Get hooked by Hacienda set aboard DFDS
Last and then I’ve visited the region many times with New Order and now The Light.
“It certainly helps that what we play is iconic material from two fantastic bands, which have had such great influence on music and cultural history that people hold such a great affinity with. As for The Light, we play these with dedication and passion and we’ve been touring the world with these sets to great reactions. It’s fantastic to be able to tour the world playing these songs which people hold in such high regard.
“It shows you what we as a band achieved, and weirdly it’s when you go away that you realise it more that you have had all this reach and influence on people’s lives with your work.”
Such was the success of New Order they helped pave the wave for the Madchester scene, a chapter in British music history Peter says he’s proud to be a part of.
Speaking about the famous Hacienda nightclub, which though long gone has sparked a revival tour, Hacienda Classical, he said: “See being at the Hacienda in that period was being at the epicentre of it, you saw it all, all the madness and wildness and those times that have come to shape people’s lives. In many ways because Manchester’s so small, everyone knew each other and that gave it a real dynamic.
“They were amazing and heady times, there was a sense of hope and optimism, about arts, music and the city and that’s what I think it still represents to people. For me, that’s why what we did and continue to do radiates, not only with the people who were there, but younger people who come to events and the concerts to try and discover what it was like.”
DFDS’s North Sea Sounds with New Order’s Peter Hook, Kraak & Smaak and Hacienda DJs departs Friday, November 17. Book at www.dfds.co.uk/music or call 0871 522 9955.