Electropop / dance artist Little Boots (real name Victoria Hesketh) has announced her first headlining tour of North America for this Spring. Last year she won the BBC’s Sound of 2009 poll, pretty much ensuring that everyone in Britain would know her name.
Lest you surmise that her voice can’t stand alone without electronic backing, think again: at Suffolk, England’s Latitude Festival last July, she performed an unplugged version (just piano and voice) of “Remedy” for Radio2 presenter Stuart Maconie that totally stunned and blew me away. I wanted to kick myself for missing her late-night set at the Dot to Dot Festival in Nottingham on May 24, 2009 (thanks a lot, Mistress Jetlag). If electropop is your poison and dancing is your “Remedy”, I suggest checking out the promo video for the song below.
Tour Dates:
Mar 03 – Highline Ballroom / New York City
Mar 05 – Venue / Vancouver
Mar 06 – Neumo’s / Seattle
Mar 07 – Hawthorne Theatre / Portland
Mar 09 – Fillmore / San Francisco
Mar 10 – El Rey / Los Angeles
Mar 12 – Glass House / Pomona
Mar 13 – Casbah / San Diego
Apr 18 – Coachella Music Festival / Indio, CA
Apr 22 – Masquerade / Atlanta
Apr 24 – Voyeur / Philadelphia
Apr 30 – Phoenix Theatre / Toronto
May 01 – Metro / Chicago
Little Boots: website | myspace
Photo: Tom Oxley
