Today In Music News: Sir Elton's Stage Collapses, Hooky Plans Ian Curtis Celebration And Prison Walls Can't Keep You From Blogging

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, April 5, 2010...If you're constructing a stage in ancient Mayan ruins and it collapses... should you really keep the show scheduled?Peter Hook plans on performing the seminal Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures in it's entirety on the anniversary of Ian Curtis'...

By Lance Lester

April 5, 2010

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Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, April 5, 2010...

If you're constructing a stage in ancient Mayan ruins and it collapses... should you really keep the show scheduled?
Peter Hook plans on performing the seminal Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures in it's entirety on the anniversary of Ian Curtis' death.
Soooo... ESPN will can your ass if you have an affair with a co-worker, but, you can keep writing for the website as long as you're a platinum selling rapper?

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