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 Dido (singer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dido is partly of French descent; her mother, Claire, is a French poet and her father is British book publisher William Armstrong.
Dido is a huge football fan, and supports Arsenal FC; Ray Parlour is one of her favorite players.
Dido got her start in music with her stolen recorder when she was 5.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dido_Armstrong   (825 words)

  
 Dido, Greek Mythology Link.
Dido met Aeneas for the first time as she arrived to the temple of Hera where Aeneas and his comrades had come.
Dido then instructed her sister to build up a funeral pyre and lay on it Aeneas' arms, along with all his relics and the bed where they had lain together.
For, it is explained, as Dido was dying neither a natural death nor through the violence of others, but instead was driven by a crazed impulse, Persephone had not yet clipped the golden tress from her head.
homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Dido.html   (3397 words)

  
 Dido Biography | Bio | Armstrong | Eminem | No Angel | White Flag | Life For Rent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
When Dido was five years old she stole a recorder (a flute-like instrument) from school.
Dido didn't end up behind bars, but a year later her recorder practice helped land her a spot at the Guildhall School of Music in London, England.
Dido was quite a musician - she played the piano, violin, and of course the recorder, by the time she was 10.
www.kidzworld.com /site/p762.htm   (385 words)

  
 Dido - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Dido   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
According to Carthaginian tradition, Dido committed suicide to avoid a marriage, but in the Latin epic Aeneid, Virgil places her 300 years earlier, attributing the suicide to her desertion by Aeneas at the fall of Troy (traditionally 1184
In the Carthaginian version, Pygmalion succeeded their father, Belus, and promptly murdered Dido's husband Acerbus (or Sychaeus).
She entered the Guildhall School of Music in London, where she learned to play piano and violin, at the age of six, and travelled during her teen years with a classical ensemble.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Dido   (416 words)

  
 Dido
Dido was born on December 25, 1971, in London, England.
But, Dido still found a form of entertainment in music, as did her brother Rollo, who is presently the lead singer in the popular British trip-hop band, Faithless.
Dido kept busy teaching herself how to play the recorder (a kind of flute), which led to her acceptance into the prestigious Guildhall School of Music in London at age 6.
www.eminem.net /dido   (490 words)

  
 Lilith Fair: Artists: Dido
Dido was five when she stole her first recorder.
So began a passion that eventually led dido from listener to participator: she started singing with various bands in and around London, and despite the fact that her brother, Rollo, told her not to give up her day job, she eventually appeared on the debut album of a band that Rollo formed in 1995.
Over the next two years, dido toured with Faithless (a very different experience from her classical days) and, whenever she was back in London, also recorded demos of her own songs.
lilithfair.com /artists/dido   (281 words)

  
 Dido
Dido then cut the hide into tiny strips, and with the strips surrounded a large area of land, which she called Byrsa, naming it from the hide of the bull (Bell, 164).
Dido is described not only as beautiful, but she is also described as an active and fair queen, giving "orders and laws to men" and giving labor in "equal parts, or determined by lot." Under Dido's rule, Carthage flourished.
Dido the leader and the Trojan arrive at the same cave: and both primal Earth and Juno as the maid of honor give the signal; fires flash and heaven is a witness to the wedding, and nymphs wail from the summit of the cliff.
www.stanford.edu /~plomio/dido.html   (1728 words)

  
 The Rollo Cheeky Standard: Dido
Dido is also scheduled to perform on the Conan O'Brien show on NBC on April 28 and on the Donnie and Marie show on June 1.
Cheeky Records, her label in the U.K., or at Arista Records, her label in the U.S. Dido is on tour in U.S from February 12 to March 2, 2000, with some in-store and TV appearances.
Dido's interaction with the band, her relaxed posture and body language, drew in the crowd to actually listen to the words, the story being told.
www.mit.edu /people/mattski/Rollo/dido.html   (2196 words)

  
 Dido - Texas Ghost Town
Dido was founded in the mid-1800s near Fort Worth.
The railroad was built through Saginaw, instead of Dido, and the town's population began to dwindle.
There are several house near Dido and on the lake, but its no longer a proper city (the remains of the post office include an old buggy wheel).
www.ghosttowns.com /states/tx/dido.html   (139 words)

  
 Rock On The Net: Dido
Dido's history with music came early while growing up in London with studying at the Guildhall School of Music in London and playing numerous instruments by the time she turned 10 years of age.
Dido's musical success would eventually grow as one of her songs is used as the theme song for the WB TV show
Dido toured North America during the summer and will begin work on her next LP later in the year.
www.rockonthenet.com /artists-d/dido.htm   (839 words)

