Tag: Bernard Sumner

Video: New Order debuts new song 'Drop the Guitar' at Lollapalooza Chile

Video: New Order debuts new song ‘Drop the Guitar’ at Lollapalooza Chile

New Order, which began making noise about recording new music not long into its current reunion, finally treated fans to some of that work this past weekend during the band’s slot at Lollapalooza Chile, debuting a new 6-minute number that bears the working title of “Drop the Guitar,”

Video: Iggy Pop joins New Order to cover Joy Division classics at Tibet House benefit

Video: Iggy Pop joins New Order to cover Joy Division classics at Tibet House benefit

Bernard Sumner and a pair of his New Order bandmates — specifically the two who weren’t also in Joy Division — performed at Carnegie Hall as part of the Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert, where they were joined onstage by Iggy Pop to perform Joy Division’s “Transmission” and “Love Will Tear Us Apart.”

'A machine to make people dance': Watch 30-minute documentary on New Order's 'Blue Monday'

‘A machine to make people dance’: Watch 30-minute documentary on New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’

Last summer, the members of New Order — Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert, as well as former bassist Peter Hook — and sleeve designer Peter Saville were interviewed by Swedish National Television for a 30-minute documentary on the story behind their iconic 1983 single “Blue Monday.”

Video: Bernard Sumner and The Killers cover Joy Division's 'Shadowplay' at Lollapalooza

Video: Bernard Sumner and The Killers cover Joy Division’s ‘Shadowplay’ at Lollapalooza

While New Order’s set at Lollapalooza in Chicago was not part of the festival’s webcast last night, those watching the livestream did catch a glimpse of Bernard Sumner when he joined The Killers onstage — as he’s been known to do in the past — to help the band perform its souped-up cover of Joy Division’s “Shadowplay.”

Bernard Sumner breaks leg, is 'unable to give it my all' — but New Order not scrubbing tour

Bernard Sumner breaks leg, is ‘unable to give it my all’ — but New Order not scrubbing tour

With New Order about halfway through a short North American tour, frontman Bernard Sumner today announced on the band’s website that he has suffered a fractured leg, and while he says he is in pain on stage and “physically unable to give it my all,” the group is not canceling the remainder of its tour.

Video: New Order plays 'Love Vigilantes,' 'Regret' on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'

Video: New Order plays ‘Love Vigilantes,’ ‘Regret’ on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’

New Order is in the midst of its second short run of U.S. dates this year, and, just as Bernard Sumner did this past spring when they stopped by “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” the band using the opportunity this time to once again perform on network television. This time the group dropped in on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.”