Peter Hook on feud with New Order’s Bernard Sumner: “I defy any human not to bear a grudge”

nme.com:

Peter Hook has reflected on his ongoing feud with former New Order bandmate Bernard Sumner, after the pair fell out over a major royalties row.The band initially split in 2007, with Hook retaining a 25 per cent stake in Vitalturn Company Ltd – a royalties company created by the band following the demise of Factory Records in the early ’90s.When they returned in 2011 without Hook in the group, a major dispute over royalties erupted, eventually leading to a lawsuit in 2015.Despite finally settling their financial differences in 2017, Hook says it’s unlikely that he and Sumner will sit down in an attempt to settle their acrimonious relationship.“We should have done, but it’s ongoing, and what they did in reducing my 25 per cent share in New.