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Wilson was the manager of many bands, including A Certain Ratio and the Durutti Column, and was part owner and manager of Factory Records, home of Happy Mondays, Joy Division and New Order – the band managed by friend and business partner Rob Gretton. He also founded and managed the Haçienda nightclub and Dry Bar.
Feb 20, 2020 · As it's 10 years to the day since Tony Wilson died, we look back on his 10 greatest gifts to pop culture – from Joy Division to The Hacienda.
May 1, 2024 · Tony Wilson was a British music industry entrepreneur who, as cofounder of Factory Records and founder of the Hacienda nightclub in Manchester, was the ringleader of the so-called “Madchester” postpunk music and club scene of the 1980s and early ’90s.
Aug 13, 2015 · As Garry’s and Duddell’s heartfelt tribute single ‘St Anthony: An Ode To Anthony H Wilson’ attests, Tony Wilson’s miracle is modern Manchester itself, and its transformation from post ...
Aug 9, 2017 · Thursday marks 10 years since the death of Tony Wilson - a man whose unconventional approach to just about everything saw his place cemented in the history of Manchester’s development as a city...
Aug 28, 2014 · The adorable 9-year-old that mugged Tony Wilson. I came home and transcribed the interview pretty badly. No one wanted it, so I left him on a USB stick in my drawer, before deciding that I...
Apr 11, 2012 · Anthony H Wilson was famous for many things - record label owner, broadcaster, journalist, pop impresario and nightclub founder - but he was perhaps best known for being a self-styled...
