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Book Extract: ‘LOUD, A Life in Rock’n’roll By The World’s First Female Roadie’ Tana Douglas has dedicated her memoir, LOUD: A Life in Rock’n’roll By The World’s First Female Roadie, to “every young girl who has ever dared to dream of more”. From a fifteen-year-old Brisbane runaway to a self-professed “world’s first female roadie”, Tana Douglas tells the story of resilience and sacrifice in the male-dominated world of concert touring. With tales from the tour buses of AC/DC, Elton John, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, INXS, and more, Douglas’ story is a rock history time capsule and a journey of self discovery all at once. To celebrate the LOUD‘s release today, we’ve published an extract from Chapter 19 titled There Goes The Neighbourhood. Check it out below where Douglas writes about the time she pulled rank over Iggy Pop, and how he still owes her a leather jacket. Image: Wikimedia Creative CommonsExtract from Chapter 19 of LOUD ‘There Goes The Neighbourhood’ Lollapalooza Festival was created by Jane’s Addiction front man Perry Farrell and his manager, Australian Ted Gardner in 1991. It was cutting‑edge, with multiple stages and over thirty performances as well an array of vendor booths. The key difference betw https://rfr.bz/l2a8zhh