New Order frontman Bernard Sumner has suggested that the band could record new material.
The New Order reformation continues to roll. Earlier this week the Factory legends announced a UK tour, without their long time bass player Peter Hook.
In turns delighting and infuriating fans, the band have now suggested that new material could be in the pipeline. Speaking to XFM about the upcoming shows, Bernard Sumner explained that although the group are too busy to approach a new album just now, fresh material could potentially follow the upcoming tour.
“Not even thinking about (writing and recording) at the moment because our heads are really on playing live,” he said. “It really is one day at a time – or one year at a time – and this year is playing live.”
“Let’s see (about working on new material)” continued the frontman. “Hopefully there’ll be some recorded music as well.”
Reforming last year to play two charity shows on the continent, New Order decided to continue with their re-union as 2012 dawned. Organising a short burst of Australian shows, the band then put fans out of their misery by announcing a brief British tour.
Opening on April 26th, the band will play a no doubt emotional show at Manchester’s O2 Apollo. Continuing, the tour hits Birmingham on April 29th, before veering into the Brixton Academy on May 2nd.
Finishing on April 5th, New Order will bring the tour to a halt in Glasgow. Tickets for the upcoming shows go on sale tomorrow morning (February 3rd) at 9am.
New Order will play the following shows:
April
26 Manchester Apollo
29 Birmingham Ballroom
May
2 Brixton O2 Academy
5 Glasgow O2 Academy
