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YOU WONT BELIEVE: New order - What They Never Told You

"The performance racked up over 25,000 viewer complaints as middle England soiled its collective pants." 10 times rock bands totally ruined Top Of The Pops

From Nirvana refusing to mime properly to Manic Street Preachers inadvertently sparking IRA hysteria, Top Of The Pops hosted some unforgettable moments for rock bands

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“He did all the Ozzy stuff you’d think he would do – he got down on his knees and performed. I was like, ‘Oh, my God. This is so weird’”: A hair-metal hero turned nu-metal synth-guitar maverick who impressed Ozzy Osbourne – who is the real Amir Derakh?

Derakh replaced Craig Goldy in Rough Cutt, was edged out by Zakk Wylde for the Ozzy gig, and has been an undercover guitar-synth master all along

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Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert step away from New Order

New Order will be without Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert "for the foreseeable future", "due to personal health reasons".

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“Grown men were coming up to him with tears in their eyes, saying how he would never fully understand what the song had done for them over the years”: Producer Stephen Hague tells us how he made “the best English football record” with New Order

Producer Stephen Hague shares how he helped New Order top the charts - and turned John Barnes into a rap icon - with the iconic 1990 English football anthem World in Motion

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Rewind: Promising releases from High End Vienna, Esoteric’s streaming preamp reviewed, the best World Cup tunes and more

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The best World Cup songs to test your system

With no Shakira, no Ricky Martin and definitely no Baddiel & Skinner.

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"I will never play with them again. I’d rather die than play with them." Don't hold your breath for a New Order reunion performance at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony

Peter Hook makes his feelings on a New Order reunion crystal clear

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“Walk on. Press a button. Leave the gear to play a song all on its own. While we piss off back to the booze in the dressing room and chortle to ourselves”: The mistakes and judicious choices that made New Order’s Blue Monday

Still the biggest-selling 12-inch of all time

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“We thought it would be a taster single to set the scene, but when it came out, it went crazy": The almost unbelievable story of how EMF went to No 1 in the US with their debut single, which came with a huge guitar riff and a helping hand from Rick Rubin

“The guitar riff goes from blues mode to flamenco mode, like the two conflicting sides of my life”

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“I haven’t spoken to Bernard for… I didn’t even speak to him. He spoke at me. That’ll be 15 years": Peter Hook says he won’t perform or stand with New Order at their RNR Hall Of Fame – unless he receives an apology

Liam and Noel Gallagher could be intermediaries, he says

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Peter Hook has no plans for New Order reunion but Oasis could hold the key

Peter Hook doesn't plan to reunite with his former New Order bandmate at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony later this year.

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‘I became a New Order groupie’: Tim Burgess’s honest playlist

The Charlatans frontman plays Kate Bush deep cuts in his car and loves a bit of Abba, but which scary industrial noiseniks soundtrack his sexy time?

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Peter Hook says Joy Division’s Rock Hall honour is ‘for Ian Curtis’

Peter Hook has dedicated Joy Division’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction to late frontman Ian Curtis as he confirms he will attend the ceremony.

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Oasis and Phil Collins lead British Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honours

Iron Maiden, Sade, Billy Idol, Joy Division and New Order are the other British acts being honoured this year

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Oasis lead record number of British acts entering Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The 2026 honourees were announced by Ryan Seacrest during an episode of American Idol on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Wu-Tang Clan and Queen Latifah lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame US inductees

Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, Queen Latifah, Oasis, Sade and Joy Division/New Order are set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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Peter Hook marking Sex Pistols anniversary milestone with special show

Peter Hook will mark the 50th anniversary of the Sex Pistols’ legendary Manchester gig - which inspired him to pick up the bass - with a one-off show next year.

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‘Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, Ice Cube – I’m from that late-70s, early-80s era, so I like those kinds of raps’ John Barnes reveals the one rap song he wished he’d been asked to perform on

Former England winger Barnes rhymed himself into music folklore with his iconic rap on New Order’s ‘World in Motion’, but reveals he was never asked to perform on other records

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Florian Schneider’s Kraftwerk instruments put up for auction in US

Auction in US includes late musician’s vocoders, flute, sunglasses and bike he rode in Tour de France video

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“No one expected it to sell, but it did sell, didn’t it?”: the crazy story of an era-defining 80s classic that shifted millions but had such an expensive sleeve it sold at a loss

Someone forgot to run the numbers…

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“People really go ape*** for the dance tracks”: saluting New Order’s imperious 2015 album Music Complete as it turns 10

The synth-pop trailblazers’ most recent record came out a decade ago and increasingly looks like a fantastic and fitting farewell

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Peter Hook 'sad' there's no Joy Division archive

Peter Hook has admitted he feels "sad" there isn't a secret archive of lost Joy Division songs - admitting the band was so strapped for cash they recorded everything on one cassette and then recorded over it every time they did came up with something new.

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Peter Hook breaks silence over why he believes Joy Division and New Order are still waiting for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognition

In a frank interview, bassist Peter Hook has spoken out about why he believes Joy Division and New Order are still waiting for recognition from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Guardian - UK

Maxine Peake: ‘I have a healthy balance of inferiority complex and slightly prickly ego’

The actor on working with Mike Leigh, death by disco ball and drinking on the job

The Guardian - AU

From Madonna to New Order and Oasis, one man’s odyssey to make an ‘atlas of album cover maps’

Damien Saunder set out to survey the cartographic influence on album sleeve design. Four years and 400-plus records later, he’s created the coffee table book music fans and map lovers never knew they needed

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