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Matt is to tell his life story for the first time, from before the Bros years, through the pop idol lifestyle, to the financial and emotional ruin he suffered afterwards. He is now back with a vengeance after a spell on TV's 'Hell's Kitchen' and is finding a new audience through his music. At a recent Goss gig, The Guardian awarded him top marks, saying: 'Write off pop idols at your peril...he's an expressive singer who demands to be judged on his merits.' Goss has climbed back the hard way after a long and lonely journey. He was brought up in Peckham, with twin brother Luke, by his mother. Despite their poverty, there was a strong sense of community in the London Matt grew up in, and Reggie Kray even used to read poetry down the phone to him.. friend Craig, he created Bros - a band that sold sixteen million records in an intensely chaotic and record-breaking reign over the world's pop charts. By the end of his teens Matt could boast eleven Top 40 hits, number ones in 19 countries, a Brit Award, the record for being the youngest band to sell-out Wembley Stadium and the biggest selling video of all-time in the UK - ahead of Michael Jackson's Thriller. making GBP100,000 a day at one point - but the naive band didn't realise that every private jet they used was being charged back to them. Managerial disputes soon led to financial ruin, which in turn encouraged a vicious tirade by a gleeful tabloid press, hungrily trying to strip back any remaining vestiges of Matt's fame and fortune. Within a few months, he was reduced to selling his own watches to make ends meet. Matt is now making his comeback after a show-stealing performance on Hell's Kitchen and a tour that reminds both ex-Brosettes and a new audience exactly what they were missing for all those years. He will finally tell the true story behind his rise and fall, promising to reveal the private torment, personal revelations and celebrity anecdotes.