Desire – new video for single released this week
Performs 5 tracks ‘Live From Abbey Road’ on Channel 4 tonight
Anna Calvi is excited to present the video for Desire, the latest single from her self-titled debut released earlier this year. Directed by Aoife McArdle, the dark chanteuse haunts us once again with stunning visuals and evocative scenes set in flickering lights.
Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Desire is available now on 7” (RUG412) and via digital download (RUG412D), backed with a reworking of Leonard Cohen’s Joan Of Arc. You can stream her virtuosic instrumental b-side here: http://soundcloud.com/
Anna Calvi recently completed a full UK headline NME Radar tour followed by a very successful first tour of the US. Last week she performed at Ray Davies’ Meltdown festival and is currently preparing to play at Glastonbury for the first time this weekend. You can catch Anna live at Latitude (17th July), Field Day (6th August) and at Reading and Leeds (26th & 27th August). Anna’s next full UK tour takes places this October and November with a show at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire on November 1st. Full UK & Irish dates are as follows:
SAT 25-June-11 UK GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL – JOHN PEEL STAGE – 3.30PM
SUN 17-July-11 UK LATITUDE FESTIVAL
SAT 6-Aug-11 UK LONDON FIELD DAY FESTIVAL
FRI 26-Aug-11 UK READING FESTIVAL
SAT 27-Aug-11 UK LEEDS FESTIVAL
SUN 30-Oct-11 UK BRIGHTON CONCORDE 2
MON 31-Oct-11 UK BRISTOL TRINITY
TUE 1-Nov-11 UK LONDON SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE
FRI 4-Nov-11 UK BIRMINGHAM LIBRARY @ HMV INSTITUTE
SAT 5-Nov-11 UK NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS
MON 14-Nov-11 UK MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL
TUE 15-Nov-11 UK GLASGOW ORAN MOR
WED 16-Nov-11 UK LEEDS COCKPIT
SAT 19-Nov-11 IRE DUBLIN VICAR STREET
SUN 20-Nov-11 IRE BELFAST THE EMPIRE
Tickets for all shows can be purchased here:
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle
