Watch The Chicks honour Olivia Newton-John with a canopy of ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You’

The Chicks paid tribute to the late Olivia Newton-John over the weekend, performing a stay cowl of ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You’.

The band performed the basic tune – carried out by Newton-John’s character Sandy within the 1978 movie Grease – throughout their Washington state present on the Gorge Amphitheater on Saturday (August 13). Earlier than performing it, lead singer Natalie Maines paid homage to Newton-John, who died final week, in a speech.

“We misplaced a worldwide sweetheart final week: Olivia Newton-John,” she started. “I believed I used to be Olivia Newton-John from, like, 4 to 12 [years old], after which I solely wished I used to be Olivia Newton-John. So we labored up as we speak at soundcheck a bit of Olivia Newton-John tune.”

Take a hearken to The Chicks’ spin on the tune under:

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And watch Newton-John’s unique efficiency:

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Newton-John died on August 8 following a prolonged battle with breast most cancers. She was 73 years outdated.

Tributes poured in over the next days, with notable ones together with these from the actress-singer’s friends like Kylie Minogue, Elton John, Rod Stewart and Dionne Warwick.

Actress Insurgent Wilson stated it had been “such a blessing” to know Newton-John, whereas Mariah Carey known as her “one of many kindest, most beneficiant individuals”. Australian radio presenter Jackie ‘O’ Henderson grew to become emotional on air as she instructed her co-host, Kyle Sandilands, that “she was actually my idol rising up”.

John Travolta, who performed Danny reverse Newton-John in Grease, wrote on Instagram: “My dearest Olivia, you made all of our lives so significantly better. We'll see you down the highway and we are going to all be collectively once more. Yours from the primary second I noticed you and ceaselessly! Your Danny, your John!”

Later, Newton-John’s husband, John Easterling, recognised the energy of their union in a heartfelt put up on social media. “Each day we expressed our gratitude for this love that could possibly be so deep, so actual, so pure,” Easterling wrote. “We by no means needed to ‘work’ on it. She was essentially the most brave girl I’ve ever identified.”