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Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was a British

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owner, radio and television presenter,

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manager,

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and a journalist for

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, the

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and

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. As a co-founder of the independent label

Factory Records Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus. The label featured several important acts on its roster, including Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, the Durutt ...

and founder-manager of

the Haçienda The Haçienda was a nightclub and music venue in Manchester, North West England, which became famous during the Manchester years of the 1980s and early 1990s. It was run by the record label Factory Records. The club opened in 1982, eventually ...

nightclub, Wilson was behind some of

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's most successful bands, including

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, New Order, and

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. Wilson was known as "Mr Manchester", dubbed as such for his work in promoting the

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throughout his career. He was portrayed by

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's film ''

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'' (2002), and by

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's film ''

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'' (2007). Depending on what he was working on, he would switch between alternate versions of his name. For example, when he was being a serious formal and respectable persona, such as certain TV presenting appearances, he would use "Anthony H Wilson", or for example when reporting for ''Granada Reports'' he was referred to as "Anthony Wilson", otherwise he would go by "Tony Wilson" most commonly while on Factory Records business.

Early life

Wilson was born 20 February 1950 in Hope Hospital, Pendleton,

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, to Sydney Wilson and Doris Knupfer, and moved to

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, near

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, at the age of five. After passing his

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, Wilson attended De La Salle Grammar School in Weaste Lane, Pendleton, Salford. He developed a love of literature and language, ignited by a performance of ''

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'' at

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. Wilson started his professional career in 1968 at the age of 17, working as an English and Drama teacher at

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. He later graduated with a degree in English from Jesus College,

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Broadcasting career

After his graduation in 1971, Wilson began as a trainee news reporter for ITN, before moving to Manchester in 1973, where he secured a post at

. He presented Granada's culture, music and events programme, ''So It Goes''. Through the 1970s and 1980s he was one of the main anchors on ''

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'', a regional evening news programme, where he worked with

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and

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among others. He continued in this line of work even at the height of his success in the music industry. He reported for

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's current affairs series, ''

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'' in the early 1980s and hosted editions of '' After Dark'', the UK's first open-ended chat show, first on

and later

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. Journalist Fergal Kinney wrote in 2021: “His appearances on Channel 4’s freewheeling late-night debate show ''After Dark''...are exhilarating, pitched somewhere between a malevolent

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and a slightly effete

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.”

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's book ''From Manchester with Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson'' quotes Wilson as nearly falling asleep on the programme but waking up to hear one of the guests attacking him for naming his band

. In 1988, Wilson hosted ''The Other Side of Midnight'', another Granada weekly regional culture slot, covering music, literature and the arts in general. Wilson co-presented the BBC's coverage of ''

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'' at

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with

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in 1992. He hosted the short-lived TV quiz shows ''Topranko!'' and Channel 4's ''Remote Control'' in the 1990s, as well as the

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themed quiz, ''Masterfan'', for MUTV. In 2006 he became the regional political presenter for the

...
's ''

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''. He presented a weekly radio show on Xfm Manchester – ''Sunday Roast'' – and a show on

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. In October he joined Blur bassist Alex James, ''

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'' presenter

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and previously unknown presenter Emily Rose to host the 21st century version of the 1980s music programme, '' The Tube'', for

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which ran until 2 March 2007. His final music TV show was filmed in December 2006 for Manchester's

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. Only one episode, entitled "The New Friday", was recorded before Wilson became ill.

Music career

Wilson's involvement in popular music stemmed from hosting Granada's culture and music programme ''So It Goes''. Wilson, who intensely disliked the music scene of the mid-1970s which was dominated by such genres as

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and

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, saw the

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at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall, in June 1976, an experience which he described as "nothing short of an epiphany". He booked them for the last episode of the first series, probably the first television showing of their revolutionary British strand of punk rock. Wilson was the manager of many bands, including

A Certain Ratio A Certain Ratio (abbreviated as ACR) are an English post-punk band formed in 1977 in Flixton, Greater Manchester by Peter Terrell (guitar, electronics) and Simon Topping (vocals, trumpet), with additional members Jez Kerr (bass, vocals), Martin ...

and

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, and was part owner and manager of

, home of

and New Order – the band managed by friend and business partner

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. He also founded and managed

nightclub and Dry Bar, together forming a central part of the music and cultural scene of Manchester. The scene was termed "

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" in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He made little money from Factory Records or the Haçienda, despite the enormous popularity and cultural significance of both endeavours. Both Factory Records and the Haçienda came to an abrupt end in the late 1990s. In 2000, Wilson and his business partners launched an early

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, Music33. A semi-fictionalised version of his life and of the surrounding era was made into the film ''

'' (2002), which stars

as Wilson. After the film was produced, Wilson wrote a novelisation based on the screenplay. He played a minor role (playing himself) in the film, ''

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'' (2005), in which his character interviews Coogan. Wilson also co-produced the

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biopic, ''

'' (2007), being portrayed on this occasion by

. He died a few months before its release. Wilson was a partner in the annual In the City and Interactive City music festivals and industry conferences, and also F4 Records, the fourth version of Factory Records, which was set up to be an online distributor for Wilson's long term protégé

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, of the Durutti Column.

