Tonight Matthew, I’m going to be….. Those immortal, iconic six words, would accompany someone who’d return, on-stage, moments later, as musical icon – the host was Matthew Kelly, and the show, that would be that classic, Saturday night television programme, Stars In Their Eyes. Some twenty years ago now, this very month in fact, Justine Riddoch was one of the grand finalists of the show, she appearing as Anastacia (performing the track, I’m Outta Love, in the final), these days though, she’s better known as….. The world famous, Tina Turner!
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“She’s a legend, and there’ll only ever be one Tina,” began Justine. “I just bring a flavour of her, whilst also talking about her when I’m on stage, most tribute acts won’t do that.” She’s done a pretty good job of it as well has Justine, portraying the iconic musician, in her own, imitable style, and taking it to new, different levels; for a dozen years now she’s been doing it, and she (Justine) is showing no signs of stopping, not yet anyway. It has been a run that has perhaps caught Justine, and her fellow bandmates, off-guard, they far from expecting the longevity of what they’re doing; but, before
Tina, and even the spell she had as Anastacia, Justine had been treading the boards for a good few years. “For some fifteen years I’d travelled around the entertainment circuit and had never really got anywhere,” continued Justine, ahead of her upcoming tour dates. “Because of that, I thought I would give the show, Stars In Their Eyes, a shot, and would end up going on there as Anastacia. “That in itself was hard work but, with the band, we’d end up performing at a festival in Yorkshire. “My vocals though, they tend to lend themselves more towards rock music, and, when we did
