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With the upcoming release of David Potts’ new double A-sided digital single, ‘Monkey In The Rain/Roll Up!’ (also includes two extra tracks) I thought I’d have a few listens to his first solo album under his own name, released around six months ago at the end of January 2007 and give it a 'retrospective' review.
JOY DIVISION has reached the end of production. The feature length documentary, a US/UK co production, produced by Hudson Productions Ltd partners Tom Astor and Tom Atencio in association with Brown Owl Films’ Jacqui Edenbrow, is directed by Grammy nominated Grant Gee (Radiohead's Meeting People Is Easy, Director of Photography & Editor Scott Walker: 30 Century Man) and co-written by acclaimed journalist/writer Jon Savage (England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond).
Peter Hook has paid tribute to Tony Wilson, who died yesterday, saying "my heart is broken". The New Order and Joy Division bass player likened the passing of the Factory Records founder to the death of his father. Posting on his MySpace blog from Japan, Hook wrote: "It's a very, very, very sad day. I feel very lost out here in Japan. It's like my father dying all over again. I'm devastated." "I'll be going back to England as soon as possible to pick up the pieces. My heart goes out to Yvette, Oliver, Hilary and Isabelle. I'm thinking of you all, my heart is broken. "Say hello to Rob, Ian and Martin for me please Tony. Rest in peace. God bless." Wilson signed Joy Division to his Factory Records label, and together they opened Manchester's legendary Hacienda nightclub. Wilson died yesterday in Manchester, from a heart attack following complications from cancer.
Source: NME
Renown British designer Peter Saville has made tribute to Tony Wilson who died today (August 10). Saville worked for the legend's Factory Records, producing iconic sleeves for the likes of Joy Division and New Order "Tony was an intellectual in popular culture and he brought greatness and importance to it and it was important," he told Newsnight. "He changed it and built it up."
Source: NME
New Order and Joy Division's Stephen Morris has paid tribute to Tony Wilson who died tonight (August 10). The drummer's bands were both signed by the legend's Factory Records and he in turn became an important guiding force on their career. "There would be no Joy Division or New Order without Tony," Morris told Newsnight. "He really believed in us and he was smart enough to start a label and put our records out." He added: "He was so enthusiastic, he was always 'we'll just go ahead an do it and figure out why we did it afterwards. It was his sense of enthusiasm that was so important. You could have an argument with Tony and walk out hating him and the next time you saw him it was all forgotten. You just love him." From signing the likes of Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays, to being a general support of exciting an innovative music, Wilson established himself as a true indie hero.
Source: NME
TV presenter Tony Wilson, one of the leading lights in the Manchester music scene, has died after suffering a heart attack while receiving cancer treatment aged 57. Mr Wilson, who set up the Factory Records label and the Hacienda Club, was associated with groups like New Order and the Happy Mondays. He was also a reporter and presenter on TV and radio in the Manchester area. His life was depicted in the film 24 Hour Party People. He had been suffering from kidney cancer. Mr Wilson was surrounded by family at his when he passed away. A spokesman for Christie Hospital in Manchester said: "Tony Wilson died peacefully at 6.05pm this evening with his family by his bedside. "Tony was a very great supporter of the Christie and this is extremely sad news. "We would like to extend our sympathy to Tony's family." An outspoken campaigner for regional self-government in the North West, Wilson was passionate about his home city of Manchester.
The french distributor of the movie leaked the trailer to the web this week, feel free to watch and if you don't mind french subtitles: Click here to view it Enjoy!
