Jack Bates
@Jack_Bass_
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i play bass for @smashingpumpkin and for @peterhook & the light - @yamahaguitars & @ampeg artist - @manutd fan. i don’t have facebook.
Joined October 2012
An amazing time in Buenos Aires made even better by seeing the legend @ECavaniOfficial score for @BocaJrsOficial last night at La Bombonera! #elmatador 🏹 🎯
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Happy Birthday Dad @peterhook - here he is with some ostriches we found on our bike ride last week! 😅 🥳 🎉 🎸
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The @ChiliPeppers opened their show with a @joydivision #Shadowplay jam tonight in Manchester at @EmiratesOT!. @peterhook @flea333
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On behalf of the entire band & crew for Peter Hook & The Light, I’d like to wish a very Happy Birthday to my dad who is 69 today…. Here’s to many more! 👏👏👏. 📸: Wilko Wilkinson
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Disorder in Mexico City… 🇲🇽 . @peterhook .@TWIAV_Mx . There is a longer clip on my Instagram page here:
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Amazing night in Buenos Aires with @SmashingPumpkin at @MovistarArenaAR… never experienced anything like that level of passion and intensity from an audience before. Hard to describe how crazy this show was. So much fun. Muchas Gracias. 🇦🇷. 📸: Noiseproduce / Candela Gallo
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Took dad to see the famous Ian Curtis mural in Wellington, NZ!. Tour starts here this Thursday. 🇳🇿
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We are ready to rock here at @ForoSolOficial in Mexico City today for the first ever @SmashingPumpkin ‘The World Is A Vampire’ festival! Such a great day of music ahead. 🇲🇽 . @jjjschroeder .@James_Iha .@TWIAV_Mx
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Put the guy on the right in the @rockhall where he belongs! #RockHall2023 . Vote for Joy Division/New Order:
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Tonight is the first night of 4 here at #TeatroMetropolitan in Mexico City with @SmashingPumpkin!. Really excited for these shows… 🇲🇽
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I’m really looking forward to playing these shows with my dad!.
Just 1 month to go until our UK dates in October performing both Joy Division & New Order ‘Substance’ albums live…. OCTOBER 2023:. 12 - @kks_steelmill, Wolverhampton. 13 - @LpoolOlympia, Liverpool. 14 - @EventimApollo, London. Get your tickets now via
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4 amazing sold out nights with @SmashingPumpkin in Mexico City at @TMetropolitanMx… 🇲🇽 . Had a fantastic week here - thanks everyone! #smashingpumpkins #thesmashingpumpkins #cdmx
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This was just before @SmashingPumpkin played at @RockvilleFest last week!. Tonight we’re at @OvationPavilion right on the border of Cincinnati, OH & Newport, KY…
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What a great night - so much fun to play the Metro with SP…. @SmashingPumpkin .@MetroChicago .@Q101Chicago . Next stop @IrvingPlaza NYC on Thursday night!
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This was my first time visiting Ecuador & it was awesome - @SmashingPumpkin got a very warm welcome from another great crowd! 🇪🇨. Bogota, Colombia is next up… 🇨🇴. 📸: @_lomaconcerts_ (1), Feel The Club (2).
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Tonight is the 4th & final sold out Mexico City date for @SmashingPumpkin here at @TMetropolitanMx - it’s been an amazing week so far, with great audiences! This evening will be another special show… 👍 🇲🇽. ¡Muchas gracias a todos por el apoyo y esperamos volver a veros pronto!.
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Really proud of everyone involved with the @SmashingPumpkin for putting together such an incredible event in @TWIAV_Mx! Loved watching all of the other bands & playing for such an amazing audience. #TheWorldIsAVampire 🇲🇽
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Had a great rehearsal with my dad the other day… really excited to be playing with both @peterhook & @SmashingPumpkin on the same night at this big show this weekend in Mexico City. It’s going to be a really special night! . @TWIAV_Mx 🇲🇽
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Happy Birthday @SmashingPumpkin #SiameseDream - here’s one of my favourites…. Twitter limits videos to 2mins 20secs so if you wanna see the full thing it’s on my Instagram page:
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It had been about 9 months since I last played a show with @peterhook & co, so I was really pleased to be able to do it last night at @TWIAV_Mx in Mexico City where the reaction to @joydivision’s music is second to none. Good luck with next month’s UK tour guys. 👊
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Always amazing playing a big hometown show in Manchester with my dad!. @peterhook.@O2VicWarehouse . 📸: Ollie Ship
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Had an amazing time with @SmashingPumpkin in Bogotá, Colombia at the @MovistarArenaCo - another incredible audience! What a great tour this has been… it was also super fun to play Where Boys Fear To Tread for the first time. 🤘. San Jose, Costa Rica is up next tonight! 🇨🇷
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I’m touring with @SmashingPumpkin in April/May so I’ll miss the @peterhook shows in that period! Brilliant bass player Paul Duffy (@Pdthecoral) from @thecoralband will fill in for me & probably do a better job! Please make him feel welcome. 👍 I’m back with my dad for the summer.
