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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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Come back!
Plz plz plz come to Copenhagen Denmark again!!!! :-) Loved your concert in 2007 and love the new album! Henrik
All the soulful love
I just love and adore you India! In fact, we played Video for our daughter when we had her "welcome-to-the-world"-gattering. Please, please come to Sweden or Denmark so we can hear you live! Love J
Come to Sweden!
India.Arie, you are an extraordinary woman, please come to Sweden! Love love love
THANK YOU
Thanks for coming to Durham, North Carolina it was an honor just to be in the same space as you were. India you are an inspiration to so many people. I really enjoyed your concert. It was awesome. keep it up. PLEASE DO COME AGAIN!
AWESOME CONCERT!!!!!!!!
I truly believe that God use you to heal people soul. I seen you in Phila. yesterday , India keep doing what you are doing. You have a wonderful mother. May God bless you and your family.
East Coast! East Coast! DC or B-more
I am currently watching and enjoying your performance on Soulstage on VH1 Soul! So I get online to see when you are coming out to the East coast only see that you are not. You have a bunch of fans out here that would love to see you. Come on over! You will be welcomed with love and open hearts! :-) Hope to see you out here one day soon.
Keep it Pushin
I would like to thank you (India) because your words empower all who listen and for the personal exuberance they (your music) added to my life. I am in the military and headed to Afghanistan and I am sure your words will lift my spirits there as they so eloquently do as I am here (in the States). I will be checking your site out to see when and where I have to go to experience you in person (when I return in Nov/Dec). May peace and love follow you all the days of your life :-) Ralph
We Were There - April 19th, Row 3, Center Aisle in Anaheim, CA
I've been blessed to be able to attend my 2nd India Arie concert, The SoulBird Tour. SoulBird is a perfect name for this beautiful young woman. I am inspired and uplifted through the lyrics of her SOULfilled music. My personal testimony is that God and Testimony I kept me from falling apart through a deep valley experience. I know that I am not alone because a friend told me that she played Testimony I in her car for an entire year...nothing else. Her regular passengers knew their favorite tracks by number. Ms. Arie... I'm havin a private party...naked before my mirror! Love, Peace and Blessings to All Dee Dee, age 55
India in concert
I live in Georgia, and would love to see India in concert. It would be great if she could perform in Atlanta.
X-Atlantic Love - London U.K
“There’s nothing you can do or say that’s separate from other people any more,” she (India) observes. I love you! I thank you! Natasha - awaiting U.K tour dates with excitement and patience xXx
Keep Vibrating
You just keep harmoniously vibrating, blessed blood sister + bless up eternally...
You are amazing
Hi India, We saw you at the Paramount last night in Seattle and just had to leave a note to say what a beautiful energy you gave out and how refreshing it is to see an artist doing her thing and letting the show just flow. Your words, music, talent, and soul are such a bright light and inspiration to us. Thank you for doing your concert even though your voice went out earlier that day! You are a trooper -your voice was still as angelic as usual. Thank you so much for sharing your true self with the audience and being so honest. I hope you felt the support and love from your Seattle fans! We've been following you since 'Video' and hope you never stop! Alex & Jeannie - 5th row at the Paramount Theater, 4/4/09 (p.s. - we couldn't think of a better place to spend our 6th year wedding anniversary than hearing you sing last night!)
Portland Show
HI, I just got home from your show in Portland, and wanted to write and say it was awesome!! I have never written comments on any website for artist, or anything for that matter...but wanted to comment on this. It was truly an inspiring show! I know your voice was giving you problems, but that will be the last thing I remember. Your music is so beautiful and you have such a positive energy, it literally brought me to tears! Thank you for staying and singing tonight, it was what I needed to hear in my life right now! I will be buying your new CD (I have only the older one's) and will definitely see you next time you are in town! Keep on doing your thing! Your Grandmother was right!
East Coast - Mid-Atlantic Region
Aren't you coming east??? We love you in PHILLY, NYC, B-more, DC, Atlantic City... I don't see any dates for us on your tour schedule, but we hope you'll add some. BTW...lovin' the new CD. We've got children singing "Ghetto", "Yellow", "Long Goodbye" & "Psalm 23"...and discussing their interpretations of the messages. We'd love for them to see you live.
Glad, but disappointed (:-(
Hey girlfriend, I love your music so much. Your music is like Gospel to me. I calms all storms and situations. I have all your CD's and listen to them daily. Your new album is wonderful. I love "Grains" and "Beautiful Day". Heck the entire CD is awesome. I am glad that you are on tour, but was I have to say that I am disappointed that you are not coming to the ATL. How can you do us like that. I can't afford to fly to another state to see you with the hotel, flight, and other arrangements requirements. Oh well, maybe next time. But I know a lot of fans here are upset because we want to see you as well :- ( Can you please see what you can make happen. Still love you always.
Houston has been added!!! YEAH!!!
So, I just heard that Houston Texas has been added to the tour and I'm too excited. I am searching for tickets but am unable to find them. Will keep checking. I also heard that Laura Izzibor will be with you on your tour. SUPERFANTASTIC!!! She is awesome and just finished a tour with John Legend.
I can't wait to see you!
Tickets Sold Out : (
Can you please come to a few more cities on the northern east coast? I went to buy tickets for my family and I (your music touches several generations in my household) on last Monday and they were sold out within hours (in Birch...VA). I live in MD and was hoping to pick up a show in Philly or DC and I realized there were none. So again I sincerely ask you to please come to a few more cities on the northern east coast my family and I would love to see you live and experience your presence in person?
Europe Tour?
Hi India when are coming to Europe??????? I can't wait to see you in concert :d
Tour
India, can you please come to South Carolina/North Carolina so I can see you? I have all your albums and have yet to see you in concert.
North Carolina
Please please come to North Carolina.
India Concert
Hi,
Glad that U're on the road!! Hope 2 C U in Belgium this year!!
Peace
Marco
I'm so pumped about your new album!!
I'm so proud of India! your music and talent is phenomenal!!! I really hope Kansas City is put on your tour!!!
I second that --please come to Texas
There's a House of Blues in Dallas. You performing there would give me the best reason to actually see a show there.
Please!!?!!
Please Come To Texas
I would love to see India Arie perform again! He concerts are so wonderful and comforting. However, shes not going to Texas... can the tour migrate my way?
I got my tickets!!
I am so happy to be able to see India again! I am in the 2nd row and hope to be able to get a picture with her! Her music is truly a gift from God and I thank God for allowing her music to come into my life.