Kelis Announces London October Gig, Tickets & New Single Details
Friday, 28 May 2010
Written by Stereoboard.com
After a top five smash with 'Acapella', and highly-sought after club shows at The Coronet and G-A-Y, Kelis releases '4th Of July', the next single from her critically-acclaimed album 'Flesh Tone', on you guessed it July 4th.
Following on from 'Acapella's ode to life, motherhood and the Universe, '4th Of July' continues the story ("Nothing I'll ever say or do / will be as good as loving you"). As part of Kelis' own rebirth as an electro-hop goddess, '4th Of July' is produced by DJ Ammo and mixes an R&B soulfulness, techno-dappled electro breaks with a rip-roaring wobbly bass riff.
The video sees Kelis team up with Rankin and Nicole Ehrlich to co-direct another visual masterpiece. Shot in the scorching desert outside of Los Angeles, it promises to be a spectacular array of visual stimulation seeing Kelis play dynamically upon the 4 elements of the universe.
To help realise her futuristic vision for 'Flesh Tone', (her first album in nearly four years), Kelis worked with several influential producers, including David Guetta on 'Acapella', will.i.am (who describes her as "a best kept secret") Free School, Boys Noize, Burns and Benny Benassi. Kelis will be bringing her new neon-daubed dance sound to the UK this summer, with sure-to-be-stellar performances at Glastonbury and The Big Chill as well as a new London date at Shepherd's Bush Empire.
Kelis debuted in 1999 with Kaleidoscope, which featured the ubiquitous MTV/BET hit "Caught Out There." The track entered the U.K. Singles Chart at No. 4 and Kelis went on to win a BRIT award ("International Breakthrough Act"), an NME award ("Best R&B/Soul Act") and a Q award ("Best Music Video" for "Caught Out There"). Over the past 10 years, she has worked with a wide variety of artists, including The Neptunes, Andre 3000, Björk, Enrique Iglesias and Raphael Saadiq. Perhaps best-known for her GRAMMY-nominated, Top 5 smash "Milkshake" and the million-selling ringtone "Bossy," the fashion icon is also a certified chef and a recent graduate of Le Cordon Bleu.
See Kelis live in the UK:
Glastonbury, Worthy Farm, Somerset (June 26)
Big Chill, Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire (August 7)
London, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire (October 1)
Tickets for London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire are onsale now.
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