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.

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
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 NERFINISHED →
employer	Granada Television →
familyName	Wilson →
founded	Factory Records → The Haçienda nightclub →
genreSpecialization	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 →
nationality	British →
notableWork	Factory Records → So It Goes (TV programme) → 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 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tony Wilson →	name
2 Tony Wilson Place →	namedAfter
Steve Coogan →	portrayed