Tag: Bernard Sumner

New Order's 'Blue Monday' turns 30 today — an audiovisual retrospective, 1983-2013

New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ turns 30 today — an audiovisual retrospective, 1983-2013

On March 7, 1983 — exactly 30 years ago today — New Order released its monumental single “Blue Monday,” cementing its full transition from the moody post-punk of Joy Division to club-ready synthpop. And, in the process, the band delivered the best-selling 12-inch single of all time.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Kurt Loder explores the Madchester scene — April 15, 1990

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Kurt Loder explores the Madchester scene — April 15, 1990

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind,we revisit the tail end of the April 15, 1990, episode, which featured a 5-minute Kurt Loder-hosted MTV News report about the so-called Madchester scene, featuring interviews with Manchester acts such as Happy Mondays, 808 State and New Order’s Bernard Sumner.

Video: Bernard Sumner joins The Killers to play New Order's 'Crystal' in Manchester

Video: Bernard Sumner joins The Killers to play New Order’s ‘Crystal’ in Manchester

The Killers famously took their name from the faux band performing in New Order’s video for the 2001 single “Crystal,” so it was fitting that Bernard Sumner joined the American band onstage Monday night in his hometown of Manchester to perform the track. Check out the performance right here.

Johnny Marr announces spring U.S. tour — including 2 concerts with New Order

Johnny Marr announces spring U.S. tour — including 2 concerts with New Order

Johnny Marr will follow his previously announced U.K. solo tour with an 18-date North American run in April and May that’s built around his appearances at the two-weekend Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival — and which includes dates with New Order in Las Vegas and Santa Barbara, Calif.

Electronic's self-titled debut to be reissued as 2CD special edition with 8 unreleased tracks

Electronic’s self-titled debut to be reissued as 2CD special edition with 8 unreleased tracks

The 1991 self-titled debut from indie supergroup Electronic — featuring New Order frontman Bernard Sumner and guitarist Johnny Marr of The Smiths, with the occasional assist from Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant — will be reissued this spring in a 2CD special edition featuring eight previously unreleased bonus tracks.

New Order's 'Lost Sirens' due this fall, North and South American dates possible in 2013

New Order’s ‘Lost Sirens’ due this fall, North and South American dates possible in 2013

With New Order’s first U.S. tour in seven years underway comes news the band finally will release the ‘Lost Sirens’ album — a collection of outtakes from 2005’s ‘Waiting for the Sirens’ Call’ delayed for nearly a year by apparent legal wrangling with Peter Hook — and that the band may tour both North and South America in 2013.