Bernard Sumner

Acting

Bernard Sumner

Born 1956-01-04 · Salford, Lancashire, England

Bernard 'Barney' Sumner is the lead singer and founder member of New Order and was a founder member of Joy Division.

Acting credits

New Order: Decades poster
6.6

Part concert, part documentary, this film follows the band’s preparations in the re-staging of their acclaimed collaboration So It Goes.. with the artist Liam Gillick and the 12-piece synthesiser orchestra that spectacularly captured the headlines during Manchester International Festival 2017.

New Order: Decades

2018

Synth Britannia poster
7.9

Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage.

Synth Britannia

2009

Joy Division: Plan K, Brussels 16th October, 1979 poster
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The full show previous unreleased till now.

Joy Division: Plan K, Brussels 16th October, 1979

2026

Joy Division poster
7.6

A chronological account of the influential late 1970s English rock band.

Joy Division

2009

Joy Division: Apollo Theater, Manchester  27 and 28th October 1979 poster
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The full uncut shows previous released in low quality.

Joy Division: Apollo Theater, Manchester 27 and 28th October 1979

2026

New Order: Education Entertainment Recreation (Live At Alexandra Palace) poster
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New Order's only UK show of 2018, recorded live on 9th November at London’s Alexandra Palace.

New Order: Education Entertainment Recreation (Live At Alexandra Palace)

2021

New Order Live At Alexandra Palace poster
7.0

The band's only UK gig of 2018, where they delighted fans with over two hours of classics, hits from their album Music Complete and Joy Division covers.

New Order Live At Alexandra Palace

2021

New Order Story poster
7.2

Rising from the ashes of the legendary British post-punk unit Joy Division, the enigmatic New Order triumphed over tragedy to emerge as one of the most influential and acclaimed bands of the 1980's, embracing the electronic textures and disco rhythms of the underground club culture many years in advance of its contempraries. "New Order Story" is the definitive documentary on the band and traces their history all the way back to its origin with Joy Division. This extended version includes additional interviews and live footage, over 2 hours of great New Order footage. A longform video chronicling the band's history and music with interviews by Bono, Neil Tennant, Quincy Jones and others.

New Order Story

1993

New Order: Celebration (Live From TV Granada) poster
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One of New Order's earlier gigs. It's setlist includes Dreams Never End, ICB, Chosen Time, Denial, Ceremony and Truth.

New Order: Celebration (Live From TV Granada)

1981

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10.0

Stock and live footage edited with music to showcase societal culture. While also directly referencing Robert Longo’s "Men in the Cities" series of photographs.

Bizarre Love Triangle

1986

新秩序:兄弟情谊 poster
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Brotherhood (Definitive Edition) expands New Order’s 1986 album with restored audio and archival additions. The set includes a DVD featuring rare live performances from the mid‑1980s, capturing the band’s blend of guitars and emerging electronic elements in energetic concert recordings. Additional period footage provides visual context for the album’s creative era.

新秩序:兄弟情谊

1986

The Perfect Kiss poster
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A raw, live-in-studio performance of "The Perfect Kiss" by New Order.

The Perfect Kiss

1985

New Order: Low-Life poster
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The Low‑Life (Definitive Edition) set expands New Order’s 1985 album with restored audio and a curated selection of archival material. The edition is anchored by a DVD featuring rare live performances from the 1984–1985 era, capturing the band’s evolving sound in raw, energetic form. Additional video content, including period‑specific footage and promotional material, provides further context for the album’s creative environment.

New Order: Low-Life

1985

New Order: A Collection poster
6.5

This collection features all of New Order's groundbreaking videos, including 'Bizarre Love', 'Triangle', 'Blue Monday' and 'True Faith' plus alternate versions and brand new videos for 'Temptation' and 'Ceremony' created just for this compilation. It also includes the latest video from their current album - the title track 'Waiting for the Sirens Call'. Tracklist: 'Ceremony', 'Confusion', 'The Perfect Kiss', 'Shellshock', 'State of the Nation', 'Temptation', 'Bizarre Love Triangle', 'True Faith', 'Touched By the Hand of God', 'Blue Monday', 'Fine Time', 'Round & Round', 'Run', 'World in Motion', 'Regret', 'Ruined in a Day', 'World', 'Spooky', '1963', 'Crystal', '60 Miles an Hour', 'Here To Stay', 'Krafty', 'Jetstream' and 'Waiting for the Sirens' Call'.

