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Sep 8, 2024 · Tony Wilson, mercurial head of Joy Division’s label Factory Records, had already suggested that Curtis meld his deep baritone into an imitation of Frank Sinatra. Hannett loved this idea and ran with it.
Sep 25, 2024 · The Some May Say discussion looks at famous speeches and this week, Tony Wilson, creator of the Speakola website and podcast, told ABC Radio Melbourne about memorable one-liners.
Sep 8, 2024 · Today, 20 February, marks the birthdays of both Factory Records pioneer Tony Wilson (RIP), who would have been 69, and Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown, who turns 56. Wilson is reported to have once remarked that if you “gave 1,000 monkeys guitars and Jimi Hendrix songbooks, they’d eventually emerge sounding like the Stone Roses”.
2 days ago · Japanese major Sony Group Corporation and Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) on Tuesday announced that Tony Vinciquerra, chairman and CEO, will step down from his role on January 2, 2025, ... Wilson. Godrej Properties' board approves Rs 6,000 cr fund raise through securities. DGCA grants approval for merger of AIX Connect, ...
Sep 4, 2024 · Co-founded by the late broadcaster and music mogul Tony Wilson, the label was central to the ‘Madchester’ scene, while Factory also ran the now-shut Manchester nightclub The Hacienda, which is...
Sep 26, 2024 · Steve Coogan is Tony Wilson, a madcap pioneering producer who crossed paths with nearly every underground and indie British artist from the 70s onwards, all played with gusto by actors you’ll ...
5 days ago · Factory Records owner Tony Wilson was influenced by situationist urbanism, and Factory band the Durutti Column took their name from Andre Bertrand's collage Le Retour de la Colonne Durutti. [113] (Bertrand, in turn, took his title from the eponymous anarchist army during the Spanish Civil War).
6 days ago · He was speaking on 3AW’s Wide World of Sports. “I’m bitterly disappointed but no one is bigger than the show,” he said on 3AW. As first flagged on 3AW’s Rumour File on Monday morning, Matthew Lloyd has confirmed Wilson will make the shock TV switch. Malcom Connor will depart UM Australia after 20 years as part of the agency’s ...
Sep 21, 2024 · Yet Tony Wilson (Rock Hudson), as he is now known, still yearns for what he once had, and soon wants to reverse the deal – but breach of contract comes at a price.
5 days ago · Coogan starred in BBC2's The Private Life of Samuel Pepys in 2003, and Cruise of the Gods in 2002 and portrayed Factory Records boss, Tony Wilson in the film, 24 Hour Party People (2002). In 2006, he had a cameo in the Little Britain Christmas special as a pilot taking Lou and Andy to Disneyland.
