Guardian Music — The Joy Division, New Order and Haçienda co-founder takes us on a tour of his home town, featuring DJ Luke Unabomber and indie band DelphicNicholas BlincoeChristian Bennett more info

Live Daily — For a debut effort, Bad Lieutenant [ tickets ]'s "Never Cry Another Tear" has some big shoes to fill. Not only does the act take its name from Abel Ferrara's acclaimed 1992 twisted cop flick, it's fronted by Bernard Sumner, the voice of New Order and... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — They are the legends of Manchester music – but not as you have ever seen them before.Some of the city’s best loved and most infamous music icons are being depicted in pop art style at an exhibition in Chorlton.Artist Pete McKee, who des... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order) has written How Not To Run A Club, a book about the legendary Haçienda in Manchester. The Independent has an exclusive extract. He need to get his facts straight, though. Nico died in 1988, so how can this be... more info

To mark the release of his new book about The Hacienda, here New Order's Peter Hook reminisces about the legendary Manchester club, which he co-owned. more info

The Quietus — His name "is now mud" amongst record collectors more info

Rolling Stone — Many artists and athletes worry whether their signature has been forged on pieces of memorabilia. But Joy Division fans should be the ones doing the worrying now that New Order bassist Peter Hook has admitted to Clash Music that he used to sell Joy D... more info

XFM.co.uk — The bass god admits to Joy Division fakery... more info

Guardian Music — (Triple Echo)It was easy to get excited at the time, but in retrospect there was something disappointing about New Order's noughties reunion. The albums they released certainly weren't bad, but never threatened to scale the heights of Technique or Lo... more info

The Music Fix — News: Press release: A host of names stepped out last week to celebrate the unveiling of blue plaques on two seminal recording studios in Rochdale. On Wednesday 23rd September New Order's Peter Hook, OMD's Andy McCluskey, members of Autechre, The In... more info