PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT ANNOUNCE SPRING 2016 UK DATES OF NEW ORDER’S “LOW LIFE” (1985) & “BROTHERHOOD” (1986) PLUS AN OPENING SET OF ‘JOY DIVISION’ MATERIAL!
Back by popular demand, Peter Hook & The Light takes to the road for a string of dates in Spring 2016 to perform New Order’s third and fourth albums, “Low Life” and “Brotherhood”, returning to many venues where the band's previous shows have sold out and been very well received, calling at Wakefield for what is sure to be a sell out show.
After appearing to widespread acclaim at Pontefracts Crooked Ways we wrote "Hooky owns the stage and has a suprsieingly good singing voice that lends itself well to a set...that focuses on Joy Division but brings us all the New Order classics we want to hear"
Having recently returned from touring the albums in across the world, the shows mark the opportunity to see the LPs performed in full in England.
As has become standard, Hooky and The Light will be supporting themselves at the concerts performing a selection of Joy Division material.
The concerts will include the singles and B-sides from New Order’s most prolific period. From August 1983 up to 1987, taking the audience from “Confusion” to “True Faith”, with both “Low Life” and “Brotherhood” performed in full alongside all the other tracks from that fans consider New Order’s greatest period including “Thieves Like Us” “Bizarre Love Triangle”, “The Perfect Kiss” and many more.
Both the singles and the albums for this period stand out as some of the finest work ever produced by the band and marking the high period of New Order artistically. The critical plaudits heaped upon “Power, Corruption & Lies” were followed by similar notices for “Low-Life” and “Brotherhood”, which are considered as a trio as the band’s greatest albums.
Releasing “Low Life” in 1985 alongside epic single “The Perfect Kiss”, whose 9 minute 12 inch mix is considered one of the best of the decade, “Low Life” has made many regard it as New Order’s most complete single album. Aside from the singles, the album contains many great records that have entered the canon, including “This Time Of Night”, “Sunrise”, “Elegia”, “Sooner Than You Think”, and the album’s closer “Face Up”, an energetic club track.
“Brotherhood” itself took a unique approach, splitting the rock side of the band to the first side of the album, with tracks “Paradise”, “As It Is When It Was” and “Way Of Life”, whereas the flip side was electronic, taking in the two singles and also “Every Second Counts”.
The Light’s concerts run up to 1987 when New Order enjoyed their biggest international hit “True Faith”.
Peter Hook & The Light’s “Lowlife” & “Brotherhood” shows chart New Order’s final stage of evolution from the post punk of Joy Division to defining themselves as electro pop pioneers at the cutting edge of the emerging club scene in the mid to late Eighties.
Friday 4th March 2016
COVENTRY - The Copper Rooms (Warwick University)
Website - http://www.thecopperrooms.com
Box Office: 08444 77 1000
Saturday 5th March 2016
WAKEFIELD - Warehouse 23
Website - http://warehouse23.co.uk
Box Office: 0844 249 1000
Friday 11th March 2016
NORWICH - The Waterfront
Website - http://ueaticketbookings.co.uk/
Box Office: 01603 508050
Tickets for all 3 dates go on-sale on Friday 5th December 2015
For videos and concert footage from The Light check -www.youtube.com/peterhookandthelight
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