RIP Tony Wilson
10 August 2007, 10:38 PM
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No Pete: Anthony H. Wilson. Manager of Joy Division & New Order and the man behind Factory Records and the legendary Hacienda club.
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10 August 2007, 11:06 PM
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Just heard about this on Newsnight. Very sad. A great loss to the music industry and Manchester. Always liked to watch the guy and listen to his views which didn't always go with the flow. RIP and thanks for everything you've achieved.
12 August 2007, 09:06 AM
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It is a shame, he was a legend. His XFM Show was superb, he had amazing guests and ALWAYS played the unedited versions of songs. It was quite surreal hearing songs you thought you knew with c**t and F**k in them, especially at lunch time on a Sunday.
I think I'll have a trawl round the web to see if I can find any of his shows.
I think I'll have a trawl round the web to see if I can find any of his shows.
13 August 2007, 09:40 PM
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its benn slow for news this last few days im sick of hearing about it to be honest.
on look north west tonight someone suggested calling whitworth street after him how riddiculous
(this street is named after joseph whitworth the engineer who standardised thread sizes )
on look north west tonight someone suggested calling whitworth street after him how riddiculous
(this street is named after joseph whitworth the engineer who standardised thread sizes )
13 August 2007, 09:46 PM
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"Yet another sad day"
Well I'm pretty sure more than 365 people die each year. So they're all sad.
prob more like "sad 20 secs" if you'd ever heard of him. I hadn't. So "annoyed 30 secs until the news moves onto something important"
Well I'm pretty sure more than 365 people die each year. So they're all sad.
prob more like "sad 20 secs" if you'd ever heard of him. I hadn't. So "annoyed 30 secs until the news moves onto something important"
13 August 2007, 09:52 PM
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Really Sad News - The Hacienda [FAC51] was a big part of my early years, along with Legends / The Blood club [annabels].
A very sad piece of news.
J4cko - Cut some slack bro - some of us are really upset about the loss of TW - Let alone the fact that the Hacienda has long since been lost to a conversion to Flats.
A very sad piece of news.
J4cko - Cut some slack bro - some of us are really upset about the loss of TW - Let alone the fact that the Hacienda has long since been lost to a conversion to Flats.
13 August 2007, 09:56 PM
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Really Sad News - The Hacienda [FAC51] was a big part of my early years, along with Legends / The Blood club [annabels].
A very sad piece of news.
J4cko - Cut some slack bro - some of us are really upset about the loss of TW - Let alone the fact that the Hacienda has long since been lost to a conversion to Flats.
A very sad piece of news.
J4cko - Cut some slack bro - some of us are really upset about the loss of TW - Let alone the fact that the Hacienda has long since been lost to a conversion to Flats.
I met TW at a Granada filming to do with Danny Sugarmans Doors biography sometime in the early nineties, seemed a nice bloke, both him and Sugarman are both gone.
13 August 2007, 10:13 PM
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yes there are more than that die each year, I dont know them all though
13 August 2007, 10:50 PM
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Really Sad News - The Hacienda [FAC51] was a big part of my early years, along with Legends / The Blood club [annabels].
A very sad piece of news.
J4cko's Mate - Cut some slack Cousin - some of us are really upset about the loss of TW - Let alone the fact that the Hacienda has long since been lost to a conversion to Flats.
PS - SN is Reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaalllllllyyyy Slow tonight
A very sad piece of news.
J4cko's Mate - Cut some slack Cousin - some of us are really upset about the loss of TW - Let alone the fact that the Hacienda has long since been lost to a conversion to Flats.
PS - SN is Reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaalllllllyyyy Slow tonight
14 August 2007, 08:23 AM
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I became a fan of New Order in 1988 when I was 14 and immediately collected the entire back catalogue. 19 years later and with every album in my collection, they are and always will be my favourite band of all time 
In the early 90's I loved the Madchester vibe but never had the means to get to the Hacienda in it's prime.
Tony Wilson is responsible for much of my favourite music. I watched 24 hour party people with real interest, even though I know it was supposedly a bit spoofy.
Despite my love of the music Factory Records and Tony Wilson in particular made famous, I was unaware of his illness until recently seeing him on the policits show looking very unwell. A few weeks later he had passed.
He will be missed. The City owes him a tribute. I owe him thanks.
RIP Tony Wilson.
In the early 90's I loved the Madchester vibe but never had the means to get to the Hacienda in it's prime.
Tony Wilson is responsible for much of my favourite music. I watched 24 hour party people with real interest, even though I know it was supposedly a bit spoofy.
Despite my love of the music Factory Records and Tony Wilson in particular made famous, I was unaware of his illness until recently seeing him on the policits show looking very unwell. A few weeks later he had passed.
He will be missed. The City owes him a tribute. I owe him thanks.
RIP Tony Wilson.
15 August 2007, 09:43 PM
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