I was lying in bed on Friday night listening to BBC World Service when I heard the news that Tony Wilson had passed away.
Tony suffered a heart attack last week and died at the Christie Hospital on Friday. He had also been battling kidney cancer.
Love him or hate him Tony was responsible for signing some of the best bands of the past 20 years - New Order and Joy Division anyone?
Also responsible for the legendary Hacienda nightclub in Manchester Tony will be missed by many.
Paul Ryder, guitarist with the Happy Mondays, told the Guardian newspaper: "I would still be working at the post office if it wasn't for Tony. He was the one that gave working kids like me and Shaun [his brother, the band's lead singer] their chance."
It seems kinda sad that the man has passed andthe Hacienda is now appartments for rich young things.
Thoughts are with his family and friends.
"He may be twat but he's our twat."
God rest his soul.
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