I've never been invited to do 'Stars on Ice' before, which is the only figure skating tour in the U.S., and it's disappointing that I can't perform for my American fans... all because I'm not 'family friendly' enough.
I had never been allowed to go on tour with my husband George Harrison, so had no idea what to expect when I left him to join Eric Clapton on his 1974 U.S. tour.
I realized what Led Zeppelin was about around the end of our first U.S. tour. We started off not even on the bill in Denver, and by the time we got to New York we were second to Iron Butterfly, and they didn't want to go on!
I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.
Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.
We can go to Australia and play to 30-to-40,000. We can do that in certain places in the States, but not everywhere.
On my US tour maybe three out of 30 shows there was an Elvis impersonator in the crowd but that's it. I usually get younger fans, and those that come that are of an older generation end up walking out because it's too loud.
My specific goal is for Twice is to travel across the U.S. together, performing for fans in every state. That would be a dream!
We started very slow in America. It was small acoustic shows. We played places like Los Angeles, New York and Chicago and everywhere there has been a great reaction. It has been really lovely. They listen to the lyrics and the melody over there and the reaction has been fantastic.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of the US, and hopefully spending some of the summer in Europe playing festivals. It's early days though, so who knows.
I have been performing and touring and doing shows all over the world. But it's really something special to get back on the U.S. cast of 'Stars on Ice.' It's something I let go because of family commitments.
When the tour is done, that's the end of the U.S. tour. We'll regroup and see what we're going to do.
I'd like to make documentaries. Way-out documentaries. I'd like to do one on a tour of the U.S.
