BBC reports: *The gravestone of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has been stolen from a Cheshire cemetery. Curtis was 23 when he hanged himself in the kitchen of his Macclesfield home in May 1980, shortly before the band was due to go on tour in the US. Cheshire Police said his memorial stone was taken from where he is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery. Officers are appealing for anyone with information on its whereabouts to contact them. Detectives said the stone, which has the inscription “Ian Curtis 18 – 5 – 80″ and the words “Love Will Tear Us Apart” was taken sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.* Read more here.

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BBC reports: *The gravestone of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has been stolen from a Cheshire cemetery. Curtis was 23 when he hanged himself in the kitchen of his Macclesfield home in May 1980, shortly before the band was due to go on tour in the US. Cheshire Police said his memorial stone was taken from where he is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery. Officers are appealing for anyone with information on its whereabouts to contact them. Detectives said the stone, which has the inscription “Ian Curtis 18 – 5 – 80″ and the words “Love Will Tear Us Apart” was taken sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.* Read more here.

MP3: Joy Division – Transmission

BBC reports: *The gravestone of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has been stolen from a Cheshire cemetery. Curtis was 23 when he hanged himself in the kitchen of his Macclesfield home in May 1980, shortly before the band was due to go on tour in the US. Cheshire Police said his memorial stone was taken from where he is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery. Officers are appealing for anyone with information on its whereabouts to contact them. Detectives said the stone, which has the inscription “Ian Curtis 18 – 5 – 80″ and the words “Love Will Tear Us Apart” was taken sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.* Read more here.

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NME reports: *’Control’, Anton Corbijn’s film about Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, has won five awards at the British Independent Film Awards, including Best British Independent Film and Best Director. The ceremony, held at London’s Roundhouse, saw former NME photographer Corbijn awarded Best Director and Best Debut Director. Sam Riley, who portrayed Curtis in ‘Control’, received the Most Promising Newcomer award. Toby Kebbell, who played Joy Division’s manager Rob Gretton, took home the gong for Best Performance By A Supporting Actor Or Actress In A British Independent Film. The winners were chosen by a panel of filmmakers, actors and members of the film industry.*

MP3: Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart (via Colon)

NME reports: *’Control’, Anton Corbijn’s film about Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, has won five awards at the British Independent Film Awards, including Best British Independent Film and Best Director. The ceremony, held at London’s Roundhouse, saw former NME photographer Corbijn awarded Best Director and Best Debut Director. Sam Riley, who portrayed Curtis in ‘Control’, received the Most Promising Newcomer award. Toby Kebbell, who played Joy Division’s manager Rob Gretton, took home the gong for Best Performance By A Supporting Actor Or Actress In A British Independent Film. The winners were chosen by a panel of filmmakers, actors and members of the film industry.*

MP3: Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart (via Colon)

NME reports: *’Control’, Anton Corbijn’s film about Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, has won five awards at the British Independent Film Awards, including Best British Independent Film and Best Director. The ceremony, held at London’s Roundhouse, saw former NME photographer Corbijn awarded Best Director and Best Debut Director. Sam Riley, who portrayed Curtis in ‘Control’, received the Most Promising Newcomer award. Toby Kebbell, who played Joy Division’s manager Rob Gretton, took home the gong for Best Performance By A Supporting Actor Or Actress In A British Independent Film. The winners were chosen by a panel of filmmakers, actors and members of the film industry.*

MP3: Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart (via Colon)

“Exit”, “Hypnosis” and “Get Out” are all brand new instrumentals recorded by New Order (before their split) for the upcoming Ian Curtis-based film, Control. The soundtrack, which is out in the UK on 10/1, does not have a U.S. release date, thus far. However, the Anton Corbjin-directed flic will make its way towards American theaters on October 10th. Can’t wait!

Control track listing:

New Order – Exit
The Velvet Underground – What Goes On
The Killers – Shadowplay
Buzzcocks – Boredom (live)
Joy Division – Dead Souls
Supersister – She Was Naked
Iggy Pop – Sister Midnight
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
Sex Pistols – Problems (live)
New Order – Hypnosis
David Bowie – Drive-In Saturday
John Cooper Clarke – Evidently Chickentown
Roxy Music – 2HB
Joy Division – Transmission (cast version)
Kraftwerk – Autobahn
Joy Division – Atmosphere
David Bowie – Warszawa
New Order – Get Out

MP3: Joy Division – Disorder

“Exit”, “Hypnosis” and “Get Out” are all brand new instrumentals recorded by New Order (before their split) for the upcoming Ian Curtis-based film, Control. The soundtrack, which is out in the UK on 10/1, does not have a U.S. release date, thus far. However, the Anton Corbjin-directed flic will make its way towards American theaters on October 10th. Can’t wait!

Control track listing:

New Order – Exit
The Velvet Underground – What Goes On
The Killers – Shadowplay
Buzzcocks – Boredom (live)
Joy Division – Dead Souls
Supersister – She Was Naked
Iggy Pop – Sister Midnight
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
Sex Pistols – Problems (live)
New Order – Hypnosis
David Bowie – Drive-In Saturday
John Cooper Clarke – Evidently Chickentown
Roxy Music – 2HB
Joy Division – Transmission (cast version)
Kraftwerk – Autobahn
Joy Division – Atmosphere
David Bowie – Warszawa
New Order – Get Out

MP3: Joy Division – Disorder

“Exit”, “Hypnosis” and “Get Out” are all brand new instrumentals recorded by New Order (before their split) for the upcoming Ian Curtis-based film, Control. The soundtrack, which is out in the UK on 10/1, does not have a U.S. release date, thus far. However, the Anton Corbjin-directed flic will make its way towards American theaters on October 10th. Can’t wait!

Control track listing:

New Order – Exit
The Velvet Underground – What Goes On
The Killers – Shadowplay
Buzzcocks – Boredom (live)
Joy Division – Dead Souls
Supersister – She Was Naked
Iggy Pop – Sister Midnight
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
Sex Pistols – Problems (live)
New Order – Hypnosis
David Bowie – Drive-In Saturday
John Cooper Clarke – Evidently Chickentown
Roxy Music – 2HB
Joy Division – Transmission (cast version)
Kraftwerk – Autobahn
Joy Division – Atmosphere
David Bowie – Warszawa
New Order – Get Out

MP3: Joy Division – Disorder

The former Joy Division & New Order member speaks to XFM about his reaction to the Ian Curtis-based, critically revered biopic, Control:

“I really enjoyed it… But it was like having your heart stamped on. The weirdest thing was at the end, when it really hurt and everybody started clapping. It would’ve been nice to have a dignified silence.

“You’re sat there thinking “Fuck me I lived that!” It was like being dissected. And then I went to take a piss and Ian and Bernard Sumner were next to me… well the actors that played them and I was like that… ‘Aaaaah!’. That was surreal.

“The way I always like to look at it is that you can judge how good a film is by how many people go to take a piss during it, and only two people went for a piss – Bernard and a 70-year-old woman.”

MP3: Joy Division – Ceremony