Peter Hook and The Light to headline Livestock at Farm Feast

Joy Division and New Order’s Peter Hook, along with his current band The Light, will be heading to Wirral’s Claremont Farm on Sunday May 25 to headline Livestock, a festival-style evening music event which will run alongside Farm Feast – a fully-fledged festival of food and drink, music and farming fun. 

Bassist, musician, singer, DJ, nightclub owner, record company mogul and author Peter Hook, co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division, is renowned as one of music’s seminal bassists, playing a pivotal part in the success of both Joy Division and New Order, the latter of which he played bass and provided the backing vocals for until his departure in 2007. Since this departure, Peter has recorded an album with Revenge, two albums with Monaco and one album with Freebass as bassist, keyboardist and lead vocalist.

In this headlining slot, ‘Hooky’, along with The Light, will play a hybrid set of Joy Division and New Order tunes, reinvented to suit their innovative playing style; bringing a raw edge and powerful punk ethos to these classic works through Peter’s mercurial driving bass and brilliant vocals. This reinvention has garnered praise from leading music critics including BBC 6Music DJ Mark Radcliffe, ensuring these classics remain as fresh and relevant as ever.

Members of The Light include Peter’s own son Jack Bates and former Monaco members, Andy Poole (keyboards) and Paul Kehoe (drums) and David Pott.

Supporting Peter Hook and The Light will be Dan Croll, Stealing Sheep and Soho Riots.

Singer songwriter Dan Croll - who prior to achieving chart success studied at LIPA, Liverpool’s performing arts school - will also play Livestock. Croll’s music, an uplifting mixture of folk, classic pop melodies, catchy guitar hooks and electronic beats, has become a firm favourite on the likes of BBC Radio 1 and 6 Music, and his self produced debut album Sweet Disarray garnered favourable reviews from the national music press upon its release in April 2014. 

Liverpool acoustic three-piece Stealing Sheep comprises Rebecca Hawley (vocals, keyboards), Emily Lansley (vocals, guitar) and Lucy Mercer (vocals, drums) who’ve already made waves on the indie-folk scene with their melodic and haunting brand of dreampop . Drawing influences from Captain Beefheart, Bjork, Yes, Lykke Li and Metronomy, the trio’s first album 'Into the Diamond Sun' received widespread critical acclaim and with a live set on the cards, festivalgoers can expect whirling and spiralling guitars, thunderous and mesmerising drums, hypnotic and infectious synths and enchanting three part harmonies.

Farm Feast and Livestock are delighted to announce an up and coming addition to the Livestock line-up  -  Merseyrail Sound Station winners of 2013, Soho Riots, a band with a stunning live reputation - fostered thanks to their standout shows with The 1975 and Jaws – which piqued the interest of Bido Lito!, Liverpool’s influential music zine, who basked in the band’s ability to “seamlessly transform a delicate melody into a frenzied assault full of determination and spirit”.

As well as a stunning evening of live music, the site will include all the best food traders from Farm Feast’s International Street Food Court, a fantastic cocktail bar and a Beer and Cider Festival tent. Tickets are currently available at a £15 advance price. Livestock, like Farm Feast, is open to all ages but under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

Farm Feast will run during the May Bank Holiday weekend from and will be held in the lush green fields of Claremont Farm. The Farm is located in beautiful countryside in the heart of the Wirral and famous for its asparagus, strawberries and potatoes. This idyllic setting is the perfect backdrop for this exciting event.

For more information please visit www.farmfeast.co.uk | Tweet @FarmFeastFest | Facebook.com/FarmFeastFest

Tickets on sale NOW, from See Tickets: http://www.seetickets.com/event/farm-feast/claremont-farm/755316

Claremont Farm is situated on Old Clatterbridge Road, Bebington, Wirral CH63 4JB

Directions and public transport information can be found here: http://www.claremontfarm.co.uk/contact.html

Peter Hook And The Light Announce UK Tour May - June 2012

Peter Hook And The Light Announce UK Tour May to June 2012

            Fri 25^th May              Liverpool O₂ Academy (Unknown Pleasures)

            Sat 26^th May             Glasgow Oran Mor (Unknown Pleasures)

            Sun 27^th May             Nottingham Rescue Rooms (Unknown Pleasures)

            Tues 29^th May            Sheffield Leadmill (Unknown Pleasures)

            Weds 30^th May          Birmingham O₂ Academy (Unknown Pleasures)

            Fri 1^st June                  London O₂ Academy Islington (Closer)

            Sat 2^nd June                Oxford O₂ Academy (Unknown Pleasures)

Tickets On Sale – 9am Friday 16^th December 2011

Following a string of well received international dates throughout 2011 and the most recent UK concerts at The Lowry, Salford, Peter Hook And The Light have announced a UK tour for May and June 2012, visiting a number of cities for the first time to perform Joy Division’s debut album “Unknown Pleasures and returning to London for their second ever concert in the capital playing Closer.

Beginning in Liverpool, the tour sees Hooky and The Light play their second ever Scottish gig in Glasgow before returning to England with dates in Nottingham, Sheffield and Oxford, all of which are “Unknown Pleasures” concerts whereas the London date sees the first ever “Closer” concert in the city.

Tickets for all these concerts go on sale from 9am on Friday 16^th December 2011.

Playing the albums sequentially and in track order, both Martin Hannett produced LPs are considered seminal, much loved classics and their influence remains pervasive today, both with fans and for the many bands, influenced by and who have taken on the template of Joy Division’s sound in the modern era.

“Unknown Pleasures” is considered one of the most stunning debut albums ever released and “still powerful enough to floor you 30 years on” (NME) while  on“Closer” Hannett’s incandescent production permeates the record alongside a band that had grown much in confidence approaching their second album.

Both albums have come to yield many landmark tracks, “Unknown Pleasures” with “Disorder” “Insight”, “New Dawn Fades”, and “She’s Lost Control” while Closer, considered “a start to finish masterpiece” by Pitchfork Media counts “Atrocity Exhibition”, “Heart And Soul” and “Twenty Four Hours” amongst its many highlights.

With each album in full during the concert, The Light also turn to Hooky’s early repertoire to perform many other Warsaw and Joy Division tracks, some of which have never been played live previously.

Since The Light’s debut of “Unknown Pleasures” in May 2010 at The Factory, Manchester, Hooky and the band have performed across festivals including Benicassim, Vintage, 1234 and toured much of mainland Europe, Australia, North and South America. 2012 will see a stretch of central European dates and a UK date in the North West in February at Buxton Opera House before the band return to Australia prior to the full UK Tour in May and June.

For videos and concert footage from The Light check www.youtube.com/peterhookandthelight

Peter Hook And The Light’s debut EP “1102 / 2011” was released digitally on Hacienda Records in May 2011 and as a extended edition CD with American indie label 24 Hour Service in December 2010. The EP takes its name from the palindromic recording date of 11^th February 2011 at Blueprint Studio, Salford and features four tracks, The Light’s regular guest vocalist Rowetta’s interpretations of “Atmosphere”, “New Dawn Fades” and “Insight” while Peter Hook sings on the previously unfinished Joy Division track “Pictures In My Mind.” More at 

www.fac51thehacienda.com /

www.peterhook.co.uk / www.facebook.com/peterhookandthelight