"LINDA RONSTADT" SUN CITY CONCERT 1983 PROGRAMME

"LINDA RONSTADT" SUN CITY CONCERT 1983 PROGRAMME, softcover, illustrated, 10 pages, 24 cms x 33.2 cms, condition: basically as new.

n May 1983, Linda Ronstadt was paid $500,000 to perform 6 concerts at Sun City as a last-minute fill-in for another act that fell through. Sun City was a popular white-owned resort in the nominally independent Bantustan of Bophuthatswana, which was promoted by the South African government and its supporters in an effort to downplay the horrors of apartheid. In Sun City, Black and white South Africans could mix while partying or gambling. Using this ruse, many of the worlds best athletes (especially golfers and boxers) had been convinced to compete in events there.

Although Ronstadt was conflicted about the offer, it was reportedly Frank Sinatra who convinced her to play Sun City, who assured her that Bophuthatswana was fully integrated (Sinatra himself was paid up to two million dollars for his visit in 1981). 

Linda Maria Ronstadt  is an American singer who has performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music. Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award. Many of her albums have been certified gold, platinum or multiplatinum in the United States and internationally. She has also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award. She was awarded the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Latin Recording Academy in 2011 and also awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Recording Academy and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.