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AUDIOBOOK PUBLICATION DAY

The audiobook of I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch: How Wham! Were Sold to China by Simon Napier-Bell is out now!

In the 1980s, legendary music manager Simon Napier-Bell embarked on an extraordinary mission: to take Wham! to China and make them the first Western pop group to perform there.

What followed was an unpredictable and often hilarious adventure involving pop stars, officials, businessmen, spies, students and two years of negotiations with the Chinese government.

We’re celebrating the audiobook release today ahead of the Love Books Tours UK Audiobook Tour running 7th–11th September!

Congratulations to Simon and everyone involved in bringing this incredible story to audio.

#Ad #SimonNapierBell #Wham #Audiobook #LBTCrew by @simon.napier.bell

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🎧AUDIOBOOK PUBLICATION DAY🎧

The audiobook of I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch: How Wham! Were Sold to China by Simon Napier-Bell is out now!

In the 1980s, legendary music manager Simon Napier-Bell embarked on an extraordinary mission: to take Wham! to China and make them the first Western pop group to perform there.

What followed was an unpredictable and often hilarious adventure involving pop stars, officials, businessmen, spies, students and two years of negotiations with the Chinese government.

We’re celebrating the audiobook release today ahead of the Love Books Tours UK Audiobook Tour running 7th–11th September.

Congratulations to Simon and everyone involved in bringing this incredible story to audio.

#Ad #SimonNapierBell #Wham #Audiobook #LBTCrew by @simon.napier.bell

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The audiobook of I'm Coming to Take You to Lunch: How Wham! Were Sold to China by Simon Napier-Bell is out now! I'm so excited to help celebrate this beautiful new release with all of you today. ♡

In the 1980s, legendary music manager Simon Napier-Bell embarked on an extraordinary mission: to take Wham! to China and make them the first Western pop group to perform there.

What followed was an unpredictable and often hilarious adventure involving pop stars, officials, businessmen, spies, students and two years of negotiations with the Chinese government.

We're celebrating the audiobook release today ahead of the Love Books Tours UK Audiobook Tour running 7th-11th September.

Congratulations to Simon and everyone involved in bringing this incredible story to audio.

#Ad #SimonNapierBell #Wham #Audiobook #LBTCrew by @simon.napier.bell

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AUDIOBOOK PUBLICATION DAY

I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch: How Wham! Were Sold to China

by Simon Napier-Bell

We’re delighted to be celebrating the audiobook publication of I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch: How Wham! Were Sold to China by legendary music manager Simon Napier-Bell.

The audiobook is out now, and our Love Books Tours UK Audiobook Tour will follow from 7th–11th September.

ABOUT THE BOOK
Pop manager extraordinaire Simon Napier-Bell had had enough. He'd had enough of pop groups, the constant grief at home and, most of all, the music business.

But then he fell in love with a new passion — the Far East — and a dynamic new duo: George and Andrew, jointly called Wham!

Soon, in an audacious attempt to have the best of both worlds, he found himself offering to arrange for Wham! to become the first Western pop group to perform in communist China.

What follows is an exciting, unpredictable and hilarious journey as Simon attempts to achieve the seemingly unachievable.

ABOUT SIMON NAPIER-BELL

Simon Napier-Bell has been a music manager since the 1960s, working with an extraordinary roster of artists including The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Marc Bolan, Japan, Sinitta, Wham!, Candi Staton, Asia, Boney M, Ultravox and Sinéad O’Connor.

In the 1980s, he became the manager of Wham! and spent two years negotiating with the Chinese government, ultimately enabling the band to become the first Western pop group to perform in China.

Simon is also a bestselling author, songwriter, producer and documentary filmmaker.

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@LBT.Crew
#wham
#1980s by @simon.napier.bell

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🔊 📕 AUDIOBOOK PUBLICATION DAY 📕 🔊

I'm Coming to Take You to Lunch: How Wham! Were Sold To China
By Simon Napier-Bell

The audiobook of I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch: How Wham! Were Sold to China by Simon Napier-Bell is out now!

In the 1980s, legendary music manager Simon Napier-Bell embarked on an extraordinary mission: to take Wham! to China and make them the first Western pop group to perform there.

What followed was an unpredictable and often hilarious adventure involving pop stars, officials, businessmen, spies, students and two years of negotiations with the Chinese government.

We’re celebrating the audiobook release today ahead of the Love Books Tours UK Audiobook Tour running 7th–11th September.

Congratulations to Simon and everyone involved in bringing this incredible story to audio.

#Ad #SimonNapierBell #Wham #Audiobook #LBTCrew

BUY & LISTEN

https://mybook.to/u5kE taken in Scotland, United Kingdom by @simon.napier.bell

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Happy Release Day 🎧

The audiobook of I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch: How Wham! Were Sold to China by @simon.napier.bell is out now!

