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By Antonia Simigis
Playboy.com: You got a taste of the rock star lifestyle overseas when you were really young. Did you ever have any rabid international fans?
Nikka Costa: Yeah, as a kid I did. It was very bizarre. As a little girl I couldn't walk down the street -- if I went into a store they had to actually close the store because it was just mayhem outside. People would camp out outside my hotel -- crazy stuff like that.
PB: What was it like opening for the Police at the age of eight?
NC: That was cool! That was a trip. I was excited, because I really liked their record and I got to meet them afterward.
PB: Did you get stage fright? You were playing in a stadium.
NC: Well, I was kind of nervous because there were a lot of people there, but I just did my one song and hung out backstage. They couldn't really depend on me to do a whole show because I was only little. It was so long ago, it's like I was a different person anyway.
PB: What's been your craziest moment onstage?
NC: Um.... I ripped my pants once.
PB: How did that happen?
NC: I was doing a gig in Australia. I had these tight pants on, and my back was facing the audience. I was dancing and gyrating around, and suddenly my pants completely split open! I had to quickly jump around face forward because I only had a thong on. It was very funny, and I figured no one noticed, but afterward this guy came up to me as we were leaving and said [imitates Australian accent] "Aye, I saw ya split your pants!" I was like, "Aw, shit, they saw!" That was humiliating, but I just had to laugh it off.
PB: You gave a repeat performance at Sundance, when your pants slipped down far below the equator.
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