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Peter Hook Unhappy About New Order Reunion

8:40 a.m. · September 9, 2011 · by Nick Neyland

New Order announced a couple of shows earlier this week, sans original bass player Peter Hook. The latter has recently been busy playing awful versions of old Joy Division songs on tour with his new band, although it’s not yet clear whether that decision impacted on his chances of being invited along to this reunion.

Hook has issued a statement about the New Order shows, which reads as follows:

''I first I heard about this on Monday and it has taken me completely by surprise! Everyone knows that New Order without Peter Hook is like QUEEN without FREDDIE MERCURY, U2 without THE EDGE, SOOTY without SWEEP!''

''On a more serious note, I do not understand the decision THE OTHER THREE have taken. I wish they had approached me first. I do not agree with the methods they have used and feel it would have been courteous and professional to have spoken to me in advance of the announcements. It is very sad.''

Anyone wondering who Sooty, or indeed Sweep, might be should head over to this page. In fairness to Hook it’s hard to imagine New Order without his inimitable bass lines, although his career is so tarnished at this point that it might do him some good to keep a low profile for a while. 

[via Gigwise]