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Following their sold out debut UK concerts in January 2013, Peter Hook & The Light are to debut their critically acclaimed performances of the first two New Order albums, "Movement" and "Power, Corruption & Lies" to North American audiences for the first time in September 2013.

SONG OF THE DAY : "Dizzy" by Jimmy Eat World Good morning, Medford! Here are five things you need to know today, Monday, May 13: 1. FITZPATRICK'S HAT IN RING : Medford resident Bob FitzPatrick has entered the race for Medford City Council.

As Now That's What I Call Music celebrates its 30th birthday, Andrew Eaton-Lewis explores the enduring appeal of the strange pick and mix that has been the soundtrack to 100 million lives IMAGINE for a moment that your only experience of pop music was via Now That's What I Call Music compilations.

Thanks to shrewd programming and its unique location in Portmeirion, last year's inaugural Festival No 6 was an instant hit - here's how it all came together Patrick McGoohan, as suave secret agent Number Six, spent the duration of cult 60s TV series The Prisoner trying to escape the village of Portmeirion .

'Live At Bestival 2012' will come out on July 8 with all profits going to the Isle Of Wight Youth Trust New Order have announced the release of a new live album.

Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division is undoubtedly one of the greatest songs ever written.

As Peter Hook and The Light release their new album, a live album which comes straight from last winters highly acclaimed performances of New Order material with 'Live at Manchester Cathedral' the group also announce new UK summer tour dates as well.

Joy Division existed for three and a half years before it reached its tragic end in 1980, but its musical legacy still resonates strongly today.

Johnny Marr is someone you could spend all day talking with. He was The Smiths ' visionary guitarist and co-songwriter. He made three albums as Electronic with New Order singer-guitarist Bernard Sumner .

It is spring, after all, and that means it's time for renewal. But fans at the New Order concert got more than they might have even anticipated from the first Bowl concert of the season, which already read like a connoisseur's idea of 1980s revival: Johnny Marr, who cofounded the legendary Smiths, opening for New Order, the band that rose from the ... (more)

"You've got to prove it to Manchester -- that's where it all started," says the estranged ex-bassist of the performance at Manchester Cathedral.