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24-hour Tony Wilson event held at weekend

23/06/2008

A creative event called Reification - the Tony Wilson Experience was held in central Manchester at the weekend in memory of the Salford-born music mogul who died last year.

It had been billed as Manchester's "longest intelligent conversation" and took place before a selected audience of up to 200 young people from across Greater Manchester.

Among those taking part in the 24-hour conversation were novelist Irvine Welsh, Charlatans front man Tim Burgess, author Simon Armitage, Creation Records founder Alan McGee, broadcaster Stuart Maconie, comedy actor Steve Coogan and New Order bassist Peter Hook.

The event took place at Cathedral Gardens and Urbis from 12:00 BST on Saturday to 12:00 on Sunday.

Irvine Welsh said: "Tony was always a great evangelist for Manchester and his music.

"Talking to other people, sharing ideas and thoughts with them about what you do and what they do is an important part of the creative process for most artists and this is what the Tony Wilson Experience is all about."

The event was funded by Manchester city council.

Wilson was the founder of the iconic Hacienda nightclub and was a tireless promoter of the north-west cultural scene. He died on August 10th 2007 from a heart attack.