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Started practising @SmashingPumpkin tunes today! Feels good to have another big list of songs to dig into… Can’t wait for our USA/Mexico Spring tour which starts at the end of this month! 🤘.
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Thanks for everything mate. I’m going to miss you but am excited to see what’s next in your journey. ❤️ 🎸 🔥. @jjjschroeder
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This decade I played. 475 gigs with @peterhook . 116 gigs with @SmashingPumpkin . 1 gig with @TheSlovaks . That’s a grand total of 592. !!. I’m a geek so I like to know these things. 🤘 🎸.
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With @jjjschroeder & @James_Iha last night at the video shoot for the new @SmashingPumpkin tune ‘Beguiled’ which is out today!. Excited to play @MetroChicago tonight, such a historic place for this band! And you can listen to the whole show on the radio later via @Q101Chicago…
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First rehearsal back with @peterhook & co today! So great to play all these Joy Division & New Order (. and Monaco!) tunes again. 🤘 🎸.
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Rehearsals are done…. New @SmashingPumpkin tour kicks off tomorrow night at @TheChelseaLV - can’t wait!
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I can tell I’m about to go on tour again as I just downloaded the latest @FootballManager… the best thing for long flights or bus drives. 🤓.
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I can’t be the only one that thinks @peterhook performing ‘Unknown Pleasures’ on the John Peel stage at Glastonbury needs to happen at some point? 🤞.
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Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes I am so happy to be spending it here in Vegas with the entire SP family & special thanks to Sarah for the dressing room vibes!.
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So excited for my dad @peterhook to join us on stage today with @SmashingPumpkin!. And he’ll be playing his brand new Yamaha custom shop BB - what a beauty. 😍
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I’m so excited for my dad to come and play with us in New Jersey. !!. Will be lots of fun, and a really nice moment for us. @peterhook @SmashingPumpkin.
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If anyone wants to join me, I’ll be live tweeting the whole show as soon as the stream is made available from 12pm (UK time). Will provide some insights into how we put on the show & what it was like to play a 49 song set. Follow along using the hashtag #SoThisIsPermanent.
#SoThisIsPermanent: 24 Hour Live Stream - 18/5/20 . After the postponement of this week’s gigs & in tribute to Ian Curtis, the footage from our 2015 show performing every @joydivision track will be available for 24 hours this Monday from 12pm on the Joy Division Youtube channel.
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I can’t tell you how much fun it is to play Silverfuck live with JC 🔥 🥁 . Rocking show tonight at @TechPortCenter in San Antonio with @SmashingPumpkin! Great crowd! 🤘.
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This was my first ever gig, 12 years ago today! I’ve done almost 600 more since then. 🤯.
Monaco OTD 2007 Manchester Hard Rock Café .David Potts and Peter Hook did a benefit concert, 5 songs, 2 from New Order, 2 from Monaco and one from Joy Division. Rowetta provided vocals on Insight, Jack played bass. See
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Last night in Bristol with @peterhook & The Light, performing New Order’s ‘Get Ready’ album live for the first time ever… and then a load of hits - loved it!. So many underrated & overlooked tracks on the album! Excited to do it all again in London tonight at the @troxylondon…
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Last rehearsal today. Upgraded from the boat to the vault… Tour starts this weekend!. @SmashingPumpkin.@YamahaGuitars
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Vote Joy Division/New Order!. @peterhook.@rockhall .
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Tonight in LA will be the 500th @peterhook & The Light show - exactly 8 years to the day since the first one.
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So pleased that I was able to go to San Diego on my day off yesterday to catch my dad’s show! Had a great time seeing everyone then playing Dead Souls, Atmosphere and Love Will Tear Us Apart with them at the end. He has a few shows left on his US tour so go see it!. @peterhook
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This is what it’s all about for me!. Played something like 600+ shows with @peterhook and this month’s were some of the very best, so thanks everyone!. Double @ShergoldGuitars on show here… 🔥. 📸: James Edmond @scotsmusicnet
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On my way to Macclesfield to see this… @peterhook is doing the official unveiling from 1pm. I will attempt to do some live streaming of it via our Instagram page!
ICYMI: An incredible mural of Ian Curtis, painted by @Akse_P19 from the iconic photo taken by @KCMANC in 1979 is being unveiled today in Macclesfield by @peterhook Go and see it!._.Shot by @it_macc
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Really proud of the show we managed to do last night in Montreal at @ClubSodaMTL despite 9 hour flight delay and none of our guitars or equipment. My dad didn’t want to disappoint any fans. Well done @peterhook @oldleadfoot @davidpottsmusic @RebelskiMusic Phil Steve Stocky & Mike.
