Fine time for New Order

It's been a fantastic 18 months for New Order. Not only did they return to the charts after a lengthy break with a critically and commercially successful album, but they’ve also been immortalised on film, sampled by Kylie and played some of the most well-received gigs of their career.

The biggest of these was an open air performance at Finsbury Park in London last June. Patient New Order fans, standing in the mud and ignoring the rain, waited for their heroes to a soundtrack of Echo & The Bunnymen, Super Furry Animals and Air.