"DECASIA'S TONY WILSON/FACTORY RECORDS TRIBUTE ON SUNDAY AUGUST 10TH AT THE GEORGE TAVERN - a retrospective on Factory bands plus Decasian Records' very own Jon Jones and the Beatniks Movement EP launch party!!

BANDS WILL PLAY SETS THAT INCLUDE A FACTORY COVER SONG OF THEIR CHOICE AND DJs WILL SPIN FROM FACTORY'S EXTENSIVE BACK CATALOGUE AS WELL AS FACTORY-INFLUENCED POST-PUNK SUCCESSORS.

ALL proceeds from the event will be donated to a cancer charity. Line up includes Jon Jones and the Beatniks Movement (covering New Order's 'Temptation', The Tamborines (covering Joy Division's 'Transmission') Maria & The Mirrors (covering A Certain Ratio's 'Crippled Child'), An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump (covering Happy Monday's 'Step On'), S.C.U.M (DJ) The Ruling Class (DJ), Dan Waks Records (DJ), Sonic Mcluskey (DJ) and The New Thing (DJ)! PLUS spoken word from Decasia's resident beat poet, Robert Monk!!

LIVE FOOTAGE OF FACTORY BANDS AND FILMS WILL ALSO BE SCREENED"

4pm-Late, Sunday 10th August 2008, The George Tavern, 373 Commercial Road, London E1 0LA. Entry GBP 4.00.

http://www.myspace.com/decasia

Labels: A_Certain_Ratio, Factory_Records, Joy_Division, New_Order, Tony_Wilson

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