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An Evening With Peter Hook & The Light
Performing The Albums "Substance" By Joy Division & New Order
The Academy Dublin, Friday December 1st 20
Peter Hook & The Light are to return to Ireland for a trio of dates at the end of November and starting December 2017 as they visit on their widely acclaimed world tour performing both Substance albums by Joy Division and New Order.
Hooky and the band's Irish visit comes following world-wide dates since last September's debut Substance sjpws shows that has already seen the band tour the much praised set across North and South America towards the end of 2016.
Having just wrapped up a string of UK dates, the rest of the year before the Dolan's Warehouse, Limerick, Academy Dublin and Limelight 1, Belfast concest see the band on the road across Europe and visiting Japan, Australia and New Zealand with the Substance set.
About Substance
Released in August 1987, New Order's Substance was originally conceived as a way for Factory Records boss, Tony Wilson, to play the New Order singles on the CD player of his new Jaguar car. Substance became the best selling New Order album ever upon its release, the double LP going on to sell 2 million copies in America alone.
Widely considered New Order's strongest album, "their most popular, well known, highly rated and arguably the most influential" (Sputnik Music), Factory Records' 200th release featured the bands seminal 12" mixes of their singles as well as versions of ‘Confusion’ and Temptation re-recorded for the LP.
Running from "Ceremony" in 1981 up to "True Faith" in 1987 (again recorded especially for the album), the set takes in the high points of New Order's catalogue, including "Temptation", "Thieves Like Us", "The Perfect Kiss" and "Bizarre Love Triangle".
Released the following year in July 1988, Joy Division's Substance features all the singles which did not appear on the albums such as "Transmission", "Komakino", "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and "Atmosphere", as well as their b-sides, tracks from their EP "An Ideal For Living" and the Factory Records sampler.
Factory Records' 250th release, it begins with "Warsaw" and takes in the development of the band through "Digital" and "Dead Souls" to the band's final tracks. The collection demonstrates the same energy as a full length LP with several key B-sides added.
Allmusic called it "the best adjunct to the two albums anyone could want."
Peter Hook & The Light have toured Joy Division and New Order's albums extensively since debuting "Unknown Pleasures" back in 2010 with dates all across the world which have been very well received by critics and fans alike.
