Ian Curtis' Presence Requested For US 'Control' Premiere

Peter Hook has revealed that studio bosses in the US requested that Joy Division play live at the stateside premiere of ‘Control’.

According to Shortlist magazine the bass player said: “Someone from the film’s US distributor’s office phoned up saying that the New York premiere was on 25 September and would Joy Division play?

“I replied ‘Well, the last I heard, the lead singer was dead but I’ll give them a ring and see if anything has changed.”

The film about Ian Curtis’ slide into depression and eventual suicide is released in the UK this Friday (October 5) and in the US the following Wednesday (October 10).