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New Order’s Stephen Morris has ‘pretty serious illness’ and doesn’t know if he’ll tour again: ‘Things won’t get better’

Drummer says his health condition prevents him from leaving the country for any lengthy period

The Independent UK

’Ian Curtis didn’t have a chance’: the Durutti Column on departed friends, Factory Records and fun with Morrissey

As they release their first album in 16 years, the Vini Reilly-fronted band answer your questions on sandpaper record sleeves, having Harry Styles as a fan and inventing a new style of guitar music

The Guardian - UK

“We would just have done it balls out, legs akimbo like Status Quo. and probably messed it up”: The classic song that gave an iconic post-punk band their biggest hit – and became an epitaph for their tragic singer

Frank Sinatra was an unlikely inspiration for one of the greatest songs of the 80s

Louder

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“Music’s highest honor”: 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees announced – and there’s a long overdue nod to some British heavyweights

Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, and Oasis have all received inductions, but Jeff Buckley and Melissa Etheridge were notably snubbed

Guitar World

Peter Hook says Joy Division’s Rock Hall honour is ‘for Ian Curtis’

Peter Hook has dedicated Joy Division’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction to late frontman Ian Curtis as he confirms he will attend the ceremony.

BANG Premier

From Brontë to Ballard, Orwell to Okri: the best songs inspired by literature – ranked!

As Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights gets a boost from a new film adaptation, we survey the surprising, seditious and sensual ways in which prose has influenced pop

The Guardian - UK

How I used AI to transform myself from a female dance artist to an all-male post-punk band – and what that means for other musicians

When you click on the Spotify profile of Intelligent Band Machine you will see an image of three young men staring moodily back into the camera. Their profile confirms that they are a “British band”, “influenced by the post-punk scene” and trying to capture the spirit of bands like The…

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Australian political storm: Is wearing a Joy Division t-shirt antisemitic?

When Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stepped off a plane wearing a Joy Division t-shirt, he triggered a political storm. A minor one, but one that has us asking: Is wearing a Joy Division shirt controversial or antisemitic?

Euronews

“No one expected it to sell, but it did sell, didn’t it?”: the crazy story of an era-defining 80s classic that shifted millions but had such an expensive sleeve it sold at a loss

Someone forgot to run the numbers…

Louder

Peter Hook inundated with DMs from fans complaining about New Order's gigs

Peter Hook says his old band New Order doesn't "sound anything like" them and fans have been telling him they are disappointed with their shows.

BANG Premier

New Order review – classics front and centre, but electronic pop pioneers can still surprise

Among Joy Division anthems and dancefloor classics that conjured the Haçienda’s heyday, the Mancunian icons showed they can still switch it up

The Guardian - AU

“It was a very strange experience. It was like there was two people inside of him.” U2's Bono on the night he met Joy Division's “beautiful soul” Ian Curtis

“This band had at its very core a contradiction…”

Louder

New Order release third Blue Monday t-shirt in aid of mental health charity CALM

New Order have launched another 'Blue Monday' t-shirt to raise funds for the mental health charity CALM.

BANG Premier

“Jaws dropped when they came on. It was so intense.” The Jesus And Mary Chain's Jim Reid on the life-changing impact of Joy Division

Joy Division opened up for Buzzcocks in Glasgow in October 1979. Jim Reid from The Jesus And Mary Chain was there, and the gig changed his life

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“Every time I hear Love Will Tear Us Apart, I grit my teeth and remember myself shouting down the phone... I can feel the anger in it even now”: The story of Joy Division's swan song

"He was obsessed. Martin sensed it was a song that was going to last forever and wanted to make it really special"

Louder

Joy Division Day in Macclesfield will celebrate iconic band and late frontman Ian Curtis

Joy Division Day will be held in Macclesfield, England, on September 7 with tours and a tribute band lined up for fans

The Guardian - UK

Macclesfield to hold Joy Division Day to celebrate singer Ian Curtis and band

Event in September will include tours of Curtis’s home town, which have already sold out, and a tribute band gig

Louder

“I slid to the floor in shock. I didn’t speak, didn’t want to say a word to anyone.” The day that Joy Division learned their friend and frontman Ian Curtis had died

Remembering Joy Division vocalist Ian Curtis

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"From ’70s punk to ’80s synth pop to ’90s dance and beyond": How New Order became the ultimate musical trendsetters

Always making the most of modern technology but never following an obvious path, this pioneering band remains hugely influential on both guitar-led and electronic music

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Lindsey and Rob Burrow reveal the shocking truth about unpaid care in the UK

Lindsey has been caring for her former rugby player husband who has motor neurone disease. Plus: an essential watch about the miners’ strike. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem to Control – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The pizza-loving amphibians get a zippy, funny reboot featuring a vintage hip-hop soundtrack, while Anton Corbijn’s stark biopic is graced by an absolutely uncanny impersonation of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis

MusicRadar

"Rather naively, we thought we'd write a song that could be played by machines and all we'd have to do was press the button": The real reason New Order made Blue Monday, and the gear that powers it

The birth of a landmark track. Plus, learn how to recreate that famous Moog bassline

Metal Hammer

“It’s a place where outsiders live. When you’re getting hit in the face for being a dirty grunger, it’s a world to escape to.” How UK goth-punks Creeper crafted a deliciously dark new world for outcasts everywhere to hide in. With vampires.

Creeper's Sanguivore is one of the albums of the year, and with it they - and in particular talismanic frontman Will Gould - have crafted a whole new world

The Guardian - UK

Norfolk villagers and National Trust at loggerheads over ‘fairy bridge’ that appeared in the night

An ad hoc crossing removed in a safety row has been mysteriously replaced

The Guardian - UK

Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst review – the dark is rising

The former Cure drummer traces the genre from its 18th-century literary roots to its flourishing as a music subculture

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