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Dido
Dec. 25, 1971
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Artistfacts:
| Her full name is Dido Armstrong. She is named after an African Warrior queen. Her birth name is Florian Cloud De Bounevialle Armstrong. (thanks, Megan - Dunedin, New Zealand) |
| Her brother Rollo helped produce her first album. She used to sing in his band, Faithless. |
| She performed on the last Lillith Fair tour. |
| She was signed to Arista Records by Clive Davis, who is known for discovering Whitney Houston, Santana, and many others. |
| She grew up without a TV. |
| A lawyer named Bob Page is her husband. Some of the songs on her No Angel album are about him. |
| Before she became a headliner in the US, she opened shows for The Barenaked Ladies and Sting. |
| Dido said that she can't make a proper cup of tea. At one of her concerts in 2003, someone came up on stage carrying a teapot, milk, sugar, and teacups on a tray. (thanks, Jamie - Alameda, CA) |
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Comments:
| How in the world did she get the name Dido from Florian Cloud De Bounevialle? - Annabelle, Eugene, OR |
| 9_9 Apparently Will from Mission, TX has his libido where his brain should be. Let me guess, you're, oh, 12? - Melissa, Happy Place, KS |
| I love Dido, but I think she ran out of steam on "Life for Rent". Her debut album was far better. - lexie, st. louis, MO |
| didos the biggest selling female artist in the u.k. - marlow, perth, Australia |
| Dido is uncredited on 'Stan' - Scott Evans, Bradford, Finland |
| she was sooo blessed to be reconized by eminem to be in his song stan thank you i love you dido
hailie-j-12 - haley, cleveland, OH |
| She didn't have a TV because her mother wouldn't allow it. However, Dido revealed on Graham Norton that her father had bought a portable TV, which was secretly kept upstairs away from her mother! - Tom, Trowbridge, England |
| Clive Davis did not "discover" Santana. He did offer Santana a chance to resurect his career years later. But he did not discover Santana. - Matthew, New York, NY |
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