LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Virgin Records/
Corinne Bailey Rae Official Website) - Good Groove / Virgin Records will now release Closer from Corinne Bailey Rae's hugely acclaimed new album The Sea, as a single on August 2nd.
With a specially shot video from LA featuring disco-balls, rollerskates and dancers specially choreographed by Frank Gatson renowned for his work with Beyonce, Closer is a slow-jam funk-soul piece of magic, with a nod to the R&B dancefloor, demonstrating yet another side to
Corinne Bailey Rae - sultry, seductive and sensual.
Corinne has recently returned from Washington DC where she was specially invited by Sir Paul McCartney to perform at the White House as he received the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from President Obama.
She sang Blackbird with Herbie Hancock and Hey Jude alongside Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello, Jack White, Dave Grohl and Emmylou Harris. This follows on from her sold-out North American tour.
She also played at both Glastonbury Festival and Hard Rock Calling over the weekend with a string of UK and European dates lined up before heading to the Far East. Corinne then returns to the US for performances with the Lilith Fair touring bill and as the Very Special Guest on Norah Jones' tour.
Tour dates as follows:
July
2nd - Belgium, Rock Werchter
3rd - Paris, The Cigalle
9th - Rotterdam, North Sea Jazz Festival
11th - Scotland, T In The Park Festival
14th - Locarno, Switzerland, Moon & Stars with Jamiroquai
16th - London, Somerset House
17th - Latitude Festival, Obelisk Stage
21st - Barcelona, The Teatre Grec
22nd - Madrid, Lope De Vega Theatre
24th - Cascais, Portugal, Cool Jazz
28th - Singapore, Esplanade Theatre
30th / 31st - Japan, Fuji Rock
August
1st - Korea, Valley Rocks Festival
6th - New York NY, Governors Island
7th - Richmond VA, Kawanah Plaza
6th - Atlanta GA, Aarons Amphitheater *
10th - West Palm Beach FL, Cruzan *
11th - Tampa FL, Ford Amphitheatre *
12th - Birmingham AL, Verizon Wireless Music Center *
14th - Austin, TX, venue TBA *
15th - Houston TX, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *
16th - Dallas TX, Superpages Center *
19th - Morrison CO, Red Rocks **
20th - Salt Lake City UT, Red Butte Gardens **
22nd - Las Vegas NV, The Pearl @ The Palms **
24th - Santa Barbara CA, The Bowl **
25th - Las Vegas CA, Greek Theatre **
27th - Berkeley CA, The Greek**
* - Lilith Fair Tour
** - with Norah Jones
