Never: The Autobiography, Rick Astley

Never: The Autobiography, Rick AstleyNew Hardback 'I hadnt been very comfortable with fame, but I didnt know what to do with myself after I was famous. On the surface, I was just hugely relieved to be shot of the whole thing. I felt like Id been let off the hook . . . But underneath that, I was pretty miserable.' When 'Never Gonna Give You Up propelled Rick Astley into the pop stratosphere, it changed his life forever. Nothing could have prepared the young, unassuming boy from Lancashire

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individual politicians laid the foundations for the political and economic chaos of today