Damo impassioned generations of musicians, but most importantly, he was a kind and gentle soul.
Here is when I was fortunate to meet him and to perform with him at a Jaki Liebezeit memorial concert in Cologne in 2018. Rest in peace, Damo. May your spirit keep on inspiring us.

Safe travels Wayne Kramer

Happy ( belated) Birthday to Gillian.
Sorry its late but It took me a while to paint this impression of the happy day XX

Launching my new book about Grace Jones visiting Stockport to meet A Certain Ratio, and the mutual love-in between New York and Factory Records on April 11th at St Mary's church in Stockport. Two amazing guest speakers! Tickets on sale from 9am today here; seetickets.com/event/dave-has…

Cheers

It’s that time again
A wet and windy welcome to 2024
Happy new year one and all!!!
Cheers and all the very best
Here’s hoping for better things in the year ahead

If you're interested in Pulsars, Stephen Morris, Peter Saville, Joy Division and a new project called CP1919, then I think you might like this .... pacegallery.com/cp1919/

As ever, the show will be hosted by @tim_burgess and this weeks guests are stephen morris & Gillian Morris

stephen morris & Gillian Morris are with Huw Stephens in a bit on BBC Radio 6 Music

📻 🔒 New Order

And there was me thinking his dog was running the show. Thanks for the heads up-Won’t take it personally, but several years? Could you be a tad more specific?

Really looking forward to this Friday’s event at Rough Trade East with Steven Wilson. Where we will talk about 80’s post punk music in general and Steven’s FANTASTIC new compilation box set-Intrigue in particular. Mr James Nice asks the questions. See you there

Brand new ‘Intrigue’ postpunk boxed compilation curated Steven Wilson features The Durutti Column New Order Joy Division A Certain Ratio Section 25 Crispy Ambulance Launch event with stephen morris Rough Trade East London 10/2/2023 at 19.00

Happy Birthday Gillian!! Sorry the icing went a bit runny xx

Listen out for New Order's Stephen Morris's Back To The 80s Synth Mix on BBC Radio 6 Music at 10am tomorrow morning...
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BBC Radio 6 Music New Order stephen morris

Of course I meant barm cake -curse this spill chicken…..cheers!

Carrying synthetic coal -(a recent innovation) and a more traditional barn cake we venture into the drizzle once more to welcome in 2023. Wishing everyone everywhere a very happy new year 🤞 all the very best!!

This is the announcement we never wanted to make, & we do so with a very heavy heart: Wilko Johnson has died. He passed away at home on Monday 21st November. Thank you for respecting the family's privacy at this very sad time. RIP Wilko Johnson.
(Image: Leif Laaksonen)

Thank you for all the Happy Birthday tweets. I had a lovely day and enjoyed this delicious and oddly life like cake.
But best of all,thanks to the marvel of the end of summer time,tonight, I get an extra hours slumber !

Really excited and (more than a little ) honoured to be part of this. It’s going to be a great night. See you there!

Hello Boston