TONY gets his 24 HOUR PARTY!

Front page of Manchester Evening News tonight, a 24 hour event is being organised in memory of Tony Wilson,on JUNE 21st. People coming forward to take part so far are..HOOKY, TIM BOOTH, STEVE COOGAN,ALEX FERGUSON, RICHARD & JUDY, with a little help from Elliot Rashman. It'll entail a series of workshops at URBIS,and an audience of 200 people with get to swap ideas with celebs. No gig announced yet ,but Oliver Wilson was hoping to get HAPPY MONDAYS and...NEW ORDER involved (?!). He's also overseeing the forthcoming WAREHOUSE PROJECT.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1037295_24hour_party_for_tony

Swap ideas for what exactly?

And what the fuck do Alex Ferguson and Richard and Judy have to do witj all of this?

Complete disgrace.

Everyone who attends should at least be cool.

Madley isn't cool, so he's off the list.

End of.

The whole thing sounds like bollocks. A workshop where p[eople with invites get to swap ideas with "celebs?". Makes me want to puke.

He's got his legacy, thats In the City. Leave it at that.

El Jarvo wrote:

Uncle Liam wrote: Swap ideas for what exactly?

And what the fuck do Alex Ferguson and Richard and Judy have to do witj all of this?

Complete disgrace.

Weren't, um, Richard and Judy two of his closest friends?!

They were. They actually cancelled their show to attend his funeral.

Uncle Liam wrote: Swap ideas for what exactly?

And what the fuck do Alex Ferguson and Richard and Judy have to do witj all of this?

Complete disgrace.

Mr. Wilson was a big Manchester United fan, and he was great friends with Sir Alex Ferguson. They also shared very many political beliefs.

But yes, I have to agree, the sharing of ideas sounds like utter shite. We need one massive party, and if NO don't get back together just for this then they're a fookin' disgrace. They should have done it fir the Cancer gig, it was after all what killed the man.

The last thing anyone needs is a New Order re union.

Uncle Liam wrote: The last thing anyone needs is a New Order re union.

You've got to be joking man. NO have been my life for as long as I can remember. I'm quite prepared to put up with ten Slow Jams or five Piss-streams for one Crystal or another Krafty.

They may be old farts, but there's still magic in them, if only they fooking sort themselves out.

Uncle Liam wrote: Swap ideas for what exactly?

And what the fuck do Alex Ferguson and Richard and Judy have to do witj all of this?

Complete disgrace.

Richard & Judy knew Wilson back in his early Granada days when they were all up and coming journalists. Great mates so to speak. Alex knew Wilson also through journalistic commitments with Granada.

:)

Richard Madeley spoke at Wilson's funeral. He was touching and funny. We had a chat afterwards and he was sound. He, Wilson and Judy go way back.

I like the concept of the seminar - tony was first and foremost about ideas. There's a good debate about this on the Guardian's music blogs.