NewOrder gig poster
Design by Howard Wakefield

The news was announced on Monday 5th September 2011 by 6Music that NewOrder, who last played in November 2006, will reunite with Gillian Gilbert for two new gigs. However they will be performing without Peter Hook.

These gigs will be in Brussels, at the Ancienne Belgique, on the 17th of October and in Paris, at Le Bataclan on the 18th of October. They are benefit shows in aid of the renowned artist and film producer Michael Shamberg. He produced several of New Order's music videos, including the Brit Award winning True Faith, Touched By The Hand Of God and Regret. Shamberg has been struggling with a debilitating illness since 2005.

The gig posters and logo have been designed by Howard Wakefield. The design is intended to capture NewOrder without being archival, he wanted to convey a new NewOrder for these gigs. By using the font Meta, which has been described as a complete antithesis of Helvetica, it signals a NewOrder that is looking forward.