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From Laura's first appearance on "American Bandstand" in October 1982. She started off with her current smash hit "Gloria," followed by an interview with host Dick Clark, and then finished with the rocker "Living A Lie"! Of special note, Laura talked about how she felt very at home on the stage, expressing "I love the people, I love them, they're the other half of me." Throughout her career, from the earliest point, Laura was always quick to affectionately refer to her fans as her "other half,"

In 1985 as Laura's HOLD ME album was out and her lead single "Spanish Eddie" had hit the Top 40, she gave this interview to "Entertainment Tonight," during which there are also performance clips from her concert at Concord Pavilion in the San Francisco Bay Area. Laura talks about how she reacts to the vibe of her audience, and then goes into how she will be filming her "Backstage" movie in Australia that Fall. She talks about how her singing has helped her acting - how losing herself in a song a