I Don't Take Requests: WINNER OF THE ATTITUDE AWARD 'If you want to change your life...read this book.' TRACEY EMIN

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I admire his bravery in writing such an unvarnished memoir and not hiding or minimizing events in which he was less than kind. 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. Back then he was playing at the Playground but soon started his own night, Total Fashion Victim, then Jungle in 1985, which became the first place to play garage and house. Be the first to know Be the first to know about our newest signings, tours, talent availability by signing up today! To sit and listen to other people's problems and to open up and identify that something is going on, sitting and listening has taught me a lot.

As such, when Tony talks openly and frankly about abuse (in multiple senses), rehab, mental health, dealing with homophobia, HIV/AIDS, prison, and what a life in recovery has been like for him, one is able to relate to them that much more. I was a really traumatised soul at that point, but when I met Keith he showed me that I didn’t need to be that hung up on my past and what I’d been through.By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. In London, at that time, and in other places around the world - there was so much going on for members of my community. Now with an international reputation, he is as in demand as he was when first starting out 30 years ago.

Eventually, I amalgamated them all, regurgitating his voice and adding a few Tony-esque life quotes for good measure. It’s a dangerous game where you make people feel sorry for you instead of taking responsibility for yourself. Making someone laugh when they’ve just finished crying is on of the most beautiful things to ever exist”.Drawing a vivid portrait of Britain's street culture from the 1980s to the noughties, DJ Fat Tony describes his childhood on a London estate where he honed his petty criminality, was abused by an older man and became best friends with Boy George. Drawing a vivid portrait of Britain’s street culture from the 1980’s to the noughties, House music legend Fat Tony describes his childhood on a London estate where he honed his petty criminality, was abused by an older man, and became best friends with Boy George. And I’d helped her go and see her children and that, and he told me to wait, and he got me a mobile phone. A notorious disc jockey who is friends with Elton John and DJ’d at Brooklyn Beckham’s wedding is sharing his personal journey with addiction, rehab and recovery in Birmingham this month.

The 56-year-old also revealed this week that he is waiting for clearance from the Qatar government for him and his boyfriend Stavros Agapiou to travel to the country, despite both being HIV positive. Now 16 years sober, he has enjoyed a career revival, becoming a favourite DJ on the fashion scene, all while being a leading voice on recovery as well as an ardent LGBTQ+ activist.The DJ also helps at Resort 12, an LGBT specialist rehab clinic in Thailand, stating he thinks people in the community need special care. This is the first year that an Attitude Award has gone to a book that has made a significant difference to the LGBTQ+ community. Now, he is 16 years sober and, alongside working to help others overcome addiction, DJing for everyone from Elton John to Louis Vuitton - and running one of lockdown's most popular Instagram accounts with its wickedly funny memes. Having launched the series The Recovery in lockdown, where Tony spoke to figures including Lily Allen and Professor Green about their own struggles, for Tony, being open is the only way forward.

Instead, we went about it in reverse: first writing the synopsis, then finding the agent, and finally the publisher. I post a lot of drug memes and I post a lot of trauma memes, but I post them to laugh because laughing takes the power out of that stuff. 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 told Nick Grimshaw, who is in this week for Chris: “It's the most honest thing I've ever done in my life, because I spent a lifetime lying about everything, and then the moment I started to tell the truth and got really honest, it's the moment I found freedom.