Peter Hook and The Light

Peter Hook and The Light
The Light, performing in 2011
Background information
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Post-punk, alternative rock, new wave, alternative dance, synthpop
Years active	2010 (2010)–present
Labels	Haçienda
Associated acts	Joy Division, New Order, Monaco, Haven, Rowetta, Revenge.
Website	www.peterhook.co.uk
Members	Peter Hook Jack Bates Paul Kehoe Andy Poole David Potts
Past members	Nat Wason

Peter Hook and The Light are an English rock band, formed in May 2010 by the former Joy Division and New Order bassist, Peter Hook. The band also features Hook's son Jack Bates (bass), as well as Andy Poole (keyboards) and Paul Kehoe (drums), who both played with Hook as part of Monaco, one of Hook's previous groups. From the first gigs in May 2010, Nat Wason (formerly of Haven) was the group's guitarist, however in July 2013 it was announced that Wason would be moving on, to be replaced by David Potts, another former member of Monaco.

The band is noted for performing the Joy Division and New Order albums live. Their setlists primarily feature the two Joy Division albums, Unknown Pleasures and Closer or the first two New Order albums, Movement and Power, Corruption & Lies, depending on the respective tour. The band gained some criticism from the other New Order members, Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris (also of Joy Division) and Gillian Gilbert, after New Order's reunion without Hook.

The band is also occasionally accompanied by Rowetta, who performs guest vocals.

The band's debut EP, 1102 | 2011 EP, was released on 9 May 2011. It features four Joy Division covers, one of which is a rework of "Pictures In My Mind" which was unreleased at that time.

The band performed their first ever gig on 18 May 2010 at Factory Manchester, a club in the city centre which Hook co-owns. Hook announced that he and the band would perform Joy Division's debut album Unknown Pleasures live and in full, 30 years to the day since the suicide of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, as a celebration of Ian's life and work. After the gig sold out in minutes, a second night was announced on 19 May 2010. The band duly performed the album in full alongside a number of other tracks. Hook had originally intended for the gigs to be a one-off event, but was quickly inundated with offers from all around the world to take the show on tour. During the summer of 2010, the band performed at various festivals across Europe including Europavox in France, Moonlight Festival in Italy, Benicassim in Spain, Paredes de Coura in Portugal and Vintage at Goodwood & the 1234 Festival in the UK. In September 2010, the band embarked on their first proper headlining tour by performing 5 sold out shows in Australia and 2 in New Zealand. This was quickly followed by a 4 date tour of Spain, a 3 date tour of Italy and finally a 10 date tour of the United States. Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell joined the band as a guest vocalist on the last night of the tour in Los Angeles, singing the Joy Division track 'Transmission' at the Music Box in Hollywood.