NETHERLANDS - JANUARY 16: ROTTERDAM Photo of Joy Division, Ian Curtis and Bernard Sumner (L ... obsessed with Ian Curtis growing up. Him, Ian McCulloch, and John Lydon, especially the first ...

New Order headlines the Cruel World festival on May 17 alongside Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It’s an unexpected ’80s revival ...

Joy Division guitarist Bernard Sumner has revealed that he hypnotised singer Ian Curtis “to try and shake him out of a death wish” two weeks prior to Curtis’ suicide. The incident is ...

It has been 42 years since Ian Curtis, the lead singer of the legendary post-punk rock band Joy Division, took his own life. In the years since his death, Curtis’ bandmates Bernard Sumner and ...

Hook formed New Order in 1980 with Joy Division bandmates Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris after the death of Ian Curtis, but left in 2007 It’s been nearly 20 years since New Order’s founding ...

I said again, “What, he’s tried it?” “No,” Rob said. “He’s really done it, Bernard. He’s dead. Ian’s dead.” Poor Rob, he had to tell me a couple of times before it sank in.

"Much later, when we were in Joy Division, I read a book on hypnotic regression and how it could be used for therapy," said Sumner. "I first hypnotised Ian at our rehearsal room. He remembered ...

It has been 42 years since Ian Curtis, the lead singer of the legendary ... In the years since his death, Curtis’ bandmates Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris have sought to pay tribute to ...