Tony Wilson, the impresario behind the Haçienda nightclub famous for those hazy Madchester years from the late ’80s to early ’90s, was fictionalized in the film 24 Hour Party People. He moved to Manchester in 1973, where he presented a music and culture show for Granada Television called So It Goes. Soon, Mr. Manchester would […]
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