A great great man who will be sadly missed. One of Manchester's finest, musical visionary, true socialist and a 'Red' ta boot!
RIP Tony H.
RIP Tony H.
Tony Wilson RIP.
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Was out and heard the news, i'm fecking gutted, couldn't be assed drinking have come home, all the lads are gutted... RIP Anthony WIlson, fecking legend.
Manchester legend.
I half glanced at this title and thought it said Torrie Wilson
Had a think about it, I didn't send him off the way I'd have liked earlier, so...
You'll always be a fecking wanker to me Tony
RIP mate
You'll always be a fecking wanker to me Tony
RIP mate
Jesus. Great feller and fan.
Only 57 too, puts stuff into perspective.
Only 57 too, puts stuff into perspective.
'kin hell. Hadn't even heard that he'd got cancer and can't believe he's gone at only 57. Thanks for all the memories of the Hac and the great music that will never leave me H. If you see that fat blue twat Manning when you get where you're going kick him in the balls mate.
RIP Mr Manchester.
Not everyone will think so, but he was fully deserving of the tag 'legend'. RIP.
He's clearly a Manchester legend, regardless of what anyone thinks.
A huge musical influence and a big red aswell
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
i was talking about Tony a while back with mrs panlid, wandering how he never got honoured or something considering the twats that get them for feck all nowadays.
we came to the conclusion that he has to have been offered them but turned them down.
very saddened to here the news. he loved manchester and its people and should be honoured by the city in some way.
RIP Tony.
we came to the conclusion that he has to have been offered them but turned them down.
very saddened to here the news. he loved manchester and its people and should be honoured by the city in some way.
RIP Tony.
I'm assuming it's Factory Records founder and Hacenda building, all round TV bloke Tony Wilson
Apparently it turns out he died of a heart attack, unrelated (though may have been an acting factor) to his cancer and his treatment for that...
"Roger Spencer, executive director of delivery at Christie Hospital, said: "Tony Wilson died peacefully at Christie Hospital at 6.05pm this evening (Friday 10 August) with his family by his side."
Professor Robert Hawkins, his doctor at Christie Hospital, said: "It’s very sad. He died as a result of something unrelated to his cancer. His cancer was responding well to treatment but obviously did contribute to his poor health."
Wilson, aged 56, had an operation last month to remove a kidney which had become cancerous at Manchester Royal Infirmary."
"Roger Spencer, executive director of delivery at Christie Hospital, said: "Tony Wilson died peacefully at Christie Hospital at 6.05pm this evening (Friday 10 August) with his family by his side."
Professor Robert Hawkins, his doctor at Christie Hospital, said: "It’s very sad. He died as a result of something unrelated to his cancer. His cancer was responding well to treatment but obviously did contribute to his poor health."
Wilson, aged 56, had an operation last month to remove a kidney which had become cancerous at Manchester Royal Infirmary."
Very sad... Tony Wilson did great things for great music...
Saw a BBC clip about a month ago (a news story where NHS apparently denied him an effective drug because it was too expensive - I also heard that the Happy Mondays were prepared to chip in the money, some bittersweet irony in that...) and he looked very ill. Extremely thin, just a shell of a man and a shadow of his former self...
Saw a BBC clip about a month ago (a news story where NHS apparently denied him an effective drug because it was too expensive - I also heard that the Happy Mondays were prepared to chip in the money, some bittersweet irony in that...) and he looked very ill. Extremely thin, just a shell of a man and a shadow of his former self...
Yes, very sad news...grew up with a lot of things that Tony Wilson was responsible for.
In a time of the music industry being run by the likes of Simon Cowell etc. what I wouldn't give for another Tony Wilson to be waiting in the wings.
In a time of the music industry being run by the likes of Simon Cowell etc. what I wouldn't give for another Tony Wilson to be waiting in the wings.
RIP.
But how does this thread classify as 'entertainment' to be placed in the entertainment forum?
But how does this thread classify as 'entertainment' to be placed in the entertainment forum?
How does the music impresario and tv presenter / personality classify as entertainment?!?!
This said, the longer thread, which I've contributed to a few times, is in the general forum. I'd suggest a moderator merges them
Tony Wilson R.I.P.
