From working as a prostitute's receptionist straight out of school to clubbing with Leigh Bowery in the 80s and caught in the wrath of serious drug addiction problems in the 90s, all the good, the bad and the downright ugly is promised in what's cracked up to be 'one of the most talked-about memoirs of the year'. It’s definitely an entertaining read, and for anyone interested is a history of the London gay-club scene through the 80s, 90s, and 00s.

I Don't Take Requests takes its name from the industry-known fact that Fat Tony does not take requests for songs under any circumstances and despite the creative's infamous brash attitude, the book gets brutally honest.This is a story of loss and redemption and living to tell all the tales in glorious, funny and often heart-breaking detail, from one of social media's best-loved meme-thieves and the world-renowned DJ. The latter is unquestionably an honest, glamorous and wild ride of a book but there’s something about “I Don’t Take Requests” that really gets to you. Around a third of the way through I was losing interest in his hedonistic stories which all started to sound similar. He has played for everyone from Prince to Madonna, and club-hopped his way through the '90s with friends such as George Michael, Neneh Cherry and Kate Moss.

Who can do that better than 'club culture's national treasure' DJ Fat Tony, whose friends include the likes of Kate Moss, the Beckhams and even Elton John. Loves long walks along the beach, holding hands and romantic 80's power ballads, partial to electronic music and likes to make the odd mix or two. Tony's antics are the kind that were really only possible in the era just preceding omnipresent social media.At multiple points throughout Fat Tony comes across as extremely unlikeable yet somehow (possibly as a result of many years of therapy and making amends) has me rooting for him the whole way through. Personal and honest, SHOWstudio contributor and fashion's most infamous DJ, DJ Fat Tony has offered an unforgettably funny and real account of his life, the ups, the downs, the good and a bad, all packed into his own memoir. He knows he was often awful, hard work and self-centred, a ‘nightmare’ in his own words – but he was an addict at the time and just didn’t care what people thought of his behaviour. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

I usually hid to not suffer his wrath, man he could be vicious if you were in the firing line, but hella honest and super funny. DJ Fat Tony has been described as 'the closest thing that club culture has to a national treasure' and the 'unlikely cult hero of quarantine'. Some chapters I found the timelines abit off and in some bits did repeat itself quite a-bit in some paragraphs , but despite those small things you really get the sense that this is Tony writing this and no one else . Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.What was lovely was Tony's reconnection with his dad, largely down to a criminal charge and court appearance. I strongly advise you read this book' TRACEY EMIN As one of club culture's most notorious - and best loved - figures, Tony is a complete force of nature. I Don’t Take Requests is Fat Tony’s breathtakingly candid and outrageous memoir of a life of extremes.

Now, he is 16 years sober and, alongside working to help others overcome addiction, DJing for everyone from Elton John to Louis Vuitton and the Beckhams - and running one of lockdown's most popular Instagram accounts with its wickedly funny memes. It’s honest, it’s raw and it’s opened up my eyes to a lot of unresolved trauma that I have been carrying that I possibly wouldn’t have recognised before now but please do not think it’s a self help book, it’s witty and it’s real - I’m going to recommend this to some friends who I know will also take away something more from this. I knew drugs were around at the time, pretty much everyone did them but I never knew how much of a grip they’d taken hold nor the reasons behind it. Anyone can get a party started, but no one keeps it going like Fat Tony, the energy never dips and what a life he's lived. Anyone can get a party started, but no one keeps it going like Fat Tony, the energy never dips and what a life he’s lived.It was a humbling read and an apologetic one too for those that knew Tony and had been on the receiving end of his out of control days . The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fifth volume of the Heartstopper series. Also the full turning of the circle with sobriety and Tony now sponsoring other addicts through their journey is a fitting end, as what appears to be a spiritual life now.