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Telling stories

Burgess, Tim more...

Format: Hardback
Library Classification: Adult Non Fiction
BIC Subjects: Biography & autobiography: film, television, music, theatre
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Viking
Publication Date: 2/07/2012
Place of Publication: United Kingdom

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The Charlatans have had three UK Number One albums and seventeen Top Thirty singles. But they've also had to face the imprisonment and death of founding powerhouse keyboard player Rob Collins and an accountant who ran off with all their money, leaving them with a tax bill of almost £2 million. Not to mention the rock 'n' roll excesses of singer Tim Burgess. In his startlingly revealing memoir, Burgess describes how they dealt with their crises, and what's gone right with the band as much as what's gone wrong. Born in Salford and brought up in a Cheshire village, he went on to front a band that has travelled the world, played at every major music festival, and was at the forefront of both the Madchester and Britpop movements.