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An acclaimed rock and roll journalist evokes the legacy of The Rolling Stones--iconic, granitic, commercially unstoppable as a collective; and fascinating, contradictory, and occasionally disturbing as individuals.As Lesley-Ann Jones writes, the Rolling Stones are "still roaming the globe like rusty tanks without a war to go to. Jumping, jacking, flashing, posturing, these septuagenarian caricatures with faces that might have been microwaved but coming on like eternal thirty-year-olds." On 12th July 1962, the Rollin' Stones performed their first-ever gig at London's Marquee jazz club. Down the line, a 'g' was added, a spark was lit and their destiny was sealed. No going back. These five white British kids set out to play the music of black America.
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LESLEY-ANN JONES is a British biographer, novelist, broadcaster and keynote speaker. She honed her craft as a newspaper journalist, on Fleet Street.Her latest book, 'WHO KILLED JOHN LENNON? THE LIVES, LOVES AND DEATHS OF THE GREATEST ROCK STAR', published by John Blake/Bonnier in hardback, audiobook and Kindle, is out now. First serialisation rights sold to the Mail on Sunday, published across three pages on 6th September 2020. Second serial went to The Times, featured as a cover story of the T2 Arts section on 11th September 2020. Foreign rights have been acquired by many territories throughout the world, including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, China, Japan and Brazil. Publicity to date includes interviews for the Daily Telegraph, US Publishers Weekly, Austria's ORF TV, Radio Caroline, Talk RADIO, Talk Radio Europe, Ireland's Newstalk Radio and Today FM, and BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright in the Afternoon show. Future engagements, to coincide with what would have been Lennon's 80th birthday, 9th October, and the 40th anniversary of his murder on 8th December, include the Graham Norton Show and Sky News. Lesley-Ann's debut memoir, 'TUMBLING DICE', is published in paperback original and ebook formats.First serialisation rights for TUMBLING DICE were acquired by the Mail on Sunday, published across four pages on 7th April 2019. Second serial went to The Times, featured as a double-page spread on 10th April. The author's interview with US ABC Radio network is syndicated to 2,000 stations across the United States. She has discussed the book on most BBC local stations, including BBC York, Northampton, Guernsey, Cornwall, Solent, Hereford & Worcester, Derby and Oxford. Live radio exposure continues over the coming weeks, with BBC Radio London's Robert Elms Show, Wandsworth Radio, Express FM's The Soft Rock Show, K107FM Scotland, Wycombe Sound, Camglen Radio (Scotland) , the Sticks Radio Show & podcast, BBC Radio Kent, Radio Caroline, Talk Radio's The Paul Ross Show and Talk Radio Europe's Bill Padley Show. Lesley-Ann Jones's agents are currently negotiating with two independent production majors on a screen adaptation of TUMBLING DICE. www.lesleyannjones.com Recent books include 'BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY: The Definitive Biography of Freddie Mercury' (Hodder & Stoughton) , a Sunday Times Bestseller. Published as 'MERCURY' in the USA, it exists in many translations, including Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Japanese and Lithuanian. 'HERO: David Bowie' (Hodder & Stoughton) . 'RIDE A WHITE SWAN: The Lives & Death of Marc Bolan' (Hodder & Stoughton) .'IMAGINE', a novel (Mulcahy Books) .She is a mother of three, and lives in London.REVIEWSBOHEMIAN RHAPSODY: FREDDIE MERCURY'MERCURY' goes beyond the glittering facade to get an unvarnished look at Queen's rise to fame, the loves of Mercury's life and his fraught rela