  
 Rollo's Biography
Dido entered London's Guildhall School of Music at age six, and by the time she reached her teens had already mastered piano, violin and recorder.
As the group's 1996 debut album "Reverence" went on to sell some five million copies worldwide, Dido began working on solo material, developing a lushly ethereal sound combining elements of acoustic pop and electronica; signing with Arista, she released her debut CD "No Angel" in mid-1999.
Her teenage years were an interesting mixture of stealing her brother's record collection (from the clash to Gregory Isaacs to Duran Duran) and touring the UK with her classical music ensemble.
www.euronet.nl /~marbak/rollo/didobio.htm   (387 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Life for Rent [Enhanced]: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Dido writes from the heart, sharing her personal life with her audience, so Life for Rent tells the tales of her life away from the recording studio, in particular her public break-up with her long-term boyfriend and all the apparent mess that ensued.
Dido does just that, which is why plenty of people are happy to let her live rent-free in their heads (and I am one of them!).
Dido has always been a bluey popy singer even thoe her song have never got to number one both her albums have.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AJ595   (1070 words)

  
 Dido - Dido Pictures - Dido Pics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Dido: My parents gave it to me. Dido was the queen of Carthage in Latin literature.
Dido -- rhymes with Fido, the name she'd give her dog if she had one -- studied piano and recorder as a lass at London's Guildhall School of Music.
Dido first tasted singing success as a backup vocalist for Faithless, her brother Rollo's multi-platinum band.
www.playboy.com /arts-entertainment/wov/dido   (408 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Dido pictures
Comparisons to Sarah McLachlan are inevitable, but Dido's brother influenced her to have a much more urban sound.
Though Janine ranks high as a sex symbol, Dido's subdued character puts her closer to "boring" than "sex bomb." Sorry Dido, but we are more likely to have your CD than your poster in our room.
Dido didn't elicit too much mania from our voting panel (though a few of our upcoming selections certainly did), except for comments about her need to go to the gym more often.
www.askmen.com /women/singer_60/68b_dido.html   (556 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Life for Rent: Music: Dido   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Dido's first album captured my ears, I've seen her in concert three times, and have an autographed poster of her up in my room for the past years.
Dido co-writes all of her song but this one is special because she wrote it by herself.
Dido has NOT been a disappointment and has definitely kept my attention with this CD as much as, and possibly more than, her first.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000089RVR?v=glance   (1979 words)

  
 Dido Texas.
The earliest grave in the Dido cemetery is that of one-year-old infant Amanda Thurmond (1878-1879) granddaughter of an early settler.
Nowadays Dido is maintained year round so we mainly just meet to conduct business and have food and fellowship.
I did find the town of Dido which is pronounced with a long I sound, and There is a little bit of new construction going on there, with a new subdivision being built right by the cemetery.
www.texasescapes.com /TexasGhostTowns/DidoTexas/DidoTexas.htm   (1139 words)

  
 Amazon.com: No Angel: Music: Dido   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Dido's debut is molded from Sarah McLachlan's intimate soul, Sinéad O'Connor's Celtic yelp, and Beth Orton's morose resolve--with all the sharp edges rounded out.
Dido also never really oversings but shows her vocal range all the same.
I don't think Dido is quite on that level, at least not yet, but in her cool, ethereal way she does offer a unique take on some of the same themes of love, loss and loneliness that Nyro addressed almost 40 years ago now.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000IAU3?v=glance   (1705 words)

  
 Dido's Passion
At times, Dido resembles Euripides' Medea, threatening to dismember her Trojan lover Aeneas, to sacrifice Aeneas' young son Ascanius, and to burn the Trojans in their ships if they try to leave.
In Heroides, Dido writes a suicide note to Aeneas, trying to hurt him as much through her death as he has by leaving her.
Torn between love and hate for Aeneas, "truest Dido" kills herself in a deadly variation on the desire that first drew her to him.
www.amrep.org /articles/3_2b/passion.html   (1289 words)

  
 Dido Armstrong at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong (born December 25, 1971 in London) is a British pop singer who goes by the stage name Dido.
She is best known for her 2001 hit song "Thank You", which was used by the rapper Eminem as the basis for one of his own hit singles, "Stan".
Named after the Greek mythological character, Dido was educated at Thornhill Primary, City of London Girls', and Westminster Schools.
www.wiki.tatet.com /Dido_Armstrong.html   (283 words)

  
 Dido News
Dido - Life for Rent Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Life For Rent doesn't offer anything that drastically different from Dido 's debut album, No Angel -- the dance beats are marginally fresher, the...
Electronic pop chanteuse Dido entered London's Guildhall School of Music at age six, and by the time she reached her teens had already mastered piano, violin, and recorder.
Dido has become one of my favorite singers on the strength of her two albums, No Angel and Life for Rent, which showcase her beautiful, distinctive voice along with her talent for writing interesting and...
www.topix.net /who/dido   (675 words)

