Ian Curtis' memorial stone stolen
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Sad news. BBC Manchester is reporting that the gravestone of the late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has been stolen.
The memorial stone, which reads simply "Ian Curtis. 18-5-80. Love Will Tear Us Apart", was stolen from Macclesfield Cemetery, sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.
Cheshire Police are appealing for anyone with information on its whereabouts to contact them. Visit their website here.
A police spokesman told the BBC: "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."
Video: A somewhat creepy fan YouTube
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some sick fuckers about.
I agree
but if you're going to have such a brilliant headstone, idiots will be attracted.
What exactly do you do with a stolen tombstone?
wtf ?
*must remember to have a dull headstone to put thieves off*
it was an obvious point surely
headstones of the famous do get nicked. Ones with seminal lyrics on especially so. I wasn't attempting to justify grave theft, sorry.
that video freaks me out...
...especially the shifty look to left before he gets to the stone.
what the hell were they doing?
what the fuck?
why would you even do this?
northerners.
tsk....
Not the sort of thing
you can stick on eBay and hope to get away with, is it?
Maybe they'll just have a big wank on it and put it back. Bloody goths, they're a menace. I read about them in the Daily Mail.
yeah
Jim Morrison's grave in Paris used to have a big stone statue of his head but that went missing loads of times before they decided to just not bother with another replacement.
And as an ex-resident of Macclesfield, I can safely say that about 70% of the town would be willing to nick a headstone for the price of a pint.
argh
i went there on sunday...i'm not a goth(anymore...i'm too old!) and now it's gone, seriously some bloody sick twisted fuckers out there!!! There's no need for it!!!
Leave him in peace...also it's NOT a gravestone, just a memorial stone!
Why do people visit gravestones
I grew up in Macclesfield and love Joy Division but have never felt the urge to make a trip to his gravestone.
Hahah:D
As if they're checking anyone's around.
haha
doubt a goth would pinch this, their arms are too frail from self harming.
i bet the singer from Editors stole this and is now wanking on it.
Heartless & Souless
Whowever did this is Heartless & Souless, they are Failures, Dead Souls.
i always dreamt the day would come
when the word Macclesfield made it into a news piece on DiS. BigLuvHomiez
I blame
Jay-Z
If you grew up in Macclesfield
and loved Joy Division and you didn't once make a trip to see it, i think that makes you the odd one!
Me and my friends used to sneak in and get drunk by it all the time.
You clearly
weren't around when Marion re-formed then!
you've been reading up on yr jd hits!
i find them ace in small doses, but they generally get a bit repetitive. wouldn't be nearly as big if he hadn't hung himself.
i think i'm setting myself up for an argument here
The Old Order
Hmmm, yes well, that's a tricky one to ponder over. Would there be such a JD legacy had Ian not hung himself? But could it ever have been any other way? Was it possible for his life to pan out the way it did, with JD etc, if it wasn't going to end how it did, when it did?
It was through getting into New Order that I first investigated their history, and got into JD, and for sure JD would not have followed the same path NO did.
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