New Order announced Monday that Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert will not be joining their show at Primavera in Chile in November “due to personal health reasons.”
“Circumstances make it impossible,” the band said in an Instagram post. That leaves frontman Bernard Sumner as the only original member of the seminal post-punk band who will perform at the Santiago, Chile Primavera festival, which runs Nov. 26-28. Phil Cunningham and Tom Chapman, who have been performing with New Order since 2011, will join Sumner onstage.
“New Order are very happy to be playing Primavera in Chile in November marking the band’s first performance there in seven years,” New Order posted on Instagram.
“Due to personal health reasons, Stephen and Gillian won’t be touring for the foreseeable future and will not be joining for this show. Bernard, Phil and Tom are really sorry that Stephen and Gillian can’t join us this time, but unfortunately the circumstances make it impossible.”
New Order did not specify whether it was Morris or Gilbert having health issues — the pair are married — or what the nature of the issues are.
