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Madonna, Keef, Elvis and me

Barbara Charone is a legend in the music world. As a journalist in the Seventies and a PR from the Eighties onwards, she’s crossed swords with a series of rock’s biggest names. She’s now written her much-anticipated memoirs, Access All Areas , which tells her remarkable story and, as expected, contains a star-studded list of characters.

Charone worked for a host of publications including , and , crossing the pond from her native USA in 1974 to settle permanently in

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