At another establishment, she watched Linda Hornbuckle who brought her onstage to sing and again due to nervousness, Warfield sang with her back to the crowd.
[5] Her mother was initially upset to discover Liv was singing and wanted to bring her back home, but eventually changed her mind and became supportive.
[5] Warfield's music career took off in 2009 after being selected as the newest member of Prince's New Power Generation two months after he took interest in a submitted video of her performing The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter",[6] and she subsequently auditioned for him.
[7] After Prince died, Warfield performed at Celebration 2017, a multi-day tribute to his life and legacy held a year after his death, at Paisley Park.
"[4] In 2015, Warfield was chosen to be the opening act for Heart's Hollywood Bowl concert after Nancy Wilson had seen her on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and was impressed with her performance of "Why Do You Lie?".
[11] Lead guitarist Ryan Waters (the musical director for Warfield's solo work and Prince protégé), Heart keyboardist Chris Joyner, bassist Dan Rothchild, and drummer Ben Smith complete the band's membership.
[8][14][needs update] LiV Warfield auditioned for season 19 of America's Got Talent,receiving the Golden Buzzer from Simon Cowell.