FASCINATING STORY: Simon (centre) with Pete Doherty.
VERY few will have brushed shoulders with the stars as often as Simon Andrew Spence – and it’s left him in good stead with his publishing career.
The 55-year-old grew up in Wilthorpe before moving to Morecambe at the age of ten and he says it’s his upbringing that has really shaped him to being the man he is today.
Having started out as a journalist NME, Simon really rose to stardom with rock band Fabulous.
He has since gone on to have a remarkable career as an author, releasing books with The Libertines’ frontman Pete Doherty and bagging another best-seller on with The Stone Roses’ ‘War and Peace’.
His latest book, ‘Feeling Supersonic: From Madchester to Britpop’, has been published by his own company BackstageBooks with fashion designer Anthony Donnelly – and it’s already a huge success.
Andrew told the Chronicle: “I did a book about The Stone Roses with Penguin and I get about £400 for every 10,000 books sold.
“It sold 250,000 books – so that didn’t seem a lot.
“We (Anthony and Andrew) decided to reverse that.
“We’ve released five books so far and the Oasis one is the latest.”
The idea of the book came about after the pair heard about the band’s reunion.
“Anthony is very connected in Manchester so he knew that Oasis were going to reform before everybody else,” he added.
“We wanted to be one of the first books out since the reform.
“We got an exclusive interview with Noel Gallagher and that tailed it off brilliantly.
“The official Oasis photographer, Jill Furmanovsky, let us use her photos and it’s turned out a treat.
“It sold out in five days and now we’re selling more copies.”
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