From Rolling Stone magazine. Last week New Order bassist Peter Hook shocked fans by lashing out at his bandmates on his blog and announcing the group had broken up (in something resembling Courtney Love speak): “You are no more new order than i am! You may have two thirds but dont assume you have the rights to do anything NEW ordery cos you dont ive still got a third!” New Order guitarist Bernard Sumner — who hasn’t seen Hook since the group toured South America last November (NOOL Editorial Note: Not true, they were in Cannes at the premiere of Control) — was as surprised as anyone who read the post. “I find it very distasteful for him to do that after all this time,” he says, checking in by telephone from England. “He should have had a meeting with us. I’m not having someone tell me that we’ve split up without consulting me first. I think that’s very arrogant.” Sumner is unsure whether he and drummer Stephen Morris will continue on as New Order without Hook. “We haven’t got any plans to make any music under the guise as New Order,” Sumner says. “I’ve working on two other projects at the moment so I’m kind of busy for the next couple of years anyway.” And Hook, he says, needs to take five: “I think that Hooky just needs to chill out a little bit and relax.” Sumner says he has no plans to reach out to his blogging bandmate to clear everything up. “He’s the guy who with the problem, so he should approach us,” he says. “We haven’t got a problem. I just don’t think he likes me, so what can you do?”
Source: Rolling Stone Magazine
The long-awaited Joy Divison feature film CONTROL will have its U.S. theatrical premiere at Film Forum in New York City on October 10, 2007. This marks the feature debut of acclaimed rock photographer / music video director Anton Corbijn, who photographed Joy Division early in his career. British actor Sam Riley gives an unforgettable performance as Ian Curtis and Samantha Morton (SWEET AND LOWDOWN, IN AMERICA) portrays his wife, Deborah, upon whose memoir the film is based. CONTROL premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2007 Cannes film festival, where it won three prizes.
Well im here at last with my statement! im travellin round america at the moment so its difficult for me to reply properly> Ive decided to tell the whole story? so itll be an amusing? insight into how groups work... FIRST. Damning me for doing something as in not coming to you personally? and then doin the same thing , never heard of two wrongs dont make a right? My god if i was to list my disappointments with this group id miss my plane to frisco.My first thoughts were very angry but now ive slept on it or not rather its sadness really ! this is getting political and personal so here goes...................... SECOND> never assume anything! This group has SPLIT UP! you are no more new order than i am! you may have two thirds but dont assume you have the rights to do anything NEW ordery cos you dont ive still got a third! But am open to negotiation. THIRD. Just in case you hadnt noticed weve not had a "PERSONAL" relationship for a long time now...years in fact! whenever you contact me its through the management(like hale and pace eh?) i did exactly the same you all knew what was happening re the split! in FEBRUARY! using cannes and mojo as some excuse to at last get your own back is wrong. FOURTH. i have never spoken on your behalf i wouldnt presume to. i spoke for myself WE HAVE SPLIT! as traceyBB would say "deal wiv it!so as one third of ex new order im off to gate 36 and pizza hut. ive got a lot to tell you all but this has worn me out for a while so normal; service will be resumed as soon as possible! See you in court! love hookyx --- Well ive been sent all this forum nonsense and will now put it straight! as soon as i did the nme thing i had a feeling id been stitched up( he will get his dont worry) this came throught the new order press representative and seemed legit!It was supposed to be your ten favourite gnomes? when i saw the headline i knew i had been stitched up! i do not blame barney or steve for the split i blame my sobriety actually cos its impossible to put up with all this bullshit sober! but im very happy (apart from this bleedin lot) and dont intend to change! the headline does not refer to the content and when i say "i work a lot" it should be" "because i dj alot and do a lot of interviews i.e. Croydon evenin post Dogs weekly etc Guildford reporteretc etc > THe first question is always.......... Whats happenin with new order? hence my frustration! part of my very important recovery is bein HONEST with myself and other people. i informed our management of this in november '06 February "06 repeatedly in fact.When i asked for statement informing you lot of our plans for the future? this was ignored. So san fairy bloomin anne! Condolences for mike reids family i liked him!. him and bernard manning gone! well have no comedians left soon .
