Dido Update: "IF I RISE" MUSIC VIDEO RELEASED

Dido & A.R Rahman Singing in their new music video "If I Rise"

It's Officially confirmed, Dido and A.R Rahman have just released the music video of their song "If I rise" just a couple of minutes ago. Fox News had this :

"...Being trapped in a canyon has never looked so sumptuous.

Out of the six nominations 127 HOURS received for the 2011 Academy Awards, two went to composer AR Rahman--one for Best Score, and one for Best Song. We've just released the video for the song in question, "If I Rise", which features lavishly understated vocals from none other than British adult contemporary superstar Dido. It's actually quite good, the sparse instrumentation lulls and flows around Dido's cooing voice, and you barely even remember that you're listening to a soundtrack to a movie in which the protagonist hacks his arm off with a penknife. If that's not success, then we don't know what is...."

Here is the Official music video:

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• What an interesting event that's coming soon, when is it going to occur? It's going to be occurring on the 18th of April 2009.
  
• Why am I talking about this so early? I know it's a month and a few days from now but it's better to remind everyone about this event.
• Where will it be held? It will be held online. This is more like a virtual event, so everyone will have to come online to view my blog. 
• Are you excited about this event? Of course I am, if not then why would I be posting this advertisment here?

If you have any questions you would like to ask about this event please comment bellow. The comment box is yours!

The Sims 3 MUSIC?

YES you can now listen to it on my own blog. This is available at Target. Enjoy!

Dido - White Flag (European Awards)

Here is a little something for everyone to watch. If you're a fan of Dido then you will Enjoy this video!

DIDO SURPRISE:

Here comes the surprise. This song is from Dido's Album "Safe Trip Home". It's a remix of "Northern Skies". It's made by Rollo Armstrong and Dido Armstrong. That's what I've been told about from one of my sources.




Lyrics:
Not really but if you want it you can find it here


HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Bonus Music from Dido's new album

Dido - Summer



Lyrics:

We can make it rain again I feel like I belong
let’s make it cold again ____ and it’s wrong
we can put the outdoor chess back in and lock the door
go back to walking all heads down and put our colds back home
the summer has come too soon
now I’m still missing you

We can stay at home and draw the blinds in light of fire
and pull the covers high and go to sleep early for hours
don’t wanna be too hard and there’s no way to cool down
don’t wanna sit outside all night or even leave the house
the summer has come too soon
and I’m still missing you

Don’t wanna sit and drink in parks and watch the sun go down
don’t wanna put me feet in water, lie back in the grass
I don’t wanna watch the planes go by, hold anybody’s hand
the summer hass come too soon
and I can’t come back to you

The summer has come to soon
now I’m still missing you

If the summer goes down stop reminding me how
if we ever had the choice I don’t mind now
If the summer goes down stop reminding me how
if we ever had the choice I don’t mind now
I don’t mind now

Dido - For one Day



Lyrics:

If I had the chance for just one more day with you
I’m day released from here and all that you’ve gone through
well I get you dressed and I get you out
And I know you’ll be fine soon as we broke out

So please just for one day
I wouldn’t talk for you, you tell me what to say
you show me what to do
and please just for one day
I see you walk again and we go hand in hand
so far we can go back

And I do anything I could do for this one more day with you
away from all these wise … stuck on you
and I will buy you ______
and we talk of old friends and of what can I pray
you’ve asked me who you need to kill to make it ok again
but laughing about it make it small anyway

So please just for one day I wouldn’t guess for you
you tell me what you felt and what you want to do
and please just for one day I wouldn’t hide from you
you wouldn’t see me try ______ for me

So please just for one day I wouldn’t talk for you
you tell me what to say, you show me what to do
and please just for one day I see you walk again
and we go hand in hand so far we can go back

And I will cry for you so please just for one day
cause I will ______ I wouldn’t talk for you
I have this day with you and I won’t cry for you
and I will try for you and I will talk for you

hmmmmm hmmmmm hmmmmm
hmmmmm hmmmmm hmmmmm


Bonus Surprise located on next post!

Dido Performing "Don't Believe in Love" On Jay Leno's Show

Dido Live On Regis & Kelly

DON'T BELIEVE IN LOVE - DIDO

YES IT IS NOW AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE :D

New Dido Music Found

If you go on Dido's Myspace page and you listen to her music, you have a choice of albums to listen to. I would highly recommend listening to the 2nd album It's called "Dance Vault Mixes - Sand In My Shoes". It's available here.
Also did you know that you can listen to most of her songs on MySpace & YouTube!

DIDO NEWS: Interview on TV & So on

Hello again. Several new interviews with Dido have appeared online over the last few days, which we thought you folks might like to check out. Click on the links below to read them...

- BBC News (UK)
- Herald Sun (Australia)
- Sky News (UK)

That last one also features a video chat with Dido.

Note: One of the links may have stopped working so I cannot fix it. Don't ask me why that happened!

