There’s an enduring bit of Joy Division mythology, repeated by the surviving members almost any time the subject comes up. It goes like this: Joy Division were a punk band…

40 years on from its first release, Far Out looks back at 'Brotherhood', the 1986 album by New Order that explored their post-punk origins and dance future.

Madchester champions Northside return with new material, the first in over 35 years, new single Hey! Mr Brown

Read Sean T. Collins’ review of the album.

The US Jockey Club has ordered a racehorse to be renamed due to a reference to Adolf Hitler

This 14-CD, two-DVD box set of live recordings is a potent reminder of the rawness and urgency of the short-lived Manchester band

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It's unclear whether the actor stopped by House of Nanking beforehand.

“I love watching people dance to our music. It becomes like a superpower.”

Manchester post-punks return to the scene of two classic albums from 1982 and 1986 with new mixes, new tracklistings and a few surprises

Ahead of a comprehensive box set of live recordings, Richard Foster considers the 'other' Joy Division – one that barely gets mentioned.

The Born Slippy wizards told us how their progressive 1996 album bottled a creative high - made without the luxury of modern tech

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New Order keyboardist and guitarist Gillian Gilbert has revealed she’s...

Exploring the inner workings of one of the most iconic eighties club bangers

In the months after releasing their debut album 'Unknown Pleasures', the Mancunian Joy Division chose an unorthodox way of making and promoting a new single.

Factory Records graphic design icon says Manchester and Salford councils should fund contemporary monuments to Tony Wilson and Ian Curtis.

Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. In April 2020, New Order keyboardist Gillian Gilbert and drummer Stephen...

The show, being held for the Durutti Column icon, comes after a special performance created for Harry Styles' Meltdown Festival in London...

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Looking though Ian Curtis’ record collection with Kelvin Briggs.

“Tony Wilson laughed his head off because he was used to these rude showbiz people”

A Certain Ratio released "The Joy of Sextet" and "Force Majeure" on Mute on 28 August 2026, and added two more UK dates to the October anniversary tour.

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A selection of Wham!'s live performances from their historic 1985 trip to China will be released for the first time, on a special live EP in December. 10 Days in…

The Happy Mondays’ 1990 album Pills ’n’ Thrills and Bellyaches will be reissued across multiple formats in August. The album features the top 5 singles ‘Step On’ and ‘Kinky Afro’ and was the…

Magical musical musings care of the marvellous John Matthews. The Durutti Column formed in Manchester in 1978 and were one of the first acts signed by Tony Wilson to Factory records. Originally a s…

Uncut's October 2026 issue stars Joy Division, Jimi Hendrix, The Cramps, Van Morrison, Elliott Smith and more!

Wild shouts, barks, yelps and handclaps accompany a fierce acoustic strum. Machines strike up a big, banging mid-tempo march, and an insane, insistent accordion leads a deranged, drunken dance. Par…

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A fan-built home for New Order and Joy Division history, music, media, memories, and community — rebuilt for a new transmission.

Is it Madonna’s best single? This William Orbit-produced smash found the Queen of Pop hurtling full-speed into a technicolour sonic universe

The legendary Manchester band have released “Renascent”, an album that sees the group back on their feet alongside key members Vini Reilly and Bruce Mitchell

Vini Reilly and The Durutti Column have returned with the expansive new album 'Renascent', the legendary Factory Records group's first new record in 15 years.

Out with another greatest hits collection, '(The Best & Rest Of)' will leave New Order fans asking why all the bother? Read more about it here.

Their eye-popping designs burst out of Sheffield in 1986, making them the toast of the music scene. Founder Ian Anderson reveals why some fans think his art is worth remortgaging the house for

Dripping notes onto a canvas is probably the analogy that describes The Durutti Column's new album best.

The post-punks' first album in 16 years brings their long, revolutionary path full circle.

After surviving a series of devastating strokes in 2010, the virtuosic guitarist behind The Durutti Column returns with Renascent, his first album in 16 years.

OMD played Rochdale town hall with support from Peter Hook and A Certain Ratio

He was headlining Brighton’s On The Beach fest

The movie takes a look back at the career of the music legends

Producer Stephen Hague shares how he helped New Order top the charts - and turned John Barnes into a rap icon - with the iconic 1990 English football anthem World in Motion

Me and my mate Davey used to play records by A.R. Kane. In our teens, listening to them on cassette, driving around in his car. trying to escape the boredom of Croydon. “When You’re Sad” and “Lolli…