Pepsi & Shirlie - It's All in Black and White

Wham! Life and Friendship

Shirlie Kemp author Pepsi Demacque-Crockett author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Headline Publishing Group

Published:9th Jun '22

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Pepsi & Shirlie - It's All in Black and White cover

All you need in life are friends, love and a whole lot of faith.

Over the last 40 years we've been lucky enough to have it all. Together we sang, we danced, we celebrated and cried. From the long days on the road to performing in front of thousands, we have lived our lives with a beat in our step and a lot of love in our hearts. And always by each other's side.

This is our story.

THE STORY OF WHAM! LIFE AND FRIENDSHIP.

A tale of the 80s and pop stardom, from the two singers who found fame as backing singers in Wham! then going on to form their own band.

London. Wham! Pop, glitz and glamour. And two girls with stars in their eyes.

Our friendship began one windy day in 1982, outside Finsbury Park tube. It was an instant like at first sight. We were on our way to a Wham! rehearsal. Pepsi was the new girl in the band and over a car stereo, a cassette tape and that journey to Bushey we bonded. We had no idea that we were on the first of many journeys together and that soon we'd be travelling all over Europe, Australia, America, China and Japan. Or that no matter where we went, together, we'd find a way to make every exotic destination feel like home.

We'd both been teenagers during the seventies – a dreary and difficult decade, especially if you were young in London and you didn't have much money.

So, in 1982, anything was possible for us – a pair of twentysomethings who hadn't been to university, who didn't have any money, who dreamt of singing and dancing, but ultimately lived for fun. Everything felt new and life was a question mark. We had no idea what was lying ahead, but we wanted to say yes.

What we didn't know was that we were saying yes to a lifetime of connection that has endured whatever we've done, wherever we've been. From the side of the stage to its centre – we have many stories to tell.

And it's all here, it's all in black and white.

'A wonderfully nostalgic read, full of heart' * The Sun *

ISBN: 9781802792164

Dimensions: 198mm x 128mm x 28mm

Weight: 360g

336 pages