Working Class Boy

Jimmy Barnes is a Scottish-born rock singer songwriter who grew up in Adelaide. His career, both as a solo performer and as the lead vocalist of the legendary band Cold Chisel, has made him one of the most successful and distinctive artists in Australian music history. He has amassed more number-one albums in Australia than The Beatles and he has been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame twice. Jimmy’s childhood memoir, Working Class Boy, became a bestseller and won the ABIA Biography of the Year in 2017. His sequel, Working Class Man, won him a second ABIA in 2018. These were followed by a bestselling collection of short stories, Killing Time. Having sold more than 600,000 copies, the books have become Australian classics and established Jimmy as one of our finest storytellers.