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Peter Hook (Photo: Julien Lachaussée)

Peter Hook will tell the inside story of Joy Division in a new book which is due to be published later this year.

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Former Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook has launched a new music industry course which will offer students a degree in management and promotion.

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Debut albums. Get them right, and their impact can change the world. Some mark the starting point for even greater things to come, others make such a lasting impression their legacy becomes an almost unbearable burden on the shoulders of its creators.

Many bands have got it very right on …

Former Joy Division bassist Peter Hook has said Disney’s new Mickey Mouse t-shirt, which takes its design from his former band’s ‘Unknown Pleasures‘ era artwork, is ‘quite a compliment’, but has also admitted the merchandise represents a grey area legally.

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Former New Order and Joy Division bassist Peter Hook has unveiled a series of UK dates for next year after a string of shows in the UK and Europe during 2011.

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One man’s love and dedication for the iconic record label Factory Records has resulted in, for perhaps the first time ever, the full Factory collection being brought together in one place, reports Carl Stanley.

Colin Gibbins, of Blackley, Manchester, has put his life into collecting the Factory discography, whether it …

In the last ten years The Cribs have come a long way from their roots in the Merrie City. They developed as musicians and as people in the north of England, finding their feet in an old abandoned mill – an unofficial venue where they would also put on a …

It seemed that the synthesized indie rock of the mid 00’s had been labeled another short-lived fad. So it is surprising that an electro-fuelled outfit like White Lies, who only entered the mainstream in 2009, have already shifted a million copies of their debut, ‘To Lose My Life…‘. Their second …

6/12/2010

Okay, there was a piss poor turn out and frost on the steps, but Under the Influence certainly provided a mixed bag of music. Of the fifty or so people shivering in the loft most were getting their free shots from the bar, rather than watching the acts on …

After composing the highly-praised soundtrack to the new film ‘The Social Network‘, which tells the story of Facebook, Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor has explained his thoughts on the hugely popular site, after previously being quoted as saying it ‘sucks’.

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Just a few days after accusing former Joy Division/New Order member Peter Hook of ‘living off Ian Curtis’ blood money’ in the aftermath of their project Freebass ending acrimoniously, Primal Scream’s Mani has now apologised for the actions which he claims were ‘completely out of character’.

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Not long after ex-Smiths member Andy Rourke suddenly broke all ties with the supergroup, the remaining members of Manchester bass playing collective Freebass have confirmed the band have split up before the release of their first album.

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Happy Birthday to Paul Weller, who celebrates his 52nd birthday today. To mark the event we take a look through his extraordinary career, which is going as strong as ever over thirty years since he first burst onto the music scene.

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Former Joy Division bassist Peter Hook has played the influential band’s 1979 debut album ‘Unknown Pleasures‘ in full to mark the 30th anniversary of the untimely death of frontman Ian Curtis.

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Former Joy Division bass player Peter Hook will perform the band’s classic debut album ‘Unknown Pleasures‘ in full at a gig in Manchester to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of the group’s frontman Ian Curtis.

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Happy Mondays

Happy Mondays are the latest act to be announced for this year’s Versus Cancer charity concert in Manchester. Snow Patrol, Tim Booth, Andy Rourke (The Smiths) and Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order) are already on the bill for the hugecharity gig at the MEN Arena in Manchester …