Tony Wilson

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human journalist music impresario record label founder television presenter

Tony Wilson was a British music impresario, journalist, and co-founder of Factory Records, instrumental in shaping Manchester’s post-punk and rave scenes.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
music impresario ⓘ
record label founder ⓘ
television presenter ⓘ
associatedWith A Certain Ratio ⓘ
Durutti Column ⓘ
Happy Mondays ⓘ
Joy Division ⓘ
New Order ⓘ
basedIn Manchester ⓘ
birthName Anthony Howard Wilson ⓘ
causeOfDeath kidney cancer ⓘ
coFounded Factory Records ⓘ
The Haçienda ⓘ
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1950-02-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2007-08-10 ⓘ
educatedAt De La Salle College, Salford ⓘ
Jesus College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer Granada Television ⓘ
familyName Wilson ⓘ
founded Factory Records ⓘ
The Haçienda ⓘ
surface form: The Haçienda nightclub
genreSpecialization Merseybeat ⓘ
surface form: Madchester

new wave ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
rave ⓘ
givenName Anthony ⓘ
influenced Manchester music scene ⓘ
UK post-punk scene ⓘ
rave culture in the United Kingdom ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
name Tony Wilson self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork Factory Records ⓘ
So It Goes (TV programme) ⓘ
The Haçienda ⓘ
surface form: The Haçienda nightclub
occupation journalist ⓘ
music impresario ⓘ
radio presenter ⓘ
record label executive ⓘ
television presenter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Salford ⓘ
placeOfDeath Manchester ⓘ
portrayedBy Steve Coogan ⓘ
portrayedIn 24 Hour Party People ⓘ
presented Granada Reports ⓘ
So It Goes (TV programme) ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Manchester ⓘ
spouse Lindsay Reade ⓘ
Yvette Livesey ⓘ

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So It Goes (TV programme) → presenter → Tony Wilson ⓘ
So It Goes (TV programme) → hostedBy → Tony Wilson ⓘ
Happy Mondays → associatedWith → Tony Wilson ⓘ
24 Hour Party People → narrativeFocus → Tony Wilson ⓘ
24 Hour Party People → portrays → Tony Wilson ⓘ
Yvette Livesey → partner → Tony Wilson ⓘ
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Yvette Livesey → associatedWith → Tony Wilson ⓘ
Factory Records → foundedBy → Tony Wilson ⓘ
Paul Morley → associatedWith → Tony Wilson ⓘ
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Lindsay Reade → spouse → Tony Wilson ⓘ
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Southern Cemetery, Manchester → hasNotableBurial → Tony Wilson ⓘ
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