Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 7, 2009...

• Peter Hook admitted he's forged Ian Curtis' signature on Joy Division memorabilia he sold. He says it was partly as a "joke." Not funny Hooky. Not funny.
• The "emo haircut" is dead?
  
• Jay Reatard's band has quit. Wow, how much of a mess do you have to be for your entire band to quit on you in the middle of a tour? I guess that's fewer shows he'll be too drunk to play, now...
  

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