Obituary: Tony Wilson
Anthony Wilson (Pic: MEN syndication)
Tony Wilson was staunchly proud of his Salford roots
Record label owner, broadcaster, journalist, pop impresario and nightclub founder - Anthony Wilson was famous for many things, but perhaps he was most famous for being a self-styled professional Mancunian.
Tony Wilson was widely regarded as the man who put Manchester on the map for its music and vibrant nightlife. He remained active on the city scene until his death on Friday aged 57.
He was born in Salford's Hope Hospital on 20 February 1950.
He attended De La Salle Christian Brothers' school, before going on to read English at the University of Cambridge in 1968.
In the 1970s he went to work for Granada Television in Manchester, where he fronted programmes including music show So It Goes and current affairs magazine World In Action.
He later went on to be long-time host of the early evening Granada Reports.
Wilson was a founder of Factory Records in the late 1970s, the label behind Joy Division, New Order and The Happy Mondays.
Hacienda nightclub membership card
The Hacienda was one of the most famous clubs in the world
He continued to work in television even at the height of his work with Factory records.
In 1982, he set up The Hacienda nightclub, which became known as perhaps the most famous club in the world in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
It became the heart of the "Madchester" scene, playing host to bands such as New Order, The Smiths, The Stone Roses and Oasis.
Even Madonna played her first UK gig at the Whitworth Street club in February 1983.
The club was famous for its dance nights, particularly house music nights where DJs Mike Pickering, Sasha and Dave Haslam regularly played.
In the early 1990s the club was blighted by cash flow problems and it closed its doors in 1997.
Devolution call
The building was demolished in 2002 and apartments were built in its place.
The semi-fictional story of the club, the music and Wilson's life was documented in Michael Winterbottom's 2002 film, 24 Hour Party People.
His character was played by comedian Steve Coogan to critical acclaim.
Wilson later went on to set up the annual Manchester music conference, In The City, with long-term partner and former Miss England Yvette Livesey.
But it was not just in the music world that he made his mark - he was also a key player in local politics and supported a campaign for a regional assembly for the North West.
Emergency surgery
In 2004 he set up an unofficial coalition calling for regional devolution, called The Necessary Group.
More recently he presented radio shows Ground Rules and Talk of the Town on BBC Radio Manchester and Sunday Roast on Xfm Manchester.
He was the main presenter of the BBC's Politics Show North West.
Wilson fell ill in 2006, before undergoing emergency surgery to have a kidney removed in January 2007.
Doctors diagnosed him with cancer and he started a chemotherapy course at Manchester's Christie Hospital.
The chemotherapy failed to beat the disease and he was recommended to take the drug Sutent, which is not funded by the NHS in Manchester.
Members of the Happy Mondays and other acts he supported over the years had started a fund to help pay for his treatment.
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/6941105.stm
well i must say i think he was an exceptional man, and his character will be surely missed by many..
he had faith and belief in many things and was a trend setter to a certain extent.
he was also off his fecking head sometimes.. class.
RIP tony.
Obituary: Tony Wilson
Anthony Wilson (Pic: MEN syndication)
Tony Wilson was staunchly proud of his Salford roots
Record label owner, broadcaster, journalist, pop impresario and nightclub founder - Anthony Wilson was famous for many things, but perhaps he was most famous for being a self-styled professional Mancunian.
Tony Wilson was widely regarded as the man who put Manchester on the map for its music and vibrant nightlife. He remained active on the city scene until his death on Friday aged 57.
He was born in Salford's Hope Hospital on 20 February 1950.
He attended De La Salle Christian Brothers' school, before going on to read English at the University of Cambridge in 1968.
In the 1970s he went to work for Granada Television in Manchester, where he fronted programmes including music show So It Goes and current affairs magazine World In Action.
He later went on to be long-time host of the early evening Granada Reports.
Wilson was a founder of Factory Records in the late 1970s, the label behind Joy Division, New Order and The Happy Mondays.
Hacienda nightclub membership card
The Hacienda was one of the most famous clubs in the world
He continued to work in television even at the height of his work with Factory records.
In 1982, he set up The Hacienda nightclub, which became known as perhaps the most famous club in the world in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
It became the heart of the "Madchester" scene, playing host to bands such as New Order, The Smiths, The Stone Roses and Oasis.
