Hope I Get Old Before I Die

Fascinating stuff with great anecdotes * Sun *
Hepworth is a genuinely great writer, with a winning turn of phrase * Guardian *
Reads like a series of rich, fast-paced and immensely funny short stories * The Oldie *
Offers solid insights into the compulsions and drives that keep bands reforming * Sunday Times *
Another triumph… Part whizz-bang storytelling, part social history, part forensic examination of an understudied phenomenon, the book is destined to become the go-to text on a subject we never thought we’d have to survey * Literary Review *

David Hepworth has been writing, broadcasting and speaking about music and media since the seventies. He was involved in the launch and editing of magazines such as Smash Hits, Q, Mojo and The Word, among many others. He was one of the presenters of the BBC rock music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test and one of the anchors of the corporation’s coverage of Live Aid in 1985. He has won the Editor of the Year and Writer of the Year awards from the Professional Publishers Association and the Mark Boxer award from the British Society of Magazine Editors. He lives in London, dividing his time between writing for a variety of newspaper and magazines, speaking at events, and broadcasting work. He says Chuck Berry’s ‘You Never Can Tell’ is the best record ever made. ‘This is not an opinion,’ he says. ‘It’s a matter of fact.’

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