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Peter Hook: 'New Order without Peter Hook is like Queen without Freddie Mercury'

Peter Hook: ‘New Order without Peter Hook is like Queen without Freddie Mercury’

Peter Hook this morning called New Order’s surprise decision to reunite without him ‘very sad,’ saying ‘the other three’ didn’t tell him they’d decided to play two October concerts — and that, ultimately, ‘everyone knows New Order without Peter Hook is like Queen without Freddie Mercury, U2 without The Edge, Sooty without Sweep!’

New Order to reunite — without Peter Hook — for October concerts in Paris, Brussels

New Order to reunite — without Peter Hook — for October concerts in Paris, Brussels

Five years after splitting up, New Order will reunite — with a lineup featuring keyboardist Gillian Gilbert, but not bassist Peter Hook — for a pair of live shows this October in Paris and Brussels to benefit ailing artist and film producer Michael Shamberg.

Bad Lieutenant to play Coachella, concerts in San Francisco, New York, Chicago in April

Bad Lieutenant to play Coachella, concerts in San Francisco, New York, Chicago in April

Bad Lieutenant, the new band from New Order’s Bernard Sumner, will make its belated U.S. debut this April with an appearance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and club dates in New York, Chicago and San Francisco, the group announced Monday.

Bad Lieutenant, Bernard Sumner's New Order spinoff, announces five U.K dates in March

Bad Lieutenant, Bernard Sumner’s New Order spinoff, announces five U.K dates in March

While U.S. fans await word of Bad Lieutenant’s stateside debut — following last fall’s aborted showcase concerts in New York and Chicago — Bernard Sumner’s New Order spinoff on Wednesday announced five new live dates in the U.K. next month.

Bernard Sumner's Bad Lieutenant cancels debut U.S. concerts over immigration issues

Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant cancels debut U.S. concerts over immigration issues

Tweet Visa problems have scuttled the debut American concerts by New Order spinoff Bad Lieutenant — including two dates opening for the Pixies in New […]

Bernard Sumner's Bad Lieutenant playing Chicago, New York; full U.S. tour in 2010

Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant playing Chicago, New York; full U.S. tour in 2010

Bad Lieutenant, Bernard Sumner’s just-launched New Order spinoff, will make it U.S. debut this fall with headlining concerts in New York and Chicago — in […]