  
 AENEAS' FAREWELL TO DIDO
When Virgil has Aeneas ask Dido "was the message true that you pursued desperate measures with a sword?" (6.456-457) within three lines of the more pointed allusion to the Catullan passage, he suggests that the context of that passage must be brought to bear on his own.
Dido does not return from the underworld, and her reunion with Aeneas there is a bitter reaffirmation of the alienation that is her fate."[12]
Rauk is surely correct to call attention to the contrast between Dido and Alcestis, rightly drawing the conclusion that by virtue of the cutting of the lock, Dido is prefigured by Alcestis.
www.chass.utoronto.ca /~phoenix/contents_indices/Smith.html   (3035 words)

  
 DidoZone - The Unofficial Resource For The Latest Dido News And Media
Dido's official web site has been updated with news of Dido's third album - Dido is currently in America writing songs, but there are no finished recordings, no definite titles and no firm release dates as yet.
Dido has been working on tracks for the new album in America for a few months, and made an appearance at Clive Davies' pre-Grammy awards party in America in late January.
Dido will be performing at the forthcoming Make Poverty History Live 8 concert in London, showing her support for the campaign, which hopes to put an end to poverty in countries such as Africa, by dropping the debt and providing aid.
www.ukbritney.net /dido   (971 words)

  
 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - DIDO
DIDO was a nuclear reactor at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom.
It used enriched uranium metal fuel, and heavy water as both neutron moderator and primary coolant.
DIDO was designed to have a high neutron flux, largely to reduce the time required for testing of materials intended for use in nuclear power reactors.
fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/DIDO   (152 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: No Angel: UK Edition [Enhanced]: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Dido's debut is moulded from Sarah McLachlan's intimate soul, Sinead O'Connor's Celtic yelp and Beth Orton's morose resolve--with all the sharp edges rounded out.
I had heard a few Dido songs before and thought her stuff was pretty good but I just bought the album on the off chance.
Some people have said they think Dido's music is bland but I interpret the mood of this music as ethereal and simply beautiful (dare I say sensuous and romantic) not bland.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000056ULS   (1277 words)

  
 DIDO
DIDO: Best known for her role on Eminem's chart-topping single Stan, British singer and songwriter Dido should emerge from the U.S. rapper's shadow in 2001.
You can also watch a webcast of Dido on Entertaindom, while her official site can be found here.
Dido is currently touring the US to promote her debut album No Angel which has already sold 233,000 copies.
litefoot1969.bravepages.com /roswell/news/cast_dido.htm   (1606 words)

  
 Dido European Tour 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Dido of course realised that the sound had gone but only had to look over and see calm faces in the wings to feel reassured that it wasn’t a big drama.
Dido ‘the friend’ had become increasingly busier and busier and my moments of seeing her were increasingly snatched and fleeting.
It was giving you the Dido experience that Dido wanted you to have and everyone on board saw that vision, agreed with it and sweated blood to give it to you.
www.didomusic.com /tour   (2652 words)

  
 Dido
The natives there weren't too happy about the newcomers, but Dido was able to make a deal with their king: she promised him a fair amount of money for as much land as she could mark out with a bull's skin.
The king thought he was getting the better end of the deal, but he soon noticed that the woman he was dealing with was smarter than he had expected.
Dido took her bull skin and cut it into thin strips which she sewed together into one long string.
mathematica.ludibunda.ch /areas.html   (258 words)

  
 Ananova - Dido to quit UK for US
Dido to quit UK for US Dido is to quit Britain to live in the US.
Dido, real name Florian Cloud de Bounevialle, is house-hunting in Beverley Hills after meeting top music executives earlier this year reports the Daily Star.
Dido is likely to uproot from her £2 million north London home straight after she headlines this year's V Festivals in Chelmsford and Stafford in August.
www.ananova.com /entertainment/story/sm_965743.html?menu=   (213 words)

  
 Virgin Radio - Music - Artists - Dido   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
And as if that wasn’t enough Dido is one of only a handful of British artists who have managed the mean feat of breaking through to a global audience...
Pete and Geoff exclusively revealed that Dido will be one of the headliners for this year’s V Festival and she has revealed that this will be her first ever British Festival appearance.
It is a really good mix of music and the weather always seems to be quite nice, oh and it has posh toilets too.” She has also promised the 130,000 V Festival punters something a bit different to what they may expect.
www.virginradio.co.uk /feature/dido   (578 words)

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