Lita Ford

    O2 Academy, Islington 12/03/2017

    Lita Ford first burst onto the rock scene in 1975 aged just 16, joining the soon-to-be iconic Runaways alongside Joan Jett, and paved the way for female fronted rock n’ roll bands and guitarists. Although the Runaways only lasted four years, Lita continued to dominate the music scene into the 1980s, but by the mid-90s her career took a slight downturn and she retired from music to focus on raising her family on a remote island in the Turks and Caicos.

    It would be another 15 years before Lita released any music and took to the stage again, and in 2012 she released her autobiography Living Like a Runaway. A great read, that really gave a detailed look at her life over the years, her musical accomplishments as well as her turbulent personal life and sad estrangement from her children.

    After fully returning to the stage almost nine years ago, Lita has been a fixture on the touring and festival circuit in the US, which makes it all the harder to believe she hasn’t played in the UK for nearly 30 years, so tonight anticipation is high in the crowd.
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