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New Order to release 'Live at Bestival 2012' charity album this summer

New Order to release ‘Live at Bestival 2012’ charity album this summer

New Order will mark its highly successful reunion with the release this summer of a new 13-track live album recorded at the U.K.’s Bestival last September, according to the NME. Live at Bestival 2012 will be released July 8 in the U.K. via CD and download, with all profits going to the Isle of Wight Youth Trust.

Peter Hook to release New Order live set, jabs ex-bandmates over Kimmel appearance

Peter Hook to release New Order live set, jabs ex-bandmates over Kimmel appearance

Peter Hook announced this week that he’ll release a digital live album capturing his performance of New Order’s first two albums with his band The Light in Manchester earlier this year, then took the opportunity today to swipe at his ex-bandmates’ performance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” last night.

Video: New Order plays 'Bizarre Love Triangle,' 'I'll Stay With You' on Kimmel

Video: New Order plays ‘Bizarre Love Triangle,’ ‘I’ll Stay With You’ on Kimmel

With a week to kill in Los Angeles between appearances at the Coachella festival, New Order popped up on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” last night to perform its classic single “Bizarre Love Triangle” on air plus treated fans to a bonus web-only version of “I’ll Stay With You,” the opening track off its just-released ‘Lost Sirens.’

New Order announces U.S. tour in July leading up to Lollapalooza appearance

New Order announces U.S. tour in July leading up to Lollapalooza appearance

Fresh off the first of the band’s two appearances at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this weekend, New Order has begun rolling out U.S. tour dates in late July — including shows in Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Boston — leading up to the band’s appearance at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.

Video: New Order play 'Perfect Kiss,' 'Crystal' at Coachella — via official webcast

Video: New Order play ‘Perfect Kiss,’ ‘Crystal’ at Coachella — via official webcast

As we wait for a capture of the full webcast of New Order’s Saturday night set at Coachella to surface — hint, hint — we can offer a couple clips from the official broadcast as a way to tide fans over: the frog-assisted “Perfect Kiss,” posted above and courtesy the festival itself, as well as latter-day rocker “Crystal.”

Video: Johnny Marr and Billy Duffy tear up 'I Fought the Law' and 'How Soon Is Now?'

Video: Johnny Marr and Billy Duffy tear up ‘I Fought the Law’ and ‘How Soon Is Now?’

Johnny Marr surprised fans in San Francisco on Saturday night by pulling an old friend on stage: Billy Duffy of The Cult, who joined Marr and his band to rip through “I Fought the Law,” the 1958 classic by The Crickets’ Sonny Curtis popularized first by the Bobby Fuller Four and then The Clash.