Me: Elton John Official Autobiography

In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life. Me is the joyously funny, honest, and moving story of the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter of all time. This Sunday Times bestseller now includes a new chapter bringing the story right up to date.

The Daily Mail hails it as 'The rock memoir of the decade,' while the Sunday Times declares, 'The rock star's gloriously entertaining and candid memoir is a gift to the reader.'

Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three, he was performing his first gig in America, facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt, and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived, and the music world would never be the same again.

His life has been full of drama, from the early rejection of his work with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown himself in his LA swimming pool to disco-dancing with the Queen; from friendships with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury, and George Michael to establishing his AIDS Foundation. All the while, Elton was concealing a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade.

In Me, Elton also writes powerfully about getting clean and transforming his life, about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father. In a voice that is warm, humble, and open, this is Elton on his music and his relationships, his passions and his mistakes. This is a story that will stay with you, by a living legend.

'Self-deprecating, funny... You cannot help but enjoy his company throughout, temper tantrums and all,' notes The Times. The Guardian (Book of the Week) describes it as 'Racy, pacy and crammed with scurrilous anecdotes - what more could you ask from the rocket man.' The Telegraph finds it 'Chatty, gossipy, amusing and at times brutally candid.'