Politics

Wilson identified himself as a

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and refused to pay for private healthcare on principle. Wilson was also an outspoken supporter of regionalism. Along with others including

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, he started a campaign for

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to be allowed a referendum on the creation of a regional assembly, called the "Necessary Group" after a line in the

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. Although his campaign was successful, with the British government announcing that a vote would take place, this was later abandoned when

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voted against the introduction of a regional tier of government. Wilson later spoke at several political events on this subject. He was also known for using

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ideas.

Relationships

Wilson was married twice, first to Lindsay Reade and then to Hilary, with whom he had a son, Oliver, and a daughter, Isabel. In 1990 he started a relationship with Yvette Livesey, a former

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and Miss UK, who was his girlfriend until his death in 2007. Livesey has since co-operated with a biography of Wilson's life, called ''You're Entitled to an Opinion ...'', written by

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and published in 2009.

Illness

After Wilson developed

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and had one kidney removed in 2007, doctors recommended he take the drug Sutent.

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refused to fund the £3,500 per month cost of providing the drug, while patients being treated alongside him at the

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and living just a few miles away in Cheshire did receive funding for the medication. A number of Wilson's music industry friends, including former

manager Nathan McGough, their current manager Elliot Rashman and TV stars Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan, formed a fund to help pay for Wilson's medical treatment. Wilson said: "This utentis my only real option. It is not a cure but can hold the cancer back, so I will probably be on it until I die. When they said I would have to pay £3,500 for the drugs each month, I thought where am I going to find the money? I'm the one person in this industry who famously has never made any money. I used to say 'some people make money and some make history', which is very funny until you find you can't afford to keep yourself alive. I've never paid for private healthcare because I'm a socialist. Now I find you can get tummy tucks and cosmetic surgery on the NHS but not the drugs I need to stay alive. It is a scandal."

Death and legacy

In early 2007, emergency surgery was performed to remove one of his kidneys. This forced the postponement of plans to create a Southern Hemisphere version of the In the City festival. Despite the surgery, the cancer progressed and a course of

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was ineffective. Wilson died of a heart attack in Manchester's Christie Hospital on 10 August 2007 aged 57. Following the news of his death, the

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was lowered to half mast as a mark of respect.

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documents reveal his estate was valued at £484,747 after tax. That figure includes the value of his city centre flat on Little Peter Street. The will, signed by Wilson on 4 July 2007, gave Yvette Livesey, 39, his girlfriend of 17 years, the proceeds from their home. He also left her his share of six businesses. His son Oliver and daughter Isabel shared the rest of his estate. His funeral was at St Mary's RC Church, Mulberry Street, Manchester ( The Hidden Gem) on 20 August 2007. Among the music Wilson chose Happy Mondays’ "Bob’s Yer Uncle". As with everything else in the Factory empire, Wilson's coffin was given a Factory catalogue number: FAC 501. He is buried at Southern Cemetery in

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, Manchester. His black granite headstone, erected in October 2010, was designed by Peter Saville and Ben Kelly and features a quotation, chosen by Wilson's family, from Mrs G Linnaeus Banks's 1876 novel '' The Manchester Man'', set in Rotis serif font. The quotation reads: "Mutability is the epitaph of worlds/ Change alone is changeless/ People drop out of the history of a life as of a land though their work or their influence remains." The main square of the

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/First Street development in Manchester, which opened in 2015, is named Tony Wilson Place.

References

External links

Keeping it Real
Last documentary on Tony Wilson

Return to the Hacienda
– BBC News article, dated Friday, 5 April 2002
Fourth Time Lucky
– Spike Magazine interview with Tony Wilson about F4, the latest incarnation of Factory Records

– Excerpts from the Interview with Eyewitness in Manchester 30 April 1998

by Gareth Grundy, '' The Q Daily'', 13 August 2007.
The Tony Wilson Experience
– 24 Hours of Lectures and workshops dedicated to Tony Wilson organised by Manchester City Council. * *
"St Anthony: An Ode to Anthony H. Wilson"
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