DJs will play: Bez (Happy Mondays), Manny (Primal Scream / Stone Roses), Bernard Sumner (New Order), Craig Gill (Inspiral Carpets), MC Tunes (808 State / Dust Junkies) and Andy Rourke (Badly Drawn Boy / The Smiths). HAPPY MONDAYZ Every Monday starting September 30, 2002 9:30pm - 2:30am Admission ?3 b4 10:30 / ?4 after At Code, Heath Mill Lane, Digbeth Birmingham

Source: Burnt Blue

Added a lot of Joy Division's missing setlists

A lot of setlists have been added to the Joy Division tours & concers area, courtesy of Glenn Robinson from Australia.

IV Tracklisting revealed, now called "Retro"

The tracklisting was released today, not official though. Disc One: Fine Time / Temptation / True Faith / The Perfect Kiss / Ceremony / Regret / Crystal / Bizarre Love Triangle / Confusion / Round & Round / Blue Monday / Brutal / Slow Jam / Everyone Everywhere / Disc Two Elegia / In A Lonely Place / All Day Long / Your Silent Face / Sunrise / Broken Promise / Dreams Never End / Cries & Whispers / Chosen Time / Ecstasy / Sooner Than You Think / Leave Me Alone / Lonesome Tonight / Every Little Counts / Run Wild Go ahead to see disc 3 & 4..

Source: HMV