Speaking in 2011 about the New Order/Joy Division joint singles compilation Total, bassist Peter Hook declared, “We did actually do something wonderful. And not just with one group, but with two.” ...

Peter Hook is known for some of the most haunting upper-register basslines ever recorded – Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart and New Order’s Regret being just two obvious examples.

One of the founding members of Joy Division and New Order is to headline a festival in North Yorkshire. Peter Hook and the Light will top the bill at Tomorrow’s Ghosts Festival in Whitby.

Joy Division is best known as one of the most revered post-punk bands of all time, as well as for hits like “Love Will Tear Us Apart”. Unfortunately, the band is also known for the sudden and untimely ...

Anna Houlahan reports on crime and social issues affecting regional and remote Australia in her role as national crime reporter at Australian Community Media (ACM). She was ACM’s Trainee of the ...