Source: Peter Hook's MySpace
Robbie Williams has approached former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke to work on his solo project. Rourke revealed that the singer had got in touch to join in with his new project Freebass, the band he shares with Primal Scream's Mani and New Order's Peter Hook. Musicians also pencilled into to work with the band include Ian Brown and Tim Burgess from The Charlatans. Rourke revealed the Williams collaboration during a Q&A session about the new Smiths documentary 'Inside The Smiths' with band drummer Mike Joyce in London yesterday (July 19). When asked about the possibility of a Smiths reunion Rourke optimistically offered: "Never say never," despite the duo admitting that they had not spoken to Morrissey since the royalty court case in the early 1990s.
Source: NME
SHOWBIZ stars are paying for music legend Anthony Wilson to have £3,500-a-month cancer treatment - after the NHS refused to fund it. The broadcaster - known as Mr Manchester - is taking a controversial new drug after chemotherapy failed to beat the disease. He was diagnosed with cancer last year and had a kidney removed. Doctors at the Christie Hospital recommended Sutent, a drug which has doubled the life expectancy of some patients in trials. But the Manchester NHS Primary Care Trust has refused to pay for the treatment. It says there is not enough `demonstrable evidence to support the use of this drug in treating kidney cancer'.
Source: Manchester Evening News
Bernard Sumner married to his long time girlfriend Sarah. Congratulations to the happy couple and their children from everybody at NewOrderOnline!
Fans of New Order and Joy Division are not only rabid, but inventive. They make biopics about Ian Curtis. They make (the focus of this review) cover albums. And they do it well. On Community 2: A NewOrderOnline Tribute (a project of the NO/JD fan club, www.neworderonline.com"), fans enlisted in a competition by submitting their covers of various New Order songs to be handpicked by Peter Hook himself for inclusion on the album. Who better than Hooky to decide who covers his work the best, right?
Source: Any Given Tuesday
LONDON (Billboard) - Tony Wilson is difficult to pigeonhole. The veteran British music man -- whose Factory Records spearheaded the career of Joy Division, among other bands -- is a raconteur, an A&R exec, a scene-builder, a businessman and a celebrity. Wilson can now add "fighter" to his list. The man whose unconventional career was the subject of 2002 feature film "24 Hour Party People" is battling cancer. But the illness hasn't curbed his zest for music and his commitment to bringing new artists to the fore.
Source: Billboard
Dianne Bourne takes a look at what's going on around Manchester. NO sooner had it been revealed they'd split up, than New Order were back together - for the world premiere of Ian Curtis biopic Control at the Cannes Film Festival. "It was a bit tetchy, to say the least," reveals bassist Peter Hook. “It was the first time we’d met up since we split up. “I mean the thing is, we’re 50 years old, not 15, if things don’t work out, or someone’s not happy you get on with it, you have to." But the success of the Anton Corbijn-directed movie, which follows the life and tragic death of Joy Division frontman Ian, is providing comfort to Hooky.
Source: Manchester Evening News
Our profile disappeared from MySpace without any explanation, our fear is that this was because of the Community 2 songs, though we do own the copyrights of those songs. Anyhow, join us back, we had to start over, from 7000 "friends" back to 200 as of today. http://www.myspace.com/neworderonline We also now are on FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2348872254 Thanks!
The Weinstein Co. scored a triple play at the tail end of the Festival de Cannes, nabbing North American rights for Anton Corbijn's Joy Division biopic "Control," North American home video rights to Tom Shankland's detective thriller "Waz" and Australian rights to the animated "Persepolis."
