Lushington Entertainments is proud to present Duffy -
singer, songwriter and rising star that enchants the world with her
lyrics and soulful voice.
DUFFY will perform her very first Asian Tour at the Singapore
Indoor Stadium in Singapore on Sunday, 22nd March 2009 and at the
AsiaWorld-Arena in Hong Kong on Friday, 20th March 2009.
The Welsh songstress has come a long way from her little known
hometown of Nefyn to dominate global charts with her music. After
her raw talent was picked up by Jeanette Lee of the respected Rough
Trade Record, Duffy was introduced to producer Bernard Butler
(Suede’s ex-guitarist) to record her debut album, Rockferry. The
resulting recordings created a contemporary soul sound, reminiscent
of artistes such as the Supremes, Al Green, Burt Bacharach and
Bettye Swann.
Barely two months after she was contracted to A&M Records,
Duffy was voted second in the annual BBC News Online poll of
industry experts Sound of 2008. Debut single “Rockferry” peaked on
the UK charts at number 45 and paved the way for follow up single
“Mercy”, which catapulted Duffy to the international arena going
straight to number one in the music charts based on digital
downloads alone. Ultimately “Mercy” stayed at the top of the UK
charts for 5 weeks! The next single, “Warwick Avenue” was third on
the singles charts.
The debut album, also entitled “Rockferry”, sold 60,000 copies in
the UK on its first day of release, outselling the rest of the top
10 combined and becoming one of the fastest selling debuts ever.
Global album sales have now surpassed 3 million and the album
reached number 1 in over 11 markets worldwide.
Duffy was the fifth best selling artist worldwide in the first half
of 2008, selling 2.25 million copies. Rockferry has also been in
the top 100 on the Billboards Euro Albums chart for 34 straight
weeks and was residing at the number 10 position as of the end of
October 2008.
At only 24 years of age, Duffy has become the first Welsh female to
achieve a number one pop single in the past 25 years. Critical
accolades have mirrored sales success; Duffy was awarded a 2008 Q
Award for Breakthrough Act and won the 2008 Song of the Year Mojo
Award for “Mercy”. Duffy was also nominated for Album of the Year,
Most Addictive Track for “Mercy”, and New Act for the MTV Europe
Music Awards.
The tickets are between $81 - $171 (after booking fees). And I'm
going... she's got stage presence like few others.
