Having left his North London ‘sink’ comprehensive at the age of fifteen with few qualifications, Simon travelled extensively before settling down to family life and ‘blagging’ a living. A ferocious gig and festival goer, he always felt he had a story to tell and How to Kidnap a String Quartet is the combination of his varied experiences of life and wild and whacky imagination.
He is currently near to completing his follow up The Good Poison Club, a thriller set in an NHS hospital.
My latest novel, The last weekend in Wonderland, features 88 bands and artists, 28 songs, 22 albums and countless live gigs.
Although a work of fiction, I’ve interwoven the story of two lifelong friends with a backdrop of my 52 years of gigging. I’m often asked what’s the best gig I’ve ever been to – this is an impossible question to answer. What I can do, is start with what top 10 gigs I’d retur