Source: Hollywood Reporter
The new Ian Curtis biopic 'Control' has won a host of acclaim and prizes at this year's Cannes Film Festival, including Best European Film. Anton Corbijn's movie about the Joy Division singer, who committed suicide at the height of the band's powers in 1980, was shown outside the main Palme d'Or competition. However, 'Control' was the big winner of the Director's Fortnight section, winning the CICAE Art & Essai prize for Best Film. The movie also claimed the 'Regards Jeunes' award for best first or second directed feature film and the Europa Cinemas Label prize for Best European Film in the sidebar. The Europa Cinemas jury said about the film: "This is a very impressive and assured debut from a renowned photographer, but he never allows the look of the film, beautiful though it is, to detract from the powerful story and character development. "The performances are all excellent, not just the leading characters. We feel that this is a film that will strike a real chord with audiences around Europe, and not just with music lovers." The movie is an adaptation of Curtis widow Deborah's memoirs of her life with the singer, 'Touching From A Distance'. In the movie, she is played by Oscar-nominated actress Samantha Morton, while Curtis is played by relative unknown Sam Riley. 'Control' is due for release later this year.
Source: NME
You can see a non-official trailer of the movie control on YouTube right now. Click on more below to view the video...
Side-Line.com has published the full Annick Honoré interview on their website due to popular demand, here is an excerpt: On May 18th, it was 25 years ago that Ian Curtis, the enigmatic frontman of cult act Joy Division committed suicide. Curtis died at age 23 in 1980, shortly before he was due to tour the US. The BBC spent a whole day broadcasting songs, tributes and many more while press worldwide commemorated this rather sad anniversary. And it isn't over yet, for the next several months up until next year we will see several books released on Curtis, at least one biopic and several tribute CDs of which a few have already reached the market. As far as the CDs are concerned, one can say that they are what they are, copies, the one paler than the other, of what was and still is revolutionary, even now as not many bands have succeeded in reaching a similar creative standard and level as Joy Division did back then and this with only two albums produced. (By Bernard Van Isacker - 2005) Less predictable though are the efforts by film directors and related to have their go on Curtis' life. Whereas "24 hour party people" described the rise and fall of Factory Records, the projects now focused on the man himself and not always in such a good way as some might think... In the end 2 projects saw the light of day in early 2004, but only one made it through. To read the rest of the interview, please visit Side-Line at the following link: http://www.side-line.com/interviews_comments.php?id=23440_0_16_0_C
Source: Side-Line
According to the french magazine Les Inrockuptibles, New Order would perform a concert live in Manchester at the place where the Hacienda was because they built apartments there. The concert would be July 17. This would be part of the Hacienda exhibition that will be held this summer, called Haçienda 25 : The Exhibition Fac 491. This exibition contains a lot of objects from Tony Wilson, Ben Kelly and many private people including members of this very own site, it will be going on up to February 17 2008.
Source: Les Inrockuptibles
A small film about a short-lived rock star is making a big splash at Cannes. "Control" — the story of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, who committed suicide at 23 — marks the movie-directing debut of rock photographer Anton Corbijn and features a star-making central performance from British unknown Sam Riley. The ingredients are familiar — a soupcon of sex, a dash of drugs, a blast of rock'n'roll. But "Control," which opened the film festival's Directors' Fortnight sidebar on Thursday, is far from a standard showbiz biopic. Shot in stark black-and-white and set in gritty, unglamorous 1970s England, it re-creates the life of a singer who died unhappy and almost unknown but has secured a place in rock mythology.
Source: The Herald Tribune
There was a palpable buzz on the Croisette today as Control, Anton Corbijn's film about Joy Division, was given its premiere - to immediate critical acclaim. The young British actors who play the band members are all unknown names. A star seems to have been born in Sam Riley, who plays Ian Curtis - pulling off, audiences agreed, an uncannily accurate and charismatic portrayal. He had been working in a warehouse in Leeds before being chosen to play Curtis. The only "name" in the film is Samantha Morton, who plays Curtis's wife Deborah.
Source: The Guardian
Newcomer Sam Riley has found himself the centre of attention at the Cannes Film Festival, where his film Control is showing. The 27-year-old, who plays Joy Division star Ian Curtis, is also in a band - as the singer of rock group 10,000 Things, which spent four years with the Polydor record label but, he admits, never "troubled the charts".
Source: Metro