Tony Wilson, who died on Friday aged 57, was a television journalist-turned entrepreneur whose domination of the Manchester popular music scene over some 20 … Too many of these lately. [6] The Sex Pistols & Joy Division, Elvis Costello and the Jam were given their television debut by Wilson on his Manchester music TV show "So It Goes". The Real Don Tonay - photo taken from the Excavating the Reno site, a site dedicated to the Moss Side cellar club that Don owned in the 1970s. A compilation of performances by bands taken from his previous TV shows in the late 70's, such as "So It Goes", hosted by Tony Wilson. With Tony Wilson, Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, John Cooper Clarke. Wilson's involvement in popular music stemmed from hosting Granada's culture and music programme So It Goes. You get more than an idea of that Tony Wilson in this compilation of the best of his regional tea-time TV series So It Goes.
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So it Goes: Tony Wilson R.I.P. Wilson, who intensely disliked the music scene of the mid-1970s which was dominated by such genres as progressive rock and arena rock , saw the Sex Pistols at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall , in June 1976, an experience which he described as "nothing short of an epiphany". In the film, Tonay is played by Peter Kay as your stereotypical northern club owner, not too dissimilar to the type of comic creations Kay is known for.
New Order to stream ‘So It Goes’ live show with Liam Gillick for first time this Friday. 12.08.2007 Bill 11 Comments. So it Goes: Tony Wilson R.I.P. He was married to Lindsay Reade and Hilary. Tony Wilson was born on February 20, 1950 in Salford, England as Anthony Howard Wilson. Tony Wilson was a know-it-all prat but that certainly doesn't mean I didn't respect him.
It was all wild. Tony Wilson was a know-it-all prat but that certainly doesn’t mean I didn’t respect him. He died on August 10, 2007 in Manchester, England. His life story became the basis of the movie "24 Hour Party People" and he was also featured in the Ian Curtis/Joy Division film "Control". Wilson (along with Janet Street-Porter) championed Punk Rock on TV, and here he picks a Premier Division of talent: As it's 10 years to the day since Tony Wilson died, we look back on his 10 greatest gifts to pop culture – from Joy Division to The Hacienda. In an interview with the NME in the 31 May 1986 issue, Tony Wilson talks about 'So It Goes'. Tony Wilson's regional TV music show, So It Goes, had a lasting legacy. For a short-lived regional music show, Tony Wilson's So It Goes had quite a … Tony Wilson, in full Anthony Howard Wilson, (born Feb. 20, 1950, Salford, Lancashire, Eng.—died Aug. 10, 2007, Manchester), British music industry entrepreneur who, as cofounder of Factory Records and founder of the Hacienda nightclub in Manchester, was the ringleader of the so-called “Madchester” postpunk music and club scene of the 1980s and early ’90s. Too many of these lately.
There were only two series; one in the summer of '76 and another in the autumn of '77.
Tony Wilson, Producer: Control. ... where Joy Division made their 1978 television debut on Tony Wilson’s So It Goes.