Peter Hook & The Light will bring their Get Ready tour to Manchester in April 2025. The band will perform the seventh New Order album in full, alongside a selection of the most seminal tracks from the catalogues of both Joy Division and New Order. First released in 2001, Get Ready features key singles including Crystal and Someone Like You. The album was dedicated to Rob Gretton, the manager of both Joy Division and New Order, who had died in 1999.
Speaking about the album and the upcoming shows, Peter Hook said: “Get Ready was a honeymoon record. Looking back now it was very enjoyable to make, and I think is massively underrated. It did sort the wheat from the chaff and led to a New Order mk2 which played better but had lost a naivety whilst gaining a maturity.
“Barney and I became a ‘power couple’ in Manchester during the making of the record but, sadly, the old problems recurred when we came to play live. The writing was on the wall from then on. The two of us worked very hard to make this a great record and I think we succeeded. I am looking forward to playing all the tracks, many of which have never been played live before. The Light will shine through … Get Ready!”