It’s been one hell of a year for the flame-haired Brixtonite, Elly Jackson and her musical partner Ben Langmaid, whose debut album was only kept off the #1 spot by the King of Pop back in June. It’s currently notching up sales of 250k in addition to over 1.4 million combined single sales in the UK alone.
2009’s achievements have been duly noted as La Roux is nominated for Best Newcomer at the Q Awards 2009, a Breakthrough award at the MTV Woodies and Best New Act & Best Push Artist at this years EMS Awards in Berlin.
The summer has been a resounding success as the La Roux show rolled in and out of every major European festival leaving a barrage of fans and new converts in its wake.
Autumn sees them taking their finely honed slinky, electronic pop show to the further flung climbs. They’ve played Japan & Australia in recent weeks (where the album remains at #2 with 100k+ sales) before they head out to America and back round to Europe later this month
Their sure to be triumphant return to the UK starts on November 12th with a sold out tour and climaxes with 2 shows at Shepherds Bush Empire.
November tour:
12/11 Dublin Academy
13/11 Leeds University Stylus
14/11 Newcastle university
16/11 Glasgow ABC
17/11 Nottingham Rock City
18/11 Birmingham 02 Academy
20/11 Bristol O2 Academy
21/11 Manchester Warehouse
22/11 Norwich UEA
24/11 Southampton Guildhall
25/11 London Shepherds Bush Empire
26/11 London Shepherds Bush Empire
