Peter Hook tells us why he's auctioning off items from his Joy Division past in and gives his thoughts on New Order's legal settlement. Martin O'Neill/Getty Images.

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Bassist Peter Hook worked as a DJ in the years immediately after New Order broke up in 2007, ending his three decades as a founding member of that band along with its predecessor, Joy Division. It ...

Peter Hook reflects 40 years after suicide of Joy Division's Ian Curtis: 'People who are left behind are the ones that suffer' Lyndsey Parker, Editor in Chief, Yahoo Music.

Peter Hook: I look back on Joy Division very fondly indeed. I know that, of course, the band came to a tragic end, but that does not change the fact that Joy Division was a great band to be a part of.

Flipping the record over, Peter Hook says Side 2 opener “Heart and Soul” “still sounds fresh 40 years on” and featured subdued bass. “The keyboards come into their own here.

Peter Hook & The Light have announced a massive 2024 tour across North America, the UK, and Ireland, during which they will play the Substance albums by Hook’s former bands Joy Division and New ...

After spending 2024 performing both Joy Division and New Order’s Substance live, Peter Hook & The Light will return stateside in 2025 with a new tour focusing on New Order’s Get Ready. The ...

"Everyone knows that New Order without Peter Hook is like Queen without Freddie Mercury, U2 without The Edge, Sooty without Sweep!" the bassist fumes to fans in a statement.

In the three decades since he committed suicide, singer Ian Curtis has become both a symbol and a caricature. Curtis’ seemingly tortured life as a member of the English post-punk band Joy ...