Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Introduction: The Long Goodbye

PART ONE

YOUNG GUNS

1. Decisions, Decisions

2. The New Boy

3. Parallel Lines

4. Teenage Kicks

5. Girls! Girls! Girls!

6. Rude(Ish) Boys

7. One Step Beyond

8. Melody Makers

9. Wham! Bam! (I Am! A Man!)

10. The Edge of Heaven

11. Becoming George

12. Party Nights and Neon Lights

PART TWO

MAKING IT BIG!

13. Freedom

14. Revelations

15. Soul Boy (Let’s Hit The Town)

16. The Teenage Fan Club

17. Fun and Games

18. Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

19. Feeding the World

20. The Clothes Show

21. Orient Excess

22. Come Together

23. The End of a Party

24. How Not To Be a Pop Star

25. You Have Been Loved

Pictures

Acknowledgements

Picture Credits

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