Fraud Monday

SPECIAL! REPORT!!
Clubland has found itself not so much ‘arms aloft’ as ‘up in arms’ recently, over claims that New Order’s Peter Hook has been playing pretend when it comes to his DJ sets.

Hook, a regular fixture in the Haç-been (credit to Gary Ryan for coining that gem) set - intent on stifling Manchester’s cultural development for their own monetary gain - apparently turns up to a gig, pockets his 4000 Euros, then whacks on a pre-mixed CD for the crowd to lap up.

If what Hook’s accusers are claiming is true, the CD is usually a Mixmag covermount.

Now we’re no DJs ourselves (we can barely work a tape deck), but in the clips we’ve seen, he does look something of a confused sod, stood there marching on the spot and arbitrarily hitting buttons behind the decks.

Let’s look at what others more qualified than us (ie. random YouTube users) have to say:

Snipes digtbk: “Good work if you can get it“.

Adds skunkisgood, more bluntly: “what a complete fucking cock lol”

Laughs djdjdjdjdjhaha: “mixed cd job wat a rip off doin a tiesto lol”

Bleats mathieu7777: “Respect people! This man is the WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL BASS PLAYER of all time. He's aloud to do whatever he wants“.

Reasons b1rrell: “good tunes tho has to be said”

Is he DJing? Do we care? Probably not, on both counts. But next time you see a flyer that says PETER HOOK (NEW ORDER) and you hear the beep, think of the fun you could be having on Supermarket Sweep.

View all the ‘Hookgate’ evidence here.