Historic Headliner
Whereas speaking about Suzanne’s upcoming reside reveals, Traditional Pop wonders if we are able to count on to see her at any festivals this summer season, earlier than pertaining to her landmark headline efficiency on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage again in 1989.
“No festivals this yr,” the singer concedes. “It’s the primary time in like 25 years I haven’t toured through the summer season.
“As for that Glastonbury present, effectively the day itself was overshadowed by this weird dying risk that my bass participant had acquired. So, I needed to play sporting a bulletproof vest… that wasn’t very festive [laughs]. It was all very bizarre and hectic, however in the end it was a second in time that I’m very happy with.
“The group hadn’t been advised what was occurring, however they have been so heat in direction of us and appeared to stretch method off into the horizon. Sure it was an iconic second, but it surely was additionally very intense.”
Since Vega’s historic efficiency at Glastonbury, plenty of solo feminine artists together with Sinéad O’Connor, Adele, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, SZA and Olivia Rodrigo, have gone on to headline the hallowed Pyramid Stage. Whereas festivals slowly tackle an obvious inequality that exists inside lineups, the likes of Kylie Minogue, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli xcx, Chappell Roan, Ariana Grande and the aforementioned Billie Eilish and Beyoncé, are main the way in which within the charts.
So, is Suzanne heartened to see the tide showing to shift inside the music trade?
“Yeah, I believe it’s nice to see the tables turning,” she says with a smile. “It’s actually superior. In a humorous method, due to the success these girls are having and the truth that girls like Joan Baez and Patti Smith are nonetheless going sturdy, it makes me really feel like I nonetheless have a future and never only a previous.”
