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Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rocker, 65, Nearly Unrecognizable 36 Years After Making History at Glastonbury Music Festival
Rocker, 65, Nearly Unrecognizable 36 Years After Making History at Glastonbury Music Festival originally appeared on Parade. It's been 36 years since this musician headlined the Glastonbury Music Festival in Somerset, England. Suzanne Vega, the singer with a very unique voice behind such hits as "Luka" and "Tom's Diner," has lately been reflecting on her first performance at the Glastonbury Music Festival — 36 years ago, she became the first female headliner for the music fest back in 1989. It's a gig that almost didn't happen because Vega's bassist was receiving death threats from a stalker. 'But they had included me in the threats,' Vega told The i Paper. 'Scotland Yard sat me down and said, 'We advise you not to do the show.' I was like, 'Are you kidding me?''She went on to say how a man from Scotland Yard gave her his bulletproof vest, and she had to perform in that. "A man from Scotland Yard took his and said, 'You'll have to wear this.' He was twice my size, so I had to gaffer tape myself into this giant bulletproof vest, and then put a denim jacket over it. It felt like every song was 20 minutes long. It was not comfortable. We were all nervous," said Vega, but she added, "I'm proud of being the first woman to headline. There's nothing diminished about that." Vega is still making music three decades later. In fact, she just released her 10th studio album in May 2025 called Flying With Angels. She told Forbes in a May 2025 interview that half the songs on the record were a total surprise to her as she was going through the writing process. "The trick was following them down the rabbit hole in spite of the fact that they were a surprise. I'd say half the album was like, 'Whoa, where are we going with this?' When I first conceived of the idea of 'Love Thief,' 'I am the love thief.' I was like, "OK, this is a totally different sound for me.' … So that was a surprise. The other surprise was 'Witch,' I didn't know what was going to happen with that song. That's sort of a prog rock song, which again, I couldn't have foreseen how we were going to go with that. It has a folky beginning and then what I think of as prog rock. It's sort of like my Pink Floyd moment." 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 Rocker, 65, Nearly Unrecognizable 36 Years After Making History at Glastonbury Music Festival first appeared on Parade on Jun 27, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 27, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Yahoo
Henry County K9 gifted bullet-proof vest
The Brief K9 Duco with the Henry County Sheriff's Office now has a new stab and bullet-proof vest to keep him safe on calls. It's all thanks to the non-profit Vested Interest in K9s, which has provided thousands of vests to K9 officers all across the country. His handler says the vest gives him added peace of mind that he will be safe on calls. HENRY COUNTY, Ga. - Henry County Sheriff's Office K9 Duco's dangerous job just got a little safer thanks to a new bullet-proof vest from a national non-profit. What they're saying "Generally speaking, law enforcement is on the front line. K9 is at the front line of that, 9 times out of 10," Sgt. Joshua Cash said. That's why Sgt. Cash said this vest is so important for his partner K9 Duco. As part of their patrol team, he says they never know what they can expect on a call. "This dog responds in SWAT capacity and those are usually high-risk, high-threat situations," he said. "Everything that I do, he does with me. I spend more time with this dog than my own family. And I feel like with this vest being provided, it gives the same opportunity that I have to make it home to my family. It just gives him the same level playing field, and it's a win all the way around," he added. How It Works This was all possible thanks to the non-profit Vested Interest in K9s, which has provided over 5,970 vests to K9 Officers all across the country. K9s with the Clayton County Sheriff's Office and the Calhoun Police Department also received vests from the non-profit this year. Each vest has a value of $1,800. What you can do You can find out more about the organization and how to help here. The Source FOX 5 Atlanta journalist Kim Leoffler interviewed Henry County Sgt. Joshua Cash for this article.
