We couldn't keep our lips sealed when we got the news about the upcoming autobiography from The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine, entitled All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir.  Due from University of Texas Press on April 9, it's a "roller coaster of sex, drugs, and of course music" beginning in 1980, when Valentine met her future bandmates at The Whisky in LA.  She and the group would go on to become the first multi-platinum-selling all-female band that not only wrote their own songs and played instruments themselves.  Their No. 1 album Beauty and the Beat included enduring hits like "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed."  But while All I Ever Wanted charts those successes, it also explores the negative side of fame and over-exposure.  As the press release says, "it's a story of what it takes to not only find success but, find yourself, even when it all comes crashing down."

It's also a story of Valentine's resilience, "from her childhood in Texas, where she all but raised herself, to the collapse of the band that had come to define her, and the quest to regain her sense of self in the aftermath."  Through her roughest times, music was her saving grace.

Valentine is also set to release a new soundtrack album to accompany All I Ever Wanted, with each new work inspired by the chapters of her memoir.  She's also planned a nationwide book tour that will include readings, conversation, book signing opportunities, and, of course, musical performances.  Due to the COVID-19 outbreak many dates have been postponed, and rescheduled dates will be announced soon.

"These are difficult times and they are hitting us all really hard," Valentine said in a statement.  "Having to postpone my scheduled book tour dates is heartbreaking as a first-time author, but my publisher and I believe it is the only course to take.  My first concern is the health and well-being of all of you who bought tickets and books for these events.  The next priority is supporting the book shops who have so willingly supported the release of All I Ever Wanted.  Please keep an eye out for digital surprises and more from me.  Together apart we can get through this."

You can find the current dates below and order your copy of All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir here.

"All I Ever Wanted" Book Events with Kathy Valentine & Special Guests

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - Austin, TX - SXSW
Saturday, March 28, 2020 - Woodstock, NY - Woodstock, NY - Woodstock Bookfest
Friday, April 3, 2020 - Austin, TX - Book People w/ John Doe
Saturday, April 4, 2020 - San Antonio, TX - SA BookFest Festival
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - Los Angeles, CA - Book Soup x WeHo Reads at West Hollywood Library w/ Kathleen Hanna
Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - San Francisco, CA - Green Apple Books w/ Gina Schock and Carvell Wallace
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 - Manhattan - NYPL Performing Arts, Lincoln Center w/ Anthony DeCurtis
Monday, April 20, 2020 - Brooklyn, NY - Greenlight @ St. Joseph's w/ Lizz Winstead
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - Ridgewood, NJ - Bookends
Thursday, April 23, 2020 - Austin, TX - Cactus Café w/ Jody Denberg
Sunday, April 26, 2020 - Houston, TX - Cactus Music
Monday, April 27, 2020 - Chicago, IL - Anderson's
Saturday, May 2, 2020 - Odessa, TX - Books in the Basin Festival Festival
Friday, May 7-8, 2020 - Los Angeles, CA - Mom 2.0 Festival
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - Chapel Hill, NC - FlyLeaf Books
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - Shaker Heights, OH - Loganberry Books

Monday, May 11, 2020 - Nashville, TN - Parnassus w/ Ann Powers
Saturday, May 16, 2020 - Georgetown, TX - Lark & Owl
Sunday, May 17, 2020 - Austin, TX - Antone's Record Shop
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - San Antonio, TX - Nowhere Books w/ Jenny Lawson
Friday, May 22, 2020 - Waco, TX - Fabled Books
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - Cleveland, OH - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Thursday, May 28, 2020 - Boston, MA - Once, Somerville - w/ Tanya Donnelly