We told you it was coming last week and now, after years of anticipation, Mike Garry and Joe Duddell's stunning ode to former Factory Records boss, broadcaster and much-missed all-round legend Anthony H. Wilson, 'St. Anthony' gets a video before it hits shelves both physical and digital.
Talking to Hot Press, renowned poet Mike Garry said:
"The video is fucking incredible. It's six minutes of watching, laughing your head off, and at the end you see what is going on. There's a massive, brilliant story behind this... We have a whole host of geniuses."
He's not joking. Here's the full list: Steve Coogan, Iggy Pop, Gillian Gilbert, Mike Garry, John Robb, Joe Duddell, Rowetta, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner, Elliot Rashman, Mike Pickering, Christopher Eccleston, Johnny Jay, Leroy Richardson, Terry Christian, Richard Madeley, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Shaun Ryder, Johnny Bramwell, Paul Morley, Mark Radcliffe, Larry Gott, Vini Reilly, Miranda Sawyer, Andrew Weatherall, John Cooper Clarke, Peter Saville & Philip Glass.
Check out the stirring clip and pick up ‘St. Anthony: An Ode To Anthony H Wilson’, a beautiful piece of poetry set to an exceptional musical backing, when it becomes available to download and buy on CD and white vinyl 12' (with Peter Saville artwork!), all featuring an Andrew Weatherall remix, on Friday August 14.
As Wilson sadly died in 2007 in Manchester’s Christie Cancer Hospital, all profits from the single will go to The Christie Charitable Fund.