A vast new box set of archival recordings offers answers as to how this young, ramshackle band came to hold the industry in such thrall ...

A HOLLYWOOD superstar stunned fans with a guest appearance at a Joy Division gig – then let his hair down and rocked the ...

Few artists have cast as vast an influence in as short a time as Joy Division, the pioneering Manchester post-punk quartet whose dark, haunting songs and sound helped shape many genres and scenes that ...

It’s unlikely he’ll be at New Order's Hall of Fame induction due to health problems that also prevent him from touring. “I really don’t want to dwell on what this illness is,” he says, “but it’s ...

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 ...

Released in 1980, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division remains one of the most haunting songs ever written about a relationship falling apart. Rather than dramatizing a breakup, the track ...

The career of Joy Division — the greatest band of the post-punk era of the late 1970s and early ‘80s — was tragically short, ended by the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis at the age of just 23: Not ...

Peter Saville was 22 years old, fresh out of college and ready for the opportunity that presented itself. “At that age, no one was asking me to redesign the transit system but somebody asked me to do ...

The huge compilation will include audio from 16 live performances, sourced from fan-recorded casettes, soundboard tapes and broadcast recordings. All 14CDs were mastered at London’s legendary Abbey ...

Joy Division bassist Peter Hook recently looked back on the moments that followed the death of lead singer Ian Curtis, explaining how the rest of the band soldiered on in the face of tragedy. It was ...