DIDO UPDATE - Latest News:

Yes Dido has finally released her first single "Don't Believe In Love". It is now available worldwide EXCEPT Dubai. Don't ask why it's not out in Dubai. It's complicated. But in other news here's what she quoted from her site:

"Dido's new single, Don't Believe In Love, is out today. If you'd like to buy the CD single, click here to get it from HMV.com for £1.99 (with free delivery). Or, if you'd like to download it from iTunes, click here."

Any more questions? Comment on this Post!

DIDO UPDATE: NEW SONG FOUND

Dido's Lithuanian Fan Site has just revealed a new song. This time it's the full version of "Let's do the things we normally do". Video revealed bellow. Lyrics coming up next!




Also you can now hear the following tracks:
You can hear in full length following tracks:

Don't Believe In Love
Let's Do the Things We Normally Do
Us 2 Little God
Look No Further!

Dido on a German Radio Station

Dido was a guest on German radio station Bayern 3 this week. Click here to listen to her interview (which she gave in English) on the station's website now.

The picture was taken from her site :)

DIDO 2ND CONTEST

OMG Yes It's true again. Now this time I will try harder to WIN this contest. More info on Dido's site. Here's what she quoted from her site:

"Following last week's special playback event in the UK, we can reveal that Dido is hosting another Safe Trip Home listening party, in the US on November 15th.

If you live in the US and you'd like to win a trip to the party (including flights and accommodation) then click here to enter the contest, before October 31st."

XTR & I are going to try and win this contest. Unfortunately Mario couldn't attend because of his exam. Wish we can ALL win.
Inshallah We'll try our best to WIN her contest :D

Ask Dido: Part 2

The following has been taken from Dido's site:

"Are you afraid about coming back to your career? Because you were absent for years!!
Mohammed Kaaki, Lebanon
Dido replies: I've certainly never left my career! My life is music and it is part of my every day. I've been really enjoying touring and then making music in the studio these last few years. Learning new instruments, writing more and more, learning about every aspect of music that I can question and doing a lot of home recording! But yes, it is always a challenge for me to then bring the music into the public domain. That has never changed for me. When I write I forget that anything will be heard by anyone. It's such a personal and insular experience between me and the song and the music. So it will take me a bit of adjustment to not feel awkward about the other stuff.


Hi Dido my question is how can you describe your new album to fans who have only heard your singles up to now?
Jamie Daborn
Dido replies: It's not really up to me to describe it. I just pour everything into it and then leave that to other people when they listen. I wlll never know what people hear when they listen to it. I can only go on what I love. But the few things I can tell you are that it is still all about the song. That is what I love about making music. And this time round I decided to reference what I love about electronic music but try and make every sound with non-programmed instruments. For me, that gives it a warmth and dynamic as every keyboard sound, beat, blip, whatever is played by me or my friends. It leaves many surprises in there for the repeat listener.

If I wanted a keyboard sound we would create it with bells, orchestras, old modular synths, marimbas, glass harmonicas, old pianos, playing percussion on guitars, wind instruments, anything! If we wanted a drum loop I would go to the source and managed to work with some of the best drummers in the world (the ones we would have sampled before...). If I wanted reverb on my vocal I would climb into the reverb chamber and sing the whole song again underneath. It obviously took a little time to get the right sound sometimes but it was so much fun and totally worth it in my opinion as it creates a depth and warmth that means I'm still hearing things in the tracks I haven't heard before (and I've heard them a lot...)."

Dido Update: safetriphome.com?

OK there were some people on Dido's forum saying that someone made a site called www.safetriphome.com and it says that it's coming soon. But you can click to view the trailers :) which are posted down here :) Warning Spoilers are revealed:



Mother Lay-By - Dido



Don't Believe in Love - Dido



Us 2 little God (I think she's saying that God is better than us which is True) - Dido



It Come's and Goes - Dido

That's all for now people!

Some Pictures From Dido's Contest:

The Exit :S


The seating area for the fans.... Ya Salam!



The fans who won (unfortunately I didn't win)

The driveway to the contest :)

The house which the contest was held at.
I'm not sure if that's Dido's house

A roaring fire. Look at the pictures above the fireplace ;)


These are the pictures from Dido's concert. They were ALL taken from Dido's Site!

More updates soon!

Announcement:

The contest about meeting Dido and getting a chance to listen to her new album before it's released will begin tomorrow around 9:00Pm Dubai Time, that's about Noon in the secret location in London and they said the following:
"As you know, Dido is hosting a special advance playback for Safe Trip Home tomorrow afternoon at a secret UK location.

We're going along and we're planning to post photos and updates from the event as it happens, direct to the site. We say "planning" because apparently there isn't much of a phone signal (and certainly no wi-fi), so getting online might be a little tricky. But we're confident we'll be able to post something.

Tune in to the site from about 3pm tomorrow afternoon to (hopefully) join in the fun."

I will be posting ALL the updates during the show if I have no work due for the next day ;)

Dido - Sand In My Shoes (Live at Good Morning America)

I really wish I went to this concert :) but I didn't :(