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February 13, 2001Posted by Mandy  
Thanks to Chaz and Karyn for this :)

Dido will be on Leno Monday, February 19

Thanks to Karyn for this :)

Dido will be appearing on the Rosie O'donell show on Friday. 2/23/00(New).

Thanks to Slofan for these :)

don't know if it has already been posted or not, but at dot.com is also
Live Review of Dido's concert in Scala, London, 7th Feb.

Link: http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Live/February2001/reviews17884.asp

DIDO - THE SCALA, LONDON
Gig Played: Wed 7 Feb 2001


Dido Live

Dido has been hitting it big in the States off the back
of her collaboration with Eminem and has come home to do the same thing
here. This is her first ever London gig and she doesn't mind admitting she's
been "sh**ting it all day." But with her New York based band, with whom
she's been touring for two years, there's no need for bicycle clips.

The Scala is sold out. Many of the people in the crowd seem to live in Islington
and own at least one Morcheeba CD. Dido is right up Yuppie street alright
and a couple of her tracks could easily be used to flog cars on TV. Her
music is slow, mellow, melodic and well done. From soft love songs to more
obsessive sounds, Dido's set is punctuated by some really cool touches.
Her voice lilts to give it an almost folksy sound, similar in fact to Andrea
from The Corrs.


Dido Live
Effects and scratching from live decks, melodic acoustic
guitar riffs, smooth bass, spooky keyboards and a big bass drum sound play
off each other and combine to deep and funky crescendos or fade to the creepy,
edgy vibe you might associate with Portishead.

But the real wicked thing about tonight's gig is the percussion department.
Drums, decks, bongos and more bongos bat away intricate rhythms that stamp
Dido's tracks out. From trancey slow intros to banging Samba-style choruses
the beats, scratches and occasional glockenspiel build a funky edge into
what otherwise might be considered pretty plain material.


Dido Live
"I wrote this as a simple love song, but people say it's
a bit dark and obsessive so I think I've got problems!" she tells the crowd
before current single 'Here With Me'. Her lyrics are about heartache and
happiness, love and loss. The songs undulate between euphoric peaks a la
Moloko and contemplative ballads, hushed vocals and slow beats.

'Thankyou' - the track which has made Dido via Eminem, is a soft, sweet
love song in her hands. It's weird listening to it without the rapping as
every radio station has been playing it four times an hour for the past
two months. The crowd love it. She finishes the set with a blast of those
bongo beats, Spanish guitar and English Rose vocals with 'Hunter' and a
one song encore of 'Don't Think Of Me'. Welcome home.

I've just found this at UK site dot.com (http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Singles/February2001/reviews17933.asp) - it's a review of Here with me which as it seems has been released in UK today - 12th Feb.

DIDO - 'HERE WITH ME' (ARISTA/CHEEKY)
Released on: Mon 12 Feb 2001


'Here With Me'

Not a bad old time for Dido. A UK chart-topping album with 'No Angel' (peaking at two in the States), sell-out solo shows, a guest appearance at Eminem's London shows. Marvellous!

And now the former Faithless vocalist is looking for some hot singles chart action with this gently plaintive techno folk offering from said album. With its lilting lullabye chorus, huge Massive Attack strings, chunky dance beats and touching lyrics about the heartache of missing a loved one, 'Here With Me' can't harm Dido's reputation none.

Thanks to Samantha for this :)

Dido is listed as one of the 5 Hot Artists on this site (along with BSB, Eminem, O-Town & Shaggy)
The main site is here http://lyrics.astraweb.com/
The link directly where they have all of Dido's lyrics is here http://128.121.214.69:2882/browse/bands/Dido.html
Also, someone mentioned before about Dido's new song "WORTHLESS" (very good song by the way, the beginning is mostly music).
It say's the song comes from the album "Highbury Fields EP", which just might be her new CD!

Thanks to Oscar for this :)

Dido's album NO ANGEL is #6 on the Billboard Charts,
this is the highest this album has gone and hopefully
it will go all the way to #1. Go here to check it out
http://www.billboard.com/charts/bb200.asp

Thanks to Megami for this :)

Just to let you know, Dido was on this morning's (Feb 7)WPLJ (New York/Hudson
Valley Area) morning show and performed live acousitc versions of "Here With
Me" and "Thank You". It was absolutely breathtaking. They made a small
mention of Roswell.

Thanks to Jessica for this :)

At www.blockbusterawards.com/default.asp?page=index.html there is a poll to
vote for Dido.

Thanks to eM for this :)

There has been mention of Dido on radio stations around Australia as due to
the great exposure of Dido in 'Stan' as it is #2 on the Australian Music
Charts (ARIA).

Her album 'No Angel' has been seen more frequently in Australian music
stores. Her single 'Here With Me' music video has been shown on Channel V
(Foxtel), Rage (VIC), AMV and a few others.

Thanks to JeSs for this :)

was watching E! Entertainment News on Friday (1-2-2001) and Greg Adelson
(newscaster) was talking about Dido and the whole issue with Eminem using
Dido's track in his "Stan" song. He also mentioned how Dido's album became
platinum by the help of her "Here With Me" track (ROSWELL theme song!). She
has so far sold 1.6 million of her albums.

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