Overview
- The band confirmed on Monday that Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert will not be touring "for the foreseeable future" because of personal health reasons.
- New Order said it remains scheduled to play Festival Fauna Primavera in Santiago in November but that Morris and Gilbert will not join that performance.
- With Peter Hook having left the group in 2007, Bernard Sumner is expected to be the only original member on stage for upcoming dates and the band has not named who will fill drums or keyboards.
- Peter Hook publicly suggested the pair had left the band and that Sumner would be touring alone, a claim that band sources have disputed even as tensions between Hook and the remaining members continue.
- The change comes as Joy Division and New Order prepare for a joint Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction later this year and follows a long history of lineup shifts including Hook’s 2007 departure and a 2017 settlement over royalties.