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New Order return to Australia almost exactly five years after their last visit, which saw a Melbourne concert cancelled due to COVID-19.
The band will deliver a stack of New Order and Joy Division hits, with both ‘Substance’ compilations performed in full.
"Like a combination of Danceteria at its peak and watching the orchestra on the Titanic."
The band's first show at Sidney Myer Music Bowl tonight will go ahead.
Returning next March!
Seeing Siouxsie & The Banshees on TV changed Gillian Gilbert's life. Bryget Chrisfield also learns that the New Order keyboardist/guitarist still gets nervous playing Joy Division songs.
Ahead of the Australian run of 'Joy Division Orchestrated', Peter Hook expresses frustration over the band's "completely unwarranted" serious image, explaining that Ian Curtis "was actually a very nice, down-to-earth, very pleasant and happy-go-lucky guy" before his illness "brought him crashing down". By Bryget Chrisfield.
"Pure stand-up enjoyment."
Take our money!
'The band felt it important to protect the legacy.'