Her next studio album, Solitude Standing (1987), garnered critical and commercial success, selling over one million copies in the U.S. It includes the international hit single ” Luka “, which is written about, and from the point of view of, an abused child . Many years later Vega revealed that the song dealt with the abuse that she herself had suffered from her stepfather. While continuing a focus on Vega’s acoustic guitar, the music of her second album is more strongly pop -oriented and features fuller arrangements. Following the success of the album, in 1989 Vega became the first female artist to headline the Glastonbury Festival . Vega performed her set whilst wearing a bulletproof vest , her band having received death threats from an obsessed fan ahead of the festival.
Solitude Standing album
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