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Tessa Niles

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Flashback: Duran Duran Perform ‘Come Undone’ With Original Vocalist Tessa Niles
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Earlier this week, we posted an extensive interview with veteran backup singer Tessa Niles as part of our ongoing Unknown Legends series. She got her big break back in 1983 when the Police hired her for their Synchronicity world tour, and she went on to sing with everyone from Tina Turner and Pet Shop Boys to Eric Clapton and George Harrison. She even sang with David Bowie during his Live Aid set, even if he got her name wrong in front of about 2 billion people during the band introductions.

Her most...
See full article at Rollingstone.com
  • 11/5/2020
  • by Andy Greene
  • Rollingstone.com
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Singer Tessa Niles on Backing Bowie at Live Aid, Joining Clapton at ‘Unplugged’
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Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features backup vocalist Tessa Niles.

On July 23rd, 1983, 22-year-old backup vocalist Tessa Niles walked onstage with the Police for the first time when they kicked...
See full article at Rollingstone.com
  • 11/4/2020
  • by Andy Greene
  • Rollingstone.com
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