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Ian Curtis memorial stone stolen



The gravestone of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has been stolen from a Cheshire cemetery.

Curtis was 23 when he hanged himself in the kitchen of his Macclesfield home in May 1980, shortly before the band were due to go on tour in the US.

Cheshire Police said his memorial stone was taken from where he is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery.

Officers are appealing for anyone with information on its whereabouts to contact them.

Detectives said the stone, which has the inscription "Ian Curtis 18 - 5 - 80" and the words "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was taken sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.

A police spokesman said: "There is no CCTV in the area and there are no apparent leads as to who is responsible for the theft.

"This is a very unusual theft and I am confident that someone locally will have knowledge about who is responsible or where the memorial stone is at present."

Although the band reformed into New Order after Curtis's death in 1980, there has been an upsurge of interest in its work.

An acclaimed biopic about Curtis, called Control, was released in 2007 and a film documentary, called simply Joy Division, was released earlier this year.

I felt the break and roll of the nexus
On a day when the whole world elected
To sell us out, oh sell us all out
These are the hands that grab my attention
When all is what i'm giving, they slow me down
Slower than southern muddy rivers

When you think there's salvation
When you don't wanna leave your room
Eyes open undreaming
When it's summertime in the void

When it's summertime in the void
The sun is upside down
Facing the other way
Until days end with a schitzophrenic everjoy
And a sense of doubt
You wait automatic and afraid

On a train through my solar plexis
On the day i made good connection
With love out loud,
Home, hate and sound
Who wrote the words to my death sentence?
When life is what i'm living
And leaving now
Oh, while i trip till time is over

When you think there's salvation
When you don't wanna leave your room
Eyes open undreaming
When it's summertime in the void
When it's summertime in the void
And the stars yell out your name
All together and insane
Cause they're broken words, they are a noise
There's no answer for
You wait automatic and afraid.

When you think there's salvation
When you don't wanna leave your room
Eyes open undreaming
When it's summertime in the void
When it's summertime in the void
The sun is upside down
Facing the other way
Until days end with a schitzophrenic everjoy
And a sense of doubt
You wait automatic and afraid