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Hook: There is no future for New Order

Published Tuesday, Oct 9 2007, 09:28 BST | By Beth Hilton

Former New Order star Peter Hook has confirmed that there is no future for the band.

The bassist told Gigwise that he would not reunite with drummer Stephen Morris and guitarist Bernard Sumner because of their "attitude".

Speaking before presenting a posthumous award to the late Tony Wilson at the Q Awards, he said: "There is no future for New Order. I mean, not as it was anyway. If they [Morris and Sumner] want to form a New Order 2 then that’s what it should be viewed as."

Hook has blamed his bandmates for the group's split in May after 27 years.

Talking about the reasons behind the break-up, he said: "I couldn’t carry on working the way they were working and I didn’t like the attitude. Unless that attitude changes then it’s of no interest to me."

He added: "I felt we had different ambitions from what the group was supposed to be about and it didn’t make sense to me."

The 51-year-old spoke out to deny rumours that the Manchester rockers may reform in an interview last month.