Tag: Bernard Sumner

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.

Peter Hook: New Order to release 7 songs from ‘Waiting for the Sirens’ Call’ sessions

Peter Hook: New Order to release 7 songs from ‘Waiting for the Sirens’ Call’ sessions

The members of New Order have agreed to release the seven songs left over from the sessions for the band’s 2005 swan song ‘Waiting for the Sirens’ Call,’ bassist Peter Hook tells Slicing Up Eyeballs, saying the move should help make the group’s acrimonious split ‘a little cleaner’ and finally ‘draw the line’ under the break-up.

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (July 2011)

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (July 2011)

Welcome to the debut of Auto Reverse, the new monthly mixtape series from Slicing Up Eyeballs. In true throwback fashion, each mix will feature two 45-minute ‘sides’ that can be streamed or downloaded. This month features Wire, The The, Bernard Sumner, The Wedding Present and more.

Peter Hook’s ‘1102/2011’ EP of Joy Division re-recordings delayed by ‘legal issues’

Peter Hook’s ‘1102/2011’ EP of Joy Division re-recordings delayed by ‘legal issues’

A four-song EP of Joy Division re-recordings that Peter Hook had planned to release this week has been delayed by unspecified legal issues, the bassist said today in an announcement that suggests the release may never see the light of day.

Milestones: New Order’s ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ album released 28 years ago today

Milestones: New Order’s ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ album released 28 years ago today

The classic second album from New Order — 1983’s ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ — was released exactly 28 years ago today, and to commemorate that release, here’s an equally classic five-song performance by the band filmed 18 months later, on Aug. 25, 1984, in the BBC Basement Studio.

Free MP3: Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant, ‘Twist of Fate’ (Reeder’s No Fate Radio Mix)

Free MP3: Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant, ‘Twist of Fate’ (Reeder’s No Fate Radio Mix)

To promote the release of its new ‘Twist of Fate’ digital remix bundle, Bad Lieutenant — featuring New Order frontman Bernard Sumner — is offering up a free download of a bonus mix not included on the five-track EP: Mark Reeder’s No Fate Radio Remix

Milestones: Bernard Sumner is 55 today; see full New Order concert film from 1985

Milestones: Bernard Sumner is 55 today; see full New Order concert film from 1985

It’s Bernard Sumner’s birthday today — he’s turning 55 — and to celebrate, we present this somewhat rare New Order concert film called ‘Pumped Full of Drugs’ that was released on VHS in the U.K. in 1986.

Q&A: Peter Hook talks ‘Unknown Pleasures’ tour, re-recording Joy Division, Freebass split

Q&A: Peter Hook talks ‘Unknown Pleasures’ tour, re-recording Joy Division, Freebass split

Slicing Up Eyeballs recently chatted with Peter Hook about his upcoming tour of the U.S., during which he’ll perform Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’; the acrimonious split of Freebass; and his plans to re-record classic Joy Division tracks for a new EP.

Video: New Order’s Bernard Sumner and Hot Chip, ‘Don’t Know What Love Was’

Check out the video for ‘Don’t Know What Love Was,’ the new collaboration between former New Order/current Bad Lieutenant frontman Bernard Sumner, Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard of electropop act Hot Chip and DJ/producer duo Hot City.

Vince Clarke, Alan Wilder remixing Depeche Mode tracks for CD expected next year

Vince Clarke, Alan Wilder remixing Depeche Mode tracks for CD expected next year

With Alan Wilder and Vince Clarke on board, Depeche Mode fans are abuzz over the possibility that all five past and present members will appear on disc together for the first time on a new remix album reported to be in the works.

Download: Bernard Sumner records ‘Didn’t Know What Love Was’ with Hot Chip

Download: Bernard Sumner records ‘Didn’t Know What Love Was’ with Hot Chip

On Wednesday, the UK arm of Converse will release a new track by former New Order/current Bad Lieutenant frontman Bernard Sumner, recorded with Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard of electropop act Hot Chip and DJ/producer duo Hot City.

Audio: Hear New Order’s Bernard Sumner sing 1969 Elvis Presley hit ‘In the Ghetto’

Audio: Hear New Order’s Bernard Sumner sing 1969 Elvis Presley hit ‘In the Ghetto’

It’s one of the more unlikely covers you’ll ever hear: former New Order frontman Bernard Sumner crooning Elvis Presley’s melodramatic 1969 hit ‘In the Ghetto’ in a new recording made by the singer’s current band Bad Lieutenant for a forthcoming charity album to benefit a U.K. homeless advocacy group.

Section 25 releasing ‘Retrofit,’ remix CD finished before Larry Cassidy’s death

Section 25 releasing ‘Retrofit,’ remix CD finished before Larry Cassidy’s death

The surviving members of Factory Records post-punk outfit Section 25 next month will release ‘Retrofit,’ a remix disc — completed before the untimely death last February of frontman Larry Cassidy — that features 10 of the band’s favorite tracks ‘remade and remodeled using new technology.’