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Radio Manchester,4 mins
Moston, stardom and rock bottom: Kavana's story
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Anthony Kavana, also known as Kavana, was brought up on a council estate in Manchester. As a teenager he won Smash Hits awards and a legion of screaming fans. But by the age of 21, things had begun to take a very dark turn and he ended up struggling for years with addiction. And now his life is back on track and he's just written a brutally honest memoir, as Michelle Adamson reports. Photo credit: Getty
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