Peter Hook And The Light Debut New Order’s First Two Albums With 2013 London And Manchester Concerts
Friday, 21 September 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
Peter Hook And The Light will be performing New Order’s first two albums 'Movement' and 'Power, Corruption And Lies' with two unique, inaugural London and Manchester concerts in January 2013, the first at the legendary Koko in London Thursday 17th January and the second a distinctive and special event, taking place at Manchester Cathedral, Friday 18th January.
Alongside the performances of the albums in full and in sequential order, which has become one of the hallmarks of The Light’s live performances to date, the band are also set to revisit the many classic singles of the 1981 to 1983 including 'Ceremony', 'Everything’s Gone Green', 'Temptation' and 'Blue Monday' which New Order generally refused to include on the albums, considering the LP’s should stand alone in comparison to the single releases.
As with the other albums across the Joy Division and New Order canon, both albums have stood the test of time with the period marking the emergence of the new band and their developing sound whilst also, most notably on 'Movement' referring back to Joy Division musical template.
In comparison, 'Power Corruption And Lies' shows the emergence of what is generally termed the trademark, archetypal New Order sound. More open and optimistic than the title might suggest, the Peter Saville designed album cover takes the National Gallery owned “A Basket Of Roses” by Henri Fantin-Latour and makes the sleeve a piece of modern art which has been widely lauded since its release three decades ago.
Critically 'Power, Corruption And Lies' was also more enthusiastically received than its predecessor with superlative immediately forthcoming from the very best sections of the music press. Containing some of the fans persistent live favourites such as 'Age Of Consent' and 'Your Silent Face', it was this album that cemented New Order’s reputation and showed a cohesiveness and new found confidence emanating from the band.
As with the previous debut album concerts by The Light, both gigs benefit two charities, "Mind", the mental health charity and "Forever Manchester", a local Manchester charity which supports numerous community based initiatives.
The news comes prior to Peter Hook publishing his second book 'Unknown Pleasures – Inside Joy Division' next week, before undertaking a book tour from the start of October. Details over at www.peterhook.co.uk.
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Sat November 17th 2012 - 53 Degrees, Preston
Sun November 18th 2012 - Chimneys, Southend
Tue November 20th 2012 - Phoenix Theatre, Exeter
Wed November 21st 2012 - Waterfront, Norwich
Thu November 22nd 2012 - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Sat November 24th 2012 - Sugarmill, Stoke
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Mon November 26th 2012 - 02 Academy, Leicester
Wed November 28th 2012 - Concorde 2, Brighton
Thu November 29th 2012 - Cockpit, Leeds
Fri November 30th 2012 - Academy 2, Newcastle
Thu January 17th 2013 - KOKO, London
Fri January 18th 2013 - Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
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