Tony Wilson

Tony Wilson and 1988.

Anthony Howard Wilson (Salford, Lancashire, February 20, 1950 - Manchester, August 10, 2007), known as Tony Wilson, was an English entrepreneur, a graduate in Cambridge journalism and presenter of Granada TV's music programs, founder of the label Music Factory Records, from where he launched groups like Joy Division, New Order or Happy Mondays.

He founded the mythical nightclub The Haqueienda in Manchester in 1982.

In its journalistic work gave repercussion to the groups of Manchester that began to appear in the wake of the punk of the Sex Pistols, among others, and that were encompassed under the genre post punk. Later it became one of the main catalysts of Manchester sound of the late 80's and early 90's.

In 2002, Michael Winterbottom directed the 24 Hour Party People, a film that showed in the form of a false documentary the history of Factory Records, seen from the eyes of Wilson, recreated by the actor Steve Coogan.

He died on August 10, 2007 of a heart attack at the Christie Hospital in Manchester at age 57, due to complications of kidney cancer detected in early 2006.

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