The continuing tour bus that’s Peter Hook & The Gentle announce some extra dates for this yr, deciding on three dates to air New Order’s Get Prepared. Hooky explains…
“Get Prepared was a honeymoon file. Trying again now it was very pleasurable to make, and I believe is massively underrated. It did type the wheat from the chaff and led to a New Order mk2 which performed higher however had misplaced a naivety while gaining a maturity. Barney and I turned a ‘energy couple’ in Manchester throughout the making of the file however, sadly, the previous issues recurred after we got here to play stay. The writing was on the wall from then on. The 2 of us labored very arduous to make this an incredible file and I believe we succeeded. I’m trying ahead to enjoying all of the tracks, a lot of which have by no means been performed stay earlier than. The Gentle will shine by … Get Prepared!”
The Get Prepared dates will see the band play the three,500 capability Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse, their greatest headline present up to now in Manchester and their first within the metropolis for 2 years; the three,100 capability London Troxy, their first date within the capital since October 2023; and the 1,350 capability Bristol Marble Manufacturing facility.
The Get Prepared album was launched in 2001, reached #6 within the UK chart and was the seventh studio album from New Order. The file was devoted by the band to their buddy Rob Gretton, supervisor of each Pleasure Division and New Order, who had died in 1999.
FULL UK AND IRISH DATES:
MARCH
Sat 29 SKEGNESS Shiine On Pageant
APRIL
Thu 17 BRISTOL Marble Manufacturing facility (Get Prepared album in full)
Fri 18 LONDON Troxy (Get Prepared album in full)
Sat 19 MANCHESTER O2 Victoria Warehouse (Get Prepared album in full)
MAY
Sat 10 SCARBOROUGH Interzone Pageant
JULY
Sat 05 TRING Chilfest
Sat 26 COUNTY LAOIS Forest Fest
AUGUST
Fri 08 DURHAM Stone Valley North Pageant
Sat 09 BLACKPOOL Revolt Pageant
Sat 23 CUMBRIA Solfest
Solar 24 WARWICKSHIRE Camper Calling Pageant
TICKETS: https://peterhookandthelight.stay
The 2025 dates observe a mammoth run of stay reveals final yr, taking in excursions of Australia, New Zealand, South America and North America and a full UK and Eire tour on the finish of the yr, all of which noticed the band play the Substance albums by Pleasure Division and New Order in full. The band are persevering with the Substance legacy on their present tour of Spain and France, then play a full North American tour in Might and June earlier than returning for UK and Irish festivals in the summertime and an EU tour within the autumn.
Peter Hook first revisited the seminal Pleasure Division album Unknown Pleasures again in Might 2010 for a commemorative charity live performance and has adopted it annually by performing subsequent albums from the repertoire of his bands, Pleasure Division and New Order. His dedication to his again catalogue has now seen him transfer by Unknown Pleasures, Nearer, Nonetheless, Motion, Energy Corruption & Lies, Low Life, Brotherhood, Method, Republic and Substance to reach on the Get Prepared album this yr. Having toured the albums extensively, the band have now amassed approaching 900 live shows.
Among the many many highlights since he reintroduced his early repertoire to a legion of audiences the world over, each new and previous, have been appearances at Benicassim, Primavera Sound, Kendal Calling, Bestival, Victorious and Revolt, alongside intensive touring in Europe, North and South America, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand to nice acclaim from each followers and critics alike.
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