Bringing together two of the most talented and enduring recording artists in the world from two very different genres can be precarious and exciting in equal measure. But when you consider that Tiësto and Nelly Furtado have always been pushing the boundaries of what pop and dance music can be, it’s no surprise that ‘Who Wants To Be Alone’ is a sultry exercise in assured and life affirming electronic pop music.
Indeed, Nelly and Tijs are no strangers to mixing it up: Take Tiësto’s latest long player ‘Kaleidoscope’: It features collaborations with some of the most credible names in Indie (Kele Okereke from Bloc Party, Emily Haines from Metric) Dance (Calvin Harris), Pop (Tegan and Sara) and Jónsi from Icelandic post rock outfit Sigur Rós. Nelly’s career, meanwhile, has seen her experiment with genres, sounds and languages, from her hip hop roots to her Portuguese language records to her RnB smash ‘Maneater’, all the while evolving into the multi Grammy award winning, multi million album-selling (22 million and counting) and multi talented global super star she is today!
Check out the video exclusive on MySpace for the new single below
Tiësto is a man of “firsts”. He was the first DJ to sell out dates at the Brixton Academy (two nights in a row), Alexandra Palace, the O2 Arena, and in summer 2008 he was the first DJ to headline and sell-out a truly wondrous show at Victoria Park, London to 25,000 fans. He is the only DJ ever to sell out a three-month residency at Privilege in Ibiza last summer, where he played to over 100,000 people and now Tiësto is back in the UK, to perform a series of very special arena shows across England and Wales.
Indeed, add to the list writing and performing music for the 2004 Olympics for an audience over 4 Billion, remixing everyone from Britney Spears to The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, selling out a 150 date world tour, collecting awards and nominations from the Grammy’s and MTV Music Awards, getting a wax statue at Madame Tussauds. To anyone else, any one of these milestones might sound staggering, but to the one-man electronic artist, producer and DJ phenomenon known as Tiësto, it’s just another regular day in the life.
And, if the sell-out shows that took place throughout America earlier this Autumn are anything to go by, the UK leg of the ‘Kaleidoscope’ tour promises to be one of the most extravagant tours that the UK has ever seen, no-holds-barred, off the wall productions hosted by the world’s premiere DJ.
Dates in March 2010
5 Sheffield Arena
6 The Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh
11 O2 Academy Brixton
12 Cardiff International Arena
13 Liverpool Echo Arena
19 O2 Arena Dublin
20 Birmingham LG Arena
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