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Jane Wiedlin’s Memoir Looks Beyond Her Years with the Go-Go’s
Jane Wiedlin’s memoir, TMI: Memoirs of a Go-Go, is out Tuesday.
The Go-Go’s musician says discovering David Bowie’s music at 14 helped lead her to punk rock, and she later opened for him with the band in 1983.
The book focuses on Wiedlin’s life beyond the Go-Go’s, including relationships, her solo work and her experience working as a “junior dominatrix.”
She also writes about struggling with self-harm and suicidal thoughts, and says Bowie’s death came during one of her worst periods of mental health.
Wiedlin says she is now in a better frame of mind and hopes readers facing difficulties can relate to her story.
She says she wants the memoir to help people who are struggling with mental health, exploring their sexuality or considering joining a band.
Jane Wiedlin’s autobiography, TMI: Memoirs of a Go-Go, looks beyond her years with the Go-Go’s to her relationships, mental health and personal life.
Stories about the band make up less than half of the book.
Wiedlin writes candidly about self-harm and suicidal thoughts and says she is now in a better frame of mind.
She says David Bowie’s music helped set her on course as a musician and describes his influence throughout the book.
Wiedlin hopes the book can help readers facing mental health struggles or other challenges.
- Who
- Jane Wiedlin, musician and member of the Go-Go’s.
- What
- She has written TMI: Memoirs of a Go-Go, an autobiography that focuses on her life beyond the band.
- When
- It is due out Tuesday; the article was published on November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Wiedlin says she decided to write the book after turning 65, believing she should take the chance to tell her story.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Wiedlin attended David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs tour when she was 14.
Wiedlin opened for Bowie as a member of the Go-Go’s on his Serious Moonlight Tour.
Wiedlin began thinking again about writing a book and decided to take the chance.
TMI: Memoirs of a Go-Go is due out.
- Book
- TMI: Memoirs of a Go-Go
- Author
- Jane Wiedlin
- Band stories
- Less than half of the book’s contents
- Age
- Wiedlin is 68
- Other band
- Wiedlin released the album Cold with Frosted in 1996
What people are saying
People just see me as a Go-Go. They don’t know any differently. But if they read the book, they will discover I’m not just a Go-Go.
I hope that reading my book will improve their lives in some way if they’re struggling with mental health stuff, if they’re secretly a kinkster, have been afraid to come out, or if they’re a young woman that wants to be in a band but is afraid.
If I hadn’t found him as a kid, I don’t know that I would’ve ended up discovering the punk rock movement, which was totally populated by ex-glitter-rocker kids.