In the 1980s, legendary music manager Simon Napier-Bell embarked on an extraordinary mission: to take Wham! to China and make them the first Western pop group to perform there.

What followed was an unpredictable and often hilarious adventure involving pop stars, officials, businessmen, spies, students and two years of negotiations with the Chinese government.

We’re celebrating the audiobook release today ahead of the Love Books Tours UK Audiobook Tour running 7th–11th September.

Follow @lovebookstours for more information.

#Ad #SimonNapierBell #Wham #Audiobook #LBTCrew taken in Newcastle upon Tyne by @simon.napier.bell

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🎵💿🎧 wham fans come on! this audiobook is everything she wants 🎧💿🎵

Wake me up before you go-go and get this book in your life!

The audiobook of I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch: How Wham! Were Sold to China by Simon Napier-Bell is out now!

In the 1980s, legendary music manager Simon Napier-Bell embarked on an extraordinary mission: to take Wham! to China and make them the first Western pop group to perform there.

What followed was an unpredictable and often hilarious adventure involving pop stars, officials, businessmen, spies, students and two years of negotiations with the Chinese government.

We’re celebrating the audiobook release today ahead of the Love Books Tours UK Audiobook Tour running 7th–11th September.

Congratulations to Simon and everyone involved in bringing this incredible story to audio.

🎵💿🎧🎵💿🎧🎵💿🎧🎵💿🎧

#Ad #simonnapierbell #wham #audiobook #LBTCrew

BUY & LISTEN
https://mybook.to/u5kE by @simon.napier.bell

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Happy #publicationday on #lovebookstours best of luck to the author #lbtcrew #ad

Pop manager extraordinaire Simon Napier-Bell had had enough. He'd had enough of pop
groups, the constant grief at home and, most of all, the music business.
But then he fell in love with a new passion — the Far East — and a dynamic new duo: George
and Andrew, jointly called Wham!
Soon, in an audacious attempt to have the best of both worlds, he found himself offering to
arrange for Wham! to become the first Western pop group to perform in communist China.
What follows is an exciting, unpredictable and hilarious journey as Simon attempts to achieve
the seemingly unachievable.
Simon Napier-Bell has been a music manager since the 1960s, working with an extraordinary
roster of artists including The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Marc Bolan, Japan, Sinitta,
Wham!, Candi Staton, Asia, Boney M, Ultravox and Sinéad O’Connor.
In the 1980s, he became the manager of Wham! and spent two years negotiating with the
Chinese government, ultimately enabling the band to become the first Western pop group to
perform in China.
Simon is also a bestselling author, songwriter, producer and documentary filmmaker. by @simon.napier.bell

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Audiobook publication day for I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch: How Wham! Were Sold to China by Simon Napier-Bel.

As a huge Wham fan I am so looking forward to listening to this one. ❤️

Blurb

Pop manager extraordinaire Simon Napier-Bell had had enough. He’d had enough of pop groups. He’d had enough of the constant grief at home with his two ex-boyfriends bickering and bleeding him dry; and most of all he’d had enough of the music biz. But then he fell in love with a new passion - the Far East; and a dynamic new duo - George and Andrew - jointly called Wham! Soon, in an audacious attempt to have the best of both worlds, he found himself offering to arrange for Wham! to be the first ever Western pop group to play in communist China - a masterstroke of PR which, in one swift stroke, would make them one of the biggest groups in the world.

What follows is an exciting, unpredictable and hilarious romp around the more curious corners of the world as Napier-Bell dives into the unknown, attempting to achieve the unachievable. We soon find ourselves in the company of a wonderful cast of petulant pop stars, shady international ‘businessmen’, and a hilarious confusion of spies, students and institutionalised officials and ministers as he edges ever closer to inadvertently becoming one of the first Westerners to break down the walls of communist China.

@simon.napier.bell @lovebookstours @lbt.crew

#wham #audiobook #georgemichaelforever #georgemichael #andrewridgeley by @simon.napier.bell

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AUDIOBOOK PUBLICATION DAY

The audiobook of I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch: How Wham! Were Sold to China by Simon Napier-Bell is out now!

In the 1980s, legendary music manager Simon Napier-Bell embarked on an extraordinary mission: to take Wham! to China and make them the first Western pop group to perform there.

What followed was an unpredictable and often hilarious adventure involving pop stars, officials, businessmen, spies, students and two years of negotiations with the Chinese government.

We’re celebrating the audiobook release today ahead of the Love Books Tours UK Audiobook Tour running 7th–11th September.

Congratulations to Simon and everyone involved in bringing this incredible story to audio.

BUY & LISTEN
https://mybook.to/u5kE

#Ad #SimonNapierBell #Wham #Audiobook #LBTCrew by @simon.napier.bell

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