Anthony Wilson

Anthony Wilson was the United Kindom pop group manager behind (at various times) Joy Division, New Order and the Happy Mondays (amongst many others). Part owner and manager of Factory Records and the Hacienda nightclub which formed a central part of the music and cultural scene of Manchester (and, indeed, the whole of the NW of England).

Originally 'Tony' Wilson sought a career as a television journalist on Manchester's local station, Granada TV, where he worked as reporter and anchorman. He would eventually return to the career and the channel in the late Nineties, where he still works.

He never made a fortune from Factory Records or the Hacienda, despite the enormous popularity and cultural significance of both endeavours. Both came to an abrupt although not necessarily premature end in the late Nineties, the Hacienda being forced to close because of an out of control drug problem.

More recently, alongside his TV work, he wrote an fictionalised autobiography, 24 Hour Party People, which was turned into a movie of the same name.