"I'm not interested in how well someone can sing, " says Bernard Sumner of New Order.

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Nor do they declaim in the manner of Robert Smith of The Cure or Bernard Sumner of New Order, both of whom sold louder versions of similar strategies.

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Alongside three in-depth interviews with ex-New Order front man Bernard Sumner, journalist Paul Morley and musical master Barry Adamson, the theatre will host three gigs - two programmed by Dave Haslam and one by future stars (and past MIF players) Everything Everything.

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