PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT have announced three UK dates for April next year. They will perform the New Order album Get Ready in its entirety alongside a selection of the most seminal tracks from the rich back catalogues of both Joy Division and New Order.
“Get Ready was a honeymoon record. Looking back now it was very enjoyable to make, and I think is massively underrated. It did sort the wheat from the chaff and led to a New Order mk2 which played better but had lost a naivety whilst gaining a maturity. Barney and I became a ‘power couple’ in Manchester during the making of the record but, sadly, the old problems recurred when we came to play live. The writing was on the wall from then on. The two of us worked very hard to make this a great record and I think we succeeded. I am looking forward to playing all the tracks, many of which have never been played live before. The Light will shine through … Get Ready!” PETER HOOK
The dates will see the band play the 3,500-capacity Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse, their biggest headline show to date in Manchester and their first in the city for two years; the 3,100-capacity London Troxy, their first date in the capital since October 2023; and the 1,350 capacity Bristol Marble Factory.
APRIL 2025
Thu 17 BRISTOL Marble Factory
Fri 18 LONDON Troxy
Sat 19 MANCHESTER O2 Victoria Warehouse
Pre-sale tickets from Wednesday, 11 September @ 10.00 am:
Bristol https://pinkdot.seetickets.com/tour/peter-hook-the-light?pre=artist
London http://www.alttickets.com/peter-hook-and-the-light-tickets-presale-5290
Manchester https://pinkdot.seetickets.com/tour/peter-hook-the-light?pre=artist Access code: VW2025
Artist pre-sale for London http://www.alttickets.com/peter-hook-and-the-light-tickets-presale-7651
Get Ready was released in 2001, reached #6 in the UK chart, and was New Order’s seventh studio album. The band dedicated the record to Rob Gretton, the manager of both Joy Division and New Order, who died in 1999.
GET READY TRACKLIST:
• Crystal
• 60 Miles an Hour
• Turn My Way
• Vicious Street
• Primitive Notion
• Slow Jam
• Rock the Shack
• Someone Like You
• Close Range
• Run Wild
The newly announced dates follow a mammoth run of live shows this year, including tours of Australia, New Zealand, South America, and North America, with a UK and Ireland tour to follow in October and November. On these dates, the band will play the Substance albums by Joy Division and New Order in full.
OCTOBER 2024
Thu 10 YORK Barbican Hall
Fri 11 GLASGOW O2 Academy
Sat 12 SUNDERLAND Fire Station
Thu 17 WARRINGTON Parr Hall
Fri 18 NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Sat 19 OXFORD O2 Academy
Thu 24 MARGATE Dreamland
Fri 25 BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute
Sat 26 NORWICH UEA
Thu 31 BLACKBURN King George’s Hall
NOVEMBER 2024
Fri 01 BRADFORD St George’s Hall
Sat 02 WHITBY Tomorrow’s Ghosts Festival
Thu 07 FROME Cheese & Grain
Fri 08 CARDIFF Tramshed
Sat 09 BEXHILL De La Warr Pavilion
Thu 14 BELFAST Telegraph Building
Fri 15 DUBLIN 3 Olympia
Sat 16 GALWAY Leisureland
Tickets are available here.
Listen to episode #190 of The XS Noize Podcast with Peter Hook – HERE:
Peter Hook first revisited the seminal Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures back in May 2010 for a commemorative charity concert and has followed it each year by performing subsequent albums from the repertoire of his bands, Joy Division and New Order. His dedication to his back catalogue has now seen him move through Unknown Pleasures, Closer, Still, Movement, Power Corruption & Lies, Low Life, Brotherhood, Technique and Republic to arrive at the Substance albums this year and Get Ready next year. Having toured the albums extensively, the band have now amassed over 800 concerts.
Among the many highlights since he reintroduced his early repertoire to a legion of audiences across the world, both new and old, have been appearances at Benicassim, Primavera Sound, Kendal Calling, Bestival, Victorious, and Rebellion, alongside extensive touring in Europe, North and South America, China, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand to great acclaim from fans and critics alike.
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