THIEVES have stolen Joy Division singer Ian Curtis's kerbstone memorial, police said yesterday. The theft occurred between Monday lunchtime and Tuesday morning at Macclesfield Cemetery on Prestbury Road in Cheshire.

REDMOND, Wash., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today Microsoft Corp. announced that a limited-edition Zune digital media player designed by Peter Saville will be made available to commemorate the DVD release of "Joy Division," the critically acclaimed documentary.

By WILL SELF SAMANTHA Morton, whom I last saw playing Deborah Curtis, the wife of doomed Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Anton Corbijn's Control, could be described as a lucky woman.

By Ross Raihala, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Apr. 13--Rumors suggest underground darlings Interpol have signed a deal with the major label Interscope. But the black-clad New York boys better hurry up and put out a new record, as they now have some serious competition.