A life-affirming, hilarious, Spinal Tap-esque pop odyssey from music-obsessed grubby teenager to rock star-hugging grubby music journalist

'From council estate to Radio 2, Stuart Maconie has lived the perfect pop fan's life... effortlessly articulate... Let us hope punters will soon be saying to themselves: “Cider with Roadies, hey? Like the pun, like the man, I’ll go for it.”.'
The Times

'Maconie makes a jovial, self-deprecating narrator. Sharp and funny.'
The Guardian

'Stuart Maconie is the best thing to come out of Wigan since the A58 to Bolton.'
Peter Kay

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