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BOOK CHARTS HIS 'LOST DECADES'

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January 03, 2026

Author ALEXANDER LARMAN on star's resurrection

- Author Alexander Larman

thrilling audiences all over again in the process.

Tragedy struck when he suffered a near-fatal heart attack on tour in 2004 and retired from music for the best part of a decade, although he was hardly a recluse. He acted in Nolan's The Prestige, sang on a Scarlett Johansson album and made guest appearances with the likes of Arcade Fire and David Gilmour.

And then he was ready to come back, which he did with 2013's triumphant The Next Day.

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