Norwegian rock sensation Ida Maria is back in the UK in February for five concerts, following the release of her debut single ‘Oh My God’ in October 2007.
Q Magazine has already fallen in love with Ida and describes the artist and her tune as “The Strokes fronted by Bjork – that’ll give you some idea of the itchy, tick-tock energy that fizzes through Ida Maria’s debut single Oh My God. The Norwegian born singer describes it as "a song to have a panic attack to - like a desperate shout.” That description tells you much about Ida Maria’s hyperactive, full-tilt approach: she once went so crazy on stage she cracked her ribs. Another time she head-butted a guitar and sustained a gushing head wound. A Norah Jones-style shrinking violet she is not.”
Ida Maria moved to Bergen on the southwest coast of Norway at the age 16, where she played many solo gigs with her guitar and bass. She later moved to Uppsala, Sweden, where she “pretended to study” whilst forming a band with three other musicians and eventually running her own record label Nesna Records. Ida Maria hit the headlines in 2006 in Norway when she won national radio station NRK P3’s talent competition ‘Urørt’ (Untouched). Now aged 23 she says “I am a bit eerie, I guess I am a bit like a cloud in that way. Floating in space. I am a weirdo, but in my "older" days I’ve become better and better at communicating with the outside world.”
The Norwegian musician will be performing five concerts in the UK in February, three of the concerts supporting the British band Young Knives.
UK TOUR:
7 February at 8pm
Club Fandango at 229 club, London
Tickets: £6 / £5 with flyer
13 February at 7pm
Boarderline, London
Tickets: £6 Advance
26 February at 8pm
London Astoria, London
Supporting Young Knives
27 February at 8pm
Manchester Academy
Tickets: £11.50 Advance
Supporting Young Knives
28 February at 7.30pm
Glasgow Classic Grand
Tickets £11.60
Supporting Young Knives