The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — For those who don't know. Bad Lieutenant is basically New Order minus Peter Hook. It's Summer on vocals. Morris on drums, and Cunningham (who replaced Gilbert) from Siren's Call. The only new addition is for Hooky's bass.How unknown is this band... more info

XFM.co.uk — The low-slung New Order bassist is set to open a new live music venue. Has he learnt nothing from the Hacienda? more info

Rolling Stone — The Jonas Brothers, Ke$ha, LL Cool J, Norah Jones and Santana will be giving away trophies at January 31st’s Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The list of presenters also includes Santana, Miley Cyrus, Ringo Starr, Justin Bieber and Ricky Martin. LCD ... more info

The Red Radio — This news comes at a perfect time for us as we are pages-deep into Kevin Cummins' recent book, Manchester: Looking For The Light In The Pouring Rain. We've got images of Factory Records, the Factory artists, and the old Hacienda... more info

Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook opens a new Manchester club, based in the old Factory records offices. more info

BBC News - UK — Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook opens a new Manchester club, based in the old Factory records offices. more info

BBC 6 Music — Haçienda mastermind launches new music club in old Factory Records offices more info

Guardian Music — Hear how surprisingly seasoned the teen Swedish sisters of First Aid Kit sound when they perform country-tinged folk-pop about hopes, regrets, cheatin' and hard-lovin', from their forthcoming debut album, The Big Black & The Blue (19 Feb to 8 Mar, st... more info

Guardian Music — With their synth-pop noir, Detachments are going to be competing for the title of 2010's best indie-techno miserablistsHometown: London.The lineup: Sebastien Marshal (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Max Moreau (bass, guitar), Pete Dawson (drums).The back... more info

Peter Hook thinks Madonna is ''horrible'' and compared her to a ''Black Widow'' spider.He told Absolute Radio he met her at The Hacienda and said she was "horrible" and "used" people. more info