Rock chick Suzi Quatro heads for Holmfirth

Jun 29 2009 Huddersfield Daily Examiner

SHE may have a career spanning more than 40 years, but original rock chick Suzi Quatro shows no signs of slowing down.

Suzi – famed for her leather-clad look – is in the middle of a world tour, playing venues and festivals in Europe, Australia and her native America.

And the Seventies star is heading for Holmfirth Picturedrome on July 11, the only UK stop on the tour.

Suzi’s performance at the Holmfirth venue is her first, but she’s looking forward to coming back to West Yorkshire.

She says: “I’ve had a career over 40 years so I’ve been to the area before.

“I think the area’s really pretty. I’ve heard of Last of the Summer Wine but I’ve never seen it – I’m more of a movies kind of girl.

“I’m definitely excited about playing to the crowd. The gigs are great, there’s lots of the original fans coming and they’re bringing their family.”

Now 59, Suzi is as busy as ever performing and making music.

Born in Detroit, she was one of three daughters of jazz band leader Art Quatro.

At just 14 she teamed up with her sisters to form a band called The Pleasure Seekers.

Suzi says growing up in a musical family prepared her for life in the spotlight.

She says: “I was brought up in a family who taught me to play musical instruments so I naturally took to it.

“I was ready for it, I treated it like it was my job. It’s very different now where they have these shows where you can be famous overnight.

“It’s great TV but I’m not sure they give the right images – these poor people are thrown into the limelight then wrenched back out again.”