As music fans will already know, yesterday marked the thirtieth anniversary of Ian Curtis’ death following the Joy Division frontman’s 1980 suicide at just 23 years of age, a demise that Anton Corbijn so poignantly captured in his debut feature film i>Control.
To mark the anniversary, it has been announced that a new walking tour of Macclesfield (Curtis’ hometown) will take fans to the the home he shared with wife Debbie (also, eerily, the scene of his suicide), as well as his school, pubs and clubs Joy Division played in and Macclesfield’s crematorium, Curtis’ final resting place and the site of a memorial decorated to the singer.
Former bandmate Peter Hook will also celebrate Curtis’ life through an exhibition of Joy Division photographs and memorabilia, which opens today on the top floor of the Factory Records building. Hook will also perform Unknown Pleasures, Joy Division’s debut album, in full at the same venue.
For those of us not in the UK I guess all we can do is give Unknown Pleasures a spin at home and sit back in awe. Rest In Peace Mr. Curtis.
