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PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT
ANNOUNCE:
‘GET READY’
UK DATES FOR APRIL 2025
INCLUDING HUGE MANCHESTER SHOW
PLUS, BRISTOL GIG
TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY @ 10AM HERE
PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT have announced UK dates in Manchester and Bristol next April, where they will perform the New Order album ‘Get Ready’ in full, alongside a selection of the most seminal tracks from the rich catalogues of both Joy Division and New Order.
‘Get Ready’ was released in 2001, reached #6 in the UK album chart and was the seventh New Order album. Featuring key singles such as “Crystal”, “Someone Like You”, and “60 MIles An Hour”, it also featured guest appearances from the likes of Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, plus Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes. The record was dedicated to Rob Gretton, the manager of both Joy Division and New Order, who had died in 1999.
Speaking about the album and the upcoming shows, Hooky says:
“Get Ready was a honeymoon record. Looking back now it was very enjoyable to make, and I think is massively underrated. It did sort the wheat from the chaff and led to a New Order mk2 which played better but had lost a naivety whilst gaining a maturity. Barney and I became a ‘power couple’ in Manchester during the making of the record but, sadly, the old problems recurred when we came to play live. The writing was on the wall from then on. The two of us worked very hard to make this a great record and I think we succeeded. I am looking forward to playing all the tracks, many of which have never been played live before. The Light will shine through … Get Ready!” – PETER HOOK
Performing regional shows at Bristol’s Marble Factory and Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse, the latter will be Hook’s first hometown show since his three-night Albert Hall residency in 2022. Booked-in for the Easter Bank Holiday Saturday, the O2 Victoria Warehouse will also be Hooky’s first time playing the capacious Trafford venue, and his biggest headline show in the city to date.
tickets go on general sale this Friday 13th September at 10AM. The dates and details are as follows:
PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT – ‘GET READY’ APRIL 2025
Thu 17 BRISTOL Marble Factory
Sat 19 MANCHESTER O2 Victoria Warehouse
Tickets available here:
https://pinkdot.seetickets.com/tour/peter-hook-the-light?pre=artist
The newly announced dates follow a mammoth run of live shows this year, taking in tours of Australia, New Zealand, South America and North America with a UK and Ireland tour to follow in October and November. These dates see the band play the Substance albums by Joy Division and New Order in full. More details can be found here: https://peterhookandthelight.live
Peter Hook first revisited the seminal Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures back in May 2010 for a commemorative charity concert and has followed it each year by performing subsequent albums from the repertoire of his bands, Joy Division and New Order. His dedication to his back catalogue has now seen him move through Unknown Pleasures, Closer, Still, Movement, Power Corruption & Lies, Low Life, Brotherhood, Technique and Republic to arrive at the Substance albums this year and Get Ready next year. Having toured the albums extensively, the band have now amassed over 800 concerts.
Among the many highlights since he reintroduced his early repertoire to a legion of new audiences across the world have been appearances at Benicassim, Primavera Sound, Bestival, Kendal Calling, Victorious and Rebellion, alongside sold out gigs and extensive touring in Europe, North and South America, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand to great acclaim from both fans and critics alike.
THE ‘GET READY’ TRACKLIST IS AS FOLLOWS:
Crystal
60 Miles an Hour
Turn My Way
Vicious Street
Primitive Notion
Slow Jam
Rock the Shack
Someone Like You
Close Range
Run Wild
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My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago
