{"id":2375477,"date":"2026-04-16T04:31:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2375477"},"modified":"2026-04-16T04:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:31:51","slug":"late-blondie-drummer-clem-burkes-memoir-to-be-released-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/late-blondie-drummer-clem-burkes-memoir-to-be-released-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Blondie drummer Clem Burke\u2019s memoir to be released in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Blondie drummer Clem Burke passed away in 2025, but his life story is\u00a0about to be told in a posthumous memoir, The Other Side of the Dream (My Life In and Out of Blondie).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the description, Burke began writing his memoir over 20 years ago, but had often put it aside due to his\u00a0commitments to Blondie. \u201cWhen cancer treatment and illness forced his retirement, completing the book became a priority, which he did shortly before he died,&#8221; the description reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The book, with a foreword by comedian Fred Armisen, follows Burke from the streets of New York to stardom in Blondie. The book\u00a0explores \u201cthe explosive punk scene that gave rise to Blondie, the creative partnerships that defined their music and the challenges of navigating fame in a constantly evolving industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The description notes, \u201cThis is Clem&#8217;s story, in his own words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Other Side of the Dream (My Life In and Out of Blondie) will be released\u00a0in the U.S. on\u00a0Sept. 8. It\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/theothersideofthedream?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnx3eaHp11QGfG1TpSpndg1gXh2P3mEBCRxr_AeFBsy5pbwLfD_Qwm48Z84Ek_aem_jWAhjL80R_umjAvh6zLmCg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:available for preorder;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;available for preorder&quot;}\" class=\"link \">available for preorder<\/a> now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Burke joined Blondie in 1975, shortly after they formed in New York City. He appeared on all of their records, the last one being 2017&#8217;s\u00a0Pollinator. He was inducted into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame with Blondie in 2006.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Burke\u00a0passed away April 6, 2025, at the age of 70.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blondie drummer Clem Burke passed away in 2025, but his life story is\u00a0about to be told in a posthumous memoir, The Other Side of the Dream (My Life In and Out of Blondie). 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