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3/2/2009
Superstar India.Arie Reveals Soulbird Tour!!
SUPERSTAR INDIA.ARIE GIVES “TESTIMONY” ON HER 2009 SOULBIRD TOUR
NEW DATES ANNOUNCED IN SUPPORT OF TESTIMONY:VOL.2, LOVE & POLITICS
(New York, NY; February 25, 2009) India.Arie kicks off her 2009 Soulbird Tour in support of her new album Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics (Soulbird Music/Universal Republic). A first series of west coast dates have been announced for April, including; April 1st in Berkeley, CA, April 3rd in Portland, OR, April 4th in Seattle, WA, April 5th in Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 15th in Los Angeles, CA, April 18th in San Diego, CA, and April 19th in Anaheim, CA. Tickets in most markets go on sale this week. Additional tour dates to be posted at www.indiaarie.com.
The Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter has been receiving massive critical acclaim and an overwhelming response to her fourth studio album. Testimony Vol. 2 debuted last week at the top of the music charts hitting # 1 on the Billboard Top R&B Chart and locking down the #3 spot on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. The New York Times says, “one of the most determinedly virtuous songwriters in R&B or pop, India.Arie strives to make faith, goodness and positive thinking seductive,” while USA Today writes, “Whether dealing with heartache, reveling in newfound love or pondering the human condition, her songs resound with keen insight and warm passion. It gives her Testimony a ring of truth."
The first two singles from the album are gracing radio playlists nationwide, “Chocolate High,” featuring Musiq Soulchild, was #1 most added song at Urban Ac radio while the pop driven “Therapy” featuring Gramps Morgan, has become the #1 most downloaded song from the album.
India.Arie created a buzz with several appearances on ABC’s Good Morning America in the past few weeks, including a live performance of her new single “Therapy” on the show Tuesday, February 17. An earlier segment that aired February 13th had GMA Anchor Robin Roberts discussing with Arie the making of Testimony Vol. 2, which features a bonus track the duo wrote together – “A Beautiful Day” - as part of ABC Good Morning America’s Ultimate Job Match series. According to the morning anchor, when she got to thinking about how music had gotten her through some of the most difficult periods of her life – one name stood out: India.Arie. The two got together and cobbled verses for the song “A Beautiful Day,” which, according to India.Arie: ‘Helped bring the words from Robin’s soul to life.” The Boston Herald, which praised the new album for its ‘gentle world beat flourishes’ and evoking ‘warm memories,’ cited the new song as a ‘hopeful’ addition to the CD.
India.Arie also appears this month in Target’s “Dream in Color” Campaign and was the featured artist on the fourth installment of VH1’s SoulStage, performing songs from the new album among her other past hits. SoulStage: India.Arie Presented by Infiniti debuted on Tuesday, February 17 on VH1 Soul with encore broadcasts on the music network and is being made available on VH1soul.com which will include additional performances not seen on the original broadcast.
Recently honored with her seventeenth Grammy nomination for her duet with R&B up-and-comer Anthony David for the single “Words,” Arie launched David as the first artist under her new Universal Republic banner, Soulbird Music. Their “Words” is from his debut album Acey Duecy. .
India.Arie emerged onto the music scene in 2001 with her double-platinum debut album Acoustic Soul and subsequently has won a host of awards including 2 Grammys, 4 NAACP Awards, as well as being recognized by BET, Billboard Magazine, MTV, VH1 and Essence Magazine, among others.
With nearly eight million albums sold, India.Arie has established herself as an artist and humanitarian of substance. Praised by both the New York Times and Oprah Winfrey for her steadfast refusal to succumb to female stereotypes that have plagued other female artists, she has also worked steadily throughout her career to champion causes close to her heart. As a UN Ambassador for UNICEF, she has traveled to Africa numerous times to address the AIDS crisis, and is featured in the documentary Tracking The Monster: Ashley Judd & India.Arie confront Aids In Africa. . Her songs have appeared in such films as Sex and the City, The Secret Life of Bees, A Soldier’s Story, Radio, A Shark’s Tale and Diary of a Mad Black Woman, to name a few.
India.Arie will be one of the featured artists appearing on “In Performance at the White House - Celebrating the Music of Stevie Wonder: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize.” The performance program takes place today, February 25 and will showcase an evening of celebration with President and Mrs. Obama at the White House in honor of musician Stevie Wonder’s receipt of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. President Obama will confer the Gershwin Prize upon Wonder during the event. The sixty-minute program, to be taped by WETA Washington, D.C., airs Thursday, February 26, 2009, at 8 p.m. ET on PBS stations nationwide. (Check local listings.)
In March,
India.Arie and her new album will be
featured on Walmart Soundcheck as part of Women
in Music Month
presented by Dove. Exclusive performance footage as well as behind-the
scenes interview will be available http://soundcheck.walmart.com/
2009 SOULBIRD TOUR DATES
April 1st: Zellerbach Hall/ Berkeley, CA
April 3rd: Crystal Ballroom/ Portland, OR
April 4th: Paramount Theatre / Seattle, WA
April 5th: Commodore Ballroom / Vancouver, BC, Canada
April 15th: Club Nokia/ Los Angeles, CA
April 18th: House of Blues/ San Diego, CA
April 19th: The Grove/ Anaheim, CA
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