One of Six
Suki Waterhouse blurs the line between real and rumored rock stardom in free Austin concert
Suki Waterhouse will bring the Daisy Jones & the Six miniseries to Austin for a free watch party the day after it premieres on March 3.
There’s nothing like a little nostalgia to propel a band to stardom, and that’s exactly what worked for Daisy Jones & The Six — a fictional band based on very real feelings and '70s tropes.
Although they have nothing explicitly to do with Austin, the novel that spawned them (and the upcoming Amazon Prime miniseries) embodies a familiar fondness for a bygone era of music. One starring cast member, Suki Waterhouse, will give a free concert at the Domain Northside on March 4, followed by a watch party that may introduce Austinites to the increasingly popular story.
Daisy Jones & The Six was published in 2019, and quickly became popular for an opaque tone that suggested these were real events, presented by other fictional stars as an oral history. Rumors spread even faster than a great story, so it adds up that only a few years later, a miniseries is attempting to capture that lightning in a bottle.
Suki Waterhouse plays Karen Sirko, the only female band member in The Six and one of the first women in any major rock band. The character becomes a feminist symbol of nonconformity and keeps a big secret. For the role, Waterhouse told Us Weekly, she had to learn to play the piano — something that wracked the singer's nerves despite a pre-existing music career.
At her Domain Northside concert, Waterhouse will perform her own original music from one full-length album, I Can’t Let Go; an EP, Milk Teeth; and a handful of singles. Alternative radio listeners may recognize the 2022 single “Good Looking,” a hazy, vaguely stuttering work of dream pop outside of any time and place, yet still very true to current styles.
A well-rounded performer gone international since her London roots, Waterhouse is neither just a singer-songwriter nor an actress, and has now appeared on several magazine covers including Vogue and Vanity Fair. During her rise to greater and greater relevance, she has also represented campaigns by fashion brands such as Burberry and Ferragamo, finally culminating in her biggest project yet; this role.
Suki Waterhouse’s free performance takes place on The Lawn at Domain Northside at 6 pm (doors open at 5 pm). The watch party promoting Daisy Jones & The Six will immediately follow the concert. More information is available at domainnorthside.com. ACL Radio listeners may win a VIP experience and meet-and-greet.
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