Daily Tune On - Duffy To Tour With Coldplay
I read that new British sensation singer/songwriter Duffy will be touring with Coldplay for six shows this coming fall. If you don’t know who she is you would recognize her hit single, “Mercy.” “I’m beggin’ you for mercy….” It’s funny because one day she was an unknown and you thought you made this wonderful discovery and then two weeks later you were hearing her and seeing her everywhere and realized that not just you but the world had all suddenly discovered her. I think the music supervisors in LA thought this too, that they had found this well kept secret that was about to burst and licensed her song “Mercy” for their TV show. I can’t imagine how surprised they were to hear it being played on three or four other shows including “ER”, “Smallville”, “Women’s Murder Club”, the season finale of “Grey’s Anatomy”, and also the soundtrack for the movie “Sex and the City.” And this all happened within weeks of each other or at least it seemed that way. I know I was shocked because I couldn’t believe the news had spread so quickly. I too had thought I had been turned on to a new little known talent.
Duffy’s debut album, “Rockferry”, was released on 3/3/08. Her hit single “Mercy” a week earlier in February, and by this summer the album was a multi platinum seller. With a number of other worthy songs besides the title track of the album, such as “Warwick Avenue” and “Sleeping Stone,” I think the CD is worth a purchase. Duffy is a singer almost reminiscent of a 60’s throwback. She is sexy, soulful, and talented. Born in Wales as Aimee Anne Duffy, she is the first Welsh female to achieve a number one pop single in the past 25 years. She is also a twin, just in case you can’t get enough of her.
Duffy is touring and will be playing The Orpheum in LA on October 10th and Webster Hall in NYC on October 10th. These shows are not with Coldplay. Her tour with Coldplay includes Cleveland, Baltimore, DC, East Rutherford, Boston, and Philadelphia. To learn more about Duffy and to see some of her videos from her debut album “Rockferry,” check out her official website. I’ve included the link below. I’ve also included a YouTube video to my favorite Coldplay song, “The Scientist.” My indulgence. ☺
http://www.iamduffy.com/index2.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Kd7IGPyeg
October 1st, 2008 at 3:24 pm
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April 5th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
And the night over London rang…
The album has, to date, been the number-one-selling album in 36 countries. In the United States, it sold 316,000 discs in its first day, and 720,000 in its first week. In the UK, the album sold 302,074 discs in three days, debuting at number one….
April 9th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Rockferry - Duffy…
The disc art and video for the title track were captured on and around the Ffestiniog railway station in Porthmadog, which was renamed ‘Rockferry’ after for the occasion….