New Order: A Collection

2005

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Go back to 1985 for a concert by one of the most influential and acclaimed bands of the era, New Order. The genius of the band's post-punk, electronic, and dance music is on full display in front of an appreciative crowd. Touring in support of Low-Life, this concert was produced for Belgian Television music program, Rox Box.

New Order: Rox Box

1985

New Order: Live at Hurrah poster
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New Order's first concert in the United States. Recorded at the Hurrah nightclub in New York City on September 26, 1981. It took place just four months after former Joy Division vocalist Ian Curtis took his own life, an event that forced the remaining members to change the group's name to "New Order." This performance captures the band's early days under this new identity, without Gillian Gilbert (keyboards/guitar) and prior to the release of their debut album, "Movement".

New Order: Live at Hurrah

1980

New Order: Pumped Full of Drugs - Live in Tokyo poster
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Recorded live at Shinjuku Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, May 2 1985.

New Order: Pumped Full of Drugs - Live in Tokyo

1986

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Live concert at the Ukrainian National Home (Taras Shevchenko) in the East Village of New York City.

New Order: Taras Shevchenko

1983

Record On: New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies poster
8.0

Featuring interviews with New Order's Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert, Record On: Power, Corruption and Lies unravels the creative process behind New Order's 1983 album, Power, Corruption and Lies as well as standalone single Blue Monday and explores the themes inside the album, of a band finding new direction and moving on from its past. Taking inspiration for their evolving sound from New York's new-wave clubs of the early 1980s and newly acquired sequencers and keyboards, electronic instrumentation quickly drove New Order's songwriting process, conceiving global smash-hit Blue Monday. This film also explores the impact of the technological shifts that took place in the early 1980s as the digital-age began to percolate through all parts of society - from commerce and financial trading, to offices and home entertainment; with contributions from graphic designer Peter Saville, Blue Monday producer Michael Johnson and American record producer Arthur Baker.

Record On: New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies

2023

Factory: Play at Home poster
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An examination into Factory Records. The members of New Order interview founders Tony Wilson and Martin Hannett, who speak on the philosophical and cultural purpose of their label, and their associates, who mostly appear frustrated or confused. Rob Gretton, Factory founder and manager of New Order, interviews himself. Also includes three live performances of New Order at the Haçienda.

Factory: Play at Home

1984

Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays poster
7.7

Documentary celebrating the triumph, tragedy and human comedy that was Manchester record company, Factory. Started by the late Tony Wilson, Alan Erasmus, Peter Saville and Martin Hannett in the late 1970s, it became known as the home of Joy Divsion, New Order and Happy Mondays and for creating the Hacienda club. The label pioneered Britain's independent pop culture, creating a new Manchester and blowing a shed-load of money. Includes interviews with all the main players in the Factory story.

Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays

2007

Joy Division: Here Are the Young Men poster
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1. Decades 2. Dead Souls 3. Love Will Tear Us Apart 4. Shadowplay 5. Day Of The Lords 6. Digital 7. Colony 8. New Dawn Fades 9. Autosuggestion 10. Transmission 11. Sound Of Music 12. She's Lost Control 13. Walked In Line 14. I Remember Nothing 15. Love Will Tear Us Apart 1 hour half inch tape from Ikon FCL. All songs published by Fractured Music Live footage (albeit poor quality) from the Apollo in Manchester and Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Joy Division: Here Are the Young Men

1982

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9.0

This isn't a documentary, but two completely separate concerts performed by the legends. The first finds them in 1981 playing New York. It's fascinating to see, because they still have that Joy Division image hanging over them. Brilliantly, they don't speak to the audience, or themselves. Heavily relies on the 'Movement' album, but has a proto Temptation, which is always good to hear. The second is their appearance at the 1998 Reading Festival, which is basically a greatest hits set, but there's nothing better than a New Order greatest hits: Regret, Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith, Temptation (again!) and, of course, Blue Monday. The Joy Division back catalogue is also given a dusting down: Isolation, Atmosphere, Heart and Soul. Then there is an interview with the original four (we miss you Gillian) which reveals them completely at ease with their legend. God bless them.

New Order 3 16

2001

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New Order: Movement showcases early live performances from 1980–1983, capturing the band’s transition after Joy Division. The release focuses on raw, formative concert footage from venues across Europe and North America, offering the most extensive visual record of New Order’s earliest era.

New Order: Movement

1981

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