Even Madonna played her first UK gig at the Whitworth Street club in February 1983.
The club was famous for its dance nights, particularly house music nights where DJs Mike Pickering, Sasha and Dave Haslam regularly played.
In the early 1990s the club was blighted by cash flow problems and it closed its doors in 1997.
Devolution call
The building was demolished in 2002 and apartments were built in its place.
The semi-fictional story of the club, the music and Wilson's life was documented in Michael Winterbottom's 2002 film, 24 Hour Party People.
His character was played by comedian Steve Coogan to critical acclaim.
Wilson later went on to set up the annual Manchester music conference, In The City, with long-term partner and former Miss England Yvette Livesey.
But it was not just in the music world that he made his mark - he was also a key player in local politics and supported a campaign for a regional assembly for the North West.
Emergency surgery
In 2004 he set up an unofficial coalition calling for regional devolution, called The Necessary Group.
More recently he presented radio shows Ground Rules and Talk of the Town on BBC Radio Manchester and Sunday Roast on Xfm Manchester.
He was the main presenter of the BBC's Politics Show North West.
Wilson fell ill in 2006, before undergoing emergency surgery to have a kidney removed in January 2007.
Doctors diagnosed him with cancer and he started a chemotherapy course at Manchester's Christie Hospital.
The chemotherapy failed to beat the disease and he was recommended to take the drug Sutent, which is not funded by the NHS in Manchester.
Members of the Happy Mondays and other acts he supported over the years had started a fund to help pay for his treatment.
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/6941105.stm
well i must say i think he was an exceptional man, and his character will be surely missed by many..
he had faith and belief in many things and was a trend setter to a certain extent.
he was also off his fecking head sometimes.. class.
RIP tony.
I meant how does him passing away qualify being in the entertainment thread.
Two standing ovations at OT on sunday and Love Will Tear Us Apart and True Faith played in his honour.
Just found the thread.
He was a phenomenon. Remember watching him on the TV late-night, remember dancing to Factory's music, remember being off my face to the Happy Mondays, remember my Manc mates' worship of the Hacienda, how they saved every penny to go every week, remember laughing at 24 Hour Party People. Funny to think, for a person of a certain age, what a big part of our lives he was.
Still a twat mind.
Sad.
He was a phenomenon. Remember watching him on the TV late-night, remember dancing to Factory's music, remember being off my face to the Happy Mondays, remember my Manc mates' worship of the Hacienda, how they saved every penny to go every week, remember laughing at 24 Hour Party People. Funny to think, for a person of a certain age, what a big part of our lives he was.
Still a twat mind.
Sad.
He did an interview with the Beeb and was complaining that he used to be greeted with shouts of "Oi, you wanker!" and the likes wherever he went in Manchester but that since the news he had cancer had come out people were being nice to him and it was doing his head in.
If he hadn't been a twat he wouldn't have been Tony Wilson.
If he hadn't been a twat he wouldn't have been Tony Wilson.
Tony Wilson. Twat.
A fantastic, brilliant twat.
A fantastic, brilliant twat.
R.I.P Mr Manchester.
Hope when I go to the great gig in the sky, I see him in the Hacienda.
Hope when I go to the great gig in the sky, I see him in the Hacienda.
Bit of a shock to hear of Tony Wilson's passing, may he RIP.
Download a podcast on XFM, a 40 minute tribute to Mr Wilson
http://www.xfmmanchester.co.uk/Article.asp?b=reviews&id=458420
http://www.xfmmanchester.co.uk/Article.asp?b=reviews&id=458420
Rip.
Manchester legend no question.
Mad as a fecking hatter, pretentious up his own arse tosser ...but great bloke deeply saddened when I heard
Mad as a fecking hatter, pretentious up his own arse tosser ...but great bloke deeply saddened when I heard
24 Hour Party People was one of the funniest films I've ever seen, but, having said that, Steve Coogan could recite the dictionary and have an audience in stitches.
Either way, what was it exactly that made Tony Wilson a wanker? I never saw him in action, and the film made him seem quite likable.
Either way, what was it exactly that made Tony Wilson a wanker? I never saw him in action, and the film made him seem quite likable.