Dido
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London, United Kingdom (1971 – present)
Dido was born in London, UK on Christmas day; she was christened Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O’Malley Armstrong. She lived with her poet mother and publisher father in London.
One day she looked up the story of her first name. “I thought it was strange that I was called after a woman who killed herself in ancient literature. It’s great for me now but there’s no denying that I hated it. That was just another thing that made me stand out.”
Young Dido enjoyed reading and playing tennis against the garden wall; when she was just 6, she was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music in London. By 10 she could play the piano, violin and recorder.
Some of her teenage years were spent touring the UK with a Classical Ensemble and waitressing at Cafe Flo in Islington. She left school to pay her way through university, and eventually enrolled as a law student at Birkbeck University.
At 16 she became enthralled with the music of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald and her brother’s music collection.
Her brother, Rollo, plays in the group Faithless and she featured on the group’s five million selling debut album Reverence in 1995 on the tracks
Flowerstand Man which she co-wrote and Salva Mea. Dido later featured on another Faithless album Sunday 8PM in 1998 on the tracks Postcards and Hem of His Garment which she co-wrote.
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No Angel
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Life for Rent
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Safe Trip Home
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One Step Too Far
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Thank You
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Hunter
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Sand in My Shoes
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Don't Leave Home
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Don't Believe In Love
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Don't Think of Me
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All You Want
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My Lover's Gone
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I'm No Angel
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Stoned
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Honestly Ok
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Isobel
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Shoutbox
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secretnumber wrote:
'my life' is just amazing! [2]
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alex_sunny wrote:
She is great <3
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infectedmodes wrote:
► We Love British Bands
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deathless87 wrote:
'my life' is just amazing!
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joaizn wrote:
thank you by thank you
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TiPan wrote:
Bons tempos!
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pepsiiii wrote:
in love with her "life for rent" album amazing artist :) (L)
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Blaz3_GeniuS wrote:
white flaaaag
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Mrburnier wrote:
Life for Rent <3
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Lucifer-AngeL wrote:
amazing singer !! "white flag" rocks \m/
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KiDTom wrote:
vote for new pics ;-)
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Samurai_eyes wrote:
Thank You Dido...
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DimaSmirnov wrote:
no angel <3
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Al_Sadokova wrote:
no angel <3
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secretnumber wrote:
STH is a very solid album. It shouldn't flop but on the other hand it doesn't stand next to her previous masterpieces.
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fabianopcampos wrote:
Quiet Times I love it =D
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chocobooo wrote:
STH is fabulous I don't understand the fact it flopped :(
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Taxikar wrote:
Hope it will be at least as good as STH
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boskijaro wrote:
can't wait for it too
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ZJ345 wrote:
Yes, the one coming out next year.
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News
"This will be a really fun record to tour"
14 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/dido
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A catch up with Dido, part 2
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A catch-up with Dido, part 1
7 Oct 2009 | from www.didomusic.com/gb/
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Recent Activity
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killerzeli, pammalou, Kanarkowa2 and 4 other people added Dido to their libraries. 7 minutes ago
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RoloToledo tagged Dido with singer-songwriter and female vocalists. 2 hours ago
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elliottsb, AceHansen, Rikiala and 40 other people added Dido to their libraries. 2 hours ago
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CatFreeeek tagged Dido with beautiful music, chillout, alternative and 4 other tags. 16 hours ago
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sherwood79762, carolbloomfield, Sheisabrunette and 9 other people added Dido to their libraries. 17 hours ago
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nman860 tagged Dido with ‘pop’. yesterday evening
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gelypotter, akhil1980, tamer8 and 25 other people added Dido to their libraries. yesterday evening
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_FiSH_ wrote about Dido – Live at Brixton Academy in Song of the Moment. Friday evening
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MRKILLINGJOKE created the wiki page for Dido Live. July 2009
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MRKILLINGJOKE created the wiki page for Live at Brixton Academy. July 2009
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