Literary Salute As Fans Mark Singer's Death ; Musicians Celebrate the Life of Joy Division Frontman with Library Concert On the 30th Anniversary of His Death, Congleton Library Last Night Staged a Celebration of the Life of Ian Curtis, the Macclesfield-Based Joy Division Singer Who Hanged Himself at the Peak of the Band's Powers, Aged Just 23. A Fan Himself, John Woodhouse Went Along to Witness a Somewhat Unusual Event

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › May 21, 2010

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IT'S not often you see a library with a bar in it. Maybe it's what's needed to get borrowing numbers up.

An unorthodox setting to celebrate an unorthodox man, Congleton Library last night became a shrine to Joy Division singer and global icon Ian Curtis.

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Literary Salute As Fans Mark Singer's Death ; Musicians Celebrate the Life of Joy Division Frontman with Library Concert On the 30th Anniversary of His Death, Congleton Library Last Night Staged a Celebration of the Life of Ian Curtis, the Macclesfield-Based Joy Division Singer Who Hanged Himself at the Peak of the Band's Powers, Aged Just 23. A Fan Himself, John Woodhouse Went Along to Witness a Somewhat Unusual Event

Not quite his hometown, but with Macclesfield doing little to mark the anniversary of the passing of its famous son, about as near as you can get. A hundred or so fans - denim fading, beards greying, one or two looking like roadies from Spin...

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