Dido sets north american 2004 tour dates

NEW YORK (Arista press release) - Arista recording artist Dido has announced her first North American tour dates in three years. As she did in the summer 2001, Dido will again begin her itinerary in Vancouver, this time performing at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on May 17th. The one month headlining tour wraps up at the Pavilion Theatre in Boston on June 19th.

The upcoming tour builds on the success of "Life For Rent" and its first worldwide single, "White Flag," a top 10 hit on Billboard's Adult Top 40 and Modern AC charts. The video for "White Flag," featuring a guest appearance by David Boreanaz (of the WB's "Angel" series) remains active at VH1 after more than five months, making it the longest running video on their current playlist.
In her native England, "Life For Rent" entered the national chart at #1 with the biggest first-day sales of 2003, and the biggest first-week sales of any album since 1997 - going on to become the fastest selling million seller by a female solo artist ever, in just 50 days at retail.
The second single from the new album is "Don't Leave Home," whose video directed by Jake Nava will be shot in Cape Town at the beginning of March.

The biggest selling debut album of all time by a U.K. female, No Angel has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide since its release in 1999, including 4-times platinum in the U.S. "Life For Rent", which reached No4 in the U.S., is already more than half way there, with global sales over at almost 9 million copies in just 5 months.

Dido 2004 North American tour dates:
May 17 Vancouver, B.C. Queen Elizabeth Theatre
May 19 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
May 20 Portland, OR Schnitzer Theatre
May 22 Berkeley, CA Community Theatre
May 23 Berkeley, CA Community Theatre
May 25 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern Theatre
May 29 San Diego, CA Open Air Theatre
May 30 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
June 4 Minneapolis, MN Northrop Theatre
June 5 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
June 6 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
June 8 Toronto, Ont. Hummingbird Theatre
June 9 Toronto, Ont. Hummingbird Theatre
June 11 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre
June 12 Washington, DC Constitution Hall
June 13 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
June 14 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
June 19 Boston, MA Pavilion Theatre