Agnes DeMarco has become something of a celebrity herself after following her son's rise to fame in the indie world. She's been interacting with Mac's fans on Twitter for a while now, but she's just made a big leap after MCing Australia's Laneway Festival over the weekend. Mac agreed to play the event as long as his mom could tag along and the organizers agreed, and then came up with the ingenious idea to have her serve as the MC for the entire event.
"I'm so thrilled to be part of it," she told The Edmonton Journal, her hometown newspaper that just did a profile on her. "To be an advocate for Mac, to be an advocate for [her other son] Hank, that's my joy. If it leads to other opportunities, I'm open to anything. If I blow it, I'll just mess my hair up and fall off the stage. Do a Courtney Love or something, pretend I'm drunk."
These gorgeous MC beasts @SPODemonic @AgnesDeMarco @lanewayfest. What a lovely union x pic.twitter.com/OGZ7kgeyN8
— RICE IS NICE RECORDS (@riceisnice_rec) February 1, 2015
Just found out Mac got nominated best new artist Juno awards go kid
— Agnes DeMarco (@AgnesDeMarco) January 27, 2015
For more information on Agnes (and Mac's childhoood), check out this profile of her, or you can follow her on Twitter or Instagram.
[Photo by Laura-Lynn Petrick.]
