Peter Saville creates designs for Factory records' Tony Wilson tribute single

Date
12 August 2015

Peter Saville is among those featuring in the video for a charity single paying tribute to Tony Wilson, the man who founded the Factory record label for which Saville created numerous iconic designs. The song, entitled St Anthony: An Ode to Anthony H Wilson, uses lyrics by Mancunian poet Mike Garry and music by composer Joe Duddell, who has worked with New Order in the past. The video by Soup Collective sees Saville feature alongside stars including Iggy Pop, Steve Coogan, Happy Mondays’ Shaun Ryder and Richard Madeley, of Richard and Judy fame. Tony Wilson, who died in 2007, also founded Manchester nightclub The Hacienda.

Share Article

About the Author

Emily Gosling

Emily joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in the summer of 2014 after four years at Design Week. She is particularly interested in graphic design, branding and music. After working It's Nice That as both Online Editor and Deputy Editor, Emily left the company in 2016.

It's Nice That Newsletters

Fancy a bit of It's Nice That in your inbox? Sign up to our newsletters and we'll keep you in the loop with everything good going on in the creative world.