The Cure leader Robert Smith is a lifelong fan of Joy Division, and once named his favourite song by the Mancunian legends.

Salford lad Peter Hook learned of the Sex Pistols gig when he saw an ad for the show in the Manchester Evening News. He ...

A sparsely attended concert in Manchester on June 4, 1976, inspired future members of Joy Division, The Smiths, Buzzcocks and ...

More than three decades have passed since Joy Division emerged from the cultural rubble of post-industrial Manchester, England to rechannel punk rock’s sound and fury into something more sublime. Over ...

It is unlikely to be the most lighthearted walking tour on offer this summer. But one taking in the places that helped shape lives of Joy Division and their frontman Ian Curtis is expected to attract ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A few months into 1980, the British post-punk group Joy Division were ready to take the next steps in their promising career. Led by their compelling lead singer Ian Curtis, the emerging quartet from ...

There are not many between the age of 20 and 50 that don’t know the iconic motif of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. However, it is, perhaps, unlikely that they will know any other of the ...

Today would have marked the 57th birthday of Ian Curtis, who was born on July 15, 1956. Though the Joy Division front man tragically took his own life 33 years ago, it’s telling of the legacy he left ...

Though Curtis died tragically at the young age of 23, his life and music continue to resonate 30 years later. As a songwriter, he helped inspire the melancholy post-punk revival of bands like Bloc ...

Peter Hook has a lot of witty one-liners about Disney’s controversial Joy Division-inspired shirts that were yanked from shelves yesterday, including: “Because of the amount of money I’ve spent in ...