Olivia was my idol, along with Donna Summer during my early teen age. My first singles I bought was Jolene & Sam, just before the Grease explosion.
I remember her TV special with ABBA, I think Tina Turner was there, too.
Olivia toured last year and she did a show in Chile. I can't forgive her to skip Peru. Maybe the managers didn't get a deal, cause I know she loves Peru. In fact, she married John Easterling in 2008, in CUSCO PERU!! And.. ON MY BIRTHDAY (well.. that's not a coincidence, june 21 is the winter solstice and a sacred day for ancient incas). And it was thru a quechua ceremony. That's so cool (the ceremony was private, we learned about it few days later). Though the new said they will do the Inca Trail, that's a hard trekking, maybe they did the short (easier) road.
Olivia Newton John gets married twice
By Anita Singh 14/07/2008
Grease star Olivia Newton John has declared herself “the happiest woman in the world” after marrying not once but twice.
The 59-year-old [actress] first exchanged vows in the Peruvian rainforest, with a private ceremony conducted in the ancient language of Quechua, before doing it all again on a beach in Florida. Her new husband is health guru John Easterling, 56, founder and chairman of the Amazon Herb Company, which sells botanical supplements.
The [Quechua native] ceremony took place on June 21 in [Cusco], at the sacred Inca spot where the couple first fell in love 18 months ago while on a business trip.
The couple became engaged six months later but kept it secret from even their closest family, including Newton John’s 22-year-old daughter, Chloe.
“....we kept our two ceremonies secret and didn’t invite any guests. Even Chloe didn’t know until a couple of days before we went to Peru that John and I were to be married.”
...The couple spent their honeymoon hiking the Inca Trail before returning for the second ceremony in Jupiter Island, Florida, near Easterling’s home.