The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation have announced Joy Division and New Order as one of the acts to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for 2026. Peter Hook was a founding member and bass player for both bands, playing a critical role in what defined their respective unique sound.
On the announcement of the news, Peter Hook shared: “I am so happy to be accepted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, you would not believe it! It’s such a compliment to all the fans of Joy Division and New Order and it’s now been confirmed. My thanks to Ian Curtis, Rob Gretton and Tony Wilson – your hard work and inspiration has meant everything to me. I will be delighted to be inducted and I’m looking forward to the night so much! See you there. Peter Hook.”
Meanwhile, Peter Hook & The Light will this year play major tours of Australia and New Zealand in July and the USA and Canada in September and October, interspersed with select UK dates and festivals throughout the year. Full UK dates as follows:
MAY
Sat 09 BRISTOL Gigantic All-Dayer
Fri 22 DERBYSHIRE Bearded Theory
JUNE
Thu 04 MANCHESTER Academy (with Buzzcocks)
Wed 10 GLASGOW Kelvingrove Bandstand
Thu 11 LINCOLN Summer Sessions (with OMD)
Fri 19 SOUTHAMPTON Summer Sessions (with OMD)
JULY
Fri 03 ALTRINCHAM Britfest
Sun 26 SUFFOLK Latitude
AUGUST
Fri 07 ROCHDALE Town Hall (with OMD)
Sat 15 SCARBOROUGH Interzone
TICKETS: https://peterhookandthelight.live
The 2026 dates follow a mammoth run of live shows last year, taking in tours of Europe and North America and a full UK tour at the end of the year – which saw the band play the Get Ready album by New Order in full – and a full EU tour earlier this year that took them to the Netherlands, Germany,
Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia and Belgium.
Peter Hook first revisited the seminal Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures back in May 2010 for a commemorative charity concert and has followed it each year by performing subsequent albums from the repertoire of his bands, Joy Division and New Order. His dedication to his back catalogue has now seen him move through Unknown Pleasures, Closer, Still, Movement, Power Corruption & Lies, Low Life, Brotherhood, Technique, Republic and Substance to arrive at the Get Ready album. Having toured the albums extensively, the band have now amassed approaching 1000 concerts.
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