Peter Hook has joked about rejoining New Order because the band are now so "happy". The bassist, who recently hit out at his former bandmates for starting a Joy Division Twitter account without telling him, spoke to Richard Smirke at Billboard before writing his own review of Bernard Sumner's

Peter Hook continues to fan the flames of his very public conflict with former band New Order. On Wednesday morning, the synth-pop quintet unveiled a new Twitter account for defunct post-punk outfit Joy Division – which also featured the bassist – though they didn't tell their former bandmate.