Joy Division were one of the most popular and pioneering post-punk bands of the 1970s and 1980s - but many fans don't know the shocking reason behind the band's name ...

Joy Division formed in Salford nearly 50 years ago, but it has taken decades for some fans to realise what the band's name actually means. It's left some people floored ...

The two bands from Manchester, U.K., laid the foundation for the massively influential body of music we call post-punk, an ...

An author has shared his personal memories of the Bury and Bolton music scenes. Chris (C J) Smith, an international education ...

An author has shared his personal memories of the Bury and Bolton music scenes. Chris (C J) Smith, an international education consultant, launched his book at Wax and Beans Coffee Bar and Vinyl Record ...

No fewer than three films about iconic performers were nominated at the 2025 Oscars. A Complete Unknown features Timothee Chalamet as a young Bob Dylan, Maria sees Angelina Jolie play Maria Callas, ...

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart [OFFICIAL ... he and Sumner threatened to quit if they were called that. Factory Records boss Tony Wilson liked the name “Stevie And The JDs”.

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division ... The Manchester post-punk outfit were dear to Tony Wilson's heart and their take on the 1975 Banbarra funk track is a perfect cover.

Brian Glanville, who has died aged 93, was a literary polymath best known as a colossus of football writing.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have long made it their practice not to display any silver medal banners in and around Princess Auto Stadium often spotted at other sporting venues around the globe. And so ...

Dead Souls are the only words written on Peter Hook’s page. The legendary Joy Division and New Order bassist is trying to write a setlist when it’s time for his interview with The Yorkshire ...

Titled ‘Interzone’, former Joy Division/New Order bassist Peter Hook leads his band The Light, in headlining a varied combination of his New Wave peers at the venue’s Grand Hall. The evening ...