Suzanne Vega: ‘I was the first woman to headline Glastonbury – I had to wear a bulletproof vest’

Suzanne Vega: ‘I was the first woman to headline Glastonbury – I had to wear a bulletproof vest’

In 1989, Suzanne Vega became the first woman to headline Glastonbury – but the circumstances were extremely bizarre. The bass player in Vega’s band had a stalker; the latest death threats came on the morning of the gig. “But they had included me in the threats,” Vega says. “Scotland Yard sat me down and said, ‘We advise you not to do the show.’ I was like, ‘Are you kidding me?’” Vega eventually performed in a bulletproof vest. “A man from Scotla…