Angelique Kidjo on Letterman Wed August 1st

Monday July 30, 2007

(New York, NY) International music star/charitable ambassador Angelique Kidjo has been busy! The energetic Kidjo and her band of accomplished musicians have been criss-crossing the globe on tour since February of this year in support of her latest album, DJIN DJIN (pronounced gin gin). On July 7th, Kidjo and company will give a very special performance as part of the 24-hour, 7-continent Live Earth concert event to combat global warming. Angelique will be one of the main performers on the bill at the Johannesburg, South Africa show. Also on the bill will be the soulful Joss Stone; together, Stone and Kidjo will perform their rendition of Gimme Shelter, which appears on DJIN DJIN.

Production is just wrapping on the video of Gimme Shelter featuring Angelique Kidjo with Joss Stone. The video was shot a few weeks ago in lower Manhattan and is directed by Noble Jones (Goo Goo Dolls, Ms. Dynamite, Michael Buble, Seal). Gimme Shelter will be serviced to radio and video outlets later this summer.

Other upcoming highlights in the world of Angelique Kidjo: Beginning in mid-July, she will again open for Josh Groban as sole support on the second leg of his North American tour beginning in mid-July (see below for a full list of tour dates). On Wednesday, August 1st she will perform on CBS The Late Show With David Letterman. Angeliques cover of Little Boxes, the song featured in the opening credits of Showtimes smash hit series, Weeds, will air on the August 20th episode.

Kidjos latest album, DJIN DJIN, was co-released on May 1st by Starbucks Entertainment and Razor & Tie Entertainment and finds Kidjo partnering with such luminaries as Josh Groban, Alicia Keys, Peter Gabriel, Carlos Santana, Joss Stone and Ziggy Marley to create an album which is truly global in scope. The album has received massive coverage from the press. Angelique was recently profiled in The Los Angeles Times; writer Don Heckman called the album, a fertile music tree, spreading in all directions, growing from rich rhythmic soil, while Urban Network stated, The Beninese diva of conscious returns with an album so full of special moments one hardly knows where to begin discussing them Angelique is included in the special Africa issue of Vanity Fair in a full-page feature written by Harry Belafonte, on stands now.

Angelique Kidjo supporting Josh Groban on tour:

JULY
17 Greenville, SC Bi-Lo Center
18 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Bobcats Arena
20 Norfolk, VA Scope Arena
21Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall
24 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena
25 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
27 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless
28 Albany, NY Pepsi Arena
30 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
31 Wilkes-Barre, PA Wachovia Arena

AUGUST
3 Hershey, PA Giant Center
4 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
5 Westhampton Beach, NY Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center*
6 Albany, NY Washington Park Concert Series*
7 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
8 Green Bay, WI Resch Arena
10 St. Paul, MN Xcel Center
12 New York, NY Central Park Summerstage*
14 Edmonton, AB Rexcall Center
15 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
17 Vancouver, BC GM Place
18 Seattle, WA Key Arena
21 Napa, ID The Idaho Center
22 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena
24 Stockton, CA Stockton Arena
25 Anaheim, CA The Honda Center
28 Salt Lake City, UT Delta Center
29 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
31 Omaha, NE Qwest Center

*solo dates without Josh Groban

Baby, I Love You feat. Dianne Reeves	3:10	Angélique Kidjo
Zelie	2:04	Angélique Kidjo
Move On Up feat. John Legend	3:46	Angélique Kidjo
Ae Ae	3:31	Angélique Kidjo

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