You can add New Order’s Bernard Sumner to the growing list of artists who have contracted COVID-19. In an interview with the Current, Sumner told Morning Show host Jill Riley that he’s recovering from the virus at his home in England. He said that he got the virus three weeks ago “My voice is a little […]
Joy Division and New Order’s interconnected histories will be shared in a new podcast called Transmissions: The Definitive Story. The first eight episodes of the series will go through Joy Division’s birth, rise, then the 1980 death of Ian Curtis. The podcast will then explore the formation of New Order and run till the release of […]
New Order was supposed to hit the road with Pet Shop Boys this summer. We know how that turned out. Another casualty from that cancellation was that the veteran English dance-pop group was going to release a new song. Instead of waiting for 2021, New Order decided to drop that song in question, “Be A […]
In the 1980s, music and film collided for cross-promotional blockbusters both transcendent (Purple Rain) and transcendently cheesy (Footloose). In the ‘90s, soundtracks continued to sell in the millions, capturing cultural moments like the Seattle grunge of Singles or the Britpop and electronica of Trainspotting. Auteurs like Quentin Tarantino and Wes Anderson reached deep into their […]
New Order were supposed to hit the road with fellow alternative dance-pop pioneers Pet Shop Boys this year. We know how that turned out. Instead, we’re getting something else from the band: a box set of perhaps their greatest album: Power, Corruption & Lies. Titled Power, Corruption & Lies: Definitive Edition, the collection will include the first […]
Brandon Flowers paid tribute to the Ian Curtis on a special charity livestream, Moving Through The Silence: Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Ian Curtis, to honor the 40th anniversary of the late Joy Division singer on Monday night (May 18). “My journey to Joy Division started at New Order. I distinctly remember being a […]