New Order announced their first U.S. date in Houston at Free Press' new winter festival, Day For Night on December 19 and 20, 2015.
"New Order are looking forward to making their North American live debut in support of Music Complete at the launch of Day For Night Festival. The weekend promises to be a memorable one. See you in Houston!"
After selling out dates across Europe, in support of their new hit album "Music Complete," this will be the only live show in the U.S. that New Order will play in 2015.
The iconic electro group expresses excitement to play their first show in the Texas city since 1989.
"We're humbled and excited to host New Order for their only U.S. date in 2015 at Day For Night's launch," Festival organizer Omar Afra of Free Press said in a press statement.
"The fact that they've sold out across Europe underscores how special this performance will be. It is in keeping with the festival's ethos of doing big, different, and awe-inspiring."
The festival will feature Kendrick Lamar, New Order, Philip Glass Ensemble, Dillon Francis, Janelle Monae, Flying Lotus, Death Grips, Madeon, Nicolas Jaar, Psychic TV, CocoRosie, Elliphant, Battles, Dan Deacon, Com Truise, Cazwell, Amanda Lepore, Holly Herndon, Julien Bayle, Indian Jewelry, U.S. Girls, Jonte Moaning, Prince Rama, DERU, Matt Thibideau, Roman Gianarthur, Richard Ramirez, Christine Renee, Future Blondes, BOAN, Millennial Grave, Wrestlers, Children of Pop, B L A C K I E, Hearts of Animals, Josiah Gabriel, FLCON FCKER, The Vanity, Light Wheel, Jerk, Bart Black, Prismo, and DJ Fredster.
Neck and neck with Chicago to be the third largest city in the country, Houston has seen a genesis in the arts in recent years. Building on that momentum the city is proudly taking its place as a cultural capital.
The first ever to combine acres of installations in the emerging field of computational art within a music festival headlining internationally known musicians, Day For Night is reinventing the standard model.
This immersive experience showcases leading visual artists who will be employing varying mediums such as light, projection, LED, and sound. The visual lineup includes Casey Reas, Zach Lieberman, School for Poetic Computation, Refik Anadol, Markus Heckmann, Mark Eats, Kamil Nawratil, Nanotak, Gabriel Pulecio, Vincent Houze + AV&C, Masomenos, David Cihelna & Gene Han, Mathew Dryhurst, Alex Czetwertynski, Work-Order, Night Moves, and Neil Ebbflo.
"The festival's title, "Day For Night," provides the main key to understand the work being presented, as that space between day/night or light/dark is where our perception gets the blurriest," Curator Alex Czetwertynski said in a statement.
"All of the artists in our roster will, in one way or another, transform our feeling of time, space, perspective, and place. They were chosen because of their common use of computational media to manipulate light, time, and sound. Their approaches to light and sound can be literal, or purely as a medium to reveal content. And with the large scale canvas that Day for Night is offering these artists, we can only expect this audio-visual exchange to be a heightened sensorial experience."
With acres of immersive installations within the emerging field of digital art and performances by world-class musicians, each are curated not just for their musical talent but also the visual qualities of their stage presence, Day For Night seeks to redefine the festival experience and inspire attendees to re-examine the way they interact with and understand both art and music.