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Exactly 10 years ago today was the first ever @peterhook & The Light show at the opening night of @FAC251 in Manchester. A lot has happened since then!.
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Happy Birthday to the greatest @jccomplex - I have learnt so much from playing with you for the last 9 years and I am still learning! 🥁 🐐 🔥 . @3ArenaDublin tonight with @SmashingPumpkin. 🇮🇪
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Excited to play my @peterhook signature @YamahaGuitars #BBPH for the first time at today’s show in Liverpool! 🔥. Still feels kind of surreal to be back gigging again after so long…
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Me and @James_Iha contemplating moving to Muskoka… 🇨🇦 🍁. Awesome show last night at @TheKEEtoBala great little venue - today we’re in Toronto at the @RogersCentre with @greenday @rancid @thelindalindas. 🤘
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This bass was owned by John Entwistle from @TheWho and then by @peterhook - it has a pretty cool story…. Will be sold today in the New Order era auction at @OmegaAuctions.
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When @James_Iha heard the only teabags I could find in Manchester due to all the panic buying were Tesco Decaff he sent me an emergency box of @PGtips! 💪 🎉 What a guy! 😇 😭
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After two great shows in Las Vegas at the @Cosmopolitan_LV we are ready to kick on with the @SmashingPumpkin tour tonight at the @usanaamp in Salt Lake City, together with @STPBand & @rivalsons…. It’s going to be a fun tour!. #TheWorldIsAVampire 🇺🇸 🇨🇦. 📸: Ger Beja
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Really looking forward to playing in Mexico with these gentlemen!. Repost @SmashingPumpkin: Returning to 🇲🇽 after 10 years. #smashingpumpkins #teatrometropolitan #mexicocity #mexico #cdmx
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Shouldn’t we be soundchecking @James_Iha… ⚾️ 🔥 . @SmashingPumpkin at the @ToyotaCenter in Houston, TX tonight with @janesaddiction & @poppy!. #SpiritsOnFire #Tour
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Great night rocking the @EventimApollo in London with @peterhook @davidpottsmusic @RebelskiMusic @oldleadfoot & special guest @Damonalbarn!. 3 awesome shows this weekend - thanks to everyone who came out to see us, the love you show to my dad is a very special feeling for me. ❤️
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The big one is finally here… 🤩. So excited to play with @SmashingPumpkin in Manchester tonight for the first time! 😊. @TheCoopLive
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I’m really excited to play these shows this weekend… Even after 13 years doing it, being able to play shows with my dad is always such a special feeling. Hope to see some of you there! 👊.
This week, @peterhook & The Light will be performing both Joy Division & New Order ‘Substance’ albums live in Wolverhampton, Liverpool & London:. 12/10 - @kks_steelmill.13/10 - @LpoolOlympia .14/10 - @EventimApollo . Get tickets: #peterhookandthelight
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It’s still kinda blowing my mind a little bit that I got to play Jane Says with @perryfarrell & @stephenperkins today on the @sternshow 😁 🙏.
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I cannot wait for this tour. !!. @SmashingPumpkin .@Interpol .@STPBand .@rivalsons . #TheWorldIsAVampire 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
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Playing my first full length, headline show with @peterhook & The Light in over 4 years (😱) tonight at @O2AcademyLeeds! We’re on at 8pm…
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Really excited for this week’s 4 @SmashingPumpkin shows here in Mexico City at #TeatroMetropolitan - played here lots of times with @peterhook and the crowds are always amazing! 🇲🇽.
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Amazing day of music yesterday at @FaunaPrimavera in Santiago - it was so nice to be back in Chile! Another great audience… 🇨🇱. Lima, Peru is next up! 🇵🇪. @SmashingPumpkin . 📸: Ramón eMe Gomez
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Tonight’s the night - @SmashingPumpkin at @MetroChicago…. Love this venue, played here so many times with @peterhook but never thought I’d play here with SP. Listen to tonight’s show live on @Q101Chicago from 8pm central!
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The dream is real @James_Iha 😄⚡️. Ready to rock at @NOS_Alive tonight in Lisbon with @SmashingPumpkin 🔥 🇵🇹
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Having a blast playing all these great songs for the first time. Primitive Notion is going to blow the roof off… 💥.
Quick update from today’s ’Get Ready’ tour rehearsal - first time playing the whole album in one session!. Can’t wait to start on this new tour from April around the UK, USA, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands & Germany in 2025. Get your tickets now via
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Please take a listen to Joy Division’s ‘Atmosphere’ by Peter Hook & The Light featuring the great Mark Lanegan. Live at the Roundhouse in London - December 2017.
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Looking forward to tonight’s @SmashingPumpkin show here at @ChampionsSquare in New Orleans!. #SmashingPumpkins #NOLA
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