Tony Wilson R.I.P.

Bad news: Factory Records founder and all-around music guru Tony Wilson has passed away at 57. Though he had surgery to remove a kidney in January, he was present at April's Coachella Festival to introduce the long-awaited U.S. return of the Happy Mondays. Without Wilson, we would have no Joy Division/New Order, no Happy Mondays and no "24 Hour Party People". And no Creation Records either. The Manchester Evening News has a nice roundup of tributes from those who knew him.