Thanks to Dorte for this from Billboard:<\/p>\n
Rising vocalist Dido launched a U.S. tour last night at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., just as her Arista debut album “No Angel” has risen to the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and to a new high of No. 120 on The Billboard 200, all in its 45th week. “No Angel” has sold more than 254,000 copies in the U.S., according to SoundScan.<\/p>\n
But thanks to an unlikely ally, Dido’s stock seemes primed to rise even further. Eminem’s “Stan,” on which he samples Dido’s “Thank You,” is soon due for release as a single. The cut is No. 13 this week on Billboard’s Bubbling Under Hot R&B\/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks tally.<\/p>\n
Here are Dido’s tour dates:<\/p>\n
Aug. 1: Boston (Avalon)
\nAug. 2: New York (Regis Live)
\nAug. 3: Chicago (Vic Theatre)
\nAug. 4: Minneapolis (the Quest)
\nAug. 7: Seattle (Showbox)
\nAug. 8: Portland, Ore. (Aladdin Theater)
\nAug. 10: San Francisco (Warfield Theater)
\nAug. 11-12: Los Angeles (Greek Theater, opening for Sting)
\nAug. 14: Los Angeles (John Anson Ford)
\nAug. 17: Houston, Texas (Numbers)
\nAug. 18: Austin, Texas (Music Hall)
\nAug. 20: Atlanta (Variety Playhouse)
\nAug. 21: New York (Roseland Ballroom)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThanks to Sarahj for this:<\/p>\n
Soaring Like a Goddess<\/strong><\/p>\n
By Richard Leiby
\nWashington Post Staff Writer
\nWednesday, August 2, 2000; Page C05<\/p>\n“I’m a nice British girl,” the achingly romantic singer named Dido announced from the stage of the 9:30 club Monday night. The explanation seemed necessary, given that one of her tender love songs has become a highlight of the latest hateful, profane CD by rapper Eminem.<\/p>\n
The song is “Thankyou,” and Eminem generously samples it to frame the murderous saga of “Stan,” a demented rap fan. The happier result, however, is that Eminem’s millions in sales have reignited interest in Dido and her wonderful debut album, “No Angel,” released more than a year ago and ignored by the pap-mongers who program MTV and radio. Now the 28-year-old chanteuse from London–full name Dido Armstrong, a former literary agent–is poised for a well-deserved breakthrough on the pop charts.<\/p>\n
Classically trained since childhood, Dido once played piano, violin and recorder, but her only instrument these days is her voice, whose soaring resonance recalls Sinead O’Connor’s (without the God-awful wailing). Her musical stylings also have been favorably compared with those of folk-popsters Sarah McLachlan and Beth Orton. But Dido and her five-man band deliver a funkier electronic mix–a sound she once called “more dubby and dancey and hip-hoppy.”<\/p>\n
In Washington, Dido launched her nationwide tour with an adventurous hour-long set that included the fashionable scratchings of a center-stage turntablist. The deejay contributed worthily to such syncopated, up-tempo numbers as “Hunter” and “No Angel.” Even the already rapturous ballad “Here With Me” was improved with breakbeats and a drum ‘n’ bass bottom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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