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New Order, Bad Blood: Bernard Sumner Unloads on Ex-Bandmate Peter Hook
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New Order, Bad Blood: Bernard Sumner Unloads on Ex-Bandmate Peter Hook

Peter Hook and Bernard Sumner in happier times (MJ Kim, Getty) When New Order recorded the eight tracks on their new release Lost Sirens as part of the sessions for their 2005 album Waiting for the Siren's Call, they didn't intend them as a coda to bassist Peter Hook's tenure with the band. But since he left New Order in 2007, relations ...

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Thomas Dolby Returns to Music After Blinding Silicon Valley With Science

Conqueroo Thomas Dolby's tour bus is currently towing a "Time Capsule" across North America. It's a small brass-and-chrome-plated trailer with all manner of steampunk-esque metres and gauges inside -- as well as hi-fi audio/visual equipment on which his fans are encouraged to record "messages for the future." Where other pop singers whose ...

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Peter Hook Vows to 'F--- Over' New Order After 'Disgusting' Reunion

Mark McNulty Though he's played some of the greatest basslines in pop music with New Order, Peter Hook didn't exactly endear himself to fans when he announced in 2007 that the band had broken up for a second time. His colleagues in New Order as well as its predecessor Joy Division -- singer-guitarist Bernard Sumner and drummer Stephen Morris ...

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Devo Say 'Stupid' Sarah Palin Proves Their Theory of Devolution

Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images It's been 38 years since Devo first played at Kent State University and, if you believe the band, humankind has been devolving ever since. But while their message in the '70s sounded alien and disturbing, their music is now oddly close to the mainstream. Last year's 'Something for Everybody,' their first album in ...

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Booker T. Jones Returns to His Hometown Roots: 'The World Owes Memphis So Much'

Michael Buckner, Getty Images It's been 50 years since Booker T. Jones' first recording session at Stax Records at the age of 16. Since then, the multi-instrumentalist has had soul hits with the MG's such as 'Green Onions' and 'Time Is Tight,' produced the likes of Willie Nelson and Bill Withers, played with everyone from Bob Dylan to Bruce ...

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Stevie Nicks Admits Undying Love for Lindsey Buckingham, Dedicates New Album to Fan Who Succumbed to Cancer

WBR After Stevie Nicks released 'Trouble in Shangri-La' in 2001, she thought she'd never record another solo album again. The process was tiresome and besides, she still had her longtime band Fleetwood Mac to satisfy her musical creativity. Now, 10 years later, she's back with 'In Your Dreams' -- a rich, dynamic album co-written and ...

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Stevie Nicks Revisits 'Beautiful and Crazy' '70s for 'Secret Love' -- Video Premiere

WBR "Sparkly and eerie and kinda creepy" is how Stevie Nicks describes her video for 'Secret Love,' the first single from her first solo album in 10 years, 'In Your Dreams,' due out May 3. It features younger and older versions of Stevie Nicks, a white horse, a sinister photographer and ghostly appearances and disappearances -- clearly the ...

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