Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival presents

NICK DUERDEN - EXIT STAGE LEFT

Nick Duerden is a writer and journalist with a masterful grasp of pathos and empathy. In this session, chaired by Mark Davyd of the Music Venue Trust, Nick will talk about his new book, the hilarious, yet harrowing Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars. Featuring candid conversations with some of the biggest stars of decades past: Bob Geldof, Billy Bragg, Stewart Copeland, Joan Armatrading, Rufus Wainwright, David Gray, and Justin Hawkins.

Exit Stage Left sheds a stupefying, sobering and astoundingly humanising light on the realities of fame, and the toll it takes on those blessed, or indeed cursed, to wade through its unpredictable waters.