Grace Jones

Grace Jones. Grace f****** Jones. That should be enough, but just in case you need more . . .Relishing the dangerous possibilities of late 1970s New York, her highly provocative often riotous shows in downtown lofts and nightclubs saw her crowned as Disco Queen with attitude and celebrated as an ultimate Gay Icon. Grace became one of the most audacious and unforgettable characters to emerge from the legendary Studio 54 nightclub in Manhattan, creating pioneering disco classics such as 'I Need a Man' and the enduring 'La vie en rose.' In 2022, still seeming to be no age at all, occupying her own mutant time and space, she curated the famous Meltdown festival at London's Southbank Centre and materialised as stand out headliner on the all-star cross-genre Beyonce album Renaissance, supernaturally generating some permanent attention on 'Move.'

Samuel Ayres