Peter Hook & The Light “Get Ready” For Spring UK Tour Dates

Peter Hook & The Light will play UK dates in Manchester, London and Bristol this 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 and featured 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. Performing at Bristol’s Marble Factory, London’s Troxy and Manchester‘s Victoria Warehouse, the latter will be Peter Hook‘s first hometown show since his three-night Albert Hall residency in 2022. Booked-in for the Easter Bank Holiday Saturday, the Victoria Warehouse will also be Hooky’s first time playing the capacious Trafford venue, and his biggest headline show in the city to date.

“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)