Peter Hook: "I Impersonated Ian Curtis"
The bass god admits to Joy Division fakery...
Peter Hook has confessed to impersonating Ian Curtis in an attempt to fool Joy Division fans. Talking to Xfm Manchester's Pete Mitchell this morning (October 2), the bass hero discussed his upcoming signing tour in aid of his new book, 'The Hacienda - How Not To Run A Club' and admitted that he'll "sign anything".
"Bernard [Sumner]'s signature is much more valuable than mine, because he never signed anything! And I did have a reputation for doing Ian Curtis's autograph for a long time.
"There's some guy in the Northern Quarter who had 'An Ideal For Living' up and it was signed by all four members of the band and dated. I went in and said, have you not noticed that the date is after Ian died? He went, Oh no! It was me, I did them as a joke! In very poor taste. It was up there for £200, so my name is now mud among collectors."
Listen to the whole interview here
Hooky's book tour takes in the following venues:
October 3 HMV, Market Street, Manchester - 5pm
October 5 HMV, Northumberland St, Newcastle - 5pm
October 6 Waterstones, Glasgow - 7.30pm
October 7 Borders, Magdalen St, Oxford - 6pm
October 9 Fopp, Covent Garden, London - 6pm
October 9 Fopp, Wax Jamba Islington - DJ set at 8pm
October 10 Borders, Bristol - 6pm
Tagged as Joy Division, New Order, Gossip, Rumours
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