Beginning April 11, former New Order bassist Peter Hook will be embarking on a three-week spoken word tour throughout the U.K., reports Slicing Up Eyeballs. The tour, entitled “An Evening of Unknown Pleasures: Tales from Joy Division, New Order and The Hacienda,” will find Hook delving deeply into his rather large back catalogue of music, while also introducing never-before-seen footage from his past with bands Joy Division, New Order and the Hacienda.
Back in November, the Bernard Sumner-fronted Bad Lieutenant had to cancel their scheduled U.S. gigs due to issues with International Customs. In the same statement, Mr. Sumner stated that they still plan to perform in New York, Chicago and a few other places come 2010.
Staying true to his word, Bad Lieutenant announced today just when those shows will go down, along with a San Francisco show and a quick stop at this year’s Coachella on April 17 (night 1 of 3), which will mark the bands first American performance to date.
On their upcoming American tour, Mr. Sumner had said:
Experimental bands Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof have announced plans to cover Joy Division’s unforgettable debut Unkown Pleasure on April 29 as part of the Austria’s Donaufestival (which runs from April 28 through May 8). Their publicist had this to say to Tiny Mix Tapes:
“It’s funny Xiu Xiu should ask Deerhoof to perform Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures with them. Just a short time before this, Deerhoof received a MySpace comment containing a Joy Division video and the words “COVER THIS”; and then a Facebook message asking when there would be a full-on collaboration between Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu. Add to this the sheer coincidence that Ian Curtis committed suicide on May 18, Greg Saunier’s birthday, and the conclusion seemed inevitable.”
I’ve decided to run a top 10 list of 80’s albums based on my opinion (which can be argued as being factual) solely. The 80’s unfortunately catches a bad general rap from mainstream society that typically only remembers the fond times for it’s blonde feathered bangs, and drunken metal/acoustic ballads (I’m pointing my finger at you Bret Michaels.) But I know you, the reader can recall a more innovative, and intellectual time, where bands held pretentious outlooks because they damn right deserved to. I may be talking like I lived through this colorful decade, but truth has it that I was actually only born in the middle of it. Still, these albums have changed my life, and the natural views that I have to surviving in this crazy world.
