New Order live at the Royal Albert Hall in London for Teenage Cancer Trust 2016 (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media)
The release of New Order‘s Music Complete album in 2015 began a consistent period of activity from the band, whether it be the LP’s remixed version of the following year or the concert documentary which will air on Sky Arts in the UK this month.
Touring however, at least during 2018, has been much less hectic, but they have now announced what will prove to be their only UK show of the year at London’s Alexandra Palace on November 9th.
In our review, Live4ever preempted the burst of action New Order have undertaken since Music Complete’s release by describing it as a ‘complete rebirth‘:
“It almost goes without saying that the collective’s no-Hook prerogative is being flouted to its max; ‘People On The High Line‘ thumps with a limb-wrecking Cantina piano heft, whilst ‘The Game‘ tics nervously around a hybrid programming/people axis.”
“In keeping with this new tradition of experimentation, not everything works. ‘Stray Dog‘ for instance finds Iggy Pop growling unconvincingly, his skills as a raconteur inferior to that as a reformed hell-raiser. Equally, amidst the comets of invention elsewhere, the album’s final chapter ‘Superheated‘ – complete with a handful Sumner’s occasionally trite lyrics – is by comparison something of an ambiguous washout.”