One Hit Wonderland

One Hit Wonderland
by Tony Hawks (2003, Ebury Press)
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What do you do when you realise your pop career peaked with a novelty hit in the ’80s? If you’re Tony Hawks – not the skateboarder, the other one – you make a drunken bet that you’ll have another chart hit somewhere in the world... and then actually try to do it.

From Albania to Africa, with a keyboard under one arm and misplaced optimism under the other, One Hit Wonderland follows Tony’s hilariously misguided global quest to reclaim musical glory. Along the way, he collaborates with obscure producers, befriends eccentric locals, and even enlists the help of Sir Tim Rice (yes, that Tim Rice) in a desperate bid to create the world’s most unlikely comeback.

Part travelogue, part music industry farce, and all ridiculous, this is a tale of hope, humiliation, and head-nodding beats.

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