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Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was a British record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager and impresario, and a journalist for Granada Television, the BBC and Channel 4.
May 1, 2024 · Tony Wilson (born Feb. 20, 1950, Salford, Lancashire, Eng.—died Aug. 10, 2007, Manchester) 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.
Apr 11, 2022 · Jacket art of 'From Manchester With Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson' by Paul Morley. credit: Faber & Faber. Like Wilson, Morley is a renowned legend himself, having written for the New ...
Aug 10, 2007 · Fri 10 Aug 2007 17.05 EDT. The music mogul Tony Wilson has died aged 57 following a heart attack. The former Factory Records boss had been diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, and had been...
Aug 11, 2007 · Tony Wilson 1950-2007. The founder of Factory records has died. Though self-deprecation was part of his brand of super-confidence, above all, he made things happen. Tony Wilson would...
Apr 11, 2012 · April 11, 2012. Tony Wilson has died aged 57. Tony Wilson, the music mogul behind some of Britain's most successful bands, died of cancer in hospital last night. He was 57. The entrepreneur, who ...
Celebrating Tony Wilson, the founder of Factory Records The arch networker who championed the Sex Pistols, Joy Division and Happy Mondays receives reverential treatment from Paul Morley From ...
