It’s great when people can turn their lives around.
If you were at Annabelle’s Mayfair London the other week, you would have seen the who’s-who at Elton John and David Furnish’s charity night - which raised £2.3million for the Elton John Aids Foundation.
The best selling author and DJ Fat Tony was DJing to the stars, and let me point out, he is also friends with them all.
He has a new book called ‘I don’t take requests’.
Reading this will leave you with a lasting impression of this cultural phenomena.
Kate Moss, one of his close friends said ‘this story should never have been told’.
Tony is a no-nonsense man who takes no prisoners.
He loves swearing and speaking his mind.
Elton John will tell you that you cannot have a party if he’s not playing the music.
He came from a Battersea Council Estate, and one of his jobs was as a receptionist for a prostitute.
His book sums up every DJ.
A DJ sets the musical tone of the evening, playing requests is usually a no-no.
Because of Tony’s lifestyle and pace through his interesting life he became a drug addict.
In fact it was so bad he was clinging to life by a thread.
He turned his addiction around and has now been clean for 15 years.
Tony still has a fast life but goes out of his way to help other people with their addictions.
As a hell-raiser he was reported to have spent £1million on his habit.
So this young man - real name Tony Marnock - found fame on the London social scene in the 80s.
He plays music for Donatella Vercace, the Beckhams, he really works the A-list.
The book at times is hard to read but he certainly is a leading voice on the subject of sobriety and is passionate about being an activist in the LGBTQ world.
This book is a must-read.
