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I think this is the singer with 'The Fiery Furnaces' - Eleanor Friedberger.

A fantastic concert - the music and performers were excellent - for me the downsides were they didn't actually mention anything about Nico nor did any of the performers introduce themselves. The set list was:

FROZEN WARNINGS - jc/nf/band + strings - JOHN CALE
MUTTERLEIN - jc/nf/band - PETER MURPHY
MY HEART IS EMPTY - GUILLEMOTS (drums,acous piano,vox, clarinet)
FALCONER - jc/nf/band - LISA GERRARD (JC on acoustic piano)
EVENING OF LIGHT - FIERY FURNACES 1vox + acoustic piano + drum
ARI'S SONG - LIZ GREEN dulcitone + vox
YOU FORGOT TO ANSWER - jc/nf/band + BV's - MARK LINKOUS
ROSES IN THE SNOW - jc/nf/band - MARK LANEGAN
JANITOR OF LUNACY - jc/nf/band - JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD

INTERVAL

NO ONE IS THERE - strings - LISA GERRARD
ABSCHIED - strings - PETER MURPHY
AFRAID - strings - MARK LINKOUS
MY ONLY CHILD - GUILLEMOTS (s/c)
SIXTY FORTY - jc/nf/band – JOHN CALE (all need vox mics)
WIN A FEW - jc/nf/band - MARK LANEGAN (JC on vox mic)
FEARFULLY IN DANGER - jc/nf/band - FIERY FURNACES (1 x vox, Matt x vox mic at Yamaha position + JC on vox)
FACING THE WIND - jc/nf/band + BV's - JOHN CALE

Encore;

ALL THAT IS MY OWN - jc/nf/band + strings – ALL GUESTS VOX, incl jc/nf/band on vox, Mark Linkous on guitar

From Wikipedia;

Christa Päffgen (October 16, 1938? – July 18, 1988) was a German singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress, keyboard player and a Warhol Superstar, best known by her pseudonym Nico.

As a musician, she is remembered for both her time in The Velvet Underground and her solo work.

Nico made her early fame as a model. After leaving school at 13, she started selling lingerie and soon was spotted by fashion insiders. A year later, her mother found her work as a model in Berlin.

While on a modeling assignment in Ibiza, she met the photographer Herbert Tobias, who christened her "Nico" after his ex-boyfriend, filmmaker Nico Papatakis. She soon moved to Paris and worked for Vogue, Tempo, Vie Nuove, Mascotte Spettacolo, Camera, Elle, and other fashion magazines in the late 1950s.

She also claimed to have been briefly hired by Coco Chanel. Despite having dropped out of school at an early age, Nico eventually became fluent in English, Italian, Spanish, and French.

After appearing in several television commercials, Nico landed a small role in Alberto Lattuada's film La Tempesta (1958), and then appeared in Rudolph Maté's For the First Time with Mario Lanza later that year.

In 1959, she was invited to the set of Federico Fellini's La dolce vita and attracted the attention of the acclaimed director, who gave her a minor role in the film. By this time, she had moved to New York to take acting classes under the guidance of Lee Strasberg.

After splitting her time between New York and Paris, she landed the lead role in Jacques Poitrenaud's Strip-Tease (1963). She recorded the title track, which was produced by Serge Gainsbourg but not released until 2001, when it was included on CD as part of the French compilation Le Cinéma de Serge Gainsbourg.

During this period she gave birth to a son, Ari (born 1962), who was fathered by French actor Alain Delon. Although the child was raised mostly by Delon's parents, Delon always denied his paternity.

In 1965, Nico met The Rolling Stones' founder and guitarist, Brian Jones, and recorded her first single, "I'm Not Sayin'" for Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate label.

Actor Ben Carruthers introduced her to Bob Dylan in Paris that summer. It is said that Dylan wrote the song "I'll Keep It With Mine" for her shortly afterwards.

After being introduced by Bob Dylan, she began working with Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey on their experimental films, including Chelsea Girls, The Closet, Sunset, and Imitation of Christ.

While appearing in Warhol's films, Nico was introduced to The Velvet Underground, at that time the backup group for Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable, a multimedia performance featuring film, music, lights and dancers. She soon began to work with the Velvet Underground, singing lead vocals on three songs ("Femme Fatale", "All Tomorrow's Parties" and "I'll Be Your Mirror") and backing vocals on another ("Sunday Morning") on their debut LP, The Velvet Underground and Nico.

Released in 1967, the album became influential and lauded within rock music and art circles. Nico had a short-lived romantic relationship with the main singer and songwriter, Lou Reed. Around this era, she was also romantically involved with prominent musicians including John Cale (also from The Velvet Underground), Jim Morrison of The Doors, Jackson Browne, Brian Jones, Tim Buckley and Iggy Pop.

Shortly after the Exploding Plastic Inevitable tour drew to a close in early 1967, Nico and The Velvet Underground parted ways. The exact reasons for her departure have not been made public, though both Reed and former Velvet Underground bassist John C

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