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New Order talk suicide prevention in Parliament to mark anniversary of Ian Curtis’ death

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Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis yesterday (May 18), two of his surviving bandmates – Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris of New Order – appeared in Parliament to discuss mental health and suicide prevention.Curtis took his own life in May 1980 after battling depression and epilepsy in his final years.

In an event that was originally due to take place in 2020 to mark 40 years since his passing, but was delayed due to the COVID pandemic, a special talk and panel titled Suicide Prevention: Breaking The Silence took place in the Speaker’s House in Parliament.NME were invited along to the event hosted by Kerry McCarthy MP that was chaired by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.

It featured Sumner and Morris along with insight provided by the mental health charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) and speeches from the Speaker Of The House Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and Minister For Mental Health, Gillian Keegan MP.The panel discussed the current state of mental health in the UK, the cultural stigma surrounding suicide and the issues faced by those suffering mental health problems in accessing appropriate support treatment.Sumner opened on behalf of the band by discussing Curtis’ final years and how hard it can be to spot the signs of depression.“Originally, we didn’t think he had a mental health problem – we thought he had a problem with epilepsy,” said Sumner, describing the frontman as a “regular” and “happy-go-lucky guy”. “His lyrics were a bit on the dark side, to put it mildly, but when Ian was with us on a day-to-day basis and in rehearsals, he was a good laugh.“You look at a lot of photos of Ian at the time, and a lot of them are of him with his head in his hands.

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