Name: Street-Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence
Brand: Will Hodgkinson

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

9781785120220special

Colour

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format Books US

Hardback

Format detail

Signed by Lawrence and Will Hodgkinson. Rough Trade Exclusive zine of coloured photographs.

Limited edition

Release date

2024-09-12

Signed copies

Signed copies: Yes

Supplier US

RTUK

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

9781785120220

Hardback | Signed Copy | Rough Trade Exclusive

Artist

Will Hodgkinson

Genre US

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label US

Nine Eight Books

Lawrence is the greatest pop star you have never heard of, his dreams of glory thwarted over the past five decades by bad luck and self-sabotage. At sixty-one, he set off on a new mission: to escape poverty, obscurity and the humiliation of kids at the bus stop laughing at him by writing a smash hit. But what is the cost of a dream?

In 1979, Lawrence formed Felt, who released ten albums and ten singles in ten years before splitting up. In 1991, he reinvented himself with novelty-pop outfit Denim. Signed to EMI, riding the wave of Britpop, in 1997, Denim's song 'Summer Smash' became Radio 1's Single of the Week and looked like a sure-fire hit. Then Princess Diana was killed in a car crash. All copies were melted down. Crushing depression, addiction and homelessness followed... but in the face of it all, Lawrence never gave up.

In Street-Level Superstar, bestselling author and journalist Will Hodgkinson follows Lawrence as he rebuilds his life. He gets mistaken for an old lady by an amorous pensioner, is reduced to dragging sacks of 2p coins to his local bank and wanders through London's distant suburbs in search of lyrical inspiration. As they walk together down rain-soaked streets, Will tells the story of Britain's most eccentric cult star. Will he write the greatest song the world has ever known before the year is out? And was it worth sacrificing everything - family, relationships, health, sanity -for art?

Street-Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence

Books US

Discover Street-Level Superstar by Will Hodgkinson. A captivating tale of Lawrence, Britain's unsung musical genius. Available in book format from Nine Eight Books.