{"product_id":"9781804991992-hope-i-get-old-before-i-die","title":"Hope I Get Old Before I Die","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy rock stars never retire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eAbbey Road\u003c\/i\u003e comes the story of how enduring rock icons like Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen and many more have remained in the ever changing music game.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A genuinely great writer, with a winning turn of phrase and dry wit’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Superlative…Crammed with eyebrow-raising statistics…A delight’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e___________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Paul McCartney closed Live Aid in July 1985 at the grand old age of forty-three, we thought he was on the road to retirement. But as it turns out, he - and many others of his generation - were just getting started.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the last four decades, the big names of the 60s and 70s have been exploiting the age of spectacle that Live Aid created to enjoy the longest lap of honour in the history of humanity, carrying on long after everyone else had given up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this brave new world, Elton John plays a royal funeral, Mick Jagger gets a knighthood, Bob Dylan picks up the Nobel Prize, the Beatles become, if anything, bigger than the Beatles and it's beginning to look as though, thanks to technology, they will all be playing Las Vegas forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e___________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for David Hepworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Such a clever writer'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hepworth's writing is sublime' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A refreshingly independent thinker' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reads like a series of rich, fast-paced and immensely funny short stories\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eThe Oldie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hepworth's knowledge and understanding of rock history is prodigious'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The book is destined to become the go-to text on a subject we never thought we'd have to survey'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55249179541878,"sku":"9781804991992","price":10.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40379984.jpg?v=1773885573","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781804991992-hope-i-get-old-before-i-die","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}