![]() ![]() Since 2011 though, the band has been going strong, with the additions of Tom Chapman on bass and Phil Cunningham on guitar, both from Bernard Summer’s transitory band called Bad Lieutenant that grooved away from 2008 to 2011, before he merged them with New Order. ![]() ![]() Hit after hit they managed to prove themselves creatively and commercially as musical masters in their own right through the 80’s, but they had separated through much off the 90’s, but they did have a flurry of activity in the early 2000’s, but in 2007 Peter Hook left in a huge public spat with the rest of the band. That group had a overwhelmingly dark but strangely danceable rock sound had elements of their future electronic obsessions, but after guitarist (and now frontman) Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, drummer Stephen Morris, along with keyboardist Gillian Gilbert took up as a new band, there was a feeling that they needed to get out on the dance floor and groove away their collective grief and trauma of losing Curtis at such a young age. New Order is a band that arose from the ashes of their previous outfit, the post punk innovators Joy Division, who disbanded after their lead singer Ian Curtis committed suicide in 1980. They also obviously influenced each other as well, and even had some collaborations in the past, which made these two the perfect combination for a majorly cool party tour, and they even brought along famed producer, artist, and remixer Paul Oakenfold for DJ duties before both of their sets, and he helped really keep they dancing spirit going throughout the night. Both bands came out at the beginning of the 80’s and had major influences on both the artistic direction of the alternative rock and dance scenes, and they also topped of the pop charts many times with radio play and music video hits. Along the way they had added another local date at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, and that came a few nights before with New Order headlining, but this time it was Pet Shop Boys turn to take top billing. We had actually purchased the tickets for this event nearly 3 years ago, so the anxious anticipation for what was sure to be one crazy dance party was a long grueling haul, but it turned out to be well worth the wait, and it was very much be the dance party that shook off those remaining quarantine blues. Two new wave and synth pop pioneers Pet Shop Boys and New Order brought their co-headlining Unity Tour to Madison Square Garden after being postponed many times over the last 2 and a half years with pandemic delays, as it was originally scheduled to take place way back in September of 2020, at a time when people hoped the whole COVID thing would blow over quickly, but of course it did not. ![]()
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