NEWS: New Order Announce February 27 Auckland Show

New Wave rock icons New Order are back and heading this way with the recent announcement of a one off Auckland show at the Vector Arena on February 27.

Arguably one of the most critically acclaimed, influential, and aesthetically noted artists of our time, New Order announced they were reforming two months ago to play benefit gigs in Brussels and Paris for their good friend Michael Shamberg. With Peter Hook having officially left the band in 2007 New Order’s line up now again includes the original fouth member Gillian Gilbert. Instant sell-outs, these European dates were rapturously received by all the fans, friends, and media who saw New Order deliver amazing live performances.

Reviewing the Paris show, Luke Bainbridge for The Observer wrote, “On stage, they are greeted like returning heroes, and a rejuvenated New Order delight their fans with a rare greatest hits set. Every fan has their own dream set-list, but they’d be hard pushed to beat tonight’s selection.”

Following the huge success of these shows in Brussels and Paris, New Order announced a one-off London show and three dates in South America in December. Vector Arena, Auckland is next up on February 27th!

Having formed in 1980 from the remains of the seminal Joy Division following the death of singer Ian Curtis. Few musicians manage to change the landscape of music once, but three of the musicians in this band have done it twice. Joy Division’s unearthly post-punk was as original as the Velvet Underground’s palette twenty years earlier and New Order combined electronics and rock guitars in a way that had never been done.

New Order have inspired several generations of bands and several generations of fans and seeing them in the flesh is one opportunity not to be missed.

Event Information
New Order
Monday 27 February 2012 at Vector Arena, Auckland
Tickets on sale from Ticketmaster from 9am Friday 16th December.