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[quote][i]Originally posted by Janie[/i]
[br][b]Inspiration of Dusty helps land gig in Las Vegas[/b]

[red]DO[/red] click on the link for photo plus opportunity to comment [;)]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/may/19/inspiration-dusty-springfield-helps-land-gig-vegas/

Katy Setterfield rehearses last week for her role in �Legends in Concert.� She won the three-month run in the show by winning a tribute artist contest on a BBC series.

IF YOU GO

What: �Legends in Concert�

When: 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays

Where: Imperial Palace

Tickets: $53.80 to $70.80; 794-3261
Beyond the Sun
Legends in Concert 
THE HISTORY OF �LEGENDS�
�Legends in Concert� turned 25 on May 5.

It started at the Imperial Palace in 1983 with tributes to such artists as Buddy Holly, Janis Joplin, Marilyn Monroe, Bobby Darin and Elvis Presley.

Since then there have been more than 15,000 performances featuring impersonations of 74 celebrities.

The most impersonated act has been Elvis, with 17 performers paying tribute.

�Legends,� produced by On Stage Entertainment, is the longest running independently owned production show on the Strip.

More than 5.4 million fans have attended the performances.

During the past 25 years, �Legends in Concert� has grown from one production in Las Vegas to year-round presentations in Branson, Mo.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; and Atlantic City.

The show has traveled to 15 countries on five continents and operates numerous fixed-base, touring, limited-term and private engagements of �Legends in Concert� throughout the world.

Still suffering from jet lag and the heady experience of being named the best tribute artist in Great Britain, Katy Setterfield began rehearsing last week in Las Vegas.

Tonight she begins her three-month engagement with �Legends in Concert� at the Imperial Palace.

The engagement was the grand prize won in February on BBC�s �The One and Only ...� TV series, which starred a cast of performers paying tribute to Elton John, Robin Williams and others. Setterfield�s winning tribute was for Dusty Springfield, the �60s pop star who died of cancer in 1999.

Setterfield has a long list of tributes in her repertoire. For the TV show, she says, it was a toss-up between doing Springfield or Cher.

�I thought hard,� Setterfield says as she waits to join the cast of dancers in the rehearsal studio. �I have loved Dusty�s music all my life. She inspired me, and means so much to me. The voice is incredible. So I popped for Dusty Springfield, and it was a good decision.�

Setterfield�s timing is perfect. Her appearance coincides with renewed interest in Springfield, one of the top pop stars of the �60s, whose private life was marked by drug and alcohol abuse and mental problems.

Grammy-winning singer Shelby Lynne released a Springfield tribute, �Just a Little Lovin�,� this year. Nicole Kidman announced she is producing and starring in a film for Fox based on Springfield�s life. All of this has sparked music fans to rediscover Springfield�s catalog and caused a spike in her record sales.

In the �Legends in Concert� production, Setterfield will sing four of Springfield�s most popular songs � �Son of a Preacher Man,� �Wishin� and Hopin�,� �I Only Want To Be With You� and �You Don�t Have To Say You Love Me.�

Her few minutes in the spotlight each night will be like a vacation for Setterfield, who for eight years starred in a touring tribute show called �That�ll be the Day� that involved 16 costume changes and a couple of hours onstage. The cast performed more than 200 one-night engagements across England and Scotland every year.

This isn�t Setterfield�s first trip to Vegas. She was here in 1992 when she won a trip for selling the most Casio keyboards at the music store where she worked in London.

She didn�t see �Legends in Concert� that time around.

�I didn�t know anything about the scene then,� Setterfield says.

When the allotted time for her trip was over, she stayed in the United States and spent nine months touring with a rock band in Florida.

Setterfield began singing and playing keyboards in English pubs when she was 14. �My father took me around,� she says. �He was my roadie.�

After her experience in Florida, she began performing summer shows in England.

�The coastal towns have theaters on piers that have variety shows during the summer season,� Setterfield says. �I did that for several years.�

Then in 2000 she joined the cast of �That�ll be the Day,� a �50s-through-�70s nostalgia show in which she paid tribute to such artists as Springfield, Cher, Lulu and Tina Turner.

Winning the recent competition has changed Setterfield�s life.

�It turned it upside down,� she says. �After eight years in the nostalgia show it was all I knew. But I have left the show now and have been receiving offers of much better work for much better pay. And there have been a lot of other opportunities.�

The only downside to Setterfield�s victory is that there will be a prolonged separation from her husband, bass player Andy Hodge, with whom she toured in England.

Down the road she hopes to do more recording � she has done three albums to date. And she would like to spend more time touring in the United States, singing her own songs as well as Springfield�s.

�I really love the United States,� she says.

Janie [8D]x54
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Janie	Posted - 04/04/2008 : 14:36:53 I thought it would be helpful for us to put everything relating to Katy on this one thread from now on in so as things will be easier to find. Perhaps the exception to this might be the schedule for her tour - THAT will surely deserve a thread all of its own! To start the ball rolling here is an article from the Great Yarmouth Mercury .....well, we do see a bit of life here on the DSN . Dusty tribute comes to pier Great Yarmouth Mercury 3 April 2008 THE haunting and powerful songs of the late, great Dusty Springfield come to Great Yarmouth this summer in something of a coup for the Britannia Pier. Katy Setterfield, winner of BBC's The One and Only programme is confirmed as appearing at the Pier on Saturday, August 30 - her first gig in the UK after completing her three-month prize-winning contract in Las Vegas. After years of singing, Katy entered the world of the tribute artist in 1993. Performing as Cher, she quickly realised her ability to change her voice was the key to her success. In 2000, she was invited to audition as the new lead female vocalist in the smash hit That'll Be the Day. Belting out a couple of Cher songs the gig was immediately hers and the opportunity to learn her stage skills was born. And along the way director Trevor Payne suggested different artists for Katy to impersonate: Tina Turner, Debbie Harry, Shirley Bassey, Sandie Shaw, Brenda Lee, Doris Day and many more were honed at this time. But the masterstroke came with the discovery of Katy's uncanny ability to �be� Dusty Springfield. Last year, she made the decision to take vocal coaching lessons and it was her coach who suggested Katy enter the BBC1/Endemol show The One and Only. After reaching the final 10 as both Cher and Dusty she won through to the live contest in January/February and beat 11 other contestants to the prize - a three-month performance contract in Legends, Las Vegas. The Britannia Pier Box office is open daily from 10am (April to September) on 01493 842209. Janie x54
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Speedbird	Posted - 14/11/2008 : 23:01:31 Just got home from training. Has she been on yet? I'm gonna see her again tomorrow. Who else is going to Dorking?
Clare	Posted - 14/11/2008 : 18:46:29 Thanks for the reminder, Dave. I'll look out for her Clare xx
dave d	Posted - 14/11/2008 : 18:45:01 dont forget you may spot Katy on children in need-- i want full reports etc 'cos unfortuneatly i have to be elsewhere tonight ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- if it takes everyday of my life
Speedbird	Posted - 04/11/2008 : 18:58:32 quote: That would be nice..thank you Speedbird. Let me know if you get me a prog and I will send you my address with the money.. Trek Also known as Carole. Deal
Speedbird	Posted - 04/11/2008 : 18:56:11 quote: Originally posted by Janie In December she will perform in Berlin, and she is already planning a return to Vegas, along with "a few other projects" - which could include a performance in Malvern - for 2009. Hi. Does anybody have any more info about this performance in Berlin? According to Katy's blog 'I'm in Berlin for December the day after this tour finishes, at a great Hotel complex.' I've tried to find out more but haven't been successful at all. :(
Earthbound Gypsy	Posted - 01/11/2008 : 15:21:33 That's nice Karl, good news for Katy, too bad for your friends. Marty
reputation	Posted - 01/11/2008 : 10:28:39 Some of the friends I saw Katy with in Glasgow went to see her again last night in Ayr and said she did another great show with an almost full theatre AND another standing ovation. They didn't get to meet her this time as she was mobbed!
treking	Posted - 31/10/2008 : 23:36:41 quote: Originally posted by Speedbird Sorry you missed the concert, Trek. Hope you're feeling ok now. If you like, I could get you a programme and post it to you? I know it's hardly consolation but if you're interested... That would be nice..thank you Speedbird. Let me know if you get me a prog and I will send you my address with the money.. Trek Also known as Carole.
Earthbound Gypsy	Posted - 31/10/2008 : 21:45:34 I just read that Katy is talking to Mike Hurst about Springfield tour in the spring on the other forum. Marty
Speedbird	Posted - 31/10/2008 : 13:47:59 Sorry you missed the concert, Trek. Hope you're feeling ok now. If you like, I could get you a programme and post it to you? I know it's hardly consolation but if you're interested...
Clare	Posted - 30/10/2008 : 20:29:08 Aww Trek, sorry you missed it. Hope you're feeling better. Clare xx
treking	Posted - 30/10/2008 : 19:26:47 Nothing close enought unfortunately Emma...so it will have to be DD 09! Trek Also known as Carole.
Motown Diva	Posted - 30/10/2008 : 16:11:24 quote: Originally posted by treking I should have gone last Saturday Karl, but I was ill and couldn't go. What a bummer There were 2 empty seats in the front row. Trek Also known as Carole. Awww really sorry to hear that Carole, I know you were looking forward to it. Is there any chance of you getting in anywhere else before the end of the tour? Hope you're feeling much better now! Emma xXx
Speedbird	Posted - 30/10/2008 : 14:07:02 quote: Originally posted by reputation Is anyone else going to see Katy before her tour ends next month? Lucky me is going to Peterborough and Dorking. Would have loved to go to Aldershot as well but long suffering husband would have killed me
reputation	Posted - 30/10/2008 : 09:28:14 quote: Originally posted by treking I should have gone last Saturday Karl, but I was ill and couldn't go. What a bummer There were 2 empty seats in the front row. Trek Also known as Carole. What a bummer indeed, you chose a fine time to go sick when Katy was in town. Too bad nobody went in your place!
Brian	Posted - 29/10/2008 : 23:57:00 quote: Originally posted by treking I should have gone last Saturday Karl, but I was ill and couldn't go. What a bummer There were 2 empty seats in the front row. Trek Also known as Carole. Ill?...oh poor you. Don't they give refunds for sickly people? Doctor Dai Agnosis
treking	Posted - 29/10/2008 : 23:48:04 I should have gone last Saturday Karl, but I was ill and couldn't go. What a bummer There were 2 empty seats in the front row. Trek Also known as Carole.
reputation	Posted - 29/10/2008 : 19:53:12 Is anyone else going to see Katy before her tour ends next month?
Sara	Posted - 29/10/2008 : 16:02:39 Hey, it's great! You have to email these to her or something! Sara x look back from the stars you'll see we are dust
dave d	Posted - 29/10/2008 : 09:29:11 quote: Originally posted by Janie Bet I know the inspiration for that doodle Dave . Its great, thank you young man . Btw - what do you think about your new name...Doodle Dave D......has a certain ring doncha think???!!! yep Katy was just staring at me from the coffee table- just had to be done really! thankyou speedbird --nice to see you here!! Janie x55 [/quote] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- if it takes everyday of my life

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