Peter Hook and the Light at Koko, NW1

Peter Hook’s vocal delivery added a belligerent tinge to the melody lines
Peter Hook’s vocal delivery added a belligerent tinge to the melody lines
MARILYN KINGWILL

Say what you will about Peter Hook, the man has got balls. Or should that be gall? Having been excluded, because of personal differences, from New Order since the group’s reunion in 2011, the 56-year-old bass player has now taken to playing New Order’s music with his own group the Light. And not just a few old hits. At Koko he parked his tank firmly on his former band-mates’ lawn, as he performed the first two New Order albums, Movement (1981) and Power, Corruption & Lies (1983) in their entirety, together with all the singles and B-sides from the same period.

It was a show that raised all sorts of questions about the ownership and authorship of music. Hook co-wrote these songs with the rest