new order and their sideprojects

Bad Lieutenant is a new group formed in 2007 in Manchester, UK. It is the project of New Order's Bernard Sumner and Phil Cunningham following the departure of Peter Hook from New Order in the Spring of 2007. Jake Evans of Rambo and Leroy is also a member. Other collaborators are New Order's Stephen Morris, drummer Jack Mitchell from Haven and bassist Alex James from Blur. In March 2009, Sumner appeared on the Sky Arts series, Songbook with Cunningham and Evans to discuss his songwriting and also to perform 4 acoustic songs from his career.