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Saturday, October 24, 2015

New Order: the day all our equipment got stolen in New York

As the hugely influential Manchester band return, drummer Stephen Morris explains they have always had a jinxed relationship with the US

New Order are back. Their new album, Music Complete, is “an unexpectedly coherent return”, particularly for a band that helped pioneer electro-pop and whose influence can be heard on across the radio dial (or Spotify charts) today. In support of the album, the band will play to sold-out crowds in the UK and Europe. They haven’t scheduled their US tour yet, though. In past interviews, the band’s lead singer, Bernard Sumner, has made it quite clear that he doesn’t actually like touring the United States. “Yes that’s one of the many things that Bernard doesn’t like,” says the band’s drummer and programmer, Stephen Morris.

But why? “America’s such a big place, so the only way to do it is by air, so you’re stuck in ‘airport-hotel-gig-airport-hotel-gig’. It gets a bit repetitive and you tend not to get much time to get out and see places,” he explains. But aside from its expansiveness, it turns out there are some other very good reasons that New Order might dislike the States.

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by Melissa Locker via Electronic music | The Guardian

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