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A FREE CONCERT TO LAUNCH A NEW BOOK Popular local Ska-punk band Spunge are helping to launch a book celebrating the inspirational life of BMX legend Stephen Murray at Croft Farm in Bredon’s Hardwick next month. Stephen’s autobiography, Staying Strong, is a raw, inspirational story that has been written with the guidance of his close friend and wellknown local businessman Lee Martin, from Westmancote. Stephen and Lee were at school together at Prince Henry’s High in Evesham. Ten years ago, at the AST Dew Tour BMX Dirt Finals in Baltimore, Stephen took a catastrophic fall attempting a double backflip on the final jump in the dirt section. He received careerending injuries to his spinal cord and vertebrae and is paralyzed below the shoulders. Stephen’s story is a rollercoaster of emotions – it doesn’t have the ultimate happy ending whereby he is now able to walk; he is still paralysed. What it does detail
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Lee Martin, who has helped BMX star Stephen Murray to produce a book about his remarkable life is how to keep positive in the face of adversity, the power of staying mentally strong, living for your children and, ultimately, hope. Stephen’s book deals with some very dark moments, the challenges faced every day as a father going through a divorce, a custody battle and whether he will ever ride a bike again.
Stephen may have lost the use of his body but he has never lost his love or passion for BMX. It’s this passion that pushes him through every day. The book will be published later this month, and the launch concert at Lakeside Café Bar, Croft Farm, Bredon’s Hardwick, will take place on Sunday 9th July at
7.30pm. Popular local band Spunge will headline the event. Spunge are a SkaPunk band from Tewkesbury with a national and international following. As well as playing their own headline shows and festivals all over the UK, they have supported American bands including Green Day and Dropkick Murphys. Admission to the Lakeside Café Bar event is free, but registration in advance is essential via the band’s website spunge.co.uk/stayingstrong
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