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Long Awaited Dido World Tour Begins, Supporting New Album “Still On My Mind”

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Dido’s first world tour in many, many years kicked off in Prague this week.  Supporting her amazing new album, Still On My Mind, this is her first global tour in 15 years.  The tour reaches North America in Chicago in mid-June, and their are opportunities for fans to also buy tickets for a premium experience including meet and greet and an invite to the soundcheck.  It’s been twenty years since Dido’s multi-platinum debut in 1999, No Angel (ultimately selling 21 million copies!).

So this will be an unusually personal concert preview for the Rock Subculture Journal.  I usually keep these to strictly reporting the facts of upcoming shows and tours.  But this is the exception.  I have been a huge, huge Dido fan, and she is one artist who I’ve never had an opportunity to see live in person.

I was always a fan of her work, but it wasn’t until I bought the DVD for Live at Brixton Academy that I came to fully appreciate the genius of her music.  Hearing and seeing the live performance of her work really took it to another level for me, and that became my “go to” DVD that I would always play in the background when working at my home office.  It is just such a joyful work, and always put me in a great mood.

When people have asked me if I could go back in time to see any historic rock ‘n’ roll live show, what would it be… I always say Dido live at Brixton Academy and people look at me like they have no idea what I’m talking about.  But it is the truth.  She’s the one artist I’ve been so excited to see some day, and it will finally happen with this tour!

So this is far and away the tour I’m most excited about for 2019.  Mrs. Rocksubculture (Shelley) and I have plans to turn out for at least three of the shows on this tour.

In any event… you can find all the details about which stop on the tour might be closest for you, as well as soundcheck/meet and greet tickets, on the official site at www.didomusic.com:

Below is the full list of concert dates:

  • May 5 – Praha, Czech Republic – Forum Karlin
  • May 7 – Zurich, Switzerland – Volkshaus
  • May 8 – Milano, Italy – Arcimboldi Theater
  • May 10 – Munchen, Germany – Circus Krone
  • May 11 – Vienna, Austria – Stadhalle
  • May 13 – Frankfurt am Main, Germany – Alte Oper
  • May 15 – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
  • May 16 – Hamburg, Germany – Laieszhalle
  • May 17 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
  • May 19 – Dusseldorf, Germany – Mitsubishi Electric Halle
  • May 20 – Bruxelles, Belgium – Cirque Royal
  • May 21 – Paris, France – Olympia
  • May 26 – Glasgow, UK – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
  • May 27 – Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre
  • May 29 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall
  • May 30 – London, UK – Roundhouse
  • June 13 – Chicago, IL – The Vic
  • June 15 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
  • June 17 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
  • June 19 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
  • June 21 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
  • June 22 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
  • June 25 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
  • June 26 – San Francisco, CA – Masonic
  • June 28 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
  • June 29 – Vancouver, BC – The Orpheum
  • June 30 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo

And these were more recently announced (hence the different formatting!), including Dido’s first Latin American shows:

Oct ’19
31
Teatro Coliseo
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Nov ’19
02
Credicard Hall
São Paulo, Brazil

Nov ’19
03
Km de Vantagens Hall
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Nov ’19
06
Teatro Positivo
Curitiba, Brazil

Nov ’19
08
Km de Vantagens Hall
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Nov ’19
10
Auditorio Nacional
Mexico City, Mexico

Nov ’19
16
Sala Ziemi, MTP
Poznan, Poland

Nov ’19
18
Haus Auensee
Leipzig, Germany

Nov ’19
19
Beethovensaal, Liederhalle
Stuttgart, Germany

Nov ’19
20
Kuppelsaal
Hannover, Germany

Nov ’19
22
La Seine Musicale
Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Nov ’19
23
Lotto Arena
Antwerp, Belgium

Nov ’19
24
AFAS Live
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nov ’19
28
Arena Birmingham
Birmingham, UK

Nov ’19
30
SEC Armadillo
Glasgow, UK

Dec ’19
01
3Arena
Dublin, Ireland

Dec ’19
03
O2 Apollo Manchester
Manchester, UK

Dec ’19
04
Brighton Centre
Brighton, UK

Dec ’19
05
Regent Theatre
Ipswich, UK

Dec ’19
07
Sheffield City Hall
Sheffield, UK

Dec ’19
08
Eventim Apollo
London, UK

Click on the image below for the latest and up to date full Rock Subculture Journal schedule of pop and rock music concerts/tours coming up for review (2019 Rock Subculture Schedule):

Jason DeBord