Suzannne Vega is touring throughout the UK in February. Here she talks to David Hepworth about what she’s learned about live in the course of:

….starting off on stage with Pete Seeger at Carnegie Hall

….taking her sister to see Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden

…learning about communication from the jazz bassist Richard Davis

…laying in sufficient snacks for the rehearsal period

….playing your old hits again and again

….saying your prayers before going on stage

….watching Stan Ridgway do the best show she ever saw.

Full dates and tickets here.

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Suzanne Vega: she started at Carnegie Hall and she's coming to a town near you in February