In Memory of JOY DIVISION's Ian Curtis

06 February 2007
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The Killers have covered the 1979 Joy Division song "Shadowplay" for the soundtrack to the forthcoming movie about the life of the band's late frontman Ian Curtis. New Order have recorded the main part of the music for the movie, and are also supposed to be re-recording a number of Joy Division tracks.

The movie itself,В entitledВ "Control", is based on the book "Touching from a Distance" by Curtis' widow Deborah, who also co-produced the film. It was directed by famed Dutch music video director and photographer Anton Corbijn, and is set for a September 2007 release.

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