Author: CJB
Date: 08-02-01 22:46
NEW ORDER ON TOUR :
BILLY CORGAN TO JOIN UP FOR AREA:ONE TOUR
(New Order) When New Order hits America this summer on the Area: One tour (which, of course, also features Moby, Outkast, and tons more), who will be their guitarist?
Would you believe former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan?
Here’s the scoop...New Order keyboardist Gillian Gilbert has taken a temporary leave of absence from the group in order to care for her 18-month-old daughter (who according to the child’s father, New Order drummer Stephen Morris, is recovering from a serious illness). This leaves a spot open a new guitar player, and... enter Mr. Corgan.
New Order singer Bernard Sumner reported to NME that Corgan also played with the band when they played a top-secret warm-up gig in the UK in early July). "Billy has been a New Order fan for years, and used to come and see us every time we played Chicago when he was about 17 or something," Sumner added. "We've known him since then and I just rang him up to see if he wanted to do (a track on the new album). It's gone on from there. I'm a big fan of the Pumpkins."
As for the new track, "Turn My Way" appears on New Order’s forthcoming album, Get Ready (their first release since 1993's Republic. The New Order/Corgan summit will take place on the San Francisco, Vancouver, Seattle, and Los Angeles stops on the Area: One tour.
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