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The modest tombstone which marked the final resting place of the troubled and enigmatic singer of Joy Division, Ian Curtis was stolen this last weekend (late June-as previously reported). Today, Ian's former bandmate Stephen Morris is making a plea for it's return,
Joy Division and Newdrummer Stephen Morris explainedNME.COM:
"I just don't understand why anyone would do it," he said. "You couldn't sell it on eBay - it's ridiculous and very upsetting."
He added: "There had been the films (the 2007 'Control' movie and the recent eponymous documentary) so maybe someone thought they could cash in… or maybe it's someone who is a bit deranged - you'd have to be."
The drummer explained that he and those associated with the band and Curtis' family were upset by the theft.
"I'm speechless. It really is not a very nice thing at all," he said.
Morris then urged the culprit to "have a bit of dignity about it" and to anonymously leave the gravestone somewhere it could be found.
Curtis was 23 when he hanged himself in the kitchen of his Macclesfield home after having viewed Werner Herzog's film Stroszek and listening to Iggy Pop's The Idiot in May 1980, shortly before the band were due to go on tour in the US.
The headstone is visited by thousands of fans every year, paying their respects to the singer who committed suicide in 1980 at the age of 23.
AC/DC's song Highway To Hell is becoming one of the mot requested funeral songs in their home country, according to the the
Funeral managers at Centennial Park, the largest cemetery and crematorium in the city, said only two hymns still rank among its top 10 most popular funeralAmazingand Abide With Me.
Leading the funeral chart is crooner Frank Sinatra's classicMy Way followed by Louis Armstrong's version ofWonderful World.
The Led Zeppelin and AC/DC anthems rank outside the top 10, but have gained popularity in recent years as more Australians give up traditional Christian hymns.
"Some of the more unusual songs we hear actually work very well within the service because they represent the person's character," Centennial Park chief executive Bryan Elliott said.
A North London dentist Andrew Bain, who practises in north London, was signed by SonyBMG after the firm heard his opera version of Prince's Purple Rain.
The 35 year old Mr Bain has been wielding the drill as well as singing in West End choruses and amateur opera for 10 years says it's a "dream come true."
Andrew Bain; The Singing Dentist!
"I've always loved singing and it's hard to beat the thrill of a live stage.
"I'll miss my patients but glad I won't have to use the drill anymore. It's not the best part of dentistry for dentists or patients."
He added: "Mixing this style with the pop songs of today is a natural progression despite what the critics might say."
His album, released in September, includes operatic versions of songs from Abba, the Smiths and Snow Patrol.
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Hmmm... that says a lot about society.
What? That we're all going to hell?
Not necessarily that, but that people see that perhaps there may be something more after you die. That the grave may not be the end.