Overview
- New Order said Monday that founding members Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert will not be touring “for the foreseeable future” and will miss the band’s November Fauna Primavera show in Santiago because of personal health reasons.
- The Chile bill will go ahead with Bernard Sumner joined by longtime live members Phil Cunningham and Tom Chapman, which leaves Sumner as the only original member expected onstage there.
- The band gave no details about which of the two has health issues or what those issues are, and it has not named any permanent replacements or outlined a longer-term touring plan.
- The announcement arrives weeks before New Order and Joy Division’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction on Nov. 14, a moment made more uncertain by longtime estrangement from former bassist Peter Hook, who has said he will not stand with them at the ceremony.
- The change deepens questions about New Order’s live future after years of limited touring and continued reliance on Phil Cunningham and Tom Chapman to sustain performances originally anchored by Morris and Gilbert.