This is why events unnerve me, They find it all, a different story, Notice whom for wheels are turning, Turn again and turn towards this time, All she ask's the strength to hold me, Then again the ...

It turned out to be Ceremony, a new song that Joy Division had written in April, partly to keep Ian’s mind off his problems. The other final Joy Division song, the relentlessly gloomy In A ...

Joy Division’s influence far outweighs its commercial success as the band’s only two studio albums, Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980), have influenced everyone from U2 to The Cure.

The town in Northern England where late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis grew up will host the first ever 'Joy Division Day' next month. On September 7, Macclesfield in Chesire will celebrate the town ...

MARKING 40 YEARS SINCE their epic final album, Closer, and Ian Curtis’s tragic suicide, Joy Division’s surviving members revisit their 1980, while MOJO’s covermount CD, Atmospheres, traces the band’s ...

Pace Gallery has unveiled an NFT art project that will include previously unheard Joy Division vocal samples. The project was created in collaboration with the influential English rock band’s drummer ...

creating a noticeably softened re-recording of "Ceremony" after multi-instrumentalist Gillian Gilbert officially joined. Their new direction was set. Joy Division's Ian Curtis Will Finally Get His ...

While cultural historian Jon Savage recalls post-punk Manchester and its effect on Joy Division’s music, Pat Gilbert revisits the making of Unknown Pleasures and Closer, and, with Peter Hook and ...

February 12, 2025 • The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the shortlist for its 2025 class of inductees on Wednesday. The shortlist includes groundbreaking Southern rap duo OutKast, Mexican ...

TRANSMISSION THE SOUND OF JOY DIVISION + MULES – THE CON CLUB, LEWES 28.1.23 Having last seen Transmission The Sound Of Joy Division back in 2010, I sort of knew what to expect, even if many things ...

‘Ceremony’, served as a bridge between the band’s past and future, having been written and demoed by Joy Divison while Curtis was still alive. Here, we’ve trawled the archives to bring you this early ...