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News: Oasis, Iron Maiden and Wu-Tang Clan lead 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has unveiled its 2026 inductees, a class that leans heavily on legacy while opening the door, cautiously, to new arrivals. Among those set to be…

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News: Peter Hook & The Light Return to Australian Stages in July 2026

Peter Hook, the bassist behind Joy Division and New Order, is returning to Australia with his band @peterhook_thelight in July. The tour will mark the 25th anniversary of New Order's 'Get Ready', with the album being performed in full. Alongside it will come a sweep of essentials from both the adored Joy Division and New Order catalogs. #backseatdownunder #PeterHook #PeterHookandTheLight #NewOrder #JoyDivision

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Meet: Peter Hook on Get Ready, touring and reclaiming the music

For Peter Hook, every album carries memories—some good, some bad. As he works through his incredible back catalogue, playing the albums in full with his band Peter Hook & The…

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Keeping Control : Independent Manchester Music Scene 1977-81 Remembered

April 26, 2023

Keeping Control: Independent Music from Manchester 1977-1981 Various Artists on Cherry Red Records (76 track 3xCD set) This a great collection of Manchester music from a 4-year period in its…

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Live Review: Peter Hook and The Light – Joy Division A celebration, 3Olympia Dublin 11.11.2022

Words: Max Falvey // Photos: Ian McDonnell On his mammoth journeyman-like tour of taking the songs of Joy Division around the globe one last time, legendary bassist Peter Hook made…

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Meet: On the eve of his tour of Australia and New Zealand, we have a chat with the legendary Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order) about the origins of Joy Division, bass playing, being in a gang and touring.

It’s a slightly surreal experience to be talking to Peter Hook (Hooky), legendary bass player for Joy Division and New Order, thousands of kilometres away. I’m at the end of…

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Feature / Playlist: Factory Records – A complete Spotify discography

FOLLOWING the success (well, relatively) of our John Peel playlist, in which we compiled all the Festive 50 tracks for every year John ran that feature all in one place…

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News: Peter Hook and the Light Downunder – 2022 Australian/New Zealand Tour is announced

Peter Hook & The Light return to Australia and New Zealand in 2022 to perform Joy Division’s landmark albums, ‘Unknown Pleasures’ and ‘Closer’, in full and sequential order. Plus as…

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Say Psych: Album Review: The Janitors – Noisolation Sessions Vol. 1

Last week saw the joint release on Cardinal Fuzz and Little Cloud Records of the fifth album from Sweden’s finest purveyors of heavy drones, fuzzed nightmares and stökpsych, The Janitors.…

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Not Forgotten: Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures

The problem with Joy Division is that it is like a Colombo re-run: however brilliant it is, you know precisely how it ends. Last week, ‘Unknown Pleasures’ celebrated its 40th…

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