Stephen Morris “doesn’t know” if he’ll return to New Order amid “pretty serious” illness

Stephen Morris has said he “doesn’t know” if he’ll return to New Order due to serious illness. READ MORE: “It felt like we were changing the world”: inside New Order’s seminal ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ In June, the Manchester band confirmed that Morris, as well as Gillian Gilbert, would not be touring with them in the “foreseeable future” due to “personal health reasons”. Morris was the drummer in Joy Division alongside Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Ian Curtis, and the remaining members formed New Order after Curtis’ death in 1980. The news marks a major change to New Order’s live incarnation, which has been centred around Sumner, Morris and Gilbert since the band returned in 2011 without founding bassist Hook. Now, Morris has shared an update on his position in the band ahead of New Order and Joy Division being inducted together into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame later this year. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Morris was asked if he would be attending the ceremony, to which he responded: “I’ve got a bit of a health problem at the minute, which precludes leaving the country for any length of time. We did try. We went to an exhibition, the Ian Curtis lyrics exhibition in...