Tony Wilson 'too rock and roll' for Fame Academy

Tony Wilson, the music guru whose Factory Records label helped give birth to the celebrated 'Madchester' scene in the 1980s, has been approached to take part in the next series of the BBC's Fame Academy, writes Paul Revoir

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