Exactly 36 years since Ian Curtis, the frontman of post-punk band Joy Division, committed suicide, music fans are remembering the singer who, despite being all of 23 years at the time of his death ...

It has been 42 years since Ian Curtis, the lead singer of the legendary post-punk rock band Joy Division, took his own life.

A mural of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis in his native Manchester was painted over for an advertisement for local rapper Aitch ‘s new album Close to Home yesterday.

Before his untimely death, Curtis, along with the rest of Joy Division, made a massive impression on music that spans genres, from dark, industrial music to the pop songs dominating the Billboard ...

Twitter erupted with tributes today to mark the 32nd anniversary of Joy Division frontman singer Ian Curtis’ death. We asked our own followers to share their memories. The results were as ...

The wife of a late Manchester DJ who helped define a generation with his playlists said she is ‘so honoured’ of a new art ...

Peter Hook: Ian Curtis wasn’t curled up in a ball, head in his hands Joy Division and New Order bassist opens up to Salon about an icon's suicide, and why the band didn't see it coming ...

Their shared history was formed in a crucible of loss, as singer Ian Curtis' suicide left his former Joy Division bandmates to carry on with New Order. At first, they were more directly influenced ...

Joy Division never wrote a bad song; there just wasn’t any time. In the four years the Manchester outfit existed, Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris were a force of ...

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 ...

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 ...