Image by: Adam Kennedy.
Peter Hook & the Light are about to embark on a full UK tour for November, coming to Bournemouth on Friday, during which they will perform the New Order album Get Ready in its entirety, followed by a full set of the most seminal tracks from the back catalogues of both Joy Division and New Order. The tour follows three highly successful Get Ready dates at Bristol Marble Factory, London Troxy and Manchester Victoria Warehouse over the Easter weekend in April and a US Get Ready tour during early summer.
Get Ready was released in 2001 and reached #2 on the US Billboard Electronic album chart and #6 in the UK album chart. It was the seventh studio album from New Order and was dedicated by the band to Rob Gretton, the manager of both Joy Division and New Order, who had died in 1999.
The UK Get Ready dates follow a mammoth run of shows last year – including tours of Australia, New Zealand, South America, North America, the UK and Ireland – tours of Spain and France in March this year in which the band played the Substance albums by Joy Division and New Order, a full US Get Ready tour in May and June this year, and a host of UK and EU festivals throughout the summer.
Peter Hook said: “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!”
UK GET READY TOUR | NOVEMBER 2025
Thu 06 WORTHING Assembly Hall
Fri 07 BOURNEMOUTH O2 Academy
Sat 08 COVENTRY HMV Empire
Thu 13 LIVERPOOL Olympia
Fri 14 EDINBURGH Corn Exchange
Sat 15 NEWCASTLE Boiler Shop
Thu 20 HOLMFIRTH Picturedrome
Fri 21 BATH Komedia
Sat 22 CAMBRIDGE Junction
Thu 27 LINCOLN Engine Shed
Fri 28 LYTHAM Pavilion
Sat 29 LEEDS O2 Academy
Tickets available here: https://peterhookandthelight.live
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