New Order split: it's official
After months of speculation, New Order have finally confirmed that they have split.
The news follows months of uncertainty, and a confirmation by bassist Peter Hook at the beginning of the month that the band had decided once and for all to go their own way.
Speaking to BBC 6 Music, Hook seemed upset as he explained the situation.
"It has been very sad actually, and it has been very difficult to live with, but that is life, isn't it?" he said. "But you pick yourself up, you dust yourself off, and you start all over again."
Pushed to give a reason for the split, he replied simply, "It's personal". |
Last.fm Creates ?User Generated? Club With Ninja Tune
Social music network Last.fm has teamed up with seminal label Ninja Tune to create a groundbreaking 'user-generated? club night at The Big Chill House on Pentonville Road on June 2nd.
All Last.fm users going to the party will help decide the setlist for the upstairs room, DJed by Ninja Tune?s Sparky. They?ll register their intention to attend at the club?s event page on the Last.fm website, and on the night Sparky will play tracks drawn from music listened to by those users in the preceding weeks.
Last.fm is a social music network that tracks what you listen to on your PC and iPod and then plays you new music that suits your taste, based on recommendations drawn from the listening habits of over 20 million active users.
This party is the first time that Last.fm has taken its 'collaborative filtering? ethos out into the real world. Sparky?s user-generated set will also be recorded and made available on Last.fm for users unable to attend.
Last.fm is also extremely chuffed that the youngest DMC World Champion to date and celebrated member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, the one and only A-Trak will be gracing the downstairs decks. Joining him is ingenious prodigy MC Kid Sister.And if that wasn?t enough, Ninja Tune managed to get the hottest beatboxer of the moment to do a very special set of itches, scratches, and a lot of beard-inspired utterances into the mic. Behold the genious of Beardyman!
Furthermore, Ninja Tune will bring their very own Mr Herbaliser Ollie Teeba along to entice the dancing crowds. And last but by no earthly measures least, the striped-jumper-wearing godfather of warm and soulful sounds, London?s very own Ross Allen will also be heating up the dance floor. |
MIKA releases debut DVD
British global pop phenomenon MIKA releases his debut DVD 'Live In Cartoon Motion? on November 12th 2007.
'Live In Cartoon Motion? is packed to the rafters with exclusive never before seen footage. Highlights are a 50 minute documentary and a 60 minute live show shot in Paris earlier this year. The documentary was shot on MIKA?s worldwide tour highlighting his global escapades through 2007.
The live show was recorded in front of 4,000 fans at the Paris?s world renowned L?Olympia venue. The performance has been shot by acclaimed director Matt Askem, famed for his work with Muse, Paul Weller, Lenny Kravitz and David Bowie, amongst others.
The release of 'Live In Cartoon Motion? comes as MIKA?s debut album 'Life In Cartoon Motion? is now the second biggest selling album of the year, just behind Amy Winehouse. The album has sold an additional 2.3 million copies around the world.
The DVD release also coincides with MIKA?s biggest UK tour so far:
Saturday 17 November ? Glasgow Academy (tel: 08700 600 100)
Monday 19 November ? Manchester Apollo (0870 401 8000)
Thursday 22 November ? Birmingham Academy (0870 771 2000)
Saturday 24 November ? Doncaster Dome (0871 2200 260)
Monday 26 November ? Newcastle Academy (0870 771 2000)
Wednesday 28 November ? Bournemouth BIC (0870 111 3000)
Thursday 29 November ? Plymouth Pavilions (0845 146 1460)
Friday 30 November ? Brighton Centre (0870 900 9100)
Sunday 2 December ? London Brixton Academy (0870 771 2000) |