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"They're just beautiful, musically." Watch George Michael defend Joy Division against Morrissey and Tony Blackburn in this peak 80s exchange

Turns out The Smiths frontman Morrissey was not a big Joy Division fan, but pop superstar in the making George Michael definitely was

Louder

A beginner's guide to Factory Records in five essential albums

The story of the Manchester indie label that changed the world

Louder

Lager lout mum who kicked a policeman in the face and called a barmaid a "p***k" blames her hometown for her behaviour

Tyler Murray, 26, has been repeatedly in and out of courts after causing drunken trouble

Manchester Evening News

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“We don't want people to know what we think”: Why Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures may be the most important record to emerge from the UK punk scene

Released on June 15, 1979, Joy Division's bleak, beautiful masterpiece has lost none of its power or stark dread

Louder

Must we hate Noel Gallagher’s version of Love Will Tear Us Apart? I’m loving it

Noel’s own brother has apologised for a ‘blasphemous’ reinterpretation of the Joy Division classic. Sorry, Liam, you’re wrong, writes Rich Pelley

The Guardian - UK

Five new bands you need to hear if you love Joy Division

Joy Division have become one of the most influential alternative bands of the last 40 years, and these five new bands are bringing that sound bang up to date

Louder

Graffiti icon unveils Sam Ryder Eurovision mural at Manchester Airport

Akse, who painted the Rashford and Ian Curtis murals, is behind the art work

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Mum was unable to say goodbye to son killed while changing tyre

Mark Rowley, 31, was killed by Shane White, 54, in a crash on the B4269 near Abergavenny. White has been jailed after being found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving

Wales Online

Forty years of New Order’s Blue Monday: who inspired it and who it inspired

The Mancunians spliced Donna Summer with Ennio Morricone to make a futurist dance smash – and ended up influencing Rihanna, Pet Shop Boys and Detroit techno

The Guardian - UK

This is England … and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: where to find the UK’s greatest film scenes

From aliens cruising Glasgow to punks rocking Belfast, most regions of the UK have had their big-screen moment. Our critics take us on a tour of some of their favourite locations

The Guardian - UK

New Joy Division-inspired bar featuring Ian Curtis mural opens in Northern Quarter

Disorder will boast live music, DJs and a range of Japanese snacks

Manchester Evening News

New Joy Division-inspired bar in Northern Quarter divides opinion on social media

"Live, Laugh, Love will tear us apart"

Manchester Evening News

The Horror Show! review – the bands, TV shows and artists who revealed Britain’s sinister psyche

Slicing into the nation’s dark side, this excellent show is full of phantoms ranging from Rachel Whiteread’s spectral House to the gothic terror of Inside No 9

The Guardian - UK

Review: Joy Division Orchestrated with Peter Hook and Manchester Camerata

It was "serious goosebumps time" as the Manchester Camerata reworked the music of the Manchester trailblazers with some standout guest vocals

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‘People were panicking over whether I could do the Ian Curtis dance’: how we made Control

‘The first time we played She’s Lost Control they had around 150 Joy Division fans there. I ran to my trailer and vomited. One guy said to me: “You had better be good!”’

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‘We had the foundation of a fantastic third album’: Peter Hook talks Joy Division, Ian Curtis, New Order

It’s noon on a Thursday, yet Peter Hook is still lying in his bed in a hotel room in Toronto as he joins our Zoom video call.

Manchester Evening News

Curry Mile icons Mughli slam bad review with hard facts about customer's bill

"Numbers next to each item on our menu. Those are the prices."

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Why are barristers striking?

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Aitch feels like ‘most hated person in Manchester’ after Ian Curtis mural drama

'I was fuming for Ian, and his people and what that mural stands for, and then I was fuming for myself'

Manchester Evening News

Amazon apologise after iconic Ian Curtis mural painted over to promote new Aitch album

"Our apologies to all who are justifiably upset"

The Independent UK

Aitch says he’s ‘over it’ after Liam Gallagher turned down collaboration

Gallagher had previously said ‘it ain’t f***ing happening’

Manchester Evening News

Peter Hook calls for permanent memorial to Ian Curtis and Tony Wilson after mural outcry

The Manchester music legend has spoken out after a mural of Ian Curtis was painted over this week

The Guardian - UK

‘It was sacrilegious’: why the destruction of Manchester’s Ian Curtis mural struck a nerve

The public outcry – and outpouring of affection – after the mural was defaced shows just how deeply rooted a piece of public art can become in a community

Liverpool Echo

'Thrilling' Joy Division stage show returns to Liverpool Epstein Theatre

The show visited The Epstein back in 2015

Liverpool Echo

Aitch apologises as Ian Curtis mural covered with album advert

The painting of the late Joy Division singer was unveiled